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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13724345/terrifying-mission-return-stranded-NASA-astronauts-Boeing-starliner.html?ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490&ns_mchannel=rss
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Two NASA astronauts have been stranded in space for months due to a fault with Boeing's spacecraft - but their return to Earth could be even more terrifying. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were only supposed to be on the International Space Station for eight days when they launched on Boeing's...
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/03/us/politics/iraq-commandos-isis.html
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Nytimes
American and Iraqi commandos raided Islamic State hide-outs in western Iraq last week, killing at least 14 ISIS fighters in one of the most sweeping counterterrorism missions in the country in recent years.Seven U.S. soldiers were injured as more than 200 troops from both countries, including...
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https://thediplomat.com/2023/07/china-is-helping-modernize-the-pakistan-navy-what-does-that-mean-for-india/
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Thediplomat
AdvertisementOver the last decade, China's dominance in the Indian Ocean region has gained headlines, with relatively little attention paid to Pakistan's maritime advances. Surprisingly, despite a financial crisis and political turmoil, Islamabad has continued to improve its naval fleet, which...
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https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/taiwans-new-submarines-will-be-a-mixed-blessing/
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Thediplomat
AdvertisementOn September 28, Taiwan unveiled the first of its Hai Kun-class diesel-electric submarines. Constructed in a local shipyard in Kaohsiung with major foreign assistance, the Han Kun (officially dubbed the Narwhal in English) is planned to be the first of eight vessels that will join...
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https://tnsr.org/2024/03/from-panic-to-policy-the-limits-of-foreign-propaganda-and-the-foundations-of-an-effective-response/
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1 U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections, January 6, 2017, https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf. Propaganda is defined here as "the deliberate and systematic attempt to shape perceptions, manipulate...
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https://www.eu-startups.com/2024/05/enhancing-soldier-safety-interview-with-orbotix-technologies-ceo-gregory-letare/
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Eu-startups
It's no secret that technology advances in every sector and in every direction, transforming industries and redefining capabilities. In the realm of defence, these advancements are crucial, as nations seek to enhance their capabilities, ensure national security, and stay ahead of potential threats.
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https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/airbus-satellite-syracuse-ariane-space-launch
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The SYRACUSE 4B communications satellite, built by Airbus and Thales Alenia Space, has been successfully launched from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
SYRACUSE 4B, which will be used by the French Ministry of Defense, was thrusted into space aboard the...
SYRACUSE 4B, which will be used by the French Ministry of Defense, was thrusted into space aboard the...
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https://www.roadtovr.com/microsoft-ivas-ar-headset-oculus-founder-boost/
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Anduril Industries, the defense tech company founded by Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, announced it's partnering with Microsoft to boost the company's militarized, HoloLens 2-based AR headset, which is currently under contract by the United States Army. The company maintains its Lattice platform, integrated into Microsoft's Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), will provide soldiers real-time threat detection, aiming to improve battlefield awareness and survivability by looping in data from sources such as drones, ground vehicles, or aerial defense systems, Wired writes.
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https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-03-14-dod-preparing-mass-migration-haitians-into-us.html
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Pentagon officials testified in Congress Tuesday that the Department of Defense is preparing for a mass influx of Haitians into the US in the wake of the complete collapse of law and order in the Caribbean island state. The comments were made during a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee, after Rep.
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https://www.kyivpost.com/post/35727
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Russian strike planners on Friday launched a focused but, according to Kyiv statements, unsuccessful attack against the Khmelnytsky region air base in Starokostyantyniv. The Ukrainian airfield is considered to be the best prepared to handle soon-to-arrive American F-16 fighter jets. Kremlin Tu-95 "Bear" bombers reportedly launched five Kh-101 cruise missiles - the same weapon responsible for a bloody attack on a Kyiv children's hospital on Monday - at the Ukrainian Air Force's main bomber base shortly before midnight Thursday-Friday.
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https://www.oodaloop.com/briefs/2023/12/06/gecko-robotics-raises-100-million-for-defense-tech/
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Oodaloop
Gecko Robotics has raised $100 million for its robots that assess the safety and condition of infrastructure for industries including defense, oil and manufacturing, according to a statement reviewed by Bloomberg News. The Pittsburgh-based company, whose customers include the US Navy last year's...
