America’s largest military shipbuilding company Huntington Ingalls announced that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division started fabrication of Legend-class national security cutter Friedman (NSC 11). The start of fabrication signifies the first 100 tons of steel have been cut. “Our workforce has invested more than a decade of effort, creativity and resolve to make the Legend-class national security cutter production line incredibly efficient and strong,” Ingalls Shipbuilding President Kari Wilkinson […]
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A planned “combat readiness” inspection began in the Russian Armed Forces on Tuesday, according to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. The ministry described the drill as a “massive inspection”, to check combat readiness on the territory of all military districts and the Northern Fleet, in the Far North, on the Kuril Islands and Kamchatka. The tests began amid concern over Russian military activity in Crimea and eastern […]
The U.S. Army has taken another important step towards obtaining a new artillery system by beginning testing of Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) autoloader at Picatinny Arsenal. On Thursday, the Picatinny Arsenal press release said that the development of the ERCA autoloader capability is notable because it would enable the cannon to fire at significantly faster rates, enhance lethality, and it may set the stage for […]
This month, American plane-maker Boeing started assembly on a U.S. Air Force’s all-new advanced trainer aircraft calls the T-7A Red Hawk at its factory in St. Louis, Mo. The training jet was fully designed using 3D model-based definition and data management systems developed at Boeing during the last two decades. The T-7A Red Hawk employed the digital engineering and design of the Boeing T-X aircraft that […]
The Ministry for Strategic Industries of Ukraine has announced that the Ukrainian defense industry achieved a significant milestone this month as part of an ongoing upgrade program and launches production of composite and steel rotor blades for Mil family helicopters. Production has now begun of an all-new, technologically-advanced, main rotor blades for Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters at the Motor Sich facility in Zaporizhzhia, according to a […]
According to a press release issued last week by U.S. Air Force Test Cente, the Test Pilot School convenes the first-ever Space Test Fundamentals course Jan. 4, 2021. The selection board results were announced Dec. 10, the release states. “This important milestone would not have been possible without the vision of U.S. Space Force leaders. The value of agile, disciplined test and evaluation spans all domains, […]
The U.S. Army Operational Test Command has already begun testing the latest variant of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle family, the M2A4. Bradley M2A4 trials are taking place at the facilities of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army at Fort Hood military base in Texas. The upgraded variant of the Bradley vehicle developed by the BAE Systems under contract with […]
Demonstrations across Portland, Oregon have continued through the year, beginning with the death of George Floyd and other African American men at the hands of United States law enforcement. The protests have emerged in opposition to what they claim is inherent racism within the police force. Anti-racism protests in Portland came to a swift end when law enforcement cracked down and arrested attendees outside the Police […]
Observable disassociation from reality VT: Where does one start? First of all, the House is obligated to do this. Nobody can serve as president while on heavy steroids. Normal people go nuts on dexa and Trump is well below normal unless you believe his followers are normal also…and most Americans don’t. Trump now blames “veterans” for giving him COVID…one more betrayal since his “losers and suckers” […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107614/34/1076143405_0:160:3072:1888_1200x675_80_0_0_d41f75a64c64fa8816e5d032b9e79bea.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010061080681570-in-facebooks-footsteps-instagram-begins-labelling-state-controlled-media-accounts-and-posts/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Instagram has moved to label accounts and posts of “state-controlled media,” following the lead of its parent company Facebook, technology website Engadget reported. According to the outlet, journalist Casey Michel was the first to notice that users in the United States see such labels appearing on their profile pages and posts. Instagram has begun rolling out […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105578/91/1055789100_0:48:4193:2406_1200x675_80_0_0_158a8c26a532b92fc36fb4c826ac441a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Morgan Artyukhina . Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009281080603023-china-begins-massive-new-military-drills-in-four-neighboring-seas—report/ For the second time in two months, China is holding massive military drills in all four seas on its eastern border. This week, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is hosting five military drills at sea: two in the South China Sea, one in the East China Sea and two in the Yellow Sea, one of which […]
