Aerospace giant Boeing has confirmed that the Australian government has awarded a $115 million contract to build three more Loyal Wingman unmanned aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force. The company said that the agreement will increase the aircraft’s production capability to six aircraft for Royal Australian Air Force. As noted by the company, the Loyal Wingman is the first military combat aircraft to be designed, engineered and manufactured in Australia in more than 50 years. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “The Australian government’s continued investment in the innovative Loyal Wingman program will create jobs and opportunities for over […]
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U.S. helicopter maker Sikorsky Aircraft, a unit of Lockheed Martin, will build six additional VH-92A Presidential Helicopters under a $470.8-million contract from the U.S. Navy. According to the U.S. Department of Defense contract announcements, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. was awarded a modification to a previous contract from the Naval Air Systems Command for exercises options for the procurement of five Lot Three low rate initial production Presidential Helicopters Replacement Program (VH-92A) aircraft, and associated interim contractor support, two cabin interior reconfiguration kits, support equipment, initial spares, and system parts replenishment. Under the terms of the contract, known as Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) […]
BAR Technologies that it has partnered with British company SubSea Craft Ltd in the design and build of VICTA – the world’s most advanced diver delivery unit. According to a company statement, as the principal partner, BAR Technologies has been integral to the shape and form of VICTA – designing and optimising the hull and control system to enable truly remarkable performance both on the surface and submerged. BAR Technologies and SubSea Craft began collaborating on the VICTA development in 2018, progressing the build over the last 14 months. The vessel is currently in ‘finishing’ where the carbon fibre hull is completed […]
Sukhoi Company holding company, which incorporates leading Russian design bureaus and serial aircraft production plants, is using mixed reality headsets to assist workers during the production of Russia’s 5th generation fighter aircraft. Video and presentation posted to Twitter appeared to show that Russian engineers and workers began assembling the modern Russian fighter aircraft uses mixed reality headsets. According to a tweet from SwankyStas, JSC Sukhoi Company, part of the United Aircraft Corporation, provided a use case detailing how its engineers are using the mixed reality headsets to help assemble the Su-57 fighter jets. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Moreover, […]
We Need To Build A Movement That Heals Our Nation’s Traumas By Kazu Haga, Waging Nonviolence. October 29, 2020 We Need To Build A Movement That Heals Our Nation’s Traumas2020-10-292020-10-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/racism-elephant-e1603995273785.jpg200px200px Above photo: Action in Seattle, WA to discuss the “Elephant in the room, racism.” Damien Conway. If we don’t have an unwavering commitment to healing as we mobilize this election season, we will always be in crisis. As we head into what may be the most chaotic election in our lifetime, many people on all sides of the political aisle are reeling from anxiety and responding from a place of panic. […]
NJ Transit Backs Off Plan To Build Gas-Fired Power Plant October 26, 2020 NJ Transit Backs Off Plan To Build Gas-Fired Power Plant2020-10-262020-10-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/nj-transit-protest-e1603717516619.png200px200px Above photo: Protest at NJ Transit headquarters, December, 2019. From Hudson County View. Newark, NJ – New Jersey Transit has backed off a plan to build a gas-fired power plant in northern New Jersey that drew opposition from environmental groups and surrounding towns. The agency announced at its board meeting Wednesday night that it will repurpose the project to focus on renewable energy sources. NJ Transit’s board approved the hiring of a renewable energy consultant and up to […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107416/85/1074168598_0:386:5457:3455_1200x675_80_0_0_a5731ea593b4112bf35df141418eddec.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Morgan Artyukhina . Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/military/202010091080725534-pentagon-taps-spacex-to-build-cargo-transport-able-to-ship-weapons-anywhere-in-one-hour/ On Wednesday, the head of US Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) announced a new partnership with private space firms SpaceX and XArc to develop space-based cargo transport, something the Pentagon says has “the potential to be one of the greatest revolutions in transportation since the airplane.” “Think about moving the equivalent of a C-17 payload anywhere on the globe in less than an hour,” TRANSCOM chief US Army Gen. Stephen R. Lyons said at a virtual Wednesday meeting at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. “Think about that speed associated with the movement […]
The Presidential Office of Ukraine has announced on Wednesday that was signed a Memorandum on enhancing cooperation between Ukraine and the United Kingdom in the military and military-technical spheres. The details were given in a 7 October media release, to announce Ukraine signed a memorandum with the United Kingdom, securing 1.25 billion pounds ($1.61 billion) to build new fast attack crafts for the Ukrainian Navy. “This should significantly increase the efficiency and reduce the time of implementation of joint projects in the defense sector, which is critical in the context of aggravation of the situation in the Black Sea region,” said […]
