Defense minister confirms North Korea conducted rocket engine testThe foreign and defense ministers of South Korea and Australia held a joint meeting Tuesday and vowed concerted efforts on regional security, especially on the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of North Korea.South Korean Foreign....
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Defense minister: N. Korea conducted rocket engine test at Dongchang-ri siteDefense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo said Tuesday that "a very important test," which North Korea claimed to have conducted at its western satellite launching station, was a rocket engine test, calling on the communist country to stop such mil....
Kratos: If it's tactical, it will be built in OKCBy Dale DenwaltStaff [email protected] Defense has plans to build more than just its Firejet and Valkyrie unmanned aircraft in Oklahoma City.Speaking to a downtown Rotary Club last week, Kratos Senior Vice President Jeff Herro said all of the company's tactical drones will be manufa....
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College Football Notebook: Buckeyes' Young wins Bronko Nagurski AwardOhio State defensive end Chase Young won the Bronko Nagurski Award given to the nation's top college defensive player on Monday night.
Young was the nation's most dominant player on defense this season, recording 16 1/2 sacks and forcing six fumbles in 10 games for the Buckeyes.
The 6-foot-6, 265-....
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Impeachment hearings lead to Florida man, 62, shoving Florida woman, 60, to the groundThe impeachment hearings in D.C. became a domestic crisis in west Florida before the weekend got underway. Ernest Ford, 62, is accused of shoving his 60-year-old girlfriend to the ground during a dispute about whether or not the president should be impeached for withholding defense funding from...
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The Subtweet Defense Wins: Elon Musk Cleared In Defamation CaseA little over a year ago when cave diver Vern Unsworth sued Elon Musk for defamation, we noted that (unlike many defamation cases), it did not appear to be an out-and-out SLAPP case. That said, we noted that many of the claims in the lawsuit did not look to be about defamatory speech at all, and t....
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15 temporarily free and 18 on-sale apps and games, including Icewind DaleWelp, it's another Monday. Here are some app sales for you, including the excellent Icewind Dale. Enjoy.
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Top 11 waiver-wire pickups for Week 15 of fantasy footballChuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports
Heading into the home stretch of the NFL season, it's time to finalize your lineups for a playoff push.
On Sunday, a few players emerged as potential replacements for any fantasy player in desperate need of filling a hole in their lineup before the postseason begins.
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Joe Scarborough Blasts Ted Cruz's 'Shameless' Defense Of Donald TrumpTexas Senator Ted Cruz recently suggested on NBC’s Meet the Press that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, supporting a theory that Donald Trump and his allies have been pushing amid the impeachment probe into the president. On MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Monday, host ....
Amazon says it lost $10 billion contract because Trump wanted to 'screw' the companyAmazon claims it lost out on a $10 billion defense contract because one man hated the company: Donald Trump.
In the redacted complaint from its previously filed lawsuit, released Monday, Amazon said it lost the coveted JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure) contract because of "improp....
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Jamshedpur snatch point from Chennaiyin with late equaliserJamshedpur: Owen Coyle's first match as Chennaiyin manager was spoiled by a late Jamshedpur equaliser which should have been called hand ball at the JRD Tata Sports Complex here on Monday. An exciting Indian Super League (ISL) contest between hosts Jamshedpur FC and visitors Chennaiyin FC ended 1-1....
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Ex-lawmaker cautions GOP ignoring impeachment inquiry evidenceWilliam Cohen, a former Republican senator from Maine and secretary of defense who backed impeachment during the Watergate inquiry, told CNN's Erin Burnett that members of the GOP have a duty to look at the evidence against President Trump in the impeachment inquiry.....
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Coyle begins Chennaiyin adventure with trip to JamshedpurJamshedpur: A visit to the JRD Tata Sports Complex here on Monday may not be a daunting task for Chennaiyin FC for two reasons. One is that hosts Jamshedpur FC will be without their midfield maestro Piti and spearhead Sergio Castel. The second is that it will be Chennaiyins first match under new hea....
Defense stocks surge after N. Korea's 'very important test'Shares of South Korean defense-related firms jumped on Monday in the wake of North Korea’s announcement about conducting a “very important test” at its western satellite launching site over the weekend.Shares of asphalt plants manuf....
US always open to talks with N. Korea: EsperThe United States is always open to talks with North Korea, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said, amid growing concern that the communist nation could restart testing of long-range missiles or nuclear weapons amid stalled talks with Washington.Esper mad....
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Editor's Letter: A Look Back (and Ahead) at Marketing Moments That Define AdweekAdweek breathed its first breath on Nov. 19, 1979. It also came close to it being its last. At 3 a.m. on that date alarms at the Norad missile command center in Colorado sounded a full-scale nuclear attack was underway. Defense analysts' computers showed 250 Soviet nuclear missiles bearing down on t....
