A former British Army medic, Joe Robinson, who spent five months fighting against the Islamic State group in Syria, was jailed in Turkey He was jailed for four months, accused of fighting with the YPG, a terrorist group according to Turkey, ForcesTV reported. Robinson’s mistake was in taking a beach holiday in Turkey last …
House.gov As the first woman to win election to both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate, Smith cultivated a career as an independent and courageous legislator. Senator Smith bravely denounced McCarthyism at a time when others feared speaking out would ruin their careers. Though she believed firmly that women had a political role to …
USAF, Lockheed Martin Reporting The U.S. Air Force announced selection of Lockheed Martin for a fixed-price-type production contract for 22 GPS III Follow-On satellites with a total estimated contract value up to $7.2 billion. “The world is dependent on GPS, from getting directions to getting cash from an ATM or trading on the stock exchange,” …
Bellingcat: Russian Documents Suggest Novichok Suspects Were Operatives The independent Bellingcat research organization says it has reviewed Russian documents that indicate that the two men suspected in the poisoning of British spy Sergei Skripal have no records in the Russian resident database prior to 2009, a sign they may be working as operatives for the …
Plausible Denial: A daring mission to fly combat in Vietnam came with a catch no one else could know. By Susan Katz Keating Air & Space Magazine In the fall of 1961, U.S. Air Force Colonel Benjamin King, a World War II ace and the survivor of a daring escape from behind enemy lines, assumed command …
7 NYPD Officers Arrested For Involvement In Gambling, Prostitution Ring bySandy Malone Authorities arrested seven members of NYPD on Wednesday in connection with a prostitution and gambling ring. Brooklyn, NY – Seven members of the New York Police Department (NYPD) were arrested on Wednesday, accused of providing protection for the operation of the prostitution and …
In defense of others: ‘Good guys with guns’ come through By Dave Workman An armed private citizen is being praised for opening fire on a criminal suspect Thursday who had just shot a Cicero, Ill., police officer during a traffic stop; one of those “good guys with guns” that anti-gunners want disarmed. Wounded multiple times …
Humvee with reconfigurable wheel-track DARPA GXV-T Humvee with reconfigurable wheel and track. A team from Carnegie Mellon University National Robotics Engineering Center (CMU NREC) demonstrated shape-shifting wheel-track mechanisms that transition from a round wheel to a triangular track and back again while the vehicle is on the move, for instant improvements to tactical mobility and …
Let’s learn lessons from Zimbabwe before it is too late Mmusi Maimane | Mmusi Maimane says SA needs to free itself from anti-democratic, liberation movement politics of the ANC BOKAMOSO Let’s learn lessons from Zimbabwe while we can still act on them The thing with warning signs is they are most useful when acted on …
