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India launches massive search operation for missing military plane
23 июля, 2016
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India launches massive search operation for missing military plane

An Indian military plane with more than 20 people on board has gone missing over the Bay of Bengal, the Indian air force (IAF) has confirmed to the BBC. The Antonov-32 transporter aircraft took off from Chennai (Madras) at 08:30 local time (03:00 GMT), bound for Port Blair in the eastern archipelago of Andaman and Nicobar. It...

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Britons left stranded after British Airways CANCELS all Turkey flights amid military coup
17 июля, 2016
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Britons left stranded after British Airways CANCELS all Turkey flights amid military coup

TERRIFIED Britons are being left stranded in Turkey as British Airway cancels all flights amid bloody power struggle. The cancellations come as more than 260 people have died as Turkey's military attempted to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a coup. British Airways said they are keeping flights to Turkey under...

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Turkey military coup ’caused by BREXIT’, claims Labour MP
16 июля, 2016
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Turkey military coup ’caused by BREXIT’, claims Labour MP

A FORMER Labour frontbencher has caused outrage after claiming the military coup in Turkey was caused by the campaign for Britain to leave the EU. The coup saw soldiers attempt to take the country from the control of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Shots were fired among civilians and bombs were blasted at the nation’s...

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Turkey: Military says coup attempt has been quashed
16 июля, 2016
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Turkey: Military says coup attempt has been quashed

An attempted coup by a faction of the armed forces has been quashed, Turkey's acting military chief of staff says. Umit Dundar said 104 coup plotters had been killed and 1,563 arrested in a night of gunfire and explosions in Ankara, Istanbul and elsewhere. A further 90 people died and 1,154 people were injured as thousands...

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US sentences Chinese hacker for stealing military information
14 июля, 2016
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US sentences Chinese hacker for stealing military information

A Chinese businessman who pleaded guilty to hacking sensitive military information has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison in the US. Su Bin admitted collaborating with hackers in the Chinese military to steal data from US defence companies between 2008 and 2014. He was arrested in Canada in 2014 and extradited to the...

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Micah Johnson: Dallas killer ‘changed’ by military experience
12 июля, 2016
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Micah Johnson: Dallas killer ‘changed’ by military experience

The gunman who killed five police officers in Dallas was "changed" by his experience in the US military, his mother has said. Micah Johnson went from being an extrovert to a "hermit", Delphine Johnson told The Blaze website. "The military was not what Micah thought it would be," she said. "He...

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US military failed Americans in Benghazi, says House
29 июня, 2016
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US military failed Americans in Benghazi, says House

The US military failed to protect four Americans who died in attacks on a US compound in the Libyan city of Benghazi, says a Congressional report. The Obama administration was criticised for lax security and a slow response to the 2012 attacks on a US compound, in the report by House Republicans. But they found no new evidence...

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Falluja assault: Iraq PM announces beginning of military operation
23 мая, 2016
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Falluja assault: Iraq PM announces beginning of military operation

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced the start of a military operation to retake Falluja from so-called Islamic State (IS). "Zero hour for the liberation of Falluja has arrived. The moment of great victory has drawn near," he said, adding IS had "no choice but to flee." Iraq's military has...

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Top Military Officials Welcome New-Age Technology in War Zones
09 апреля, 2016
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Top Military Officials Welcome New-Age Technology in War Zones

Lasers. Electromagnetism. Robotics. Those descriptive words conjure images of “Star Trek” vernacular from science-fiction television. We almost can hear Capt. James Kirk barking out orders from the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. Instead of associating those commands with the fictitious Captain Kirk in a...

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South China Sea: Australian troops join Philippines, US for annual Balikiatan military training drills
05 апреля, 2016
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South China Sea: Australian troops join Philippines, US for annual Balikiatan military training drills

South China Sea: Australian troops join Philippines, US for annual Balikiatan military training drills THOUSANDS of US and Philippine troops, along with Australian defence forces, began annual drills to prepare to quickly respond to a range of potential crises, including in the disputed South China Sea. The exercises have been...

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South Sudan militias raped women in lieu of wages, UN says
11 марта, 2016
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South Sudan militias raped women in lieu of wages, UN says

Militias allied to the South Sudanese army have been allowed to rape women in lieu of wages during fighting against rebel forces, a UN report says. Investigators found that 1,300 women were raped last year in the oil-rich Unity state alone, it added. In a separate report, Amnesty International says more than 60 men and boys...

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U.S. military spending millions to make cyborgs a reality
08 марта, 2016
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U.S. military spending millions to make cyborgs a reality

Washington. The U.S. military is spending millions on an advanced implant that would allow a human brain to communicate directly with computers. If it succeeds, cyborgs will be a reality. The Pentagon's research arm, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), hopes the implant will allow humans to directly...

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