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Russian space nuke could render low-Earth orbit unusable for a year

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The detonation of a Russian nuclear space weapon could render low-Earth orbit unusable for a year,...
The detonation of a Russian nuclear space weapon could render low-Earth orbit unusable for a year, according to a top Pentagon space official.“Several analysts do believe that detonation in space at the right magnitude in the right location could render low-Earth orbit, for example, unusable for some period of time,...

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Russia Clones Wikipedia, Censors It, Bans Original

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Chad Asks US Troops to Cease Operations at Strategic Army Base

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Russian Tor Air Defense System Uses AI to Intercept US Himars and Vilkha Rockets

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According to information released by the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) on April 14, 2024, the...
According to information released by the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) on April 14, 2024, the Tor-M2U, one of the latest generations of the Tor mobile air defense missile system, has successfully intercepted and destroyed rockets launched by the American HIMARS and Ukrainian Vilkha Multiple Launch Rocket Systems...

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Small Ukrainian plane likely used in attack deep inside Russia: experts

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Russia Fires Five Artillery Shells for Every One Fired by Ukraine Citing US Gen

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General Christopher Cavoli, commander of the US European Command, has highlighted a critical imbalance in the...
General Christopher Cavoli, commander of the US European Command, has highlighted a critical imbalance in the artillery used in the Ukraine conflict, warning that Russia is outpacing Ukrainian forces in shell deployment by a factor that could reach ten to one. This imbalance will inevitably lead to Ukraine's defeat,...

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US Slams Strikes on Russia Oil Refineries as Risk to Oil Markets

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Bloomberg: India set to receive Russian warships despite sanctions

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Ukraine's New Factory-Smashing Drone Is a $90k Sport Plane with a Robot At

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Aeroprakt A-22.Leighnor Aircraft photo To pull off one of its deepest strikes ever targeting Russia’s strategic...
Aeroprakt A-22.Leighnor Aircraft photo To pull off one of its deepest strikes ever targeting Russia’s strategic industries, the Ukrainian government took a locally-made ultralight sport plane, swapped its manned controls for robotic controls and packed it with explosives. Video of the emergency response following th...

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Some NATO countries don't understand urgency of stopping Russia, says Swedish FM

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Microsoft to shut down 50 cloud services for Russian businesses

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Microsoft plans to limit access to over fifty cloud products for Russian organizations by the end...
Microsoft plans to limit access to over fifty cloud products for Russian organizations by the end of March as part of the sanctions requirements against the country issued by EU regulators last December. The suspension was initially scheduled for March 20, 2024, but it was moved to the end of the month to give impac...

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Russia's Stranglehold on the Nuclear Power Cycle

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Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, several packages of sanctions targeting Russia’s lucrative energy industry...
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, several packages of sanctions targeting Russia’s lucrative energy industry (mostly oil, gas, and coal) have been introduced by the United States, the European Union, and other Western nations. These countries are also undertaking efforts to wean themselves off their depen...

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Japan boosts reliance on allies for long-term LNG supplies

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Retired Army officer charged with sharing classified Ukraine info on dating site

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By Robert Legare, Eleanor Watson March 4, 2024 / 6:46 PM EST / CBS News Washington...
By Robert Legare, Eleanor Watson March 4, 2024 / 6:46 PM EST / CBS News Washington — A retired Army lieutenant colonel was arrested Saturday and accused of illegally disclosing sensitive national defense information on a foreign dating site, according to charging documents. David Franklin Slater, 63 — who most recen...

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British soldiers helping fire Ukrainian missiles, Olaf Scholz reveals

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Starlink Terminals Sold in Russia Despite Musk's Denial

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SpaceX's Starlink user terminals are being openly sold in Russia, though CEO Elon Musk has denied...
SpaceX's Starlink user terminals are being openly sold in Russia, though CEO Elon Musk has denied knowledge of any such sales in the country.The terminals, which provide users with high-speed internet via the Starlink satellite constellation, are available on the Russian website of a reseller claiming to be an "offi...

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Chinese Retailer Caught Selling Starlink Terminals to Russia

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SpaceX's Starlink user terminals are being openly sold in Russia, though CEO Elon Musk has denied...
SpaceX's Starlink user terminals are being openly sold in Russia, though CEO Elon Musk has denied knowledge of any such sales in the country.The terminals, which provide users with high-speed internet via the Starlink satellite constellation, are available on the Russian website of a reseller claiming to be an "offi...

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Russia's Space Agency Forced to Sell Off Assets as Sanctions Take Toll

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Russia's Roscosmos space agency plans to sell off assets worth more than 11.4 billion rubles ($124...
Russia's Roscosmos space agency plans to sell off assets worth more than 11.4 billion rubles ($124 million) as sanctions imposed by the West over President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine continue to take a toll, local media has reported.A representative of the company told Russian news outlet RBC that the decision ...

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In race to make artillery shells, US, EU see different results

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One year into efforts to boost production of artillery rounds for Ukraine, the United States and...
One year into efforts to boost production of artillery rounds for Ukraine, the United States and Europe are seeing radically different results. The U.S. has increased its output of 155mm shells far faster than it originally forecasted, and plans to increase it further—if Congress can pass a budget for the nearly two...

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CIA Operations in Ukraine

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You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.A Ukrainian Army soldier in a forest near Russian lines this month. A C.I.A.-supported network of spy bases has been constructed in the past eight years that includes 12 secret...

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ATT outage investigated by the FBI as a cyberattack

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Published: 13:47 EST, 22 February 2024 | Updated: 16:49 EST, 22 February 2024 Federal agencies are...
Published: 13:47 EST, 22 February 2024 | Updated: 16:49 EST, 22 February 2024 Federal agencies are 'urgently investigating' whether the massive cellular outage that plagued Americans on Thursday was a cyberattack.The Federal Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are on the h...

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Russian nukes in space: Intelligence leak more serious than the threat itself

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US national security The world’s media went into overdrive on Wednesday after the chairman of the...
US national security The world’s media went into overdrive on Wednesday after the chairman of the US House Intelligence Committee warned of a “serious national security threat” that multiple sources then identified as Russia's ambition to deploy a nuclear anti-satellite system in space. But how realistic is this sce...

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Sweden's call for population to prepare for war sparks panic and criticism

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CRISIS SITUATION It’s been described as a bombshell moment. The upper echelons of Sweden’s government and...
CRISIS SITUATION It’s been described as a bombshell moment. The upper echelons of Sweden’s government and defence forces last week shocked the nation by explicitly warning that war might come to Sweden, and that each and every Swede should prepare themselves. While some have taken the warning seriously and flocked t...

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Navalny is Dead

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