Boeing is getting ready to conduct the next phase of the Green Run test campaign for NASA’s first Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage. The second and third test cases were recently completed in the B-2 Test Stand at the NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Test case four begins […]
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…by Matthew Ehret, …Canada During the course of President Putin’s June 24 opening speech during the Moscow Parade celebrating the 75th anniversary of WWII, the following call to action was made: “We understand how important it is to strengthen friendship and trust between nations, and are open to dialogue and cooperation on the […]
Many voters will go to the polls in November ignorant of or baffled by the system which is used to choose the US President. In 2016 the Democrat, Hillary Clinton, won the popular vote – with 65.8 million to Donald Trump’s 62.9 million – but it was the Republican who […]
The U.S. Army has announced on 10 July that it is decided to mount Trophy active protection system on Abrams tanks which will deploy to Poland. According to a press release issued Friday by the U.S. Army Europe, the fielding of Trophy systems provides the U.S. Army’s logistics teams with […]
The U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. aerospace giant Boeing announced on Friday an agreement worth about $150 million for the nation’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense system. Boeing was awarded a contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency, to previously awarded on the Ground-based Midcourse Defense development and sustainment contract (DSC). […]
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 […]
Last month, Soldiers from the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division became the first combat troops to receive a cutting edge compact semi-automatic sniper system, or new Squad Designated Marksman Rifle. The new 7.62x51mm rifle is based on the Heckler and Koch G28E-110 / M110A1 Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper […]
A vulnerability in a blockchain-based system used in Russia’s recent poll meant users votes could be decrypted, journalists found. On Wednesday, the final day of a vote on constitutional amendments, Russian media outlet Meduza published research showing that the keys for decrypting votes could be retrieved using the HTML code […]
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 […]
The outcome of Russia’s ‘national vote’ on a series of amendments to the constitution serves to reaffirm that most Russians want the country to plow its own furrow, regardless of what outsiders think. In the end, the margin was huge. Exit polls suggested around 70 percent of voters said ‘yes’ […]
South Korean defense contractor Hanwha Defense is currently developing a new vehicle-mounted futuristic weapon system. The new system, called the Laser System for Explosive Disposal or LSED, is designed to neutralize surface landmines and unexploded ordnance. LSED will use a solid-state heat capacity laser beam to heat target ordnance to […]
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 […]
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has come under pressure to further postpone the launch of a blockchain replacement for its decades-old settlement and clearing system. One of the main share registry companies in Australia, Computershare, told the Financial Times (FT) on June 25 that it was seeking a two-year delay […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107971/77/1079717716_0:194:3130:1954_1200x675_80_0_0_364da2b97bff9fad3502e9a1b3150cf1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202006301079753350-us-senator-suggests-buying-russian-made-s-400-defence-system-from-turkey/ The purchase of Russian S-400 defence systems by Ankara drew a response from Washington, as the Trump administration expelled Turkey from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program and threatened sanctions against the country for buying Russian-made defence weapons. Republican member of the US […]
A hacker has attempted to disrupt a blockchain voting system currently being used to help decide constitutional changes in the Russian Federation. According to Russian news agency TASS, head of the Moscow government’s IT technologies department Artem Kostyrko said an observation node on the blockchain had been targeted, but the […]
Boeing powered up the Core Stage for the first Space Launch System on the B-2 Test Stand at the NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi last week following a long stand down due to the coronavirus pandemic. The first Core Stage is at the outdoor facility for a Green Run […]
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) awarded the Hanwha Defense a full-rate production contract for the new Anti-Aircraft Gun Wheeled Vehicle System (AAGW). The local media reported that Hanwha Defense won a $207.66 million for a contract to launch full-rate production of the newest Republic of Korea’s advanced air […]
The Sierra Nevada Corporation has announced its Louisville, Colorado production center has received the Thermal Protection System tiles for Tenacity, the first space-worthy Dream Chaser, and has started bonding them to the vehicle. This is another major milestone Tenacity has reached as she walks down the path to her first […]
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp has reported that the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement, an advanced missile defense system, successfully intercepted a tactical ballistic missile in a U.S. Army flight test at White Sands Missile Range. PAC-3 MSE interceptor successfully detected, tracked and intercepted a tactical […]
A Better Health Care System? By Sarah Jaffe, The Progressive. June 25, 2020 A Better Health Care System?2020-06-252020-06-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/veterans-administration-protest-in-atlanta-georgia-from-the-progressive-e1593106570684.jpg200px200px Above photo: Veterans Administration protest in Atlanta, Georgia from The Progressive. Despite glitches during the pandemic, the VA provides a model for the nation. The last Sheila Elliott heard, the health care workers […]
Last week, Japanese Defence Minister Taro Kono announced Tokyo’s readiness to suspend deployment of the US land-based missile system Aegis Ashore, citing the project’s high cost. Japanese public broadcaster NHK on Thursday reported that the country’s National Security Council may consider a replacement for the US missile defence system Aegis […]
Black Lives Matter greater New York Chair Hawk Newsome issued what many have interpreted as a terroristic threat during his appearance on Fox News Wednesday evening. Mr. Newsome told Fox News host Martha MacCallum that if Black Lives Matter doesn’t get what they want, they will burn the system down. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107167/64/1071676491_0:155:3000:1842_1200x675_80_0_0_f1e589bb98a95079b2bdf6029c958f55.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202006251079713692-japan-abandons-plans-to-deploy-us-aegis-ashore-missile-defence-system–reports/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Japan has abandoned its plans to deploy US Aegis Ashore land-based missile defence system, the Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday, citing Defence Minister Taro Kono. The suspension of the costly and controversial US-made defence system was announced suddenly last […]
On Thursday, China has successfully launched a BeiDou-3 satellite completing its own global navigation system. The satellite, the 55th in the family of BeiDou that means “Big Dipper” in Chinese, was launched at 9:43 a.m. (Beijing Time) and sent into the preset orbit by a Long March-3B carrier rocket from […]