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) expressed its concern about the integrated computer testing capabilities across the three separate programs under the Exploration Systems Development (ESD) division of NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. The Exploration Ground Systems (EGS), Orion, and Space Launch System (SLS) programs under ESD are working together to accomplish upcoming Artemis lunar missions, but have been independently funded and managed throughout their post-Constellation program formulations. During the ASAP’s fourth quarterly meeting of 2020, the panel highlighted the absence of the ability to test a complete set of the flight computer avionics and software that will fly […]
The internet of today isn’t the independent territory it was originally imagined to be. For ordinary people “the internet” is just a bunch of apps made by giant companies. These companies do whatever they want with your data, disappear when the journey is over, spy on you and show you ads. I’m honestly not sure why people even bother trying to come up with dystopian futures for the web – it’s already here. So how will the web evolve in the next 10 years? Things could continue to get worse for a little while. But soon we’ll start playing the past […]
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Netherlands-based Blockdata, which provides qualitative insights into the range of large enterprises using blockchain technology, has been acquired by data provider CB Insights. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. New York City’s CB Insights will be opening an office in Amsterdam, while Blockdata will remain a standalone product with its own team. Blockdata’s work will also be available to CB Insights clients, the companies said. The acquisition demonstrates that large firms are still interested in deploying distributed ledger technology (DLT) within their firewalls, and are looking for fast and thorough insights into the complex ecosystem that has grown […]
A $13.3 billion award has been given to defense contractor Northrop Grumman by the US Air Force amid the service’s engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase to replace its aging intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) nuclear delivery system. Northrop Grumman announced on Tuesday that the Virginia-based aerospace and defense contractor had been selected as the sole company to modernize the Air Force’s ICBM system under the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program. The new missiles will replace the rapidly aging Minuteman III ICBMs, which have served as the silo-based arm of the US nuclear triad since the 1970s. The contractor detailed that […]
The GammaPix gimmick is that it can detect radiation in different everyday situations, such as cosmic radiation while flying in an airplane, or gamma radiation in medical waste. You simply pull up the app, and begin taking a reading. Under normal circumstances, the camera can grab a complete reading in about five minutes.The application uses technology that analyzes video and still imagery for the signature of gamma rays that have hit the image sensor. The measurements themselves indicate the rate of interactions of gamma ray radiation with the particular camera being used, so different phones will yield different results. Image Insight […]
Black Families Purchased Land To Build Their Own City By Because of Them We Can. August 29, 2020 Black Families Purchased Land To Build Their Own City2020-08-292020-08-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/freedom-e1598730350364.jpg200px200px Cooperative economics at work! In Toomsboro, Georgia, a group of 19 Black families banded together to create what has the potential to be the next Black Wall Steet. Black people are resilient, we’ve had to be to thrive under systems that weren’t built for us. This resiliency has created innovative solutions to impossible problems such as racial injustices, food insecurity, and a lack of secure and safe communities. Ashley Scott, a realtor living in Stonecrest, Georgia, […]
Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi announced their intention to normalize relations after reaching an agreement, brokered by the US, to do so, that also envisages Israel stepping away from its intention to extend its sovereignty over some parts of the West Bank. Israel and the United Arab Emirates have announced their intention to cooperate in creating intelligence-gathering bases on a Yemeni island in a strategic area that overlooks the Bab al-Mandad Strait, according to PressTV, citing JForum’s report, itself based on unnamed sources. The alleged base is set to be built on Socotra Island, the largest land mass in the Yemeni archipelago. […]
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Winning is everything in Trump world, and the winner in the border wall fundraising scandal is a contractor who has ended up with more than $1.7 billion in federal contracts. Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon is said by prosecutors to have pocketed only a relatively modest $1 million. Brian Kolfage, who launched the “We Build the Wall” effort on GoFundMe allegedly got less than half that. Kolfage had pledged he would “not take a penny” and Bannon had declared himself “a volunteer.” Both now face fraud and money laundering charges that could result in serious time. Source link
