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| October 25, 2013 |
 US 'pivot' to Asia gaining strength: admiral Aboard The Uss George Washington (AFP) Oct 25, 2013 - The United States has significantly increased its warships and aircraft deployed in Asia despite Washington's budget woes, adding punch to its "pivot" to the region, a senior naval commander said. Rear Admiral Mark C. Montgomery, commander of an aircraft carrier strike group homeported in Yokosuka, Japan, said the expanded military presence would have a calming effect on simmering tensions a ... more |  |
 S. Korea conducts military drill on disputed islets Seoul (AFP) Oct 25, 2013 - South Korea on Friday carried out a military exercise aimed at repelling any attempted landing on a tiny set of islets also claimed by Japan. The four-hour exercise involving five warships, jet fighters and helicopters, demonstrated "the military's will to defend" the Dokdo islets, a defence ministry spokesman said. The South Korea-controlled Dokdo islets, known as Takeshima in Japan, ha ... more |  |
 AeroVironment and Eurocopter to Evaluate Potential Joint Ventures Washington DC (SPX) Oct 25, 2013 - AeroVironment, and Eurocopter, announced at the Association of the United States Army annual meeting that they have signed a cooperative agreement to explore opportunities for expanding their respective military and commercial product portfolios. "The combination of AeroVironment's market leading unmanned technology and unique knowledge with Eurocopter's world-class helicopter and systems ... more |  |
 Dolphins inspire new radar system to detect hidden surveillance and explosive devices Southampton, UK (SPX) Oct 25, 2013 - Inspired by the way dolphins hunt using bubble nets, scientists at the University of Southampton, in collaboration with University College London and Cobham Technical Services, have developed a new kind of radar that can detect hidden surveillance equipment and explosives. The twin inverted pulse radar (TWIPR) is able to distinguish true 'targets', such as certain types of electronic circu ... more |  |
 Lockheed Martin Donates Search Engine That Facilitates Intelligence Interoperability for DOD Washington DC (SPX) Oct 25, 2013 - The software search engine that facilitates intelligence interoperability throughout the Department of Defense has been contributed to the open source community by Lockheed Martin. The Corporation has donated all copyright for the Distributed Data Framework (DDF) source code to the Codice Foundation, a nonprofit organization established to support government-based open source projects. "Th ... more |  |
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 Lockheed Martin Conducts Third Successful Flight Test of New GMLRS Warhead Dallas TX (SPX) Oct 25, 2013 - Lockheed Martin has conducted the third engineering development test flight of the new Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Alternative Warhead at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. Preliminary data indicate all test objectives were achieved. During the short-range test, three GMLRS rockets were launched from an MLRS M270A1 launcher and each destroyed its respective ground-based targe ... more |  |
 Raytheon test fires enhanced Marine Corps anti-tank weapon system Redstone Arsenal AL (SPX) Oct 25, 2013 - Raytheon has completed an initial round of live-fire testing with a new U.S. Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle Anti-Tank (LAV-AT) weapon system. The upgraded, highly mobile, anti-armor LAV-AT weapon system is designed to protect reconnaissance and light infantry. Its mission is to defeat threats at long-range, day or night, and in all weather conditions. "Raytheon is deliverin ... more |  |
 Upgrades boost ballistic missile defense radar's performance to protect against missile raid Tewksbury MA (SPX) Oct 25, 2013 - Ballistic missile raids - large numbers of simultaneously launched weapons - may soon have a tougher time penetrating allied air defenses. Raytheon has started upgrading the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar's signal and data processing equipment (SDPE) to enable the "brains" of the radar to more quickly and accurately discriminate threats from non-threats and enhance radar performance ... more |  |
 Raytheon produces new US Army satellite communications terminals ahead of schedule Washington DC (SPX) Oct 25, 2013 - Raytheon has completed production on 39 new terminals for the U.S. Army ahead of schedule. Since production began in 2007, 67 percent have been deployed to the field. The Army uses the Humvee-mounted Secure Mobile Anti-Jam Reliable Tactical Terminal (SMART-T) to pass secure data to legacy Milstar satellites. The terminals have been upgraded to communicate with the higher-bandwidth AEHF sat ... more |  |
US Army, Raytheon complete AI3 live-fire demonstration Washington DC (SPX) Oct 25, 2013 - The U.S. Army and Raytheon have completed the live-fire demonstration phase of the new Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative program. Testing took place Sept. 16-30 at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. During the tests, the AI3 system destroyed 22 of 24 threats. The demonstration included a "for the record" assessment of AI3 against 107mm rocket targets at different quadrant elevations, as we ... more |  |
