Israeli privately-owned company BIRD Aerosystems has announced that it has won a contract for the delivery and installation of its missile protection system on a customer VIP and Military aircraft in Africa. Within the contract, BIRD Aerosystems will deliver its AMPS-MLRD missile protection system which to provide protection for aircraft against the growing threat of ground to air missiles including MANPADS, Laser guided threats, and Radar […]
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Bar-tailed godwits spend their summers in the Arctic, where they breed and build up their energy reserves before flying south for the winter. (Ben / Flickr under CC BY-ND 2.0) Male Bar-Tailed Godwit Sets New Record for Nonstop Flight Bird Flies 7,500 Miles, a New Record for Longest Nonstop Bird Migration https://t.co/VyEX0vsULP via @smithsonianmag — Klaus Rave (@RaveKlaus) October 18, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: A male […]
An aircraft carrying Vice President Mike Pence, known as Air Force Two, was forced to turn back and land after it reportedly collided with a bird over New Hampshire shortly after take-off. The plane struck a bird soon after taking off from New Hampshire’s Manchester Airport on Tuesday following a Trump campaign event, a White House official told NPR’s Tamara Keith, adding that “out of abundance of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/12/1080504898_93:0:1293:675_1200x675_80_0_0_57182fd04aa5fc57e2936ca02d90693e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202009181080503752-splish-splash-splosh-bird-having-kitchen-shower-will-bring-you-cheer—video-/ Most birds love water and enjoy taking baths. It is said this bathing not only removes their dirt but also keeps their skin moist. A video of a bird beating the scorching heat and taking a cool shower is going viral on social media. The colourful bird in the video is seen in a kitchen sink. It is revelling […]
Birds need to refuel occasionally during their long migrations and if food along the way is in short supply some don’t make it. However, mass deaths caused by starvation during the flight have generally been pretty rare. That is, until this year. Thousands of birds migrating from the Arctic tundra to America’s south-west have recently dropped dead in states such as New Mexico, Texas and Colorado […]
The Painted Bird is a masterful epic about a young unnamed Jewish Boy (Petr Kotlár) navigating a bleak Eastern European landscape during World War II, and when it had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival last September, it was equally praised and decried as brutal and harrowing thanks to its horrifying scenes of murder, pedophilia and bestiality. Ask Czech writer/director Václav Marhoul about that […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0c/1079863253_89:0:1417:747_1200x675_80_0_0_0e28342102c900c288c41ae76700e573.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202007131079863211-summertime-relaxation-lazy-golden-retriever-enjoys-cool-water-with-inflatable-bird-friend/ Some canines simply hate water, while others love to swim and can do it for hours. But in the end, doggos are not great swimmers – they are not seals or otters. They were born to run, not float. Luckily, however, there are inflatable toys just for that – and dogs definitely love such big and soft things. This […]
Spanish Air Force A400M Atlas military transport aircraft suffered a bird strike while landing in Zaragoza. The bird-aircraft collision happened when an A400M was performing a landing to Zaragoza Air Base, according to the Breaking Aviation News. The aircraft successfully landed and performed a roll-out as the captain informed Air Base tower that they had struck a bird shortly before touching down. There were no injuries […]