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Jan 28 2020
Analysis
Fully Autonomous Weapons Pose Unique Dangers to Humankind
In September 2019 a swarm of 18 bomb-laden drones and seven cruise missiles overwhelmed Saudi Arabia's advanced air defenses to crash into the Abqaiq and Khurais oil fields and their processing facilities. The surprisingly sophisticated attack, which Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for, halved the nation's output of crude oil and natural gas and forced an increase in global oil
Scientific AmericanJan 11 2020
News
Iran says it "unintentionally" shot down Ukrainian airplane
Iran's Revolutionary Guard acknowledged on Saturday it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian International Airlines passenger jet this week, killing all 176 aboard. The head of the Revolutionary Guard's aerospace division said his unit accepts "full responsibility."
General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said on state TV that forces were on high alert, and that an officer mistook the plane for a
CBS News (Online)Jun 16 2021
News
Russia Conducts Largest Navy Exercise Since Cold War As Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin Meet
The U.S. scrambled three F-22 stealth fighter jets from Hawaii on Sunday in an unscheduled flight that may have been in response to the presence of a Russian Navy exercise.
The missile-armed F-22 Raptors were launched from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, according to Honolulu's Star Advertiser, as a Russian fleet carried out exercises in what Russian authorities say is the largest naval
NewsweekDec 12 2012
News
North Korea fires long-range rocket in defiant move, calls launch a success
North Korea successfully fired a long-range rocket on Wednesday, defying international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong Un took a big step forward in its quest to develop a nuclear missile.
Fox News (Online News)Nov 23 2012
Opinion
For Israel, Gaza Conflict Is Test for an IranConfrontation
One view is that Israel was using the Gaza battle to learn the missile capabilities of both Hamas and Islamic Jihad †the group with the closest ties to Iran †with intent to disrupt those links.
New York Times (News)Aug 23 2013
News
Obama Officials Weigh Response to Syria Assault
Amid a growing belief that chemical weapons were used in the attack, senior officials met at the White House on Thursday to debate options that could range from a cruise missile strike to a more sustained air campaign.
New York Times (News)Mar 30 2013
News
North Korea's Stepped-Up Rhetoric: Is It More Than Talk?
With its missile units on standby and its hotlines cut to South Korea North Korea continues to stoke tensions on the peninsula. Even China North Koreas main ally is now on board with sanctions.
NPR (Online News)Sep 15 2020
News
Rockets fired from Gaza as Israel peace treaties signed at White House, two injured in attack
Two people were injured from a rocket attack launched from the Gaza Strip, which came at the same time as Israel signed historic peace treaties with two Arab nations at the White House.
The Israel Defense Forces said that at least two rockets were fired from the Hamas-controlled strip Tuesday evening local time. One of the rockets was intercepted by the country’s Iron Dome missile
Washington ExaminerOct 08 2015
Opinion
Analysis: Putin's Syria operation is a bid to regain status as major global player
On Russian TV -- breathtaking video of missiles launched from Russian ships in the Caspian Sea, streaking into the night sky, racing almost a thousand miles to their targets in Syria, exploding, the reporter boasts, no more than nine feet from their targets.
Russia's surpr
CNN (Online News)Sep 25 2014
News
U.S. strikes in Syria against al-Qaeda’s Khorasan group kill one of its leaders
U.S. missile strikes against an obscure al-Qaeda cell in Syria killed at least one of the group’s leaders, delivering what U.S. officials described as a significant but not decisive blow to a terrorist group accused of plotting attacks against Europe and the United States.
Washington Post