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/south-korea-launches-its-first-spy-satellite-after-rival-north-korea-does-the-same/articleshow/105665115.cms
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Timesofindia
South Korea on Friday launched its first military spy satellite, a little over a week after North Korea claimed to put its own spy satelliteinto orbit for the first time as tensions rise between the rivals. Launched from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, it was the first of five spy satellites South Korea plans to send into space by 2025 under a contract with SpaceX.The event had been scheduled for earlier this week but was pushed back because of weather conditions.South Korea has had no military reconnaissance satellites of its own in space and has partially resorted to US spy satellites to monitor moves by North Korea.When operated together with South Korea's so-called three-axis system - preemptive strike, missile defence and retaliatory assets - experts say spy satellites will significantly boost the country's defence against North Korea.After two launch failures earlier this year, North Korea said it successfully placed its "Malligyong-spy satellite into orbit last week.
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https://theconversation.com/italian-teenager-carlo-acutis-upcoming-canonization-reflects-the-vaticans-desire-to-appeal-to-a-new-generation-of-catholics-231151
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The Italian teenager Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006 of a rare form of leukemia at age 15, will soon become the Catholic Church's first "millennial saint." Acutis was a computer programmer who created virtual exhibitions and databases on Eucharistic miracles - when the bread and wine are believed to change into the physical body and blood of Jesus - and the reported sightings of the Virgin Mary.
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https://theintercept.com/2024/04/15/iran-attack-israel-drones-missiles/
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The United States shot down more drones and missiles than Israel did on Saturday night during Iran's attack, The Intercept can report.
More than half of Iran's weapons were destroyed by U.S. aircraft and missiles before they ever reached Israel. In fact, by commanding a multinational air defense...
More than half of Iran's weapons were destroyed by U.S. aircraft and missiles before they ever reached Israel. In fact, by commanding a multinational air defense...
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https://247wallst.com/military/2024/09/21/some-of-these-enlisted-soldiers-make-way-more-money-than-the-average-american/
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To find the military pay grades that pay the most, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed basic pay tables from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service for the Department of Defense. Pay grades are ordered by the maximum possible base pay (we used the monthly pay to calculate annual pay). Comparable ranks for...
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https://www.afgsc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3511271/air-force-army-battle-labs-work-with-darpa-on-astarte-new-c2-capability/
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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- The 805th Combat Training Squadron's Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, also known as the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Battle Management System Battle Lab, recently experimented with joint partners that helped evolve a new joint airspace management and joint fires...
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https://taskandpurpose.com/news/ai-pilot-f-16/
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An Air Force F-16 flown entirely by an AI-powered brain took the service's top boss — Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall — through an air-to-air dogfight against a human-flown jet.
Kendall, 75 and 25 years removed from a career as an active duty Army and Army Reserve officer, sat in the...
Kendall, 75 and 25 years removed from a career as an active duty Army and Army Reserve officer, sat in the...
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/world/europe/ukraine-counteroffensive-minefields.html
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Extensive minefields laid by Russian forces are proving among the toughest obstacles facing Ukraine's counteroffensive, and the tools that Kyiv's military has for removing them are inadequate, according to experts.Russia has deployed minefields in "innovative ways" as part of multiple lines of...
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https://www.zerohedge.com/military/pentagons-rush-deploy-ai-enabled-weapons-going-kill-us-all
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Authored by Michael T. Klare via The Nation,While experts warn about the risk of human extinction, the Department of Defense plows full speed ahead...The recent boardroom drama over the leadership of OpenAI—the San Francisco-based tech startup behind the immensely popular ChatGPT computer...
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13369213/tech-workers-san-francisco-downtown-commune.html?ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490&ns_mchannel=rss
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Dailymail
Tech workers in San Francisco have planned to create a downtown commune that will allow people to 'live, eat and work' all within a 15-minute walk. Set to be launched on May 11, City Campus, a nonprofit, plans to create a one-square-mile 'campus' in the Hayes, Alamo and Duboce neighborhoods. The...
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https://247wallst.com/military/2024/10/28/watch-pilots-push-this-fighter-jet-to-mph/
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The fastest aircraft ever in existence is the NASA X-43, an experimental research aircraft that was just 12 feet long. This scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) powered plane flew at an incredible speed of Mach 9.6, or 7,366 mph. For context, Mach 1.0 is considered the speed of sound, so NASA...
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https://sputnikglobe.com/20231205/us-tomahawk-anti-ship-missiles-to-challenge-china-amid-taiwan-tensions--report-1115385789.html
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The US Navy is due to begin arming its submarines with anti-ship Tomahawk cruise missile next year, according to Bloomberg News, citing Capt. Jon Michael Hersey, the new Tomahawk Weapon Systems program manager, as saying. He said that the "Maritime Strike" version of the Tomahawk, which was originally designed for hitting ground targets, would be fielded after October 2024.