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WRAPUP 2-Tanks in Beirut as Syria protest leaves one dead
Reuters* Shi'ite protester shot dead outside Iranian embassy * Iranian-backed Hezbollah gunmen, Syrian allies, opened fire * Lebanese army lock down capital for hours * Fears of return to civil war hurt Lebanese economy By Laila Bassam BEIRUT, June 9...Tags: Lebanon, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Russia, Religion and Belief, Saudi Arabia
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Struggling to take off
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE— Far beyond the electronic security gates and razor-wire topped fences, Col. Rod Cregier surveys a team of technicians busily readying a lithe F-35 fighter jet for its next test flight. As the F-35 program director at the...
Tags: Science and Technology, Lockheed Martin Corp., Aircraft Carriers, U.S. Congress, Military Aircraft
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Congress, don't ban the bomb's national park
They pulled a bit of history out of the English Channel on Monday. Experts from the Royal Air Force Museum lifted a rare Dornier Do 17 bomber from the seafloor near Kent. The plane, shot down during the Battle of Britain in 1940, is believed to be the...
Tags: Travel, Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Russia
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F-35 fighter jet conducts first in-flight missile launch near L.A.
An F-35 fighter jet launched a missile in mid-flight from its internal weapons bay for the first time in a test flight for the Air Force. The missile firing took place last week about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles at the Navy’s Point Mugu...
Tags: Science and Technology, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lockheed Martin Corp., Weaponry, Military Aircraft
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INTERVIEW-Boeing scores over $10 bln in U.S. aircraft orders
ReutersBy Andrea Shalal-Esa RIDLEY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 11 (Reuters) - Boeing Co has won two multibillion dollar U.S. orders for its Chinook helicopters and the V-22 Osprey it builds with Bell Helicopter, sharply expanding the company's backlog at a time...Tags: U.S. Army, Boeing Co., Textron Incorporated, U.S. Navy, Prices
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Boeing, US Army sign $4 bln deal for 177 more Chinook helicopters
ReutersRIDLEY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 11 (Reuters) - Boeing Co and the U.S. Army on Tuesday said they had signed a 5-year contract worth $4 billion for 177 more CH-47F Chinook helicopters, a deal they said would save the government $810 million compared to...Tags: U.S. Army, U.S. Military, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Saudi Arabia
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Scientists hope to predict tornadoes by using little drones
With tornadoes, advance warning comes down to minutes. In Moore, Okla., on May 20, it was 16 minutes. In Newcastle, to the southwest, near the spot where the deadly mile-wide tornado that killed 24 people first formed, it was five minutes. Tornadoes...
Tags: Mary Fallin, Natural Disasters, Technology, Air Transportation Industry, University of Oklahoma
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Insurgent attack on Kabul airport ends; all 7 militants slain
KABUL, Afghanistan – Insurgents launched an hours-long attack early Monday on the heavily guarded military side of Kabul’s international airport, which houses a key NATO strategic headquarters, but failed to breach that part of the complex...
Tags: Suicide, Afghanistan, International Organizations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Pakistan
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Airbus A400M delivery could slip into July - sources
ReutersPARIS, June 10 (Reuters) - The first delivery of the Airbus A400M, Europe's new military airlifter, could slip beyond its second-quarter target date and take place in July, industry sources said. The first aircraft is being readied for delivery to...Tags: Bastille Day, NATO, Heavy Engineering, France, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Afghan forces repel Taliban attack on Kabul airport as neighbors cower in their homes
McClatchy Foreign StaffKABUL, Afghanistan Taliban fighters firing from atop an unfinished mansion attacked the military side of Kabul's international airport early Monday, triggering a gun battle with Afghan security forces that lasted more than four hours before the...Tags: Suicide, International Organizations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Journalism, Taliban
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Jun 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles TimesTaliban claims responsibility as insurgents attack Kabul airport
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Insurgents attacked the military side of Kabul’s international airport at dawn Monday, jarring residents of the Afghan capital awake to the sound of explosions and gunfire. The area houses a key NATO strategic headquarters,...
Tags: Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, International Organizations, Pakistan, Taliban
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Military Equipment Photos
An Airbus A400M military aircraft followed by Alphajet...
(June 17, 2013)
An Antonov An-70 military aircraft takes part in a flyi...
(June 17, 2013)
An Airbus A400M military aircraft is seen during a flyi...
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