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UK Plans To Ban WhatsApp, Other Encrypted Messaging Apps
January 14, 2015 @ 12:55 PMThe UK Prime Minister David Cameron vows to ban messaging apps like WhatsApp, iMessage, Snapchat and Telegram to stop the use of encrypted communication services, as an effort to combat terror attacks. Cameron said he will introduce a legislation to provide intelligence agencies a legal framework to crack down on communications of terror suspects
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Largest Delta IV Heavy U.S. Rocket Successfully Launched
August 29, 2013 @ 10:21 AMA giant 21 stories tall Delta IV Heavy rocket has been launched for the second time from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, on a covert mission for the US governments National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The launch used three main engines with one powered by RS-68 liquid hydrogen and oxygen and the rest two powered by RL10 liquid hydrogen and oxygen (developed by Aerojet Rocketdyne), according to United Launch Alliances (ULA) press release, which built the rocket
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Russia To Get New Air Defense System For Detecting Missiles At Blastoff
July 10, 2013 @ 12:35 PMRussia is getting a new defense system which will ensure guaranteed detection of enemy ballistic and long-range cruise missiles at blastoff, a top military official said Tuesday. The officials said the system would feature advanced information-gathering, data-processing and attack capabilities with an early-warning radar system to be deployed along the entire Russian border
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Pentagon Confirms Boeing’s F-15 Mid-Air Break-Up Caused By Defective Parts
January 11, 2013 @ 07:20 AMPentagons Inspector General has confirmed that Boeing will pay a $1 million settlement to the USAF for the F-15 fighters replacement parts in a 2007 mid-air jet breakup. Boeing was found to have provided ‘defective or ‘non-conforming parts, a fact which was corroborated in a joint investigation for the inspector general and USAF
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BEL displays vehicle underbody scanner at Indesec 2009
October 11, 2009 @ 12:00 AMBharat Electronics Limited (BEL), India’s premier defense electronics company has displayed a vehicle underbody scanner (VUS) at Indesec expo 2009, as part of its new focus on homeland defense equipment. The heart of the system is the detection engine, which is a centralized module housed within the plant or control room of the site
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Robotic snake for surveillance, suicide mission developed in Israel
June 9, 2009 @ 12:00 AMA snake that can slither along the ground, use its “eye” to snap up pictures and video of the enemy and beam it back to its controller has been developed by the Israeli military, according to reports in the Israeli media. The “robotic snake”, as the reports said can also be used in “suicide” missions by carrying a small payload and blowing itself up when in close proximity of the enemy
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Netherlands Extends Deployment of MQ-9 Reapers in Romania Until 2026
First Batch of 'Ready To Fly' Russian Engines Shipped For Installation on...
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...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U