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Laser Weapons Will Be Deployed At Cape Canaveral Spaceport To Take Down Drones

With the job of launching giant tubes packed with explosives and extremely expensive national security payloads on top, if anywhere could use lasers, it's the Cape. The post Laser Weapons Will Be Deployed At Cape Canaveral Spaceport To Take Down Drones appeared first on TWZ.

The War Zone

Colleges must help America keep the promise it makes to its military

As the U.S. military reaches record recruitment numbers, higher education institutions must improve their support systems to fulfill the promise of opportunity for service members and veterans.

Live updates: Trump at Texas-Tennessee football game in Knoxville; Iran’s proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz rejected

President Trump is at the University of Texas vs. University of Tennessee football game in Knoxville Saturday — an appearance coming ahead of senators’ last chance to pass the Protect College Sports Act before recessing into a lame-duck period. Trump flew to Knoxville Saturday morning to watch the Texas Longhorns, ranked number one in the…

United in debt: America has become a nation of fake rich people

An essay by John Mac Ghlionn examines the growing divide between Americans' physical financial realities and the performative wealth displayed through social media and consumer credit.

Kehoe says he’s ‘disappointed’ GOP-favored map in Missouri is blocked again

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R), who championed last year’s redistricting efforts in his state, shared his disappointment in a Supreme Court decision requiring Missouri to use its old congressional map in the November election. “It is disappointing that today’s decision by the United States Supreme Court means Missouri will conduct its November general election under…

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Athens, Greece: 4 Americans, 2 others killed in explosion

Six people were killed in an explosion in Athens, Greece, and four of them are reportedly Americans who were about to travel home Friday afternoon.

UPI

Another Asian Nation Now Has an Aircraft Carrier

After months of speculation and planning, Indonesia has taken possession of the Italian Giuseppe Garibaldi carrier—and put it into service as the KRI Sriwijaya-100. The post Another Asian Nation Now Has an Aircraft Carrier appeared first on The National Interest.

Airbus and Dassault Are Fighting for a Portuguese Fighter Jet Contract

The two European aerospace giants have advertised their respective aircraft, the Eurofighter Typhoon and the Rafale, but the United States has not given up on pitching the F-35, either. NATO member Portugal is now evaluating its options as it seeks to replace its legacy fleet of approximately two dozen upgraded F-16M Fighting Falcon multirole fighters. […] The post Airbus and Dassault Are Fighting for a Portuguese Fighter Jet Contract appeared first on The National Interest.

World

How to Define the Fuzzy Phases of Life

Modern life is making these stages harder and harder to pin down.

The Atlantic

UK’s and USA’s Best Naval Special Operators Just Completed Training Together

The US Navy SEALs and the British Royal Marines—arguably the finest commandos on each side of the Atlantic Ocean—cooperated on joint naval boarding and compound clearing drills in Virginia. The post UK’s and USA’s Best Naval Special Operators Just Completed Training Together appeared first on The National Interest.

The Iran-Iraq War Had a Vicious Air Component

As Iran and Iraq fought each other to a stalemate on the ground, the greatest Western and Soviet aircraft of the 1970s fought for dominance in the skies above. The post The Iran-Iraq War Had a Vicious Air Component appeared first on The National Interest.