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China's "Fantastic Four" Moon PlanSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 3, 2011 Since 2010, this author has pursued the story that China was planning four missions to land on the Moon this decade. The idea was a big change from our earlier understanding of China's Moon plans, which suggested there would be just two landings. Now, more evidence for the "Fantastic Four" has emerged in the Chinese media. The evidence for such a plan is now highly convincing! It's been a long time since we had any substantial updates on China's Chang'e lunar program, which is exploring the ... read more |
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  Ship to bolster Europe's missile defenses: US The US military will send a warship to the Mediterranean next week as a first step in a defense shield to protect Europe from a potential strike from Iran's missile arsenal, a defense official said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Satellite Remote Sensing: Light Detection And Ranging The Next Big Thing The power of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is rising to new heights as a satellite remote sensing tool used to collect topographic data. LiDAR is emerging as the next big thing - allowing user ... more | .. |
 Milestone Nears For European Missile Defense Plan The U.S. plan to defend Europe from a rapidly increasing ballistic missile threat will reach a milestone next week with the first deployment of missile defense technology, a senior Defense Departmen ... more | .. |
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  Second Successful PAC-3 MSE Intercept Flight Test Lockheed Martin's enhanced version of the combat-proven PAC-3 Missile, the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE), successfully intercepted a threat representative tactical ballistic missile target ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Adds More C4ISR Systems Into Airborne Intel Lab Rockwell Collins and DRS Defense Solutions have been added to the growing list of companies with C4ISR products integrated into Lockheed Martin's Airborne Multi-Intelligence Laboratory, or AML. ... more | .. |
 Israel's new anti-tank system tested A new defense system for Israeli tanks has successfully shot down a missile attack on Israel's border with Gaza, an army statement says. ... more | .. |
 Iran To Build Advanced Fighter Jet The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force has launched a project to design and build the country's most advanced fighter jet, the English language satellite Press TV reported Sunday. Brigadier Ge ... more |
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Aalyria spacetime platform tapped for AFRL space data network trials
Atomic 6 debris shields selected for Portal Space Systems mission
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U.S. Navy gets Raytheon targeting system U.S. electronics giant Raytheon has won a $50 million contract to supply the U.S. Navy with multi-spectral targeting systems. ... more | .. |
 Russia proceeds with missile sale to Syria Russia has signaled its intent to press ahead with plans to supply Syria with Yakhont supersonic cruise missiles. ... more | .. |
  South Korea drops joint command plan The South Korean Defense Ministry won't go ahead with its planned Joint Forces Command changes in its command structure, a ministry official said. ... more | .. |
 Russia vows to sell missiles to Syria Russia vowed Saturday to fulfil its contract to supply Syria with cruise missiles despite the turmoil shaking the Arab world and Israel's furious condemnation of the deal. ... more |
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  Big chunks of Antarctic ice form beneath glaciers An international team of scientists has discovered that masses of ice in the Antarctic form underneath the ice sheet instead of on top, according to a study published Thursday. ... more | .. |
  UN suspects Zimbabwe over I. Coast arms embargo UN experts are investigating suspected sanctions-busting arms deliveries from Zimbabwe to Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo, according to a UN report. ... more | .. |
  NATO allies debate Libya military option As US warships entered the Mediterrenean Wednesday, NATO allies were divided on whether to use military might in Libya while Moamer Kadhafi warned that any Western foray would leave thousands dead. ... more | .. |
S.Korea to get first high-altitude spy plane South Korea will start receiving advanced surveillance planes from US aircraft giant Boeing this year, officials said Wednesday. ... more |
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Hydrogen nuclei experiment sharpens view of quarks inside matter
Oak Ridge team plans powerful test facility for next generation fusion components
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 Libya no-fly zone would require bombing raids: US Enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya would first require bombing the north African nation's air defense systems, top US commander General James Mattis warned Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Libya arms bans will hit Europeans The arms embargoes slapped on Libya by the United Nations and the European Union could cost international defense companies, particularly those in Europe and Russia, billions of dollars. ... more | .. |
  NASA Spacecraft Images New Zealand Quake Region A day after a powerful magnitude 6.3 earthquake rocked Christchurch, a city of 377,000 on New Zealand's South Island, on Feb. 22, 2011, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiom ... more | .. |
  New Kind Of Optical Fiber Developed A team of scientists led by John Badding, a professor of chemistry at Penn State University, has developed the very first optical fiber made with a core of zinc selenide - a light-yellow compound th ... more |
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  Main Mast Installation Completed On USS Theodore Roosevelt Northrop Grumman completed a significant work performance milestone on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) with the installation of the final section of the ship's main ... more | .. |
  China shifting to no-logo luxury says Chloe CEO The tastes of China's wealthy are shifting away from designer goods with flashy logos to more understated luxury brands, the chief executive of French fashion house Chloe said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Boeing To Demonstrate Aviation Command And Control Subsystem For US Marine Corps Boeing has received a nearly $5 million demonstration contract for the U.S. Marine Corps Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S) program. CAC2S will upgrade the service's Marine Air Comma ... more | .. |
  The Mysterious Rumble Of Thundersnow NASA atmospheric scientists got an unexpected chance to study a curious phenomenon called "thundersnow" when a recent storm unleashed it right over their heads. Walt Petersen and Kevin Knupp have t ... more |
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Ancient nitrogen enzyme study illuminates early Earth conditions and life detection
Cleaner ship fuel is reducing lightning in key shipping lanes, research finds
Geoscientists use satellite to determine not the shape of water, but how water shapes land | .. |
  Better Mapping Of Human Settlements Supports Disaster Management When a major disaster strikes in remote parts of the world, knowing if the area is populated, and how densely, is crucial for the effective organisation of humanitarian operations. The Global Human ... more | .. |
 JLENS Program Achieves Critical Milestone Raytheon's JLENS (Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System) program has successfully demonstrated the ability to transmit from an elevated aerostat. The JLENS dem ... more | .. |
 Preliminary Design Review for Updated Bleed Air System Completed Northrop Grumman recently completed the JT8D propulsion pod's bleed air system's preliminary design review (PDR) for the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS). "The ... more | .. |
  Distressed residents flee New Zealand quake city Vanessa Burgess's children had only just started sleeping in their own beds again after a major September earthquake when a 6.3-magnitude tremor hit, bringing their nightmares back. ... more |
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 Thales Germany unveils new radar A long-range ground surveillance radar from Thales Germany has been unveiled at an international exhibition in the United Arab Emirates. ... more | .. |
Western arms makers eye lucrative Mideast market Western arms makers, squeezed by budget cuts at home, jostled to ink deals at the biggest arms fair in the Middle East as crackdowns on anti-regime protestors claimed hundreds of lives in the region. ... more | .. |
Weather radar used in wildlife studies A U.S. scientist says using storm-chasing radars to follow swarms of bats as they emerge at night is advancing a new scientific discipline dubbed "aeroecology." ... more | .. |
 UK Celebrates A Decade Of Disaster Monitoring From Space A UK-led international consortium that uses satellite imagery to provide disaster mitigation celebrates its ten year anniversary this week as its members meet in London to plan for the coming decade ... more |
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