The United States Marine Corps have officially retired the Bell AH-1W “Super Cobra” from their ranks after more than 30 years of dependable service, according to a recent service news release. According to a USMC statement, after 933,614 flight hours over a 34-year career, the AH-1W “Whiskey” Super Cobra flew its last flight over the City of New Orleans passing its legacy and mission to the […]
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TikTok discarded the offer of another American tech giant, Microsoft, before reaching an agreement with Oracle, which is expected to protect the Chinese video platform from being banned on the territory of the US over accusations of being a threat to national security. CEO of the tech giant Oracle, Larry Ellison, donated a hefty sum of $250,000 to the “Security is Strength” Super PAC, which only […]
Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam at a speech by President Trump during the Republican Jewish Coalition 2019 Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam at a speech by President Trump during the Republican Jewish Coalition 2019 Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty […]
U.S. Army is being criticized for the development of new deadly cannon, which is expected to fire rounds out to 1,000 km, or 620 miles. The Army is exploring possibilities both with Governments and the private sector to develop a new massive artillery system that can precision hit targets at 1000 kilometers. The Army interest in long-range cannon capable of firing a higher volume of low-cost […]
All eyes remain on Starship SN8’s next-level test campaign, advancing the test program from 150-meter hops to high-altitude flights. Amid SN8’s preparations at the launch site – and numerous Starships, at various points of construction, at the Production Site – several Super Heavy sections were observed during the week in advance of stacking operations for the first prototype booster. Starship Status: Following SN8’s rollout to the […]
Donald Trump’s high-rolling fundraiser at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, New Jersey, took place 1 October, and the next day the US President Donald Trump revealed that he and First Lady, Melania, had tested positive for COVID-19 and would go into quarantine. New Jersey authorities are scrambling to deal with the possibility of a surge in coronavirus cases in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s high-rolling […]
A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing on Monday at the airport of Odessa in Ukraine, the Dumskaya.net says. According to Dumskaya.net, a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron, has made an emergency landing at Odessa International Airport in Ukraine after one of its engines failed. “The plane departed to Odessa from the Ramstein […]
Starship SN8 has arrived at the launch site for a test campaign full of firsts for SpaceX’s prototype vehicle. Complete with aero surfaces, SN8 will be tested and launched with three Raptor engines on a refined test flight to 50,000 feet (15 km). This vehicle is the first in a family of Starships that will incrementally test the launch, return, and landing capability ahead of the […]
Since emerging in China in late 2019, the coronavirus has spread to virtually every country around the world, causing nearly a million deaths, and doing trillions of dollars in economic damage amid efforts undertaken by all but a handful of nations to slow its spread. A small number of coronavirus-infected ‘super-spreaders’ is responsible for the rapid spread of the coronavirus, biologists and mathematicians from the Polish […]
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Starship SN6 is aiming to conduct a 150-meter hop test on Thursday, just a few weeks after SN5 completed the first Starship prototype launch. SN6’s test will be a near-mirror of SN5’s short flight, with both prototypes aiming to refine SpaceX’s launch and landing operations. Meanwhile, additional Starships continue to evolve, along with preparations for the Super Heavy booster, which – according to Chief Designer Elon […]
Starship SN6 is aiming to conduct a 150-meter hop test on Sunday, just a few weeks after SN5 completed the first Starship prototype launch. SN6’s test will be a near-mirror of SN5’s short flight, with both prototypes aiming to refine SpaceX’s launch and landing operations. Meanwhile, additional Starships continue to evolve, along with preparations for the Super Heavy booster, which – according to Chief Designer Elon […]
As SpaceX continues to roll through its 2020 launch campaign, the company is slated to launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites to help complement the current constellation in low Earth orbit. The mission is currently set to launch on a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday morning at 10:12 am Eastern time (14:12 […]
President Trump gave a man whose life was turned upside down by rioters earlier this year a wonderful gift today at a rally in Minnesota. Minnesota’s KB who spent his life savings building a sports bar had his life turned upside down on May 27th. On that day rioters viciously destroyed his bar and dreams. The black man and his wife were in Mankato today […]
The Air Force Command of Ukrainian Armed Forces has confirmed that the country is reviewing the future of its combat and training aircraft, a role currently filled by L-39 Albatros. On Agust. 14, service reported that Armed Forces officials are considering reducing the number of ageing L-39 aircraft and replacing them with Brazilian EMB314 Super Tucano turboprop trainer aircraft. “The Super Tucano aircraft was considered during […]
