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Chris Partridge

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Defence stories for BBC News. Drone Pilot (GVC + CAA Operational Authorisation for Specific Category)

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The United States' #DOD is now even more sure that #Iran's nuclear ambitions and capability have been 'completely obliterated' and the strikes on #Fordow and elsewhere have delayed its nuclear programme, including the ability to make a bomb, by nearly two years. "And it's not

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This video explains clearly how the B-787 fuel switches work. To move from "run" to "cut off" you have to 1) pull it up and 2) push it down. If you touch it only, it won´t move. Kudos to the OP (can´t find him)

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NBC News: "One of the three nuclear enrichment sites in Iran struck by the United States last month was mostly destroyed, setting work there back significantly. But the two others were not as badly damaged and may have been degraded only to a point where nuclear enrichment could

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"I'm not so interested in talking any more," President Trump says of President Putin over the failure to secure a ceasefire in #Ukraine.

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Another example of the way #Ukraine primarily uses its F-16s - Defensive Counter Air. This DCA loadout comprises 6 x AIM-9L/M heat seeking sidewinders and 3 x external fuel tanks. Cruise missile / drone hunting Falcon there. No longer range radar-guided AMRAAMs, interestingly.

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The U.S. has multiple nuclear ballistic submarines on patrol at all times. Their target options include Russia, of course. There is no need to position them differently or deploy them. So this is an instance of using strategic status quo as strategic warning.

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Despite Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Russia to end its war in Ukraine, there is no sign that Vladimir Putin is about to cease hostilities. Our latest BBC News (UK) report from Moscow. Producer Ben Tavener

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said today more than 700,000 Russian soldiers are now deployed on the Ukrainian front line.