Author: Michael

When the United States military wanted to disable Venezuela’s air defense system so it could capture the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, it had just the aircraft for the job.
The EA-18G Growler.
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In part because of the Growler’s proficiency at jamming an opponent’s radar, Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are now being held in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Since the Growler’s first flight in 2006, the U.S. Navy has deployed the EA-18G Growler around the world for tactical airborne electronic attacks.

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The Army just published a pair of pictures this week of the next-generation version of the M1 Abrams main battle tank.
The black-and-white pictures are the first glimpse of the M1E3, the next version of the Army’s 46-year-old tank, which has been the subject of overhaul promises for close to a decade, with upgrades for a modern, drone-and-cyber-heavy battlefield.

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At 10:46 p.m. on Jan. 2, President Donald Trump gave the order for Delta Force special operators supported by more than 150 aircraft to launch a mission to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
Trump’s message to the force prior to the mission was “Good luck, and Godspeed,” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine later told reporters. Details remain scant, but here’s what we know so far.
Named “Operation Absolute Resolve,” the order came after a U.S.

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