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Russia not interested in tensions between West and Muslim world Moscow (Voice of Russia) Oct 25, 2013 - Voices of Russian Muslim figures should sound louder on an international level as well as in the global Muslim community, Putin said at a meeting of the Council on Interethnic Relations. "Today tension between Western powers and the Muslim world is growing. Some politicians try to take advantage of it adding fuel to the fire. We're not interested in it," Putin claimed during a meeting with ... more |  |
Miscalculation: NATO not yet ready for cooperation with CSTO Moscow (Voice of Russia) Oct 25, 2013 - NATO has again announced that it is not yet ready for cooperation with the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). Experts believe that NATO's unwillingness to cooperate with the CSTO is laying restrictions on itself rather than on the Collective Security Treaty Organization. A statement to the effect that NATO is not regarding the CSTO as its partner was made NATO Secretary Genera ... more |  |
Gibraltar sidesteps Spanish ban on rock imports Gibraltar (AFP) Oct 24, 2013 - The tiny British outpost of Gibraltar imported a shipment of 2,700 tonnes of rock from Portugal by sea Thursday, sidestepping a block on construction materials imposed by Spain at the land border. Until now Gibraltar has relied on construction materials purchased from Spanish quarries. But Spain blocked cargoes of rock, sand and aggregates in August, accusing Gibraltar of carrying out re ... more |  |
 Israel weighs Palestinian prisoner release: reports Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 24, 2013 - Israeli ministers are to meet Sunday to approve the release of a second batch of Palestinian prisoners under the terms of renewed peace talks, media said. Maariv daily said Thursday that 26 prisoners would be freed, the same number as in the first tranche in August. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said two days before the July 30 resumption of talks that he had "agreed to free 104 Pale ... more |  |
Israel minister: 'small differences' with US over Iran Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 24, 2013 - Israel's international affairs minister on Thursday said there were "small differences" with the United States over the Iranian nuclear issue, a week after direct talks between Tehran and world powers. "We generally see eye to eye with the Americans on the final objective, which is to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, but there are sometimes small differences over the way to do tha ... more |  |
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 US offers funds to move Iranian exiles out of Iraq Washington (AFP) Oct 24, 2013 - The United States on Thursday offered $1 million to help resettle Iranian opposition exiles currently in Iraq, contributing to a UN appeal in the wake of violence. More than 3,000 members of the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, allowed by late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to operate in the country, are staying at a former US military base known as Camp Hurriya, or Liberty, on Baghd ... more |  |
US 'seriously concerned' about Turkey's Chinese missile choice Ankara (AFP) Oct 24, 2013 - The United States is "seriously concerned" about NATO ally Turkey's controversial decision to select a Chinese company for its long-range air and missile defence system, the US ambassador said on Thursday. "We are very concerned about a prospective deal between Turkey and Chinese firm that is sanctioned (by the United States)," ambassador Francis Ricciardone told reporters. "Yes, this ... more |  |
Former Pakistan PM, officials deny US drone collusion Islamabad (AFP) Oct 24, 2013 - Pakistani officials and former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday denied a report that they had approved US drone strikes on the country's soil. The Washington Post on Wednesday quoted leaked secret documents as saying Pakistan had been regularly briefed on strikes up till late 2011 and in some cases had helped choose targets. The purported evidence of Islamabad's involvement ca ... more |  |
For heads of state, a iPhone or Blackberry can be a trap Paris (AFP) Oct 24, 2013 - While heads of state have encrypted mobiles and other secure lines for work, many can't resist using regular smartphones for everyday life - making them susceptible to espionage. On Wednesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called US President Obama demanding answers after reports Washington may have hacked her cell. The White House, refused to say whether Washington's agents had inter ... more |  |
Japan readies island war games amid YouTube PR push Tokyo (AFP) Oct 24, 2013 - Destroyers, fighter jets and 34,000 troops will take part in a huge exercise aimed at bolstering Japan's ability to protect its remote islands, the government said Thursday, amid a territorial dispute with China. The war games, which will include live-firing, come as Tokyo steps up its global PR campaign by posting online videos it hopes will swing world opinion behind its claims to two arch ... more |  |
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