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NASA Satellite Spots Oil At Mississippi Delta MouthPasadena CA (JPL) May 28, 2010 On May 24, 2010, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft captured this false-color, high-resolution view of the very tip of the Mississippi River delta. Ribbons and patches of oil that have leaked from the Deepwater Horizon well offshore appear silver against the light blue color of the adjacent water. Vegetation is red. In the sunglint region of a satellite image--where the mirror-like reflection of the sun gets blurred into ... read more |
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Moscow (AFP) May 26, 2010Russia on Wednesday criticized the United States' deployment of Patriot missiles in Poland, saying the move threatened to derail a thaw in ties with Warsaw as the two nations seek to put an end to years of mistrust. Since an air crash in Russia in April killed president Lech Kaczynski and scores of the Polish elite, ties between Moscow and Warsaw have experienced a renaissance with pledges o ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) May 26, 2010Japanese electronics giant Sony said Wednesday it had developed what it called "the world's first" prototype flexible colour video screen that is small enough to be rolled around a pencil. The screen consists of an ultra-thin flexible material covered in organic semiconductors, potentially pointing to a future of flexible mobile devices, television, electronic newspapers and magazines. ... more  
Seoul (AFP) May 27, 2010North Korea vowed Thursday to attack any South Korean ships which violate their disputed border and Seoul's navy staged its own show of strength amid continuing high tension over the sinking of a warship. Pyongyang's military general staff also scrapped a pact which guards against accidental naval clashes at the flashpoint border, and repeated threats to shut down a joint business project. ... more |
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Boeing Receives First F-16 For Conversion Into QF-16 Aerial DroneJacksonville FL (SPX) May 28, 2010 The first retired F-16 Falcon arrived at Boeing's Cecil Field facility in Jacksonville on April 22 to begin conversion into a QF-16 aerial drone. Boeing received a $69.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force on March 8 for the first phase of the QF-16 program. The Boeing-led team, which includes BAE Systems, will begin engineering, manufacturing and development of the full-scale manned and unmanned QF-16s during Phase 1. The drones will be used as aerial targets for newly developed weapons and ... read more |
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