2024
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Polish general fired after anti-tank mines found in Ikea warehouse (Defense News)
https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2025/01/17/polish-general-fired-after-anti-tank-mines-found-in-ikea-warehouse/- Grey Havoc
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- 2024 2025 cold war ii republic of poland
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Crash of Jeju Air 737 at Muan International Airport, 29/12/2024
A 737-800 flying from Thailand to Korea has run off the runway and hit a wall during a belly landing at Muan International Airport. Reported to be 173 Korean, 2 Thai passengers and 6 crew. 47 confirmed dead so far with 2 confirmed survivors (a passenger and a flight attendant). Early reports...- WatcherZero
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- 2024 boeing civil aviation disaster kingdom of thailand republic of korea rok south korea
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The 'Honey' App Scandal
It seems that a few years ago an app called 'Honey' was heavily promoted by various YouTube influencers. It turns out the app which is owned by PayPal was designed to rip off not only the people who installed it but those who promoted it. This is part one of a series that's just started...- Graham1973
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- 2024 early 2020s history of the internet internet scam
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Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Shutdown by USS Gettysburg
https://news.usni.org/2024/12/21/u-s-super-hornet-shot-down-over-red-sea-in-friendly-fire-incident-aviators-safe The following is the complete statement from U.S. Central Command. TAMPA, Fla. – Two U.S. Navy pilots ejected safely over the Red Sea during the early morning hours of December 22...- yeetmahboi
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- 2024 cold war ii united states navy
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Merry Christmas 2024
In a rather dark and sombre year Christmas offers a chance to be with family or friends and celebrate the fact that days now get longer and nights shorter. This site is one of my favourite places to be but in the spirit of Christmas I would like to share with you another site which celebrates... -
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NATO defence spending
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World of Tanks - Best Replay Ever (and also the worst) [The Mighty Jingles]
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ISSBaXSyc- Grey Havoc
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- 2024 computer games popular culture the mighty jingles video games videogames world of tanks
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PhD student finds lost city in Mexico jungle by accident
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70th Anniversary of Gojira or Godzilla (October 27, 2024)
Sunday, October 27, 2024 marked the 70th Anniversary of the theatrical premiere of Gojira or Godzilla in Nagoya, Japan on October 27, 1954.- Christopher Wang
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- 1954 2024 anniversary cold war cold war ii godzilla gojira japan jsdf movie movie star popular culture post-cold war sci-fi science fiction toho
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ARM cancelling ISA licenses to Qualcomm
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-23/arm-to-cancel-qualcomm-chip-design-license-in-escalation-of-feud Actual nuclear bomb. Probably wouldn't actually happen, since it sounds more like a big bargaining chip, but potentially a huge turning point for the chip industry, and especially... -
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Trinity House Agreement - new joint UK-Germany arms procurement framework
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-germany-trinity-house-agreement-on-defence https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-germany-trinity-house-agreement-on-defence-joint-communique- Maro.Kyo
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- 2024 cold war ii federal republic of germany north atlantic treaty organisation ukrainian crisis united kingdom
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DARPA adds Autonomy to Black Hawk
DARPA Taps Sikorsky to Add Autonomy to U.S. Army-Owned Black Hawk Helicopter...- RavenOne
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Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs as losses deepen during factory strike
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Elon Musk hypes $30,000 Tesla self-driving Cybercab and larger Robovan at robotaxi event
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Royal New Zealand Navy loses a ship
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-06/new-zealand-navy-ship-runs-aground-off-samoa-/104438052- GTX
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- 2024 british commonwealth cold war ii disaster grounding hydrographic and diving support ship hydrographic survey ship littoral operations vessel mothership multi-role offshore support vessel mv edda fonn new zealand remotely piloted vehicle royal new zealand navy shipwreck survey vessel usv
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What the Heck Is Going On At OpenAI?
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Chief John Taggart (John Ashton) has fought his final shootout
Yet again, another great actor passed away a few days ago, somehow I missed it at the time: https://apnews.com/article/john-ashton-taggart-beverly-hills-cop-obit-7cf9cabad9d315a303fa01a0eecb2a94...- Grey Havoc
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UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
The UK/US base will remain. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98ynejg4l5o- Flyaway
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- 2024 20th century british colony of mauritius british empire british indian ocean territory cold war cold war ii early 21st century great britain indian ocean naval support facility diego garcia people's republic of china post-cold war republic of mauritius soviet union united kingdom united states united states navy war on terror
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Hundreds unaccounted for and millions without power in aftermath of Hurricane Helene (BBC News)
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/crejvrzxgjpt- Grey Havoc
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- 2024 bbc disaster disaster recovery hurricane helene united states
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US ports brace for shut down as dockworkers strike (BBC News)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3vkdp3rx17o- Grey Havoc
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- 2024 bbc biden administration exports imports international longshoremen's association ports strike strike action trade united states us maritime alliance usmx
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