Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 13, 2024 St12 RF Solutions, the US-based division of SWISSto12, has successfully developed, qualified, and delivered three integrated RF Antenna Feed Chains for the Northrop Grumman commercial GEOStar-3 satellite. The qualification was completed in January 2024, with the delivery of these feed chains marking a key milestone...

Washington DC (UPI) May 15, 2024 The Biden administration has sanctioned a network of companies and a Russian businessman on accusations of participating in a sanctions-evasion scheme to offload $1.5 billion worth of frozen shares owned by U.S.-designated oligarch Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska. The complicated scheme involved 56-year-old Russian...

Seoul (AFP) May 17, 2024 North Korea fired multiple suspected short-range ballistic missiles Friday, Seoul said, hours after leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister denied widespread allegations that Pyongyang is shipping weapons to Russia. The launches are the latest in a string of ever more sophisticated tests by North Korea, which has fired...

Taipei (AFP) May 17, 2024 The incoming Taiwanese president's best strategy to stop China from seizing the self-ruled island will likely be to bolster an agile defensive "porcupine" approach by spending more on missiles and drones. Lessons learned from Russia's war in Ukraine about how rapidly developing drones can outfox traditional heavy...

Washington DC (UPI) May 16, 2024 The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan left Japan on Thursday for its last patrol of the Pacific Ocean after being stationed in Tokyo Bay for the past nine years. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emmanuel was on hand as the Ronald Reagan with its 6,000-member crew left the Yokosuka Naval Base, home of the U.S....

Paris (AFP) May 17, 2024 Despite Western calls on China to cut its support for Moscow's war against Ukraine by limiting supplies of dual-use materials and weapons components to Russia, Beijing has no interest in dropping its backing for President Vladimir Putin, analysts say. While China does not want to upend its ties with the West, and...