A south Texas butterfly conservationist has a message for Steve Bannon and three others arrested on Thursday for fraud and money laundering in what the feds describe as a border wall fundraising scheme. “I just wish them well in their cavity searches,” says Marianna Treviño-Wright, executive director of the National Butterfly Center. Treviño-Wright was targeted by We Build the Wall late last year, when she sought to stop the construction of a barrier beside the center’s nature preserve along the American side of the Rio Grande, 100 acres that the organization employs to educate the public “about the value of biodiversity, […]
Federal prosecutors on Thursday arrested former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and Brian Kolfage, the head of a nonprofit seeking to privately finance construction of a southern border wall, and accused them of illegally using that nonprofit to enrich themselves. But the sums the two men allegedly extracted from the organization just scratched the surface of their grandiose plans to make money off the effort. As he was using his group, We Build The Wall, to compile millions of email addresses and phone numbers, Kolfage was also plotting ways to use that data to start a Republican fundraising firm. The venture had […]
No right-wing cause célèbre would be complete without some on-air boosting from Fox News. And in the case of Steve Bannon’s allegedly fraudulent “We Build the Wall” fundraiser, the conservative cable channel obliged. Bannon, a former chief strategist to President Donald Trump, was arrested Thursday morning on charges of using that border wall fundraising campaign to enrich himself and the fund’s founder Brian Kolfage, a triple-amputee Air Force veteran who was also arrested. According to federal prosecutors, Bannon and Kolfage, along with two others, defrauded the hundreds of thousands of donors who gave $25 million to their effort to privately fund […]
Steve Bannon, former chief strategist to President Donald Trump, was arrested in New York Thursday on charges of using the viral “We Build the Wall” fundraising campaign to enrich himself. Hundreds of thousands of donors who gave a total of $25 million to the crowdfunding campaign were defrauded, Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement. Three others were indicted along with Bannon: Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea. “As alleged, the defendants defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors, capitalizing on their interest in funding a border wall to raise millions of […]
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Call it a “gentlecoin,” perhaps? A new decentralized finance (DeFi) project aimed at softening volatility has closed a $1.68 million seed round led by Paradigm, with participation from Standard Crypto, Compound founder Robert Leshner and Variant Fund, from a16z alum Jesse Walden. Reflexer Labs is building a new asset called rai (RAI) that’s meant to follow the price movements of ether (ETH) but more gradually. “I think RAI will be extremely useful for protocols. A form of collateral that will help users not get liquidated that much,” Stefan Ionescu, the project’s CEO, told CoinDesk in a phone call. Or, as Paradigm […]
Syria has been contemplating the possibility of building its own “little” Hagia Sophia amid Turkey’s decision to convert the former museum into a mosque. The Syrian Hagia Sophia is planned to be built in Al-Suqaylabiyah in Hama province. The commander of the al-Suqaylabiyah National Defence Committee, Nabeel Abdallah, said that the idea of building the church primarily symbolises the life of Syrian Christians, and added that the project was financed from private sources and that there was no political background. “This is a private project that is also privately financed. Even the land where the church is expected to be built […]
When Meghan Markle arrived in Prince Harry’s life, one senior royal reportedly referred to her as “Harry’s showgirl.” Another royal family member said, “She comes with a lot of baggage.” In the second extract from the unofficial Harry and Meghan biography Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family, the authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand reveal the alleged prejudice Meghan faced on entering the royal family, as well as her strained relationship with sister-in-law Kate Middleton. Meghan, the book claims, “would agree with the assessment” that she and Kate Middleton are “not the best of […]
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The Supreme Court has shown a chilly approach toward election-related lawsuits in four cases this year. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP The Supreme Court has shown a chilly approach toward election-related lawsuits in four cases this year. Andrew Harnik/AP Voting rights advocates are batting 0-4 at the Supreme Court so far this year. A record number of election-related lawsuits are piling up in courts around the country as concerns mount about the safety of voting in person because of the coronavirus and the availability and reliability of voting by mail. With a pandemic raging and uncertainty brewing, some […]
Lex Sokolin, a CoinDesk columnist, is Global Fintech co-head at ConsenSys, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based blockchain software company. The following is adapted from his Future of Finance newsletter. Mike Cagney is the Co-Founder and CEO of Figure, a full stack financial services blockchain company with consumer offerings in market or on the way in lending, banking and more. In late-2019, Figure raised $103 million at a $1.2 billion valuation and continues to grow. Its Provenance blockchain promises radical efficiencies in the $400 billion annual loan origination and trading process. Prior to starting Figure, Mike co-founded and ran SoFi, which raised over $2.5 […]
