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Skynet-1A Satellite’s Unexplained Orbit Shift Raises Questions About Command History
Launched in 1969, the UK's oldest satellite, Skynet-1A, has moved significantly from its original position. Experts believe this was due to a deliberate command in the 1970s. The satellite now orbits over the Americas, near active satellite traffic, raising risks of collisions. Limited records exist regarding its control history, with suggestions o...
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US To Send 300 Additional Troops To Middle East Amid Heightened Tensions
Amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the US is sending additional troops to the US Central Command region, which covers the Middle East and parts of Africa, Pentagon press secretary said on Tuesday (local time).
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Chinese Aircraft Carriers May Enter Indian Ocean: Top US Navy Commander
The Commander of the US Pacific Fleet, which also oversees the Indian Ocean region, has said Chinese deployment of aircraft carrier battle groups in the region is a distinct possibility in the near future.
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US begins transporting French troops to Mali: military
The US military has started airlifting French troops and equipment into Mali to assist their operation against al Qaeda-linked rebels, the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said on Tuesday.
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US general demoted over 5-star hotel spending
A four-star general who headed US Africa Command has been demoted amid charges he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on pricey travel, Pentagon officials said on Tuesday.
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After war room, heading Ivy League classroom
On a recent evening in a classroom at Yale, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal held forth for two animated hours on the conflicts in Northern Ireland and South Africa, with bits of his own history as the former top commander in Afghanistan thrown in. In earlier classes he covered the Bay of Pigs and Vietnam and, as his students tell it, recounted in mesmer...
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Al Qaeda strong at the fringes, weak in the centre: US experts
With Al Qaeda's core leadership ravaged and its remaining commanders struggling to survive, militants in Africa, Yemen and elsewhere are taking over the anti-Western fight, US experts and officials say.
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Skynet-1A Satellite’s Unexplained Orbit Shift Raises Questions About Command History
Launched in 1969, the UK's oldest satellite, Skynet-1A, has moved significantly from its original position. Experts believe this was due to a deliberate command in the 1970s. The satellite now orbits over the Americas, near active satellite traffic, raising risks of collisions. Limited records exist regarding its control history, with suggestions o...
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US To Send 300 Additional Troops To Middle East Amid Heightened Tensions
Amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the US is sending additional troops to the US Central Command region, which covers the Middle East and parts of Africa, Pentagon press secretary said on Tuesday (local time).
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Chinese Aircraft Carriers May Enter Indian Ocean: Top US Navy Commander
The Commander of the US Pacific Fleet, which also oversees the Indian Ocean region, has said Chinese deployment of aircraft carrier battle groups in the region is a distinct possibility in the near future.
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US begins transporting French troops to Mali: military
The US military has started airlifting French troops and equipment into Mali to assist their operation against al Qaeda-linked rebels, the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said on Tuesday.
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US general demoted over 5-star hotel spending
A four-star general who headed US Africa Command has been demoted amid charges he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on pricey travel, Pentagon officials said on Tuesday.
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After war room, heading Ivy League classroom
On a recent evening in a classroom at Yale, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal held forth for two animated hours on the conflicts in Northern Ireland and South Africa, with bits of his own history as the former top commander in Afghanistan thrown in. In earlier classes he covered the Bay of Pigs and Vietnam and, as his students tell it, recounted in mesmer...
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Al Qaeda strong at the fringes, weak in the centre: US experts
With Al Qaeda's core leadership ravaged and its remaining commanders struggling to survive, militants in Africa, Yemen and elsewhere are taking over the anti-Western fight, US experts and officials say.
