German defense group Rheinmetall announced on Tuesday that it formalized an agreement with U.S. Defense giant Northrop Grumman Corp. to cooperate in the field of precision-guided enhanced range artillery ammunition. According to a group news release, Rheinmetall’s South African subsidiary Rheinmetall Denel Munition and Northrop Grumman signed a 10-year strategic partnership agreement to this effect in February 2021. During this period, the two companies plan to cooperate together in […]
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The U.S. Army celebrated a field artillery milestone in October 2020, when the 500th High Mobility Artillery Rocket System rocket launcher powered out of the industry-partner’s production facility in Camden, Arkansas. HIMARS stands as a combat-proven mainstay in the Army’s fleet of launchers and supports one of the Army’s top modernization priorities – Long Range Precision Fires. The rocket launcher provides close- and long-range precision rocket […]
The U.S. Army is pushing forward with plans to field a new augmented reality, do-it-all goggles to outfit close combat forces. The new augmented reality systems will be integrated into Soldier’s goggles to improve situational awareness capabilities as they fight, train and rehearse missions, according to a recent service news release. The ‘mixed reality’ goggles developed under the Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program, include a digital […]
Some 4.5 billion years ago, our planet was a drastically different place – an uninhabitable world with extremely hot temperatures, toxic air, and pounded with radiation coming from the Sun in the form of flares and coronal mass ejections. Scientists believe everything changed with the formation of the Moon. The Earth and the Moon once had a joint magnetic field that acted as a shield against […]
Although the magnetic field created during such an experiment would last only a matter of nanoseconds, this time span would reportedly be enough for modern physics experiments. A bold new study claims that it would be possible to generate magnetic fields comparable with those that exist in neutron stars and black holes, on Earth, Live Science reports. According to the media outlet, although no one has […]
After hospitalizations for Covid-19 nearly tripled over the past month, straining Wisconsin’s healthcare system, Governor Tony Evers has announced the state will open a field hospital outside Milwaukee to handle the surge. Speaking alongside health officials on Wednesday, Evers announced the field hospital would open next week on the state fairgrounds outside Milwaukee. Built months ago, in anticipation of an expected surge in infection, the facility […]
Fans eagerly supported their idol, as the star striker himself casually downplayed his illness, suggesting it was a “bad idea” for the virus itself. Sweden’s evergreen football legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “Zlatan Ibrahimovic has tested positive for COVID-19 after a second round of swab tests. The club has informed the relevant authorities and the player has been immediately quarantined at […]
Brazil’s state oil major Petrobras has launched a new phase in the development of the first deepwater oil project since the start of the crisis, at the Mero field in the Santos Basin. According to a report by BNAmericas, the Brazilian major had commissioned a floating production, storage, and offloading vessel for the field from MISC Berhad, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s Petronas, with a capacity of […]
Florida is a key state. Trump won it in 2016 and the Democrats are trying to flip it back to them in 2020. Recent reports out of the state should have Democrats very concerned. According to organizers who are part of Biden’s own campaign, the campaign is suppressing the Hispanic vote in Florida. This is astounding. TRENDING: We Asked Our Readers to Send Photos of the […]
One person was killed and another wounded following an apparent shooting at a US airbase in Florida, triggering a brief lockdown at the facility. The Air Force has labeled the incident an “armed domestic disturbance.” The lethal shooting unfolded at the Hurlburt Field air base in Florida’s Okaloosa County on Friday, the military confirmed in a statement. The injured person was brought to hospital for treatment, […]
On his personal website Colin Peter Field presents himself plainly as a “bartender” and shares a list of his favorite spirits, including the ubiquitous Grey Goose Vodka and Maker’s Mark Bourbon. But don’t be fooled—Field is a visionary mixologist and is regularly hailed as one of the greatest bartenders in the world. (There’s a reason why Kate Moss wrote an introduction for one of his cocktail […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105714/50/1057145055_0:99:1920:1179_1200x675_80_0_0_0a7cee1eb142e5ec8aaebf9a279495d6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/europe/202007051079802679-dutch-government-to-eliminate-gender-field-from-ids-/ Gender remains a requirement on passports due to existing EU regulations. At the same time, the Netherlands is not the first European state to manipulate gender options in domestic documents. The Netherlands Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Ingrid van Engelshoven, has notified the country’s parliament that the government is planning to remove the ‘gender’ field from […]
