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Boeing grounds eight 787 Dreamliners over manufacturing flaw By Chris Isidore and Pete Muntean, CNN - 28/8/2020 New York (CNN Business)Boeing has found a problem with the manufacturing of the 787 Dreamliner, the widebody jet that is one of the most successful products of the troubled aircraft...

Greece to extend territorial waters in Ionian Sea to 12 miles, says PM News - Kathimerini - 26/8/2020 Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Wednesday in Parliament that the government will soon submit a bill extending Greece’s territorial waters in the Ionian Sea from six to 12...

A thread for showcasing and maybe discussing the obscure, the absurd and the long forgotten. Starting off, a side of the Kuznetsov class carriers that many may have forgotten (including...the Russian Navy).

Bulgaria and Greece sign gas deal By Krassen Nikolov | EURACTIV.bg | 9:36 Leaders of Bulgaria, Boyko Borisov and Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis during Monday’s ceremony in Athens. Credit: Greek Government Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis have...

US isolated as allies and opponents reject its bid to snapback UN sanctions on Iran Kylie Atwood - CNN Politics - August 21, 2020 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participates in a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House January 10, 2020 in Washington...

Taking Hard Line, Greece Turns Back Migrants by Abandoning Them at Sea Many Greeks have grown frustrated as tens of thousands of asylum seekers languished on Greek islands. Now, evidence shows, a new conservative government has a new method of keeping them out. Migrants aboard an inflatable...

Greek, Turkish warships in 'mini collision' Ankara calls provocative Michele Kambas - Tuvan Gumrukcu - Reuters World News -August 14, 2020 / 12:26 PM Turkish Navy frigate TCG Kemal Reis (F-247) is pictured in the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey May 13, 2019. Picture taken May 13...

The EA-18G Growler Flies For The First Time With Next-Gen Jammer Mid-Band Pod August 12, 2020 - Stefano D'Urso - Military Aviation Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) flies for the first time on an EA-18G Growler, Aug. 7, over Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The NGJ-MB capability...

A Broken Cable Has Wrecked One of Earth's Largest Radio Telescopes The cable tore a 100-foot hole in the gargantuan dish in Puerto Rico, which was featured in Carl Sagan's novel 'Contact' and the James Bond film 'GoldenEye.' Becky Ferreira - August 11, 2020, 10:02pm - VICE Arecibo after...

South Korea Plans to Build F-35B Lightning Aircraft Carrier By: Xavier Vavasseur August 11, 2020 10:34 AM - USNI news Concept image of the LPX-II Lighting Carrier from South Korea. Republic of Korea Navy Image South Korea’s 2021-2025 defense blueprint, which was revealed yesterday, provides...

France's Revolutionary Nuclear Reactor Is a Leaky, Expensive Mess With a bloated budget, endless delays, and shoddy construction, EPR looks like a big mistake. By Caroline Delbert - Aug 3, 2020 - Popular Mechanics A revolutionary French reactor design is 10 years overdue and nearly four...

Launch of China’s new Long March 7A ends in failure Andrew Jones — March 16, 2020 — Spacenews The first standard Long March 7 (CZ-7) rolled out in 2016. The Long March 7A has an additional third stage. Credit: CASC Unspecified failure of Long March 7A launch could impact major missions...

SpaceX performs in-flight abort test of Crew Dragon spacecraft WASHINGTON — SpaceX successfully tested the abort system of its Crew Dragon spacecraft, one of the final milestones before the vehicle is cleared to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. A Falcon 9 carrying the...

‘We need more money’: US Navy’s top officer says the service needs more of the DoD budget By: David B. Larter - DefenseNews - 15.1.2020 If the Navy is to grow much beyond its current size, the service should get a larger slice of the budget than the Air Force and Army, the CNO says. (MC1...

Haftar seeks support in Greece January 17 2020 - Hürriyet Daily News Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias (R) meets with Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar in Athens, on Jan. 17, 2020, days ahead of a peace conference in Berlin which he and the head of Tripoli's U.N.-recognised...

Egypt, France, Cyprus, Greece reject Turkish abuses, escalation in Libya By: Amr Mohamed Kandil - Thu, Jan. 9, 2020 - egypt today Foreign ministers of Egypt, France, Cyprus and Greece meet in Cairo to discuss regional developments – Press photo CAIRO – 9 January 2020: As foreign ministers of...

Iraqi PM reveals Soleimani was on peace mission when assassinated, exploding Trump’s lie of ‘imminent attacks’ By Max Blumenthal - The GrayZone - January 6, 2020 The Trump administration claimed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was planning “imminent attacks” on US interests when it...

Boeing has uncovered another potential design flaw with the 737 Max By Clare Duffy, CNN Business, January 6, 2020 New York (CNN Business)Hundreds of 737 Max jets are sitting, grounded, as Boeing awaits approval from aviation regulators for the troubled plane to return to flight. But now, the...

China steps up warship building programme as navy looks to extend its global reach -- Latest launches bring total number of PLA Navy ships built this year to 24 -- Analysts say new ships have improved quality and capability but country is lagging behind in developing sailors’ technical skills...

Commercial pig farm in China jams drone signal to combat swine fever crooks Min Zhang, Tom Daly - DECEMBER 20, 2019 - Reuters Criminal gangs in China have been faking outbreaks of swine fever on farms and forcing farmers to sell their healthy pigs at sharply lower prices. BEIJING, Dec 20...