Leadership Begins At The Bottom September 26, 2020 Leadership Begins At The Bottom2020-09-262020-09-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/grassroots-leadership-e1601092133795.jpg200px200px Above photo: Grassroots Leadership. Let’s be clear. A title does not make you a leader. Look at Capitol Hill. Leadership begins in your home. You are the executive, manager, administrator, foot soldier, all wrapped up in one. No President of the United States is responsible for a booming economy. The people are. People […]
Media on the incumbent web is in crisis. It turns out that paying publishers for clicks, endless loops of “content” and ads, all served on platforms far beyond their maximum-viable scale is ideal for misinformation, disinformation and the decay of trust. The solution, according to various media innovation prognosticators, is the “passion economy.” The argument goes that, since anyone can create content now, it follows that […]
People gather at the Supreme Court on the morning after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP People gather at the Supreme Court on the morning after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. J. Scott Applewhite/AP The first Jewish woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, died Friday night as millions of American […]
Curve, the robot decentralized exchange for stablecoins, is kicking off a new dividend program for holders of its governance token, CRV. “We’ll start moving towards a cashflow-based protocol because the numbers are too sweet to not do it,” Curve founder Michael Egorov told CoinDesk in an email. In order to participate in governance, users need to stake their CRV to the voting contract, exchanging CRV for […]
A man holds a sign that says “VOTE” outside Mankato Regional Airport as President Trump makes a campaign stop on Aug. 17 in Mankato, Minn. Both Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden visit the state Friday. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Maturen/Getty Images A man holds a sign that says “VOTE” outside Mankato Regional Airport as President Trump makes a campaign stop on […]
The number of pending transactions on Ethereum per minute has jumped 30% after the claim for Uniswap’s UNI token begins. The decentralized trading platform announced around 00:30 UTC time Thursday that it has launched its governance token dubbed UNI with 1 billion coins that will be released over the next four years. While the liquidity mining for the governance token will not start until Friday, Uniswap […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/104933/22/1049332266_55:0:1255:675_1200x675_80_0_0_836df1024285b0535470adc2cc47aa98.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202008311080331930-photo-nasa-begins-assembly-of-asteroid-exploring-lucy-spacecraft/ The US space agency NASA announced on Friday it had begun assembly of the Lucy spacecraft, which will visit the mysterious Trojan asteroids near Jupiter that are believed to harbor water. In a recent news release, NASA announced the Lucy mission had passed a key milestone, which marks the transition from development to assembly for the spaceship. “During this […]
Germany Begins A Universal-Basic-Income Trial For Three Years By Adam Payne, Business Insider. August 25, 2020 Germany Begins A Universal-Basic-Income Trial For Three Years2020-08-252020-08-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2015/09/basic-income-150×117.jpg200px200px Starting this week, 120 Germans will receive a form of universal basic income every month for three years. The concept of universal basic income has gained traction in recent years, and Finland tested a form of it in 2017. Germany is about to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105689/07/1056890761_0:114:2200:1352_1200x675_80_0_0_2932208db7d91200744ca8080e688a5d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202008251080270125-uks-astrazeneca-begins-human-trial-of-covid-19-treatment-using-monoclonal-antibodies/ LONDON (Sputnik) – UK-based pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca announced on Tuesday that it had begun the human trial of a new treatment for COVID-19 using a combination of two monoclonal antibodies. “The first participants have been dosed in a Phase I trial of AZD7442, a combination of two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in development for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19,” […]
President Donald Trump welcomed his formal re-nomination at the Republican National Convention much like he has greeted crowds across the country, press in the briefing room at the White House and workers on factory floors in the months after his rallies were shut down: with a lengthy, rambling, grievance-filled speech. Despite promising an “optimistic” event, Trump had no sooner taken to the podium, before he complained […]