Donald Trump’s “official” super PAC has spent more than $25 million since last year to get the president re-elected. Now it’s trying a new tactic: the group, America First Action, has launched a news website. The site is called the American Herald, and it describes itself as “a conservative news platform designed to bring you all the news the liberal media doesn’t want you to know. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0a/1080116623_60:0:1329:714_1200x675_80_0_0_843e3a167aa2ac0a803f2c3b8fb46ad4.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202008101080116504-moon-walk-or-super-model-tiny-elephant-tries-to-woo-mamma-jumbo-with-hilarious-antics—video/ It’s well-known that baby elephants remain close to their mothers and herd for a long period of time. Elephant herds show a great example of family bonding and love, with mothers being overly protective of their little ones. A spirited baby elephant was captured on video frolicking with the herd. The elephant first walks towards its mother with clumsy steps, […]
Neanderthals May Have Been More Sensitive to Pain Than Most Humans by Alex Fox/Smithsonianmag.com A new study of Neanderthal DNA suggests our species’ extinct relatives may have been particularly sensitive to pain, reports Ewen Callaway for Nature. Neanderthals disappeared some 40,000 years ago, but some humans living today retain bits of Neanderthal DNA—evidence that our species once interbred. Though they hunted large, dangerous animals—including bison, mammoths and cave bears—in frigid climes, Neanderthals may be […]
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What did we just watch? Advertisement – story continues below 77-year-old Joe Biden emerged from his basement on Wednesday and delivered remarks on the country’s plans to reopen businesses following the COVID-19 lockdowns. The former Vice President gave a speech in Darby, Pennsylvania on “making sure the country’s reopening is effective, safe, and gets Americans back to work,” according to his campaign. The end of Sleepy […]
The best thing about summer, in my opinion, is you get too hot to care about much. The other day, I went to get my bike fixed, and after standing out in the sun for about twenty minutes, I was drenched in sweat, parched for water, and would’ve done almost anything to hop in a pool. Unfortunately, there wasn’t one nearby, but when we got back […]
The U.S. Navy recently tested, for the first time on an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft, the GBU-53/B StormBreaker glide bomb that will give operators an upper hand in combat by hitting moving targets in some of the worst weather conditions. The new StormBreaker smart weapon, commonly known as a smart tank hunter, is a winged munition autonomously detects and classifies moving targets in poor visibility situations […]
New Zealand Minister of Defense Ron Mark has announced that country’s Air Force plans to replace the current C130-H Hercules fleet with five C-130J-30 Super Hercules transport aircraft. Defense Minister Ron Mark confirmed the purchase of the C-130J-30 Super Hercules transport aircraft on 5 June at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Whenuapai. “Generations of New Zealanders have grown up and grown old with the Hercules, […]
Women’s world number three Karolina Pliskova says any male stars complaining over demands for equal pay for their female counterparts are “super weak” – but insisted she is not pushing for parity between the sexes. Recent weeks have seen renewed calls from the likes of men’s icon Roger Federer for the ATP and WTA tours to merge – leading to questions over what that would mean […]
The 19th Airlift Wing (Air Mobility Command) has received the final C-130J Super Hercules turboprop military transport aircraft. The 19th Airlift Wing is the host wing and provides the Department of Defense mission ready Airmen and supports the largest C-130 fleet in the world. As part of AMC’s Global Reach capability, the wing’s responsibilities range from supplying humanitarian airlift relief to victims of disasters, to airdropping […]
Jim Bognet’s congressional campaign is very much a family affair. It’s based at the offices of his father’s contracting business in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, about 25 miles south of Wilkes-Barre. He tapped his cousin early on to be the campaign’s finance chairman. And now that same cousin, along with Bognet’s father and another family member, have helped finance a super PAC spending on his behalf. A […]
More than 1.1 million people in eastern India and Bangladesh are being hurriedly evacuated as the ‘extremely severe’ cyclonic storm ‘Amphan’ threatens to make landfall within days. With winds of 150 miles per hour (241kph) and predicted storm surges of up to 30 feet, India’s National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has mobilized more than 750 people to undertake the unenviable task of evacuating hundreds of thousands […]
While the rest of the world is tentatively coming out of lockdowns, China is taking advantage of the cheapest crude oil in years to stock up as demand is starting to return in the world’s largest oil importer. At present, a total of 117 very large crude carriers (VLCCs) – each capable of shipping 2 million barrels of oil – are traveling to China for unloading […]
US President Donald Trump has offered a sneak peak into the future of American military tech, talking up what he called a “super duper missile,” but his scientific terminology was simply too much for some netizens to take. The comment came during an Oval Office ceremony to unveil the official flag of the Space Force on Friday, with Trump taking a brief detour into state of […]
Boeing, a world’s largest aerospace company, has announced that it delivered the final F/A-18 Block II fighter jet to the U.S. Navy. As noted by the company, next year, they will begin integrating Block III Super Hornets into carrier fleets. “Delivery of this last production Block 2 Super Hornet is […] a stepping stone along the path to continuously evolving our platforms to meet the US […]
U.S. aerospace giant Boeing announced on 8 May that first F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet test jet has rolled out of final assembly. “Two of these test jets will head to the U.S. Navy, where they’ll help pilots familiarize themselves with the updated jets and be used in carrier flight tests,” the company said on Twitter. The F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet is the newest highly […]