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PETA Demands Snakes be Taken off Marines' Menu, Cites Coronavirus Risk
April 29, 2020 @ 03:51 PMPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has demanded an end to snakes being killed and eaten raw at a military exercise in Thailand where US Marines regularly participate. The "Cobra Gold" exercise in the jungles of Thailand hosted by the Thai military is often attended by US Marines and commandos of Thailand and other countries
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US Navy Receives Final Block II Super Hornet, Block III tests by...
April 25, 2020 @ 09:18 AMThe US Navy took the delivery of its final Block II F/A-18E/F Super Hornet jet and announced that tests of Block III jets will begin in two months from now. “The service took delivery of the final Block II Super Hornet, closing out a run of 322 one-seater F/A-18Es and 286 two-seated F/A-18Fs, on April 17,” the Navy said in a statement Friday
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Drone Delivers COVID-19 Patient Sample for Tests in Estonia
April 24, 2020 @ 07:40 AMIn a first, a coronavirus sample of a suspected patient in an Estonian island was aerially delivered by a drone to a testing center located in the mainland, on Thursday. The mission was undertaken by the North Estonia Medical Center (PERH), Hiiumaa Hospital and Threod Systems for quick delivery from Hiiumaa island to Tallinn city situated 12 nautical miles away
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AeroVironment Announces Quantix Recon, Automatic VTOL Reconnaissance Drone
April 23, 2020 @ 03:59 PMAeroVironment Inc. today unveiled the Quantix Recon, a fully-automated reconnaissance drone that delivers high resolution, geo-referenced terrain, vegetation and infrastructure imagery
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Trump Says Destroy “Harassing” Armed Iranian Boats, Pentagon Officials Agree
April 23, 2020 @ 04:54 AMPentagon officials are in “full agreement” with President Donald J.Trump who ordered the Navy to destroy any armed Iranian vessel that “harasses” American warships
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Iran Rejects US Claims of “Harassing” Warships in Arabian Gulf
April 21, 2020 @ 07:10 AMIrans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has denied the US Navys claims that it “harassed” the services warships in the Arabian Sea on April 19. Tehran has said that it only increased patrols in the Gulf after the US Navy blocked the path of one of its ships in two separate incidents in April
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Boeing to Restart Airplane Production at Puget Sound
April 17, 2020 @ 12:47 PMBoeing has announced a restart of aircraft production following a two-week suspension even as one of its suppliers, Kawasaki Heavy said it would suspend parts manufacture for the 787 Dreamliner jet. The company on Thursday said it will resume all commercial airplanes production at Puget Sound-region, tasked with building 747, 767, 777 and 787 aircraft, in a “phase manner
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New Russian Law Tightens Secrecy Around Defence Orders to Avoid US, EU...
April 17, 2020 @ 11:21 AMThe State Duma of the Russian Federation has recently adopted a law that limits the circle of persons who may possess information about state defense orders. The explanatory note states that the adoption of the bill is necessary to limit the circle of people who have information about the implementation of state defense order in the context of sanctions against Russia, the Russian MoDs news channel, tvzvezda
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Kazakhstan Air Force MiG-31 Crashes, Pilots Bail Out
April 16, 2020 @ 07:01 PMA MiG-31 interceptor aircraft of the Kazakhstan Air Force crashed in the countrys Karaganda on April 16, the Defence Ministry said today. “The accident occurred south of the airfield in Karaganda
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French Army Cougar Helicopter Crashes, 2 Dead
April 16, 2020 @ 12:07 PMA Cougar multi-role helicopter of the French Army crashed near Tarbes in southwestern France on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring five others. "On April 15, a Cougar helicopter crashed north of Tarbes during a training mission in the vicinity of Bouilh-Devant (Hautes-Pyrénées)
India's L&T Delivers First Set of Wing Assemblies for LCA Mk1A Fighter...
Portugal Adds Third KC-390 Airlifter to Fleet as A-29N Super Tucano Begins...
Australia Delivers First Batch of M1A1 Abrams Tanks to Ukraine
L3Harris Unveils Red Wolf, Green Wolf Launched Effects Vehicles
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...