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11/24/2024 10:48:06 am

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Video game

DARPA Developing Space Command and Control Center to Conduct Future Wars

The program will grant US forces a tactical edge on the battlefield -- from space.

Supercarrier

Two U.S. Navy Supercarriers Patrolling Philippine Waters to Deter Chinese Attack

Legal experts have long said the ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration will likely go against China.

Chubby Girl

Asia’s Largest Transport Plane Nicknamed ‘Chubby Girl’ Reaches the PLAAF

The Y-20 can transport China's largest tank, the Type 99 weighing 54 tonnes.

Faster than a speeding bullet

Supersonic Jetliners are making a Comeback; will have Quieter Sonic Booms

This technology is an experimental X-plane designed to reach Mach 1.42 (1,800km/h).

Too hot to handle

China, US in Race to Build World’s First exaFLOPS Supercomputer

There is no U.S.-made supercomputer system that comes close to the performance of Sunway TaihuLight.

Bigger than the Spruce Goose

Stratolaunch will Hurl Satellites into Orbit from Mid-air Using Largest Plane Ever Built

Stratolaunch Systems only intends to launch LEO satellites.

Buzz, buzz.

NASA Helicopter Drone to fly on Mars for the First Time

Mars' very low density atmosphere is the main challenge the copter will have to overcome.

What can BeiDou do?

China Orbits another BeiDou GPS Satellite; to Finish System by 2020

China will also use BeiDou-2 to track and guide its missile systems such as the DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile.

Fit for fireworks

China’s ‘Paper Dragon’ DF-21D ‘Carrier Killer’ Hasn’t Sunk a Single Ship at Sea

China has "sunk" a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Gobi Desert.

The most dangerous in the world

Yellowstone Supervolcano Won’t Erupt in 2016 but …

Yellowstone's three previous monstrous eruptions occurred two million, 1.3 million and 640,000 years ago.

Dumping Trump

Apple Dumps Trump; won’t have anything to do with Republican Presidential Convention

Trump has continually attacked Apple for outsourcing its production to China.

DARPA Takes Giant Stride in Creating Weapons that Vaporize and Self-destruct

DARPA'S transient technology was initially developed under an appropriately named DARPA program called VAPR.

Elektroboot

Second of Three Zumwalt-class U.S. Navy Destroyers to be Christened

The USS Michael Monsoor is expected to be deployed to Asia.

Rest in pieces

Spacecraft Cemetery in the Pacific is the Final Resting Place for Space Stations and Spacecraft

They rest on the ocean floor 2.5 miles beneath the waves.

A massive bomb waiting to explode

China’s Tiangong-1 Space Station Now Falling to Earth; Might hit Land

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) also hasn't commented on the status of the Tiangong-1.

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