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| September 30, 2013 |
 US F-35 jet plagued by shoddy quality control: audit Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - The US military's bureaucratic watchdog on Monday accused companies building the F-35 fighter of shoddy management that could jeopardize the reliability, performance and cost of the aircraft. The Pentagon inspector general cited 363 problems in the design and manufacture of the costly Joint Strike Fighter, the hi-tech warplane that is supposed to serve as the backbone of the future American ... more |  |
 Extended Range Munition completes first Guide to Hit test series Washington DC (SPX) Oct 01, 2013 - Raytheon has completed its first two Guide to Hit (GTH) test series of the Precision Extended Range Munition (PERM) program for the United States Marine Corps. This GTH tested the structural integrity and the kinematic capability of the round when fired from a smooth bore mortar tube. The tests confirmed that after launch, the canards and tail fins deploy and the round transitions to stead ... more |  |
 Raytheon's Griffin missile demonstrates maritime protection capabilities Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 01, 2013 - Raytheon and the U.S. Navy demonstrated the Griffin missile's combat proven capabilities in a maritime environment by successfully engaging fast-moving small boats from various platforms throughout a series of at-sea tests. During one of the tests, the MK-60 Patrol Coastal Griffin Missile System was integrated on a Cyclone-class Patrol Coastal-class ship, where the missile was employed aga ... more |  |
 Raytheon AI3 intercepts its first UAS target Yuma Proving Ground AZ (SPX) Oct 01, 2013 - In a first-of-its-kind test for Raytheon's Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative system, AI3 destroyed an unmanned aerial system (UAS) in flight. The intercept was part of the second guided test flights for the AI3 program and follows its first in-flight defeat of a 107mm rocket earlier in the test series. "Defeating a UAS demonstrates the AI3 system has capabilities beyond its origina ... more |  |
 Taiwan jails retired vice admiral for spying for China Taipei (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - A Taiwan court convicted and jailed a retired vice admiral for 14 months on Monday for spying on behalf of China, the court said. Taiwan has been hit by a string of spying scandals in recent years, reflecting the fact that intelligence gathering has continued despite warming ties with Beijing. Ke Cheng-sheng, 70, was found guilty of collecting confidential Taiwanese military information ... more |  |
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 Germany admits 'dual-use' chemical exports to Syria in 2011 Berlin (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - The German government on Monday admitted it had approved as recently as 2011 the export to Syria of chemicals that could be weaponised, and in larger quantities than previously known. Data released by the economy ministry showed that German firms had exported between 1998 and 2011 to Syria a total of 360 tonnes of chemicals for either military or civilian use. The ministry insisted that ... more |  |
 Turkey PM announces reforms key to Kurdish peace process Ankara (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - Turkey on Monday moved to scrap restrictions on the use of the minority Kurdish language among democratic reforms designed to revive the stalled peace process with the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). But the proposed reforms fell short of satisfying a key Kurdish politician. "Turkey is irreversibly moving in the direction of democracy," Erdogan told a news conference. "This is a ... more |  |
 Obama tells Netanyahu he will be 'clear eyed' in Iran talks Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday Iran must dismantle its "military nuclear program" as a condition for a diplomatic breakthrough that would head off the prospect of military action. Netanyahu told President Barack Obama in White House talks that such a step was Israel's "bottom line" as hopes rise of a deal to end the nuclear showdown between Washington, world powers a ... more |  |
US concerned at Turkey's pick of Chinese missile firm Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - The United States Monday reacted with alarm to news that Turkey has chosen a Chinese company, slapped with US sanctions, to build its first long-range air defense and anti-missile system. China Precision Machinery Export-Import Corp (CPMIEC) beat out competition from a US partnership of Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, Russia's Rosoboronexport, and the Italian-French consortium Eurosamrs in the ... more |  |
Turkey parliament to debate Syria strikes motion Ankara (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - Turkey's parliament will discuss a government motion authorising military strikes against Syria on Thursday, the deputy prime minister said. Bulent Arinc declined to comment on its scope while speaking to reporters after a weekly cabinet meeting on Monday. Turkey authorised military action against Syria shortly after a mortar attack fired from the neighbouring territory killed five of i ... more |  |
