US Navy Tests Its HELIOS Laser By Blowing A Drone Out Of The Sky
The U.S. Navy has revealed that it tested out its High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) ...
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Long-serving RNAS Culdrose pilot completes final flight before retirement
Having grown up in Gweek and going to school in Helston, Lt Cdr Spooner joined the Royal Navy in 1987 at the age of 16. He ...
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King congratulates military crews on ‘gallant’ 3,000-mile row across Atlantic
The King has praised the “courage, perseverance and indomitable determination” of four military teams who completed a ...
Former British defense secretary calls Royal Navy’s submarine name change ‘woke nonsense’
Grant Shapps, a former Conservative member of the U.K.’s Parliament and defense secretary, called a recent submarine name ...
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Writing Prompts
What was your first-ever favorite song? Who was there to listen to it and maybe even sing along with you? By Shannon Doyne If you could have a perfect weekend, how would you spend it? Where would ...
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How an 18th century instrument maker may have inspired the first clinical trial of the modern age
The first controlled clinical trial recorded in the modern age, carried out in 1747 to test treatments for scurvy, may have drawn inspiration from the nephew of Sir Isaac Newton's laboratory assistant ...
A 1747 study found the treatment for scurvy. A man accused of ‘quackery’ may have inspired it
The design for a medical study in 1743 that was never carried out may have inspired James Lind’s groundbreaking clinical trial that determined the treatment for scurvy.
Defense One19d
The D Brief: Gaza ceasefire?; House intel chair, fired; INDOPACOM’s gen-AI test; Navy’s ‘embarrassing’ laser effort; And a bit more.
POTUS47: “This EPIC ceasefire agreement could have only happened as a result of our Historic Victory in November,” President-elect Donald Trump alleged Wednesday, writing on his social media ...
The Economist19d
Has the Royal Navy become too timid?
THE FINAL signal sent by Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 is etched in the minds of officers in the Royal Navy: “Engage the enemy more closely”. But has the Nelsonian spirit ...
The Express Tribune19d
Pakistan Navy hands over CTF 150 command to Royal New Zealand Navy
Pakistan Navy has formally relinquished command of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, handing over leadership to Commodore Rodger Ward of the Royal New Zealand Navy in a ceremony at Naval Support ...
New York Post19d
Royal family live updates: Prince William forced to cancel royal engagement at the last minute
New York Post Entertainment has all the latest news on the royal family, from Kate Middleton and Prince William to King Charles and Queen Camilla, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and more.
The National Interest19d
The Infamous Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Might Finally Have a Real Purpose
Normally that would be a high honor for any U.S. Navy veteran, yet “Zumwalt” will likely be forever tied to a misguided destroyer program that Brandon J. Weichert, writing for The National ...