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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/01/05/german-army-use-flexible-working-to-attract-gen-z-soldiers/
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Telegraph
Among them is the Youtube series Save, a dramatic series of adverts promoting life in the German army as a medic. The campaign features scenes of young medics racing through the German countryside in armoured personnel carriers on exercise, accompanied by pumping techno music.Prior to the...
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https://theintercept.com/2024/04/15/iran-attack-israel-drones-missiles/
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Theintercept
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://futurism.com/this-flying-car-could-revolutionize-warfare
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Futurism
The Israeli 'Air Mule' is a flying car capable of carrying 500kg (1,102 lbs) at speeds up to 185 km/h (115 mph).
The military vehilce uses internal rotors, as opposed to helicopter-like blades, making it easier to maneuver in an urban setting.
The military vehilce uses internal rotors, as opposed to helicopter-like blades, making it easier to maneuver in an urban setting.
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https://www.startribune.com/editorial-counterpoint-its-a-shame-the-feds-arent-helping-us-more-against-cyberattacks/600351924/
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Startribune
Opinion editor's note: Star Tribune Opinion publishes a mix of national and local commentaries online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. The March 10 editorial "A cyber warning for health care," about the effects of hacking that targeted a UnitedHealth-owned company, Change Healthcare, which handles claims and related financial transactions, ended with the statement, "This crisis will pass." The crisis is only beginning.
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https://www.space.com/china-two-commercial-weather-satellite-launches-december-2023-video
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Space
Late last month, China launched two clusters of small satellites to provide commercial meteorological data. Two separate Kuaizhou 1A solid lifted off from transport erector launchers at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 8:00 p.EST (0100 GMT and 9:00 a.Beijing time on Dec. 25) and 1:50 a.EST (0650 GMT, or 2:50 p.Beijing time) . .
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/why-logistics-will-be-key-any-us-conflict-russia-and-china
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Stratfor
The United States undoubtedly has the world's strongest military, but all that would count for naught if it can't organize, deploy and supply those forces.
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https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/2023/11/11/hezbollah-says-it-is-introducing-new-weapons-in-ongoing-battles-with-israeli-troops
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Winnipegfreepress
BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group said Saturday his fighters have introduced new weapons, including a missile with a heavy warhead in the ongoing fighting along the Lebanon-Israel border, adding that they will keep using the tense frontier to pressure Israel. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah also blasted the United States over the Israel-Hamas war, saying it is the only country that can stop Israel's wide offensive on the Gaza Strip but doesn't do so.
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https://www.westernjournal.com/iranian-revolutionary-guard-corps-deploys-yemen-now-taking-direct-role-red-sea-attacks-report/
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps Deploys to Yemen, Now Taking Direct Role in Red Sea Attacks: Report
Westernjournal
Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are in Yemen and assisting the county's Houthi rebel terror group in its ongoing assault on civilian shipping in the Red Sea, a new report claims.
Those attacks are affecting global shipping as the narrow sea that connects the Indian Ocean to...
Those attacks are affecting global shipping as the narrow sea that connects the Indian Ocean to...
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https://www.space.com/aeolus-assisted-reentry-lessons-space-debris
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Space
The European Space Agency (ESA) recently performed an assisted/semi-controlled descent of its retired Aeolus, a wind-studying spacecraft lofted into Earth orbit in 2018. Mission scientists and engineers took on the tricky task of targeting a remote stretch of the Atlantic Ocean for the plunge to Earth of Aeolus.
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https://sputnikglobe.com/20240420/shoigu-inspects-drones-and-small-arms-at-firing-range-in-moscow-military-district-1118024303.html
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Sputnikglobe
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was presented with promising drones and small arms at a Moscow Military District firing range, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation General of the Army Sergei Shoigu at the Moscow Military District's firing range reviewed the implementation of instructions on the development of drones and small arms taking into account the experience of the special military operation," the ministry said.
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https://news.mongabay.com/2024/02/cambodia-sea-turtle-nests-spark-hope-amid-coastal-development-species-decline/
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News
Conservationists in Cambodia have found nine sea turtle nests on a remote island off the country's southwest coast, sparking hopes for the critically endangered hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) and endangered green turtle (Chelonia mydas).It's the first time sea turtle nests have been...
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https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/south-korea-tests-solid-fuel-rocket-amid-space-race-with-north-korea/article67603751.ece
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Thehindu
South Korea on Monday successfully conducted a test flight of a solid-fuel space rocket over the sea near Jeju Island, the defence ministry said, amid a growing space race with neighbouring North Korea. It was the third test of its kind following two others in December and March last year. The launch involved technology developed at the state-run Agency for Defense Development and a space rocket and a satellite produced by South Korea's Hanwha Systems , the ministry said in a statement.
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https://www.juancole.com/2024/03/treating-disaster-convention.html
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Juancole
( Tomdispatch.com ) - It's been almost two months since the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to stop killing Gazans and destroying their means of subsistence. So let's look back and ask (1) how Israel has responded to its "orders," and (2) how hard the Biden administration has pushed...
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https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20240111-somali-army-searching-for-hostages-held-by-al-shabaab-after-un-chopper-crash-lands
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France24
Somalia's military said Thursday it was searching for a number of people "taken hostage" by the militant group Al-Shabaab after a UN helicopter made an emergency landing in hostile territory.
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Virtual reality (VR) is changing how we interact with technology from travel to gaming to the metaverse.
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https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/12/spacex-looks-primed-to-launch-military-spaceplane-higher-than-ever-before/
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Arstechnica
Enlarge / SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket stands on Launch Complex 39A in Florida, hours before its scheduled liftoff with the military's X-37B spaceplane.Trevor Mahlmann/Ars Technica
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida—A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is poised for launch as soon as Tuesday night from the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida—A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is poised for launch as soon as Tuesday night from the...
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/combat-veteran-is-top-contender-to-replace-chinas-missing-defence-minister/articleshow/104392229.cms
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Timesofindia
BEIJING - General Liu Zhenli, the head of the military body responsible for China's combat operations and planning, has emerged as the top contender to replace the country's defence minister, who has not been seen in public for more than six weeks, according to five people familiar with the matter.
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https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/us-weaves-web-of-intelligence-links-in-asia-to-counter-china
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Financialpost
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https://www.dw.com/en/australia-to-buy-tomahawk-missiles-from-us-to-boost-defense/a-66586362
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Australia on Monday announced that it will buy more than 200 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the US for its navy, for 1.3 billion Australian dollars ($83 million; €76 million).
With this deal, Australia will join the small league of countries that have the 1,500 kilometer (932 mile)-range missiles....
With this deal, Australia will join the small league of countries that have the 1,500 kilometer (932 mile)-range missiles....
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https://sputnikglobe.com/20230922/us-awards-12bln-to-enhance-space-force-systems-1113575027.html
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Sputnikglobe
"The Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, California, has been awarded a $1,217,826,697...contract for systems engineering and integration support for the National Space Community," the release said. The Space Systems Command, a US Space Force agency, at El Segundo, California is contracting activity that will oversee the work, the Defense Department revealed.
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/7xdq7x/majorana-particle-army-quantum-computer
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Vice
A telltale signature of the theoretical particle was discovered last year. Now the Army wants to use it to build a quantum computer.
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https://www.space.com/space-force-national-guard-white-house-says-no
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Space
The U.National Guard is a military reserve force made up of part-time members who hold civilian jobs but can be called up to full-time service when needed. The National Guard is also used within the United States to respond to domestic emergencies such as natural disasters. Currently, the Army and the Air Force have National Guard reserve components, but the U.Space Force does not.