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Experimental aircraft speeds to more than 3,000 mph in test flight
An aircraft resembling a shark-nosed missile detached from a flying B-52 bomber and then shot above the Pacific Ocean at more than 3,000 mph in a historic test flight for the Air Force — and for the future of aviation. The unmanned X-51A WaveRider...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Human Interest, Science and Technology, Military Equipment, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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U.S. says B-2 bombers joined in South Korea drills
SEOUL — In a show of force after weeks of North Korean bluster, the U.S. on Thursday took the unprecedented step of announcing that two of its nuclear-capable B-2 bombers had joined joint military drills with South Korea, dropping dummy munitions on...Tags: Seoul (South Korea), Military Equipment, U.S. Military, United Nations, North Korea
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U.S. sends stealth bombers on practice run to South Korea
Two American stealth bombers flew over South Korea in a practice run to drop dummy munitions, the U.S. military announced Thursday. The unusual announcement is expected to further anger North Korea, which issued threats this month over recently...
Tags: U.S. Military, Military Equipment, United Nations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Korean War (1950-1953)
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Syrian warplanes strike Lebanese territory
This post has been updated. Please see note below. BEIRUT — Syrian warplanes bombed a remote area of Lebanon along the border with Syria on Monday, just days after the Syrian government warned that its patience was wearing thin with the cross-...
Tags: Lebanon, Pakistan, Rebellions, Politics, United Nations
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United Arab Emirates reaches deal to buy unarmed Predator drones
California-based General Atomics Aeronautical System Inc. said Friday it has struck a deal to sell unarmed Predator drones to the United Arab Emirates military. The agreement would mark the first time a non-NATO country has obtained the American-made...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Organized Crime, U.S. Air Force, NATO, Military Equipment
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Syrian rebels say they captured military air base near Aleppo
BEIRUT — Syrian opposition forces said Tuesday that they had captured a strategic military air base near the embattled northern city of Aleppo, the latest air facility reportedly overrun by insurgents. The reported capture of the Jarrah air base,...
Tags: Human Rights, Rebellions, Science and Technology, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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City in Virginia passes anti-drone resolution
Charlottesville, Va., has taken action against the use of police spy drones, ordering a two-year moratorium on the citywide use of unmanned aircraft. It is the first city in the nation to do so, supporters say, and its move may prompt other...
Tags: Japan, Crime, Law and Justice, Federal Aviation Administration, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Air Transportation Industry
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Israeli airstrike hits truck convoy in Syria
Israel conducted an airstrike inside Syria overnight near the border with Lebanon, hitting a convoy of trucks, U.S. and regional officials said Wednesday. The regional officials said Israel had been planning in the days leading up to the airstrike to hit...
Tags: Lebanon, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bashar Assad, Armed Conflicts, Weaponry
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China-Japan tension over disputed islands takes to the sky
BEIJING -- Chinese and Japanese fighter planes tailed each other over a disputed cluster of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, raising alarm that a miscalculation could set off an armed confrontation. Chinese military authorities ordered two J-...
Tags: Military Equipment, Japan, China, Italy, Shinzo Abe
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U.N. confirms Syrian forces are using warplanes in Aleppo
World NowThe Syrian military has deployed fighter jets to attack rebel positions in the northern battleground city of Aleppo, the United Nations confirmed Wednesday.... -
In Iran, columnist offers tough talk about Syria
World NowIranian columnists slams international opposition to Syria: As battles rage across Syria, the crisis has provoked a renewed round of saber-rattling in Iran, President Bashar Assad's staunchest international ally. An influential columnist in an Iranian... -
Syrian rebels claim to have shot down warplane, captured pilot
World NowSyrian rebels claimed Monday that they had shot down a government fighter jet and captured its pilot, and videos posted on an exiled opposition website purported to show the Russian-made MiG-23 struck by machine-gun fire and engulfed in flames....
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