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Right. And we're still as close to a working hypersonic missile as we are to commercially viable fusion. Which is to say "not close at all."
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
08/12/2021 9:26 Comments ||
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actually the US isn't too many years from a working hypersonic missile
there have been several tests, some more or less successful
the budget for this is in the $ billions
I think an important motivation for getting this done is to discourage a Chinese attack on Taiwan. If a few platforms in the Pacific were armed with this weapon it would mean a lot in that context.
Posted by: lord garth ||
08/12/2021 13:28 Comments ||
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[REGNUM] The Uzbek authorities have come to a secret agreement with Facebook that the latter will remove human rights groups that are undesirable for Uzbekistan in this social network, a competent source told REGNUM news agency .
“The Uzbek authorities have shown Facebook that they can seriously impede the work of this social network. For example, about six months ago, Uzbek users complained that access to Facebook was not available or limited. The American network made the appropriate conclusions from this and decided to make concessions, ”said the agency's source.
According to him, the background of the event can be briefly described as follows: Uzbekistan demanded that Facebook install its servers in the republic, but then, after some negotiations, the parties agreed that Facebook, in order not to spend money and create unnecessary inconveniences for itself, would simply sacrifice the fruits of labor of human rights activists: block pages and groups that are objectionable to the Uzbek authorities.
"In order to create a basis for blocking pages and groups, Facebook has developed a mechanism - mass warnings of violations are sent to resource administrators indicated by the Uzbek authorities. At the same time, there are no violations, as such, just nagging on the part of Facebook in order, as noted above, to sum up the base. And after a while the groups are blocked," the source said.
In particular, he said, such popular groups in Uzbekistan as Law and Order, Fergana Valley, Uyat.uz and others were blocked.
"All these groups had tens of thousands of subscribers and were exclusively engaged in human rights activities, which the Uzbek authorities considered dangerous for themselves," the source said. Good thing for the government of Uzbekistan to block free speech in Uzbekistan before the Taliban can, right?
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[LUG-info] The obtained confessions of Roman Protasevich allowed the LPR law enforcement officers to move forward in the investigation of the criminal case initiated against him by the LPR General Prosecutor's Office. This was announced at a briefing in Lugansk Inform Center by the official representative of the LPR Prosecutor General's Office Inna Semenova.
"The confessions received by Roman Protasevich allowed us to make significant progress in the investigation of the criminal case initiated by our supervisory department in May this year," she said.
The LPR General Prosecutor's Office, which, within the framework of the criminal case initiated against Protasevich, is conducting investigative actions into his participation in terrorist organizations, declared its readiness to provide Belarusian law enforcement officers with legal assistance in investigating the criminal actions of the suspect and asked Belarus to provide an opportunity to conduct investigative actions with the participation of Protasevich on the territory of the Republic.
Protasevich is the founder of the Nexta Telegram channel, recognized as extremist in Belarus. Together with his partner, Sophia Sapega, he was detained on May 23 while checking documents at the Minsk airport.
A criminal case was initiated against Protasevich under several articles, including those providing for responsibility for organizing mass riots.
Earlier, Protasevich stated that he was in Donbass at the height of hostilities in 2014-2015, allegedly as a journalist. However, there are photographs of Protasevich, in which he is captured in military uniform with weapons in his hands together with militants of the Ukrainian nationalist Azov battalion. Boris Rozhin stated in his blog that LPR investigators were satisfied with answers Protasevich had given, subtly indicating he may be off the hook.
Related, a Belarus news presenter, Zenia Lebedeva gave an interview with Sofia Sapega, Protasevich's girlfriend, who stated that the couple were not removed from the plane, but were deplaned normally. Their identities were discovered when Belarus customs performed a routine documents check.
She also claimed that she knew of no Belurus security agents who were on boards the Ryan Air , but that she suspected Protasevich was fingered through someone in his circle. '
In other words, it was not Belarus authorities who notified officials of a potential bomb threat on the bird, but a friend/rival of Protasevich.
The interview of Sapega (in Russian, but translatable):
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