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The Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft from Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) was selected by NASA last week to deliver material to the International Space Station (ISS) from 2019. The mini-shuttle with its slated wing configuration was an idea borrowed from the Soviet BOR lifting bodies.
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An anonymous source told TASS that the Ka-52 attack helicopter will be deployed to Syria for perimeter security at Humaymin Air Base in Latakia.
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A news report by Russian daily Kommersant says Saudi Arabia is ready to start talks on buying a few S-400 air defense missile units.
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The 34th Fighter Squadron at Hill Air Force Base is on course to achieve initial operational capability (IOC) on Aug. 1 and one of the items on the checklist for that is to drop a laser-guided bomb.
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Sputnik News has an analysis on North Korea’s unmanned aerial vehicles. Tracing from its early development to its latest acquisitions.
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