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I said nothing about the "balance." I did say the US is reticent to sell armed UAVs, which is true. France operates the MQ-9 Reaper. But was only recently cleared to operate the armed version. The UK joins France as an operator of the armed version. As does Italy - the second foreign...

We've always had serious misgivings about selling armed UAVs, even to allied nations like France and Italy, India's important as a tool in our geopolitical shed, but an aircraft like the Avenger with a long-range and large payload is the kind of system the US prefers not to be proliferating. If...

SLS Booster 'Chills Out' Ahead of Super-Hot Ground Test An Orbital ATK technician inspects hardware and instrumentation on a full-scale, test version booster for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System. The booster is being cooled to approximately 40 degrees Fahrenheit ahead of its second...

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NASA TV to Broadcast U.S. Cargo Ship Departure from Space Station The Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo ship is seen after final approach to the International Space Station. The vehicle was captured at 6:51 a.m. EDT March 26 using the space station's Canadarm2 robotic arm by Expedition 47 Commander...

And some of the Delta IV Heavy used in this launch: When extended, the Mentor satellites resemble an AN/FRD-10: But are smaller in size and perform a different function. The AN/FRD-10 is also a SIGINT platform and is used for radio direction finding, much like the Mentor series...

Being National Recon Office missions, the payloads are clandestine, but some photos of the pre-launch payload mating have been released: This will be the 374th Delta rocket launch since 1960, the 32nd Delta 4 since debuting in 2002 and the 9th Heavy.

The NRO always has fun with their mission art. The best is easily NROL-39 And it's true:D. The NRO sees and hears everything:devil:. But you never hear or see anything about the NGA, do you:whistle:?

The Space Launch System is coming together, slowly, but surely. A second booster test is scheduled for June 28th. Here's the first test of the SLS' boosters. First the segments had to arrive, though. Then be assembled. The SLS's liquid Oxygen tank, which will feed the main engines...

Elon Musk Just Had a Hush-Hush Meeting at the Pentagon Elon Musk, the billionaire businessman who wants to literally die on Mars after he puts an electric car in every American’s garage, just had a meeting at the Pentagon with the US Secretary of Defense. But neither Musk nor Secretary Ash...

It proves that they work in a high security military facility. Groom Lake tests some of the most clandestine USAF equipment that is still in development. To keep prying eyes, ears and mouths shut and away, they implement a host of security protocols to avoid leaks and espionage. Programs at...

New Mission Studying Neutron Stars On Track for Launch A view of the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) X-ray Timing Instrument without its protective blanketing shows a collection of 56 close-packed sunshades—the white and black cylinders in the foreground—that protect the...

Sure they can help you, but only if the system they're helping you with is MTCR compliant. For strategic missiles, they'd run afoul of the NPT too, but for MTCR compliant cruise missiles this shouldn't be a concern. They can't sell you missiles that violate the MTCR and joint development also...

Two missiles:o:. 4 missiles, 2 PGMs and an ISR pod:D. But I agree with you, India doesn't need Predator or Reaper (or Avenger) and is mainly looking at long-range maritime ISR UAVs, but they're still a nice piece of kit that outclasses anything you currently have. The MTCR also regulates...

Nimitz uses two A4W Westinghouse nuclear reactors (A = Naval, 4 = 4th generation, W = Westinghouse) each putting out 100 Mw of power. And can sprint at 50+ knots. En-route to the Red Sea to partake in the Gulf War, CVN-71 hit 55 knots: It could go faster, but the shaft can't handle the power...

And those two combined will have the same operational capabilities as one of these beasts: Look at all that sweet *ss:o::smitten:!! We have ten:partay:. Soon to be replaced by 11 of these: And our Gator navy to go along with them: It's a really distant second:P. ... This post...

USS Pennsylvania, Ohio Class SSBN - nice. At 22 knots, it takes vessel 6 days to reach Rotterdam from New York. Turkey, being farther, means we should tack on another day or two. This means most nuclear submarines, with both the range to cross the 7000km distance from the US to Europe, and...

Congrats!! Great to see India has become a responsible international actor. Now to celebrate... buy American:whistle:? Oh and our Vietnamese friend has a bit of a problem with some regional bully, how about helping them out too now that you've got international clearance...

BEAM Opens Up For Checks The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module’s (BEAM) hatch was opened up for the first time today. Astronaut Jeff Williams entered BEAM and checked sensors, installed air ducts and reported back to Earth that it was in pristine condition. After Williams completed the BEAM...

You don't need to convince me. It serves no purpose since I'm not connected to the nuclear industry, well not unless you're offering some "incentives":whistle:. This is the closest I've ever been to a nuclear reactor:lol: OK, I've been closer having spent time on US nuclear boats, but you...