Kremlin-controlled Russian state media set out to tickle U.S. President Trump’s fragile ego amid falling ratings after his blustery appearance at Mount Rushmore on Friday. Mentioning that the American head of state had previously toyed with the idea he might be featured alongside Washington, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Lincoln, Russia’s premier state media channel Rossiya-1 aired a graphic of Trump’s mug right up there on the […]
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have restarted production at the Al-Khafji oil field in the neutral zone between the two countries, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reported, citing a statement by the acting CEO of the Kuwait Gulf Oil Company. The official Twitter account of the company posted an update yesterday, saying (via Google Translate) “Congratulations on the occasion of the resumption of production in joint abundance operations.” An earlier report by Argus […]
‘Full Spectrum Resistance’: A Field Manual For Insurgencies By Kristian Williams, ROAR Magazine. June 29, 2020 ‘Full Spectrum Resistance’: A Field Manual For Insurgencies2020-06-292020-06-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/07/44-e1562338672810.jpg200px200px Above photo: Extinction Rebellion protesters were sprayed with tear gas and dragged away from the Pont de Sully bridge. Aric McBay’s two-volume handbook for political action helps us to strategize, plan and organize effectively in order to achieve our goals of radical […]
There is nothing I love more in this world than my cast iron skillet. It’s by far my favorite pan in the kitchen. People talk a lot about the differences between non-stick and cast iron, and while non-stick pans are great for things like eggs, that’s all they’re really good for (in my opinion). The cold hard truth is that cast iron pans get hotter, they […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107956/26/1079562676_84:-1:1284:675_1200x675_80_0_0_c85bc4a21a205d062865a63ddf423edb.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202006091079562305-not-beach-volley-watch-this-indian-kid-score-crazy-bicycle-kick-in-flooded-field/ Football is one of the most loved sports around the globe, especially in India. One can find a football lover on almost every street corner in the country. A video of young kids playing football on a flooded field in the southern Indian state of Kerala is going viral on social media. In the clip, which has garnered over […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107955/68/1079556818_0:131:1281:851_1200x675_80_0_0_cc229b24873081cd5abf1e3faacb2ae2.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Oleg Burunov. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/military/202006081079557207-usaf-plans-to-field-advanced-drone-to-go-up-against-a-human/ Jack Shanahan, the head of the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Centre, underscored last week that even though the use of AI is currently limited, the coming decades may see machines and humans working together in what he said would make a “big difference”. The US Air Force (USAF) has announced plans to pit an advanced unmanned aerial […]
Russian gunners were able to be brought under control and extinguished a wellhead fire at an oil field in Siberia, according to the Lenta.ru. The oil well in Siberia’s Irkutsk region, operated by a subsidiary of the Irkutsk Oil Company, caught fire on May 30. The regional government convened an emergency meeting on Friday to work out how to put it out. “We decided to bring […]
Business 14:42 GMT 07.06.2020Get short URL The Western and Turkish-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) announced that it had reestablished full control over Tripoli last week, with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi announcing a new Cairo-backed peace initiative to settle Libya’s long-running civil war for good. Libya’s massive El Sharara oil field restarted production on Saturday after forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army […]
A Montana burger chain that abruptly closed last summer amid allegations its owners— ministers at an evangelical Christian ranch—physically and emotionally abused its young staff has quietly reopened, sparking protests among residents who’ve had enough. MudMan, a chain of four fast-food joints serving monstrously large burgers, was part of a multimillion-dollar business empire led by Michael and Pam Rozell, who founded Potter’s Field Ministries. In July, […]
US Army soldiers built a massive to field hospital in Seattle’s CenturyLink Field Events Center in late March to treat coronavirus patients. But the facility was never used and was taken down in April. The US Army Corps of Engineers mobilized in the U.S. in March hiring private contractors to build emergency field hospitals around the country. But most of the facilities never treated a single […]
Construction at the COVID-19 field hospital at McCormick Place in Chicago on April 10. The city pared back plans for a 3,000-bed temporary hospital at McCormick Place, the nation’s largest convention center, as infection numbers decreased. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption toggle caption Nam Y. Huh/AP Construction at the COVID-19 field hospital at McCormick Place in Chicago on April 10. The city pared back plans for […]