#Drones (Pilotless Planes)

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A New Kind of Battle for India and Pakistan, Two Old Foes

The military conflict between India and Pakistan hit a sharply higher level of intensity early Saturday as the Pakistani military accused India of attacking at least three of its air bases, and then reported that it had retaliated by targeting Indian air bases and a missile storage site. The reported exchange of strikes was a significant escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbors four days…

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Russia Presses Offensive in Kursk Amid Cease-Fire Talks With U.S.

Moscow is pressing its offensive to retake the full territory of Russia’s Kursk region from Ukraine as negotiations between the White House and the Kremlin continue over a possible cease-fire in the three-year war. Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Saturday that its forces had retaken two villages outside Sudzha, the main Russian town that Ukraine occupied since its surprise offensive into Russia…

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Can do a theorycraft for “Ghost in the Machine” Hidden Pilot Matthew’s Aircraft might be in hypothetical Battle Garegga 2? What arsenal of weapons might look like? (probably, I guess his plane was inspired by the Unmanned combat aerial vehicle?…)

It'd probably would be more inspired by a WWI/WWII era plane rather than an Unmanned combat aerial vehicle. I feel the Wayne family would feel very uneasy with unmanned combat drones and pilotless planes. While the shot and missles would be ordinary silver bullets the special attack would be flaming ghostlight.

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Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: September 15, 2021 at 11:52PM

Readers respond to a Times investigation of a drone strike in Kabul. Also: Trump and General Milley; Justice Barrett; a seat at the opera.

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Israeli Officials Say Iran Is Behind Deadly Attack on Oil Tanker

Israeli Officials Say Iran Is Behind Deadly Attack on Oil Tanker

JERUSALEM — An oil tanker managed by an Israeli-owned shipping firm was attacked on Thursday night off the coast of Oman, killing two crew members, according to the firm and three Israeli officials. Two of the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military matters, said the attack appeared to have been carried out by several unmanned Iranian drones that crashed into…

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By BY ISABELLA GRULLÓN PAZ from U.S. in the New York Times-https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/us/faa-gender-neutral-drones.html?partner=IFTTT The committee suggested that the aviation administration replace words and phrases including “cockpit” and “man-made” with terms like “flight deck” and “manufactured.” F.A.A. Committee Recommends a Pivot to Gender-Neutral Terminology New York Times

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Houthi Drones Could Become Stealthier and Fly Farther

For more than a year, Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked merchant vessels and warships in the Red Sea with missiles, drones and speedboats loaded with explosives, disrupting global trade through one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. Claiming solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, the Houthis have hit vessels as far as 100 miles off the Yemeni coast, prompting retaliatory airstrikes by U.S. and…

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/us/politics/cia-officer-somalia-death.html

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How Tech’s Lobbyists Are Using the Pandemic to Make Gains

WASHINGTON — Last month, lobbying groups representing advertising giants like Google and Facebook asked California’s attorney general to wait to enforce the state’s new online privacy rules given the coronavirus ripping around the world.

In Washington, lobbyists representing cloud computing giants like Amazon pushed for more money to help federal employees work remotely.

And Uber began reframing…

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Pentagon Now Says 50 U.S. Troops Sustained Brain Injuries in Iran Strike by BY AIMEE ORTIZ

Pentagon Now Says 50 U.S. Troops Sustained Brain Injuries in Iran Strike by BY AIMEE ORTIZ

By BY AIMEE ORTIZ

President Trump last week dismissed the symptoms as “headaches.”

Published: January 29, 2020 at 05:48PM

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This Robot’s Journey to an Icy Alien Moon Starts Beneath Antarctica https://ift.tt/37D92tU

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By BY MICHAEL LEVENSON from U.S. in the New York Times-https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/us/elegant-tern-eggs-drone-crash-california.html?partner=IFTTT The authorities said they were hoping to identify the operator of a drone that crashed in a nesting area for elegant terns, leading 2,500 of the birds to flee the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach, Calif. 1,500 Eggs Were Waiting to Hatch. Then a Drone Crashed. New York Times

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Russia Begins Assault on Ukrainian-Occupied Town of Sudzha in Kursk Region

Russian forces have begun an assault on the town of Sudzha, the main population center in the Kursk region that was captured by Ukraine last year, a top Russian commander said on Tuesday. The advance puts Moscow on the verge of ending the first invasion of Russian territory since World War II. “We have surrounded Sudzha from almost all sides,” Lt. Gen. Apti Alaudinov, a top Russian commander in…