Navy Patrol Intercepts Illegal Arms Shipment
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Intelligence leads a Navy Coastal Patrol ship to an illegal arms shipment of hundreds of AK-47 rifles, rocket propelled grenades and .50-cal machine guns, reports We Are the Mighty. The small cargo ship was intercepted in the Arabian Gulf, believed to have left Iran headed to Yemen to support Houthi rebels.
A committee the FAA initially dubbed a “micro” drone committee has released proposals that would allow drones to fly over people, which would be a big boost for commercial UAV growth. AP reports some specifics and notes that the committee did not mention the “micro” 4.4 pound limit the FAA notes.
The Marines will add another two dozen security guard detachments and beef-up security at 117 other posts around the globe, helping prevent attacks such as in 2012 at Benghazi, Libya, where four Americans died, reports Military Times.
Nine million vets would transition into private health care under a proposal out of the VA Commission on Care. The radical proposal would gradually eliminate all VA medical centers and outpatient facilities in the next 20 years, reports Military Times.
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James is not alone seeking a faster process to assure allies receive weapons in a timely fashion, Defense News reports. Despite calls from industry, the military, and internationally, Congress does not appear willing to address it this year.
Super Hornet catches the wire in its first manned testing on the Advanced Arresting Gear slated for the Gerald Ford-class aircraft carriers, reports USNI.
The Navy’s F-35 variant drops 1000 Pound Bomb during weapons trials last month over the Atlantic Test Ranges at NAS Pax River, reports The Diplomat.
CNN reports on the immediate impact Antonin Scalia’s death has upon the Supreme Court.
Our ancestors took out the diminutive, Homo floresiensis of Flores Island in Indonesia, 60,000 years ago, reports TechInsider. The Homo sapiens didn’t just out-compete against the 3.5-foot tall people, they did it fast, within a few thousand years.