Added to the hour or so of Moscow Ritz Carlton video of this enormous ass bare for the world to see…all over the hotel…we now have 15 hours of “Donald strangled my canary” The Senior Editor In 15 hours of recordings, which could and should be an entire encyclopedia, we learn what we knew, Donald is a very poor reader and really didn’t go to college. […]
Following the successful test of Starship SN5 during its 150-meter hop just a week ago, the next Starship (SN6) is preparing to repeat the test in the coming days. With a potential tag-team – or hop-team – role for SN5 and SN6, a roadmap is starting to form ahead of the more ambitious tests that will involve Starships SN8 and SN9 – both of which are […]
In 2005, a deadly explosion in Beirut killed the country’s first post-civil war Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Four Hezbollah members were indicted for his murder and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is shortly set to deliver a verdict on their guilt. However, the country has recently been shaken by another catastrophic blast. An examination of a report into Beirut’s 4 August explosion, which killed more than […]
New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) Soldiers have begun testing electric utility bike developed by the UBCO. According to a company news release, the NZDF is running battle-lab experiments using the UBCO 2×2 Utility Bike, Portable Power Supplies and Accessories for use in reconnaissance, surveillance, and other applications. Branches of the NZ Defense Force will each trial the fleet under various simulations to assess the vehicles. The […]
An interesting op-ed by Leah Callon-Butler in CoinDesk this week got me to change my mind about something pretty fundamental. She asked: “Is crypto fintech?” My instinctive answer was “no!” For me, fintech is technology applied to finance, while cryptocurrency is a technology unto itself. That technology is giving rise to a new type of finance. You’re reading Crypto Long & Short, a newsletter that looks closely at […]
The defending World Series champion Washington Nationals will take on the New York Yankees Thursday in the first game of a delayed and shortened regular season on Thursday at Nationals Park. Scott Taetsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Taetsch/Getty Images The defending World Series champion Washington Nationals will take on the New York Yankees Thursday in the first game of a delayed and shortened regular […]
Blue chip clients cut ties last month with the lobbying firm run by Trump confidant Matt Schlapp over his caustic comments about Black Lives Matter protests. But Schlapp’s firm also picked up a new client: the President of the United States. Trump’s reelection campaign paid Cove Strategies, Schlapp’s lobbying and public affairs shop, $43,567 for communications consulting in June, according to a Federal Election Commission filing […]
Liberal Zionism Begins The Journey Towards A One-State Solution July 19, 2020 Liberal Zionism Begins The Journey Towards A One-State Solution2020-07-192020-07-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/tel-aviv-e1595176191937.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Israeli protesters demonstrate outside the Tel Aviv police headquarters against the killing of Iyad Hallak as well as increased police brutality against African asylum seekers in south Tel Aviv, May 30, 2020. Oren Ziv. Peter Beinart, a bellwether for American Jews, has provoked a […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): India’s COVID-19 tally is close to hitting the one million mark, with new cases pushing the total number to 93,6181 on Wednesday. However, the South Asian nation has fast-tracked its efforts in producing a vaccine against COVID-19, with two of its candidates Bharat Biotech and Zydus Cadila, getting the nod for human trials. Indian pharmaceutical company Zydus Healthcare on Wednesday announced that it […]
The U.S. Army is launched one of the most audacious Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) soldier operational experiment at Fort Carson, Colorado, according to the Combat Capabilities Development Command. The Next Generation Combat Vehicle – Cross Functional Team and CCDC Ground Vehicle Systems Center, in collaboration, are conducting RCV experiment to help the service better gauge how a future robotic vehicle fleet could fit inside the force […]
The U.S. Army is testing the new 120mm self-propelled mortar system at the Yuma Proving Ground. During a test period at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in the desert of Arizona, research teams operated the new self-propelled mortar system while conduct indirect, semi-direct and direct fire. The new self-propelled mortar system is based on the chassis of 8×8 armoured vehicle. The rear section of its all-welded […]
