Author: Michael

Northrop Grumman recently completed testing of its airborne deep-sensing architecture in an Army prototyping event aimed at helping solve gaps with long-range precision fires.
The Deep-Sensing and Targeting (DSaT) capability is a multi-domain tool that’s integrated into a civilian aircraft for intelligence collection beyond the visual line of sight.

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Welcome to Mid-Afternoon Map, our exclusive members-only newsletter that provides a cartographic perspective on current events, geopolitics, and history from the Caucasus to the Carolinas. Subscribers can look forward to interesting takes on good maps and bad maps, beautiful maps and ugly ones — and bizarre maps whenever possible. *** Over the past few weeks we’ve been on a meandering journey along the outskirts of Europe, looking at the border between the Near and Middle Easts as well as the evolving Orientalness of Spain.

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U.S. military members stationed in England at RAF Lakenheath had the opportunity of a lifetime to train like NFL stars, as part of “USAA’s Salute to Service NFL Boot Camp,” just days before the NFL’s London game between the Bears and Jaguars. During this incredible experience, participants competed in drills similar to those used by NFL coaches to evaluate players, including the 40-yard dash, broad jump, three-cone shuttle, receiving gauntlet, and the QB arm challenge. RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is the largest U.S. Air Force-operated base in England and the only U.S.

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Pro tip: the second “A” in HAARP stands for Auroral, as in aurora borealis.
Many are aware that HAARP exists. Many have suggested that the array of antennae may be responsible for changes in weather. Further, many have suggested that the government willfully manipulates the weather using HAARP.

Here, today, we seek to elucidate what HAARP is, and to point out the coincidence that aurora borealis, aka “northern lights”, were seen in many locations that are not associated with the phenomenon in the hours following Hurricane Milton.

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The Marine Corps this week is running one of its drone-killing tools through a key test aimed at helping the service formalize tactics and procedures and boost training.
The effort, which is taking place Oct. 7-12, marks the first time that the Light Marine Air-Defense Integrated System (L-MADIS), a ground-based solution that uses electronic signals to defend against small uncrewed aerial vehicles, has been used during a weapons and tactics instructor course, officials said.

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