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Iran Guards chief criticises Rouhani-Obama call Tehran (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - Iran's Revolutionary Guards chief said Monday President Hassan Rouhani should have refused a telephone call from his US counterpart, in the first public criticism of the move by a senior official. Rouhani's landmark conversation with Barack Obama last week was the first contact between leaders of the two countries since the rupture of diplomatic relations in the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic ... more |  |
UN chemical experts leave Syria at end of mission: AFP Beirut (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - A team of UN experts investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria crossed into Lebanon on Monday at the end of their mission, an AFP correspondent said. The team, which arrived in Syria last Wednesday, is due to submit a report next month about seven alleged chemical weapons attacks during the conflict in Syria. A second, separate group of inspectors from the Hague-based Or ... more |  |
 Baghdad area bombings kill at least 50 Baghdad (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - Twelve car bombs, mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas in and around Baghdad, killed at least 47 people Monday, while at least three died in a blast against Sunni worshippers, officials said. The bombings were the latest in a string of sectarian attacks in central Iraq that have raised the spectre of a return to the intense Sunni-Shiite violence that peaked in 2006-2007 and killed tens of ... more |  |
Hagel hopes deal by end Oct. on US forces in Afghanistan Seoul (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Monday he hoped an accord on the future US military presence in Afghanistan would be in place by November, despite President Hamid Karzai's refusal to be rushed. "I hope we'll have that agreement by the end of October, because we just can't move without it," Hagel told US soldiers participating in a live-fire exercise in South Korea. The United State ... more |  |
 Japan, US to discuss strengthening cyber-security: reports Tokyo (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - Japan and the United States will discuss strengthening defences against cyber-attacks, reports said Monday, as Tokyo looks to play a more active role in global security. At talks in Japan later this week, the foreign and defence ministers from both countries will undertake their first review for 15 years of how their security alliance operates. Measures to counter cyber-attacks will be ... more |  |
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Iran nuclear deal could be reached in months: Kerry Washington (AFP) Sept 29, 2013 - US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday a deal with Iran could be brokered within months if Tehran proves that its nuclear program was not being used to build atomic weapons. In an interview with CBS's "60 Minutes" program, Kerry said the stated desire by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani for an agreement within three to six months could be met sooner if Iran satisfied certain conditions ... more |  |
Baghdad area car bombs kill at least 30 Baghdad (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - Nine car bombs mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad province killed at least 30 people and wounded more than 100 on Monday, security and medical officials said. The bombs hit eight different areas, six of them Shiite-majority, one confessionally mixed and another Sunni-majority. The deadliest was in Shuala, a mainly Shiite area of north Baghdad, where a car bomb killed six p ... more |  |
Hagel tours last Cold War frontier in Korea Panmunjom, South Korea (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel toured the South-North Korean border Monday, ahead of talks on switching command of combined US and South Korean forces in the event of war with the North. "There is no margin of error up here," Hagel told reporters at the heavily-fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that still separates the two Koreas 60 years after the end of the Korean War. Hagel was on ... more |  |
US drone strike kills three in Pakistan Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - A US drone strike targeting a militant compound Monday killed three militants in a troubled Pakistan tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said. The attack took place in the Boya area of North Waziristan region of which Miranshah is the main town. "A US drone fired two missiles on a militant compound, killing three rebels," a senior security official told AFP on condition of an ... more |  |
Australia central bank subsidiary in Saddam link Sydney (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - The Reserve Bank of Australia on Monday admitted staff from a subsidiary visited Iraq at the height of UN sanctions after it was accused of attempting to strike an illegal deal with Saddam Hussein. A joint investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Fairfax Media said secret files showed officials from the central bank's scandal-hit Note Printing Australia (NPA) went to Iraq ... more |  |
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