Aviation News
The International Space Station (ISS) had to carry out a Pre-Determined Debris Avoidance Maneuver (PDAM) with help from the ATV-5 cargo ship in order to dodge a lens cap from Chinese spy satellite, Yaogan 12.
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Italian Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti said four Tornado fighter bombers along with 135 support staff will deploy to Ahmed Al Jaber air base in Kuwait for reconnaissance missions over Iraq.
The test of a Arrow 2 interceptor in September was a failure as it did not hit the Sparrow target.
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The Pentagon said that during closed-door discussions with China, Beijing had requested that the U.S. stop surveillance flights off the coast of Hainan island. The proposal was rejected by U.S.
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A review into the state of America’s nuclear missile forces revealed that maintenance crews at all three ICBM bases in North Dakota, Wyoming and Montana had to share one single wrench
to install a nuclear warhead atop a missile.
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