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What's That Sparkle in Cassini's Eye?Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 07, 2011 The moon Enceladus, one of the jewels of the Saturn system, sparkles peculiarly bright in new images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The images of the moon, the first ever taken of Enceladus with Cassini's synthetic aperture radar, reveal new details of some of the grooves in the moon's south polar region and unexpected textures in the ice. These images, obtained on Nov. 6, 2011, are the highest-resolution images of this region obtained so far. The area on Enceladus observed by Cassin ... read more |
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  Mountains and Buried Ice on Mars New images from Mars Express show the Phlegra Montes mountain range, in a region where radar probing indicates large volumes of water ice are hiding below. This could be a source of water for future ... more | .. |
  Israel says Syrian rocket tests show regime's fear Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak said on Tuesday that Syrian long-range missile tests detected in Israel show that the embattled regime of Bashar al-Assad fears for its future. ... more | .. |
  West pushing Russia into arms race: top general Russia's top general on Wednesday warned it was being pushed into a new arms race with the West due to the deployment of a US-backed missile defence shield for Europe. ... more | .. |
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  Iraq seeks new F-16s to bolster air force Iraq wants to make a deal with the United States for another 18 Lockheed Martin F-16 multi-role fighters to expand its fledgling air force as the U.S. military withdrawal nears completion. ... more | .. |
  Medvedev to talk missile shield in Prague Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was due to begin a two-day visit to Prague Wednesday amid mounting tensions between Moscow and NATO over the alliance's planned missile defence shield. ... more | .. |
NATO allies to meet amid Russia anger over missile shield NATO allies will strive to convince Moscow this week that their European missile shield is not aimed at Russia after the Kremlin threatened to deploy weapons systems near EU borders. ... more | .. |
NATO allies meet amid tensions with Russia, Pakistan NATO allies meet Wednesday hoping to calm Russian fears over their missile shield project but US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton angered Moscow by criticising its parliamentary elections. ... more |
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Greenland truce or Trump win? Davos "framework" pauses tariffs but not the takeover boasts
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 Israel fears F-35 delivery will be delayed Israeli military planners say they are increasingly worried that problems in Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program will mean that delivery of 20 of the stealthy jets ordered in October 2010 for $2.75 billion will be delayed. ... more | .. |
  Indra Makes In Cadiz A Flight Demonstration Of Its Unmanned Aircrafts Pelicano And Mantis In the framework of the European Robotics Week Indra has made a flight demo of two of its unmanned aircrafts: the Pelican helicopter and the Mantis plane, at Villamartin aerodrome (Cadiz). The ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Delivers Electronic Warfare Test and Measurement Systems To Turkey Northrop Grumman has announced the delivery of Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator (CEESIM) systems and a Signal Measurement System (SMS) to Aselsan, the Turkish high technology defense ele ... more | .. |
 Raytheon eyes Korean F-16 radar upgrades Raytheon is offering its advanced combat radar system to South Korea as the air force opens its competition for radar upgrades to its F-16 aircraft. ... more |
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 Russia delivers missiles to Syria: report Russia has delivered supersonic cruise missiles to Syria despite the violence shaking the Arab country and Israel's furious condemnation of the deal, a news report said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
Turkey conveys concerns to Iran over missile shield threat Turkey's foreign minister has conveyed Ankara's concerns about an Iranian commander's recent remarks that Tehran will hit NATO's missile shield in Turkey if threatened, a ministry official said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer to Begin Production The U.S. Air Force reached a Milestone C decision on Raytheon's Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer variant, authorizing Raytheon to begin Low Rate Initial Production of the system. The Air Fo ... more | .. |
 Raytheon SDB II Program Ahead of Schedule After Latest Round of Testing Raytheon's Small Diameter Bomb II program remains ahead of schedule after completing a series of tests that demonstrated successful integration of production tri-mode seeker hardware and software. ... more |
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 Germany now major Mideast arms supplier The German government is under fire for its $2 billion sale of 270 Leopard 2 tanks to Saudi Arabia but the fact is that Germany is now a key arms supplier to the Middle East. ... more | .. |
  Government investment brings low cost radar satellites to market Rt. Honourable David Willetts, Minister of State for Universities and Science, has announced an investment of 21M pounds that will enable British small satellite pioneer SSTL to launch an innovative ... more | .. |
 Russia activates missile warning system near EU Russia on Tuesday activated a radar warning system against incoming missiles in its exclave of Kaliningrad on the borders of the EU, in response to Western plans for a US missile shield in Europe. ... more | .. |
 Indra Leads Development And Provision Of The Ground Segment Of Satellite Paz Indra will lead the development and supply of the whole ground segment of the Earth Observation satellite Paz. The contracts awarded to Indra by INTA, an organ of the Ministry of Defence, amount to ... more |
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 Did US climate weapon knock-out Russian probe Russian space experts are struggling to decode fresh telemetry signals received from the stricken Phobos-Grunt probe. Meanwhile, rumors are circulating that America's ionosphere research site in Ala ... more | .. |
  We'll hit NATO shield in Turkey if threatened: Iran Iran will target NATO's missile shield in neighbouring Turkey if it is threatened by military action, the commander of the aerospace division of the Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday. ... more | .. |
  Lebanon, UN officials confirm rockets fired toward Israel At least one rocket was fired from southern Lebanon into Israel overnight, prompting a retaliatory strike by the Jewish state, Lebanese army and UN officials said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 SSTL appoints Luis Gomes Director of EO and Science Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has appointed Luis Gomes Business Unit Director of Earth Observation (EO) and Science. He is now responsible for the strategic direction at SSTL in these m ... more |
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Trump vows to relaunch Egypt-Ethiopia talks on dam row
China's birth rate falls to lowest on record
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 Medvedev threatens missile deployment on EU borders Russia on Wednesday threatened to deploy missiles on the EU's borders to strike against a planned US defence system in eastern Europe, but Washington said the shield will go ahead as planned. ... more | .. |
  Pleiades 1 is readied for launch The Pleiades 1 Earth observation satellite payload for Arianespace's second Soyuz mission from French Guiana is undergoing pre-launch checkout at the Spaceport as this platform is readied for flight ... more | .. |
  RACR Competes in South Korean F-16 Radar Procurement Raytheon is responding to the Republic of Korea's official launch of the F-16 radar upgrade competition with the Raytheon Advanced Combat Radar system (RACR). RACR employs active electronically scan ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Awarded FA-18 EF IRST Sensor System EMD Contract Lockheed Martin received a contract to complete the development of the Infrared Search and Track (IRST) sensor system for the U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F, marking the start of the Engineering, Manufacturing ... more |
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 Boeing Receives FA-18EF Infrared Search And Track Development Contract Boeing has received a $135 million contract from the U.S. Navy for engineering and manufacturing development of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Infrared Search and Track (IRST) sensor system. The F/A-18E ... more | .. |
 Iran 'builds own missile defense system' Iran says it is developing its own missile defense system after Russia last year blocked delivery of the formidable S-300PMU system, which had been purchased in 2007. ... more | .. |
  Up to 763 contractors to train Iraqi forces: US A maximum of 763 civilian contractors and 157 US military personnel will train Iraqi security forces post-2011, if the Iraqi government gives its approval, a US officer said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Late season Hurricane Kenneth forms in the eastern Pacific The hurricane season in the eastern Pacific isn't over and Hurricane Kenneth serves as a reminder that the season ends November 30. NASA satellite imagery shows Kenneth more organized than it appear ... more |
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