Royal Navy might lose its ScanEagle capability

Jane’s has learn that the Royal Navy is on course to lose its ScanEagle capability in November 2017 and its Type 23 warships will not have an unmanned aerial vehicle on board for maritime surveillance duties.

US Navy 110226-N-RC734-147 A Scan Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle in flight during launch and recovery exercises aboard the amphibious dock landing s
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joseph M. Buliavac [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Has China lost control of its first space station?

Data compiled by an amateur satellite tracker suggests China may have lost control of its first space station – Tiangong-1 – and China might not be able to properly deorbit the space lab and bring it back to Earth in the ocean or in an unpopulated area.

Tiangong 1 drawing
By Craigboy (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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