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Control of