North Korea May Possess 20 Nuclear Warheads
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 30, 2015 -
Pyongyang may have accumulated some 20 nuclear warheads with the capability of doubling its potential by 2016, according to the latest expert estimates.
The figures, sounded by Chinese nuclear experts during a closed meeting with US colleagues, exceed previous US estimations ranging from 10 to 16 nuclear bombs, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing sources briefed on the is ...
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Rapid Innovation Fund Award to the Remote Sensing Systems Directorate
Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2015 -
The Space and Missile Systems Center Remote Sensing Systems Directorate was recently selected for a Rapid Innovation Fund award of $3 million to support Space Based Infrared System data exploitation innovations.
This award will be used to fund the Architecture for Real-time Overhead Persistent Infrared Wideband (ARROW) project, an initiative which enables the detection and tracking of dimm ...
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Aerospace Defense Force detects recon sats spying on Russia
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 30, 2015 -
Russia's Aerospace Defense Force (VKO) has recently detected on the orbit a group of reconnaissance satellites spying on Russia, commander of the Space Command Maj. Gen. Oleg Maidanovich said Sunday.
"Recently the staff of the Main Space Intelligence Center detected a group of newly launched satellites. The group was set to collect intelligence on the devices located on the territory of th ...
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Iran willing to submit to 'highest' transparency: FM
New York (AFP) April 29, 2015 -
Iran is willing to submit to the highest level of international transparency on its nuclear program and wants to conclude a final accord as soon as possible, its foreign minister said Wednesday.
"The (UN nuclear agency) IAEA has seen everything and if you're looking for a smoking gun, you've got to wait a long, long, long time before you get one," Mohammad Javad Zarif told an audience at New ...
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Iran harassed a US-flagged cargo ship last week: US
Washington (AFP) April 29, 2015 -
Iran's Revolutionary Guards "harassed" a US-flagged commercial ship last week in the Gulf, days before seizing control of another cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
The two incidents over a five-day period raised concerns about the security of shipping lanes in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, spokesman Colonel Steven Warren told reporters.
"It's difficult ...
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Turkish firm joins NATO BMD support effort
Ankara, Turkey (UPI) Apr 29, 2015 -
Turkish defense electronics company Aselsan has joined a multinational industry team for engineering support of NATO's Ballistic Missile Defense program.
The team, led by Leidos of the United States, will provide engineering and integration support for the NATO BMD capability, including BMD enhancements to NATO command, control and communications systems, and refinement and maintenance ...
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X-37B Goes Fourth
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 29, 2015 -
Soon, America's mysterious robot spaceplane will lift off for the fourth time. Since its maiden launch in 2010, the X-37B has mystified analysts and prompted some fairly wild theories about its secret missions. X-37B is a small shuttlecraft with no cockpit and no crew.
It has a small payload bay with clamshell doors like NASA's Space Shuttle. The project began life as an experimental proje ...
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