U.S. aerospace giant Boeing Company received a $1.2 billion contract July to begin buying the first eight F-15EX fighter jets. The contract, awarded to Boeing, provides for the design, development, integration, manufacturing, test, verification, certification, delivery, sustainment, and modification of F-15EX aircraft, including spares, support equipment, training materials, technical data, and technical support. Interestingly, F-15EX will replace the oldest United States Air Force’s F-15C/Ds in the service’s inventory. Eight F-15EX aircraft were approved in the fiscal year 2020 budget and 12 were requested in the FY21 budget. The Air Force plans to purchase a total of 76 F-15EX aircraft over the […]
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, here at a health care event in June, is rolling out a series of planks in his economic plan before the Democratic National Convention. Joshua Roberts/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joshua Roberts/Getty Images Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, here at a health care event in June, is rolling out a series of planks in his economic plan before the Democratic National Convention. Joshua Roberts/Getty Images Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, plans to lay out a key plank of his economic vision for the country — dubbed “Build Back […]
Radiopharmaceuticals are a unique category of medicinal formulations which contain radioisotopes used for the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of illnesses. Russian nuclear specialists have begun work to create a modern factory for the production of radiopharmaceutical drugs for targeted cancer treatment, JSC Central Design and Technological Institute (JSC CDTI), the Rosatom TVEL subsidiary tasked with designing the plant, has announced in a press statement. The plant is expected to be built on the territory of Rosatom’s Karpov Scientific Research Institute of Physics and Chemistry in Obninsk, about 80 km south of Moscow, and is expected to begin production by […]
Scroll down for video controls Gordon Duff is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War. He is a disabled veteran and has worked on veterans and POW issues for decades. Gordon is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of the top global intelligence specialists. He manages the world’s largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with governments challenged by security issues. Duff has traveled extensively, is published around the world and is a regular guest on TV and radio in more than “several” countries. He is also a trained chef, wine enthusiast, avid motorcyclist and gunsmith specializing […]
A researcher at Peking University’s Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics conducting tests at their laboratory, Thursday, May 14, 2020. Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images A researcher at Peking University’s Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics conducting tests at their laboratory, Thursday, May 14, 2020. Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic has posed a special challenge for scientists: Figuring out how to make sense of a flood of scientific papers from labs and scientists unfamiliar to them. More than 6,000 coronavirus-related preprints from researchers around the world have been posted […]
Trump Used Looted Venezuelan Public Money To Build Border Wall By Ben Norton, The Grayzone. July 3, 2020 Trump Used Looted Venezuelan Public Money To Build Border Wall2020-07-032020-07-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/trump-and-guaido-at-the-white-house.-from-reuters.-e1590420691625.jpg200px200px Above photo: President Donald Trump raising his thumb during his meeting with Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido at the White House in Washington, DC. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters. An estimated $24 billion of Venezuelan public money has been looted. The Trump administration has used at least $601 million of it to construct a militarized wall on the US-Mexico border. Since the United States initiated a coup attempt against Venezuela’s elected leftist government in January 2019, up to $24 […]
Oxfam Ireland, a Belfast-based charity fighting global poverty, has received a €1 million ($1.1 million) grant to fund the next phase of a blockchain aid distribution project. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source link
NASA Exploration Ground Systems and prime test and operations contractor Jacobs mated the first of two Space Launch System (SLS) aft motor segments for the Artemis 1 launch with its aft skirt on June 24. The connection of two of the major elements of the right-hand aft booster assembly continues preparations of Northrop Grumman booster hardware for the first SLS launch tentatively scheduled for late next year. First aft assembly mate for build up The two aft motors and two aft skirts were delivered to the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility (RPSF) in mid-June to begin readying them for eventual stacking […]
