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| December 24, 2013 |
 China, Koreas in modern conflict over ancient kingdom Jian, China (AFP) Dec 23, 2013 - Centuries ago Kwanggaet'o the Great ruled over a mighty empire stretching from south of Seoul deep into Manchuria in China's northeast, but his Koguryo dynasty is now at the centre of a historical tug-of-war. He is revered as a Korean national hero on both sides of the divided peninsula, while Chinese attempts to claim Koguryo as its own have provoked fury among its neighbours. One of Ko ... more |  |
 Northrop Grumman Expands Support For Japan E-2C Hawkeye Program Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 24, 2013 - Northrop Grumman has entered into an exclusive, five-year agreement with AAR Corporation of Illinois and Sumitomo Corporation of Japan, expanding industrial support for the Japan E-2C Hawkeye program by establishing a "just-in-time" inventory management process. "Japan is our largest international Hawkeye operator," said Bart LaGrone, vice president, E-2/C-2 programs, Northrop Grumman Aero ... more |  |
 Raytheon awarded contract for Ship Self Defense System support Tewksbury MA (SPX) Dec 24, 2013 - Raytheon has been awarded a $41,585,979 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for fiscal 2014-2017 for continuing Platform Systems Engineering Agent support of the Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) MK 2 to complete development of CVN/Amphibious Modernization Advanced Capability Build 12/Technical Insertion 12. Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evalua ... more |  |
 Aleppo bombing kills hundreds, threatening Syria talks Damascus (AFP) Dec 23, 2013 - Syrian warplanes have killed more than 330 people in a nine-day bombing campaign on Aleppo, with the opposition National Coalition saying Monday it will not attend planned peaced talks if the bombing continues. The vicious campaign has seen aircraft drop barrels of TNT on rebel-held neighbourhoods - a tactic widely condemned as unlawful - flooding hospitals with victims, according to acti ... more |  |
 Russia's Kalashnikov, designer of AK-47, dies Moscow (AFP) Dec 23, 2013 - Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of the fabled AK-47 automatic rifle which became a weapon of choice for guerrillas and governments the world over, died Monday at age 94. His death, which came after a long illness, was announced by the office of the presidency in the Udmurtia region where he worked. Kalashnikov, though he designed a weapon that became synonymous with killing on a sometimes ... more |  |
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 Rodman back from N. Korea without meeting 'awesome' Kim Beijing (AFP) Dec 23, 2013 - Former NBA star Dennis Rodman returned from North Korea on Monday, saying he did not meet "awesome" Kim Jong-Un on his third visit to the reclusive state but was unfazed by the lack of contact. The heavily tattooed Rodman has developed an unlikely relationship with Kim since making his first trip in March, when he declared the leader a "friend for life", and is organising an exhibition baske ... more |  |
 Militants kill five journalists in Iraq TV HQ assault Tikrit, Iraq (AFP) Dec 23, 2013 - Suicide bombers assaulted an Iraqi television station headquarters on Monday, killing five journalists, the latest in a series of attacks against the media, police officers said. At least 17 more people were killed in other violence, including four officers who died when mortar rounds struck a military base. And the defence ministry announced that Iraqi forces destroyed two militant camp ... more |  |
Egypt army says 184 'terrorists' killed in Sinai Cairo (AFP) Dec 23, 2013 - Egypt's army said Monday that, since August, it has killed 184 "terrorists" in North Sinai, where militants have carried out nearly daily attacks against security forces after the toppling of president Mohamed Morsi. The military has "eliminated 184 terrorists and radicals," state news agency MENA quoted army spokesman Colonel Ahmed Ali as saying. Alis said 203 others had been wounded a ... more |  |
Walker's World: China half-full, France half-empty Paris (UPI) Dec 23, 2013 - As the end of the year looms it is tough to know whether China or France is the more worrying situation for the global economy next year. Many were startled last week when the Chinese authorities warned media outlets and financial journalists to stop referring to a "cash crunch" and to play down reports of difficulties in the interbank lending market. Some short-term interest rates shot ... more |  |
Boeing Delivers Final Focused Lethality Munition to USAF St. Charles, MO (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - Boeing has delivered the 500th Focused Lethality Munition (FLM) to the U.S. Air Force this month, completing the contract for the low-collateral-damage weapon 100 percent on time and on cost. "This Direct Attack FLM team not only delivered to our customer with remarkable efficiency, but also provided an important tool to protect the lives of U.S. and coalition forces around the world," sai ... more |  |
