Americas Defence Headquarters Pentagon Identifies Pakistan as a Terrorist Nation

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U.S. slams Pakistan for using militant proxies against India. In its report on “Progress Towards Security and Stability in Afghanistan,” tabled in the U.S. Congress, the Pentagon said, “Afghan – and India – focused militants continue to operate from Pakistan territory to the detriment of Afghan and regional stability. Pakistan uses these proxy forces to […]

Aircraft Engines Evolution.

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At the start of the twentieth century, aircraft engines were simple, low-powered machines that were designed and built one by one for specific aircraft. But very soon, engines started being built in quantity, often by several manufacturers in different countries who were licensed by the designer or initial manufacturer. In the United States, particularly during […]

Russia, China, and America’s Hypersonic Missile Race

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At first everything went as planned: the vehicle separated from a B-52 Stratofortress high above a naval air warfare center sea range in California and decoupled from the rocket booster. But 31 seconds into the test, a problem developed with a cruiser control fin and the X-51A Waverider hypersonic vehicle plummeted into the Pacific Ocean, missing its target of […]

X-37B: What’s happening in the inside ?

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A top-secret space plane landed safely at a U.S. Air Force base on the Southern California coast after spending two years circling the Earth. A unmanned US plane on a top-secret, two-year mission to space has returned to Earth and landed in California. The aircraft, resembling a miniature space shuttle and known as the Orbital […]

Turkey shoots down Syrian warplane, Prime Minister Erdogan says

Turkey shot down a Syrian fighter jet Sunday after the warplane strayed into its airspace, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “Our F-16s went up in the air and shot that plane down. Why? Because if you violate my airspace, then from now on, our slap will be hard,” Erdogan told supporters at a campaign […]

Sino-Japanese tensions rise over China’s new air rules

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Tensions between China and Japan have escalated, following Beijing’s announcement of the creation an air defence zone over a group of disputed islands in the East China Sea. China conducted its first air patrol over the area on the weekend, infuriating its neighbour. Japan says the zone, and the patrols, are unacceptable, and is warning […]

The South Koreans who went North for a ‘better life’

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Some of the six South Koreans sent home from North Korea on Friday had entered the hardline communist state in search of a better life, a report said on Sunday. The six were taken into custody for questioning after being handed over — along with the body of a woman — at the border truce […]

Wave of political killings hits Libya: Report

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TRIPOLI: Human Rights Watch said Thursday a picked-up wave of political assassinations in Libya killed 51 people as the country lacks any effective law enforcement. In a statement, the group said authorities had yet to arrest any suspects in the killings. Victims have included political activists, judges and members of security agencies. Human Rights Watch […]

Kerry says US drone strikes in Pakistan could end soon

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Secretary of State John Kerry drew a quick rebuttal from the State Department Thursday after he implied the U.S. has a specific timeline in mind for ending the drone program in Pakistan. Kerry made the comments in an interview with a local Pakistani television station during his first visit to the country as secretary.  He […]

The Lost Fighter

“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”  Douglas Noel Adams Lockheed Martin F-35 lightening II is a single-seat, single-engine fifth generation fighting aircraft with proposed stealth capabilities. It is a tri variant project, producing F-35A (conventional landing and takeoff), F-35B (short […]