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Fire Ravages Former Japan Prime Minister's House: A Reminder Of The Decades-Old Lockheed Bribery Scandal
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 - 2:19am | 642The residence of the late former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in Tokyo was significantly damaged by fire on Monday. No injuries were reported. What Happened: The fire broke out in a two-story house within the premises of the residence. The police were called to the Bunkyo Ward around 3:20 p.m....
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Israel-Hamas Conflict Brings Palantir, Lockheed Martin Onto Investors' Radars — Unity Software, Delta Air Lines, Tesla Also Trending Today
Monday, October 9, 2023 - 9:49pm | 667U.S. stocks showcased a positive momentum as the trading day approached its end, with the Dow Jones surging by nearly 200 points. The Dow experienced an uptick of 0.59%, settling at 33,604.65, while the NASDAQ witnessed a rise of 0.39%, reaching 13,484.24. The S&P 500 followed suit, gaining 0....
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Why Doesn't The US Intercept North Korean Missiles? Maybe It Can't
Monday, September 18, 2017 - 11:32am | 828There is serious disagreement among defense experts about whether the United States has the tech to knock a North Korean missile out of the sky before it brings hellfire down on a friendly target. The head of the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency, Air Force Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, told a...
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Spy-In-The-Sky? Defense Industry Scrambling To Develop Drones To Replace Cop Choppers
Thursday, August 31, 2017 - 10:59am | 715The defense industry is revamping military drones in a race to capture a target-rich new market: the police helicopter, a patrol mainstay of thousands of cop shops worldwide. The Federal Aviation Administration is already working with defense contractors to develop rules governing drones that would...
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Ready, Aim, Fire: Northrop Best Bet To Benefit From Overhaul Of US Air Power, Analyst Says
Thursday, August 24, 2017 - 8:24am | 818Already a finalist to build the next generation of ground-based nukes, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is the best bet to do well in a booming defense industry poised to revamp U.S. air power for years to come, a Goldman Sachs analyst predicts. The Pentagon is asking for more than $20...
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10 Star-Gazing Startups Seeking Trans-Galactic Free Trade Agreements
Monday, May 1, 2017 - 3:10pm | 1370The race to conquer the cosmos kicked off when the Soviet Union launched a beachball-sized satellite named Sputnik in 1957. It peaked when two Americans walked on the moon 12 years later. The space shuttle program later proved you could reuse spacecraft, though the cost was the lives of two crews...