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US Army Awards Raytheon contract for Excalibur Ib Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon a $15 million contract modification for the procurement of 216 Excalibur Ib rounds. Excalibur is a 155mm precision-guided, extended-range projectile that uses GPS guidance to provide accurate, first-round effects capability in any environment. By using Excalibur's level of precision, there is a major reduction in the time, cost and logistical burden assoc ... more |  |
 China launches communications satellite for Bolivia Xichang, Sichuan (XNA) Dec 21, 2013 - China successfully sent a Bolivian communications satellite into orbit with its Long March-3B carrier rocket from southwest Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 0:42 a.m (Beijing Time) Saturday. Bolivian President Juan Evo Morales Ayma was present, the first time a foreign head of state has witnessed a satellite launch in China. The satellite was produced by China Aerospace Science and ... more |  |
 Diehl-Raytheon Missile Systeme GmbH captures $30 million international Sidewinder missile sale Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - Diehl-Raytheon Missile Systeme (DRM) GmbH was awarded a contract of more than $30 million for the sale of AIM-9L/I-1 tactical Sidewinder missiles, training missiles and ground support equipment in a direct commercial sale to an international customer. Diehl BGT Defence will refurbish German AIM-9L missiles as part of the sale. Diehl BGT Defence, which has produced more than 30,000 Sidewind ... more |  |
 Will the Moon be carved-up? Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 20, 2013 - Experts forecast that the Moon will become sort of the seventh continent of Earth by the middle of the 21st century. People will reclaim the polar regions and build residential areas there. In this context it may happen that many countries' interests will clash on the Moon. Part of the scientific community draws a parallel between the Arctic shelf and the Moon, believing that competitive s ... more |  |
 Northrop Grumman, NASA Fly Global Hawk in Canadian Airspace for First Time to Study Canadian Arctic San Diego CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - Northrop Grumman, the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and a team of international science organizations successfully flew a Northrop Grumman-produced NASA Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system through Canadian airspace as part of a mission to collect environmental data in the Canadian Arctic. The Global Hawk was equipped with an Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR ... more |  |
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 Satellite of Russia's early warning constellation burns down in atmosphere Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 23, 2013 - The Kosmos-2393 satellite integrated in the Oko system, the space component of Russia's early warning system ceased to exist Saturday night, Interfax was told at the Vympel interstate joint-stock company, which is part of the Almaz-Antei air defense corporation. "According to our knowledge, the satellite disintegrated entering the atmosphere somewhere above the Southern Hemisphere last nig ... more |  |
Iraq general among 15 soldiers killed in raid on Qaeda Ramadi, Iraq (AFP) Dec 21, 2013 - Five senior Iraqi officers, including a divisional commander, and 10 soldiers were killed Saturday in a raid on an Al-Qaeda hideout in the west of the country, military officers said. Violence elsewhere killed 10 people, including a police chief, four other police and a soldier, security officials and doctors said. Mohammed al-Karoui, the commander of the army's 7th Division, was leading ... more |  |
New air strikes on Syria's Aleppo kill, wound dozens Damascus (AFP) Dec 22, 2013 - Syria warplanes bombed the divided northern city of Aleppo, killing and wounding dozens of people Sunday, while a car bomb in Homs killed at least eight, including six schoolchildren. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) meanwhile said half a million people across war-torn Syria are wounded, with many lacking access to basic healthcare and treatment. Hundreds of people hav ... more |  |
 NATO opens post-2014 talks with Afghanistan Kabul (AFP) Dec 21, 2013 - NATO opened negotiations with Afghanistan on Saturday over a proposed military force to stay in the country after next year, but said no deal would be signed until after a separate agreement with the US was completed. Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the US have been in a long and bitter standoff over the Bilateral Security Agreement, which would see several thousand US troops deployed in A ... more |  |
Iraq's Maliki vows to act against 'Qaeda' protest site Baghdad (AFP) Dec 22, 2013 - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Sunday that an anti-government sit-in has become a headquarters for Al-Qaeda, and called for protesters to depart before security forces move in. If security forces move against the site, where Sunni Arab demonstrators have gathered for almost a year, it would likely inflame widespread discontent among the minority community and could add to the alrea ... more |  |
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