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Hospital identifies man who survived Pearl Harbor shootingHONOLULU (AP) — A hospital has identified the man who was wounded in Wednesday's shooting at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.
Roger Nakamine, 36, is a Department of Defense employee who was working as an apprentice at the shipyard when a sailor opened fire, the Queen's Medical Center said in a ....
Brazil's Chancellor Visits Africa to Spur Cooperation in the South AtlanticRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chancellor Ernesto Araújo is traveling to four West African countries this Sunday, December 8th, where he will discuss with local authorities the implementation of agreements in the areas of security, defense, trade, and investment. The Chancellor will visit Cape Verde, Sen....
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Ruiz rues three-month party as Joshua avenges lossAD DIRIYAH, Saudi Arabia – Andy Ruiz blamed 3 months of partying for his one-sided world heavyweight championship defeat to Anthony Joshua, admitting he had failed to train seriously for his first title defense.
The 30-year-old Mexican-American stunned the world in June when he floored Joshua ....
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Naval base shooting tests US-Saudi relationsWhile top US defense and military officials have reaffirmed America's continued commitment to its relationship with Saudi Arabia after a Saudi Air Force student's deadly attack at a Navy base in Florida, the shooting is testing the allies' ties just months after the Trump administration delivered su....
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N. Korea says it has conducted 'very important test' at satellite launch siteNorth Korea claimed Sunday it has carried out a crucial test at its key satellite launching station. In a statement released by the Korean Central News Agency, the Academy of National Defense Science said the result of the successful test from Saturd....
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Federal workers to get 12 weeks paid family leave in tentative deal to create Space ForceMore than 2 million federal workers would get 12 weeks paid family leave under a tentative spending deal struck by Congressional leaders that would also create President Trump's proposed Space Force. The proposed compromise defense spending bill would give Democrats a major expansion of benefits.......
Airstrikes in northwest Syria kill at least 4 peopleBEIRUT (AP) — Airstrikes on areas in the last major rebel stronghold in northwest Syria killed at least four people, including women and children, and wounded others as a three-month truce crumbles, opposition activists said.
The airstrikes on Idlib province have intensified over the past few w....
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Government maintains Brigadier has diplomatic immunityThe Sri Lankan Government in a statement has defended former Defense Attache to the UK, Brigadier Priyanka Fernando, asserting that he enjoys diplomatic immunity. The statement then goes on to say that the most recent developments were politically motivated actions. "The sequence of events- the priv....
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Ancajas stakes crown vs Gonzalez in MexicoMANILA, Philippines – Having endured the long wait, Jerwin Ancajas isn't about to rush things up in his eighth defense of the International Boxing Federation super flyweight crown.
Ancajas will still be patient, timing his shots and looking for openings against Chilean Miguel Gonzalez on Satu....
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Classic SEC match-up: LSU's offense vs. Georgia's defenseBy Paul NewberryThe Associated PressATLANTA — LSU is perfectly comfortable in an offensive shootout, both teams racing up and down the field, throwing caution to the wind and lighting up the scoreboard with big play after big play.Georgia would prefer a defensive quagmire, where every yard in a st....
Nikki Haley Defends Controversial Confederate Flag CommentsFormer U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley took heat Friday for appearing to defend the Confederate flag to Blaze TV’s Glenn Beck, suggesting that white supremacist mass murderer Dylann Roof “hijacked it,”
Haley took to twitter to defend her....
How Marine recruits train inside a tear gas chamber at boot campWe got an inside look at how United States Marine Corps recruits are exposed to tear gas during basic training.
Senior video correspondent Graham Flanagan spent five days at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, SC, where he observed various stages of training.
Recruits are exposed to....
US considers sending thousands more troops to Middle East to deter IranThe Pentagon is considering sending thousands more troops to the Middle East as part of an effort to beef up air defense capabilities in the face of Iranian moves that include its recent transfer of short-range missiles into Iraq, CNN has learned from multiple defense officials.....
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Chief: NATO doesn't want to make enemy of BeijingNATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told CNBC that the alliance needs to address the challenges and opportunities posed by an increasingly powerful China, but added that his 29-member defense organization does not want to make an enemy out of Beijing.....
Pentagon mulls sending up to 7,000 additional forces to Middle East, officials sayThe Pentagon is considering a plan to add up to 7,000 additional forces to the Middle East to counter what it sees as an increasing threat from Iran, two U.S. defense officials tell Fox News, but the defense secretary has "not made any decision," according to the Pentagon's top policy adviser.....
NATO is finally talking about China, and there are 3 big problems it has to addressAssociated Press
NATO leaders gathered in London this week for a summit marking the alliance's 70th anniversary.
Many of the longstanding problems facing the alliance were under discussion, but the agenda also included a relatively new challenge: China.
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