military
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US Air Force Says Latest Missile Test ‘Not Related To Any Real World Events’
The US Air Force published a video overnight showing its latest missile test from Tuesday. But the Air Force insists that the test is “not related to any real world events.” The unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The missile, which is capable of carrying…
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Pentagon Grounds Every F-35 Fighter Jet After Crash
The United States military temporarily grounded all of its F-35 jets, the Defence Department’s priciest fighter jets, for inspection Thursday following a crash in South Carolina last month. The cause of the crash is believed to be the result of a faulty fuel tube, though inspections of all F-35 planes operated by the US and…
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Weird Tooth Phone Wins Millions In Pentagon Funding
A new communication device that is supposed to go inside military service members’ heads gives us a hint at the sort of technology a new US Defence Department accelerator program is funding.
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Section Of US Warship From WW2 Discovered Off Alaskan Coast
In August 1943, the USS Abner Read struck a Japanese naval mine while conducting patrols in the Bering Sea. The explosion sheared the ship’s entire stern section, sending it and 71 US sailors to the bottom of the Bering Sea. Lost for 75 years, the World War II destroyer’s severed stern has finally been found…