Venezuela's socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro attempted to issue a message in English to U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday to discuss the upcoming expiration of Biden's generous oil and gas sanctions relief package to his regime.
If someone says, “Trust the science!” these days, it’s usually an effort to short-circuit debate over weighty policy issues. “Trust the science” has been deployed in the past five years to prevent debate over COVID school closures and mask mandates, over electric-car subsidies, and over sex changes for boys and girls. For my entire time […]
The deployment of the Mid-Range Capability system in recent live-fire drills is the first in the Asia-Pacific.
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As Iran launched a large wave of attack drones and missiles toward Israel on Saturday, the Israeli military was tracking and preparing to intercept the weapons in the first-ever direct attack on Israel by the Islamic Republic, the Times of Israel reported. Earlier Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had for weeks "been preparing for the possibility of a direct attack from Iran." Netanyahu said Israel's "air defenses are deployed, we are ready for any scenario, both in...
In the adrenaline-fueled world of UFC, fighters often chase fame, fortune, and championship belts. But Sean Strickland, a self proclaimed man of conviction, has a different vision. In a candid revelation, he expressed that wealth isn’t his ultimate goal. Instead, he aspires to build a legacy that extends beyond the octagon. As per his recent posts on X (formerly Twitter), When he sat down with UFC officials, he didn’t discuss multi-million-dollar contracts or endorsement deals. Instead, he...
The Rams convened Monday for the first day of voluntary offseason workouts and, as has been the case for most of the last few years, Aaron Donald was not present. As coach Sean McVay and his team begin preparing for the 2024 season, however, they know the recently retired Donald will not return from training in hometown Pittsburgh to be the leader of the defense. That mantle now belongs to linebacker Ernest Jones IV. And Jones, a three-year veteran, said he was prepared. “From the moment I got...
Over 170 Iranian drones and 150 missiles were deflected by Israeli defenses. Iran's night strike late Saturday travelled over 1,100 miles from Iranian territory. Israeli tech, like its 'Iron Dome,' worked defense with US, French and UK support. READ MORE: Archaeological sites
With a max value of $4.1 billion over five to 10 years, the C2BMC-Next contract will upgrade the global missile defense system to tap new satellite feeds, track hypersonic and cruise missiles, and employ AI — all potential building blocks of a future CJADC2 meta-network.
“The LRDR completed a Space Domain Awareness (SDA) data collect event in January 2024 that proved the SDA capability, and the U.S. Space Force and MDA are in the process of formally declaring LRDR ready for SDA early use in April 2024,” according to MDA Director Lt. Gen. Heath Collins.
Iran’s state-controlled PressTV on Monday quoted officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who claimed they launched “hypersonic missiles” at Israel on Saturday night and that the fast-moving weapons were able to evade Israel, the U.S., and all of their allies to strike their targets in Israel.
Israel’s multilayered air-defense system is credited with protecting the country from serious damage or casualties from an Iranian strike by more than 300 drones and ballistic missiles.