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Whenever the U.S deploys soldiers to global hotspots such as Iraq and Afghanistan, the circumstances are hardly ideal. Complex counterinsurgency tactics cost substantial blood and treasure, and temporary gains rarely translate to long-term stability. But at least the deployments are…
Tom Wolfe in person was rather subdued, even bland. I remember feeling oddly crestfallen when I discovered this, that the writer who had so long enchanted me on the page wasn’t a drawling troublemaker like Hunter S. Thompson or a…
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian scientific organizations are ready to assist China and its partners in creating an international rehabilitation center for cosmonauts, as well as other infrastructure needed for developing space medicine and biology, a spokesman for the Institute of…
BEIJING (Sputnik) – A private Chinese firm on Thursday carried out the nation’s first launch of a commercial rocket that can put payload into the low-Earth orbit, local media reported. The OS-X Chongqing Liangjiang Star blasted off from a test site…
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia considers restarting satellite launches using adapted intercontinental ballistic missiles, a source in the nation’s space industry told Sputnik. “The space rocket industry is revisiting a project that will convert out-of-service Topol ICBMs into light carrier rockets to be…
Pennsylvania’s all-male congressional delegation will likely soon be no more: After Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary elections, multiple women are likely to win their House races in November. The state’s recent redistricting has made its congressional map fairer and, in turn, leveled…