Veiled by comfortably coded references to local control, curricular discretion, and choice, racial bias subsists throughout the educational status quo. The threads of racism are deeply woven into the fabric of American schooling. To start with the most obvious targets, school district lines and property taxes largely follow patterns of racial and income segregation, with wealthier, whiter districts often getting even wealthier by disproportionate access to rigged systems of state aid. The map of America’s over 10,000 school districts is the geography of institutional racism. Whatever other more neutral reasons are ascribed to this politically determined checkerboard: “neighborhood,” “community,” “self-determination,” it […]
Finnish aerospace and defense Patria Group, along with its partner Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, has announced that it will develop a new mortar system for the U.S. Army. According to a press release issued Tuesday by Patria, the team will provide to the U.S. market a combination of Patria’s mortar systems together with Kongsberg’s U.S. remote weapons systems (RWS) manufacturing capabilities and experience in the U.S. market. Currently, the U.S. Army seeks new solutions to provide Armored and Stryker Brigade Combat Teams with rapid, precise indirect and direct fire capability where the operating crew is well protected, and their physical burden […]
Pulling apart the two halves of a fresh-off-the-griddle grilled cheese is acutely satisfying. It’s crispy, gooey and perfectly simple. But how to achieve that mouth-watering moment is of some debate—just about everybody has an opinion on the perfect recipe and the ideal frying technique for the sandwich. It ranges from the classicists who stick to white bread browned with butter and a melty orange, Kraft Singles center to the avant-garde who experiment with specialty cheeses and add-ins like mushrooms and fried eggs. “I think the things that make a grilled cheese sandwich so good are that it’s warm, crispy, gooey and […]
Boris Johnson is set to announce a new government task force called “Project Speed” led by Chancellor Rishi Sunak, which aims to speed up infrastructure projects as part of the government’s post Covid economic recovery plans. Projects in the pipeline include the building of news schools, hospitals and roads. Boris Johnson has pledged to spend billions of pounds to rescue the British economy from the severe impact of the coronavirus pandemic. In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, the Prime Minister outlined his plans for the country’s economic recovery saying that he will be “doubling down” on his pledge to […]
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Black New Orleans Waste Workers Build Power Against A Crisis By Mindy Isser, Scalawag Magazine. June 21, 2020 Black New Orleans Waste Workers Build Power Against A Crisis2020-06-212020-06-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/untitled-design-5-e1592761688987.png200px200px Above photo: City Waste Union Facebook page. When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. met with sanitation workers in 1968 in Memphis, they told him that Black workers were essential to keeping the city running—but were treated as if their work and their humanity were disposable. “All labor has dignity,” King thundered in a speech to the workers in Memphis and to the nation, just two weeks before he was assassinated. Today, Black sanitation workers […]
SIMBA Chain, a blockchain-as-a-service company with deep ties to the Department of Defense, has two years and $1.5 million to research and develop a blockchain for supply chain logistics for the U.S. Air Force. The South Bend, Ind., firm said on Monday it has entered Phase II of its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) USAF project with a renewed mandate to investigate blockchain’s military supply chain value propositions. It has also gained a new partner: Boeing. SIMBA CEO Joel Neidig said his firm will “stand up” a node running Hyperledger Fabric at Oklahoma’s Tinker Air Force Base – a hub for […]
Paul Calder Le Roux, an admitted drug dealer with a background in encryption, planned to build a bitcoin miner had he beaten the rap. In a last-ditch attempt to avoid incarceration, Le Roux wrote a letter to District Judge Ronnie Abrams, of the Southern District of New York (SDNY), this week detailing his personal history and addressing his alleged crimes. He was indicted on drug charges in 2012, pleaded guilty two years later and has been sitting in detention since. On Friday, he was reportedly sentenced to 25 years in prison, though he can appeal this decision. Even if Le Roux […]
Voting and blockchain have been a controversial couple but Moscow appears determined to use the technology for a national referendum involving President Vladimir Putin. Russia will vote on changing its constitution, adopted in 1993, on July 1. The main issue to be decided is whether to allow Russia’s president to stay in power for more than the current limit of two consecutive six-year terms. Most of the nation will use traditional paper ballots, but residents of Moscow and the Nizhny Novgorod region will have the option of casting their votes electronically and, at least in the Muscovites’ case, having them recorded […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States awarded aerospace giant Lockheed Martin more than $900 million to build 21 maritime combat helicopters for India and three for the US Navy, the Defence Department said in a statement. “Lockheed Martin Corporation of Owego, New York is awarded a $904,800,000…. contract for the production and delivery of three MH-60R Seahawk maritime aircraft for the US Navy and 21 MH-60Rs for the government of India”, the release said on Thursday. Earlier in the month, the company won more than $6 billion to produce interceptors and other equipment for the Patriot anti-aircraft and anti-missile defence system. In […]