Anonymous Threat Forces US Navy To Shut Down Wi-Fi Networks
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Last week the hacker collective Anonymous began advertising another one of their “campaigns” to attack the US government as a form of protest. Taking to Twitter, the group said they...
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Guarded Firearms Industry collaboration releases preliminary details after online guesswork. Austin, TX (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 The first announcement of the collaboration came without a listing for TrackingPoint, as Remington Arms released a YouTube video with no announcement in late May. The video featured high tech lab and testing imagery, as well as redacted footage of rifles being tested. Online firearms media site Guns.com picked up quickly on the video, and guessed at the...
New technology gives connected gun owners the ability to remotely engage or disengage the trigger safety on any of their personal firearms from anywhere in the world. Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 Yardarm Technologies today announced Yardarm Safety First, new technology that gives connected gun owners the ability to remotely engage or disengage the trigger safety on any of their personal firearms from anywhere in the world. Yardarm is demonstrating a prototype of this new technology...
Earned Nation's Highest Award for Valor during World War II MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Congressional Medal of Honor Society announces that Technical Sergeant Vernon McGarity, Medal of Honor recipient, passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Bartlett, Tennessee at the age of 91. Vernon was born in Right Tennessee on December 21, 1921. He attended Morris Chapel Grammar School and Morris Chapel High School in Morris Chapel, Tennessee. He was...
KYIV, Ukraine, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Ukraine has opened the rocket engine airframes disposal facility in Dnipropetrovsk oblast. Its operation allows for environmentally friendly disposal of the RS-22 (SS-24) missile components and contributes to international security. The launch of the facility has been the result of negotiations between the U.S. President Barack Obama and the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych back in April 2010. Ukraine has entered...
Providing 1,000 pairs of padded socks through Operation Gratitude is part of the company's larger commitment to the US military STATESVILLE, N.C., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- THORLO, originator of the Thorlos(®) brand and one of the few sock manufacturing companies to maintain full operations in the USA, has responded to Operation Gratitude's request to help fill its care packages with 1,000 pairs of clinically-tested padded military socks. "THORLO has been responding to...
New C2BMC Capabilities Provide More Realistic Training for Operational Exercises ARLINGTON, Va., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has completed a program milestone for the integrating system that links the numerous sensors, weapons and systems currently operational in the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System. The Lockheed Martin-led Missile Defense National Team successfully completed the preliminary design review for a major upgrade to the training component...
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- FAUN TRACKWAY USA - the leading manufacturer of portable roadways and runways - is attending an exhibition hosted by the Society of American Military Engineers' (SAME) in San Diego, California from 21 - 24 May as part of its engagement programme with the US forces. The event - the Joint Engineer Training Conference and Expo (JETC) - is an opportunity for FAUN TRACKWAY USA to demonstrate its portfolio of rapidly deployable ground surfacing...
LAGUNA HILLS, Calif., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The City of Laguna Hills will host the annual Memorial Day Half Marathon on Monday, May 27, 2013, honoring Marine Infantry 3/5 Battalion DARKHORSE with race proceeds and donations to 3/5 Battalions Marines/Sailors and their families. The Laguna Hills Memorial Day Half Marathon will hold four races, with a community expo, including food vendors, beer garden, entertainment, and aid stations. (Photo:...
Latest devices provide crisp, high-def images of the battlefield from land, air, sea and space WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) marked its five-decade heritage as the maker of Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) technology that has allowed U.S. and international defense forces to track objects in total darkness, often from long distances. Over the span of 50 years, the devices have shrunk in size and weight -- from several hundred pounds to less than...
Tracking Moving Targets, Shooting From Helicopters, and Extreme Accuracy at Distance Captured In Slow Motion High Definition Video Austin, TX (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 Armed with .338 Lapua Magnum and .300 Winchester Magnum Precision Guided Firearms, a Phantom slow motion camera, a RED Epic and a RED Scarlet, the TrackingPoint team took to the hunting grounds and ranges of their native Texas to showcase latest capability developments of Precision Guided Firearms in real world hunting and...
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The ruddy mongoose (Herpestes smithii) is native to Sri Lanka and India. It prefers a habitat within forested areas, but can sometimes be found in open fields. It holds two subspecies throughout its range, with one occurring in Sri Lanka and the other occurring in India. This species resembles the Indian gray mongoose, although it is larger and has a longer, black tipped tail. As is similar to mongoose species, it hunts during the daytime and nighttime. In Sri Lanka, this mongoose is called...
Grant’s zebra (Equus quagga boehmi) are among the six subspecies of the plains zebra, and the smallest of them. This zebra is from the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. Its range extends from Zambia, west of the Luangwa River, west to Kariba, Shaba Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its northern range extends to Kibanzao Plateau. In Tanzania, its range extends from Nyangaui and Kibwezi in the north and south into southwestern Kenya and can go as far south as Sotik. Grant’s zebra...
Burkholderia mallei is a gram-negative bipolar aerobic bacterium. The human and animal pathogen causes Glanders. The Latin name of this disease gave name to the causative agent species. It is related to B. pseudomallei although the bacterium is nonmotile. The bacterium can be eliminated through numerous disinfectants including benzalkonium chloride, iodine, mercuric chloride, potassium permanganate, and ethanol. It can also be destroyed by heating or UV. Antibiotics have also been reported...
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus is a mosquito-borne viral pathogen that causes Venezuelan equine encephalitis or encephalomyelitis (VEE). It can affect all equine species, such as horses, donkeys, and zebras. Equines may suddenly die or show progressive central nervous system disorders after infection. It is contractible by humans and will usually experience flu-like symptoms when infected. People with a weak immune system can become seriously ill or die. It is transmitted primarily...
Eric Boe is an Air Force fighter pilot, test pilot and a NASA astronaut. He was born Eric A. Boe on October 1, 1964 in Miami, Florida. He graduated from Henderson High School in Chamblee, Georgia in 1983 and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Astronautical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 1987. He was then commissioned from the Academy and completed Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas. In 1988, Boe was assigned to the 3rd...
