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Submission + - Hacked Emails Reveal Russian Plans to Obtain Sensitive Western Tech (firstlook.org)

Submitted by blando on Thursday May 28, 2015 @10:44AM

blando writes: A trove of emails provided to The Intercept detail Russian schemes to obtain a crucial component for military thermal-imaging systems.

Submission + - Why Iron Dome Might Only Work For Israel (thediplomat.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @06:43PM

An anonymous reader writes: Many this week have declared Israel's American financed Iron Dome rocket defense system a success. Some have even gone so far to declare it a vindication of Ronald Reagen's 1980's Star Wars missile defense system. Pundits have even gone so far to assume the system could be sold to other nations. However, the Iron Dome may not be the game changer many are making it out to be.

Taking out unsophisticated rockets is quite different than advanced missiles: "...the technical and strategic challenges of shooting down ballistic missiles differ considerably from those of shooting down unguided rockets. BMD shares with rocket defense some common technological ground; both require fast reaction time and impressive sensor capabilities, and the Iron Dome project has benefited from technical work on missile defense. However, ballistic missiles in flight behave differently from unguided, sub-atmospheric rockets."

Submission + - Europe sets sights on asteroid tracking radars (networkworld.com)

Submitted by

coondoggie

on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @12:44PM

coondoggie writes: "The European Space Agency today said it would develop a radar system that will be capable of tracking space hazards such as asteroids and orbital debris. ESA and France's Office National d'Etudes et Recherches Aérospatiales — research center will work with five other partners in France, Spain and Switzerland to this month design a test surveillance radar and develop a $6 million demonstrator model."

Submission + - Blue Origin: A Peek Inside (citizensinspace.org)

Submitted by RocketAcademy on Sunday September 09, 2012 @03:14PM

RocketAcademy writes: Among the emerging commercial space transportation companies, Blue Origin is the most secretive and mysterious. A VIP tour by NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver afforded a rare glimpse inside Blue Origin's headquarters, including a look at what appears to be a Blue Origin crew capsule.

Submission + - Mobile Trojans Rear Their Head, Repressive Governments Go For Their Checkbooks (vice.com)

Submitted by blando on Sunday September 09, 2012 @03:33AM

blando writes: Between February and March of 2011, at the height of Egypt’s tumultuous revolution, protesters stormed the offices of their feared State Security Investigations Service in Alexandria and Sixth of October city, on the edge of Cairo. It was there, amongst evidence of detentions, torture and surveillance at SSIS’s headquarters, that information first came to light regarding a sales pitch by UK-based Gamma Group to Egypt’s security agency for their FinFisher spyware.

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