Once completed, the first of the new ‘Leader’-class of icebreakers will succeed the LK-60Ya, another Russian-made design, as the largest and most powerful icebreaking vessel in the world. The Zvezda Shipyard in Russia’s Far East has begun construction of the Rossiya (‘Russia’) Leader-class nuclear powered icebreaker, Rosatom subsidiary Rosatomflot has confirmed. “The first cutting of metal for the construction of Project 10510 Leader’s heavy-duty nuclear icebreaker […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107977/30/1079773047_0:0:3048:1715_1200x675_80_0_0_cb5d7b5681c493c48f52ba42e29c2d27.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202007021079772624-massive-shelling-begins-between-india-and-pakistan-day-after-terrorists-kill-soldier-civilian/ New Delhi (Sputnik): On Wednesday, a paramilitary forces officer and a civilian were killed, with three other security personnel injured after a group of terrorists attacked a convoy in the Sopore area of Kashmir. According to police officials, a three-year old boy, a relative of the dead civilian, was rescued in the attack. The Indian Army accused Pakistani troops […]
Russia has begun trials of the new Marker unmanned ground system, the Russian Foundation for Advanced Research Projects announced on 29 June. The Marker unmanned ground system is the joint project of the Center and the Android Technics Scientific Production Association. The modular platform is supposed to become the key element for practice of joint operation of ground robots, unmanned aviation and Special Operations forces. The […]
A Boeing 737 Max heads to a landing past grounded 737 Max aircraft at Boeing Field following a test flight Monday in Seattle. The jet took off from Boeing Field earlier in the day, the start of three days of re-certification test flights that mark a step toward returning the aircraft to passenger service. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption toggle caption Elaine Thompson/AP A Boeing 737 Max […]
The Struggle To Protect The Sacred Place Where Life Begins By Nick Engelfried, Waging Nonviolence. June 28, 2020 The Struggle To Protect The Sacred Place Where Life Begins2020-06-282020-06-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/arctic-e1593356059900.png200px200px Above photo: Porcupine caribou herd. Wikimedia/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Indigenous groups lead fight against Arctic oil drilling. A nationwide grassroots movement led by the Gwich’in people may soon reach its long-sought goal: permanent protection of the Arctic National […]
Singapore authorities charged a 23-year-old woman with breaking the city-state’s ban on unlicensed bitcoin sales on Wednesday. The woman allegedly bought S$3,350 (about $2,400) in bitcoin in late February 2020 using funds the police say came from the proceeds of an online scam. The Straits Times identified the woman as a Singaporean national named “Lange Vivian” and stated Lange was associated with a loan shark named […]
The liquidity mining boom may be upon us. Balancer Labs, the maker of an automated portfolio management tool, has confirmed with CoinDesk it has begun distribution of its BAL token. Following the persistent mania around last week’s debut of Compound’s COMP token, BAL will be the second governance token earned by a decentralized finance (DeFi) app’s most valuable users. Since June 1, liquidity providers for Balancer’s […]
White Allies dressed as slaves complete with whip marks on their backs at a protest Monday in Charleston, South Carolina. The white allies carried “Cracker for sale” signs hoping to impress the BLM mob. Advertisement – story continues below This is the insanity of the left.There are no words for this insanity. TRENDING: “Tear Them Down”: Race Activist Shaun King Calls for Removal of All Statues, […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): The ancient chariot festival that takes place in the Indian holy town Puri attracts millions of devotees from India and abroad every year. However, due to the pandemic, India’s top court has only allowed the festival to take place with certain limitations this year. After the Supreme Court of India overturned its own order cancelling the ancient Indian chariot festival – Jagannath Rath […]
NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program is stepping into the launch processing flow for the Artemis 1 mission after taking delivery of Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) hardware for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will start the uncrewed lunar orbit mission next year. SLS Booster prime contractor Northrop Grumman turned over almost all of the SRB hardware to EGS in the last week, and all […]
Regeneron begins human testing of COVID-19 antibody cocktail by Deena Beasley/Reuters (Reuters) – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc on Thursday said it has begun human testing of its experimental antibody cocktail as a treatment for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The trial has an “adaptive” design and could quickly move from dozens of patients to eventually include thousands, Chief Scientific Officer George Yancopoulos told Reuters. […]
Health Editor’s Note: Politicians, scamsters, conspiracy theorists, ill-doers, etc. all just need a brief blip in life as we know it to come out of the wood work and steal all the money they can. The coronoavirus pandemic is not a blip but a major change in life as we have known it. We are seeing only the tip of the COVID-19 iceberg. Heads up!…Carol Sunnyvale […]
Facebook’s decision to label state-controlled media is part of an effort to take a more assertive stance against misinformation in advance of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images Facebook’s decision to label state-controlled media is part of an effort to take a more assertive stance against misinformation in advance of the 2020 U.S. […]
VT: The cover story is that they are prison guards, special “fat guy” SWAT teams for the Bureau of Prisons. No such force exists. They are on the streets of Washington, Philadelphia and are being moved around the country without permission of state and local governments. Washington, DC is teeming with unidentified irregular paramilitary forces that are occupying the public spaces. They could be rogue Tea […]
Novavax is testing a new coronavirus vaccine on human subjects for the first time, launching a phase one clinical trial with a massive grant from an agency founded by Bill Gates, kicking off a storm of concerns online. The Maryland-based pharma company has begun its trial, which will dose some 130 Australian participants with the new inoculation, hoping to see results as early as July and […]
Business 10:15 GMT 20.05.2020Get short URL In financial terms, a negative bond yield means that investors are effectively paying to lend money to the government instead of receiving a return on their investment. When bond yields are negative, it generally means investors are seeking a safe haven for their money instead of looking to earn. Britain has begun the sale of government bonds with an average […]
Russian state media reported that the Gagarin Aircraft Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur has launched the production of its advanced Su-35 fighter jets under a contract with Egypt. Russia’s news agency, TASS, quoting military diplomatic source, reported that was launched the production of SU-35 fighters, intended to be delivered to the Egyptian Air Force under the contract signed in 2018 “The Gagarin Aircraft Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur has launched […]
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, is the virus that causes COVID-19. The virus shown was isolated from a patient in the U.S. Image captured and colorized at NIAID’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in Hamilton, Montana.NIAID Health Editor’s Note: COVID-19 is likely to respond to a cocktail […]
US 01:45 GMT 10.05.2020(updated 02:34 GMT 10.05.2020) Get short URL Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease since 1984, is one of the leading members of the White House Task Force, and is known to contradict US President Donald Trump when advising on health issues to the US public amid the pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci is set to start a “modified […]
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, is the virus that causes COVID-19. The virus shown was isolated from a patient in the U.S. Image captured and colorized at NIAID’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in Hamilton, Montana.NIAID Health Editor’s Note: COVID-19 is likely to respond to a cocktail […]
Live and Let Die: The Data Manipulation Begins By Marcy Wheeler, Emptywheel May 8, 2020 Live and Let Die: The Data Manipulation Begins2020-05-082020-05-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/covid-19-healthcare-workers-wheel-the-bodies-of-deceased-people-from-the-wyckoff-heights-medical-center-in-brooklyn-by-andrew-kelly-for-reuters.jpg200px200px Above: COVID-19, healthcare workers wheel the bodies of deceased people from the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn By Andrew Kelly for Reuters. From the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, various entities in the United States were always engaged in the kind of dishonesty we […]
Japanese internment camp during WWII And here we thought Democrats were against internment camps?Guess not. Advertisement – story continues below Ventura County officials in California announced plans to remove infected residents with the Wuhan virus from their homes and place them in quarantine centers. On Wednesday, Ventura County Health Director Robert Levin announced that the forcible quarantines are underway and will continue. TRENDING: HUGE UPDATE: Dr. […]
Europe 13:52 GMT 07.05.2020Get short URL The trial in the case of Philip Manshaus, who is accused of murdering his step-sister and attacking a mosque, is underway in the Norwegian capital of Oslo, reports say. Philip Manshaus, 22, who went on a shooting spree at a Norwegian mosque last August has stated that it was “emergency justice” and he regretted not having caused more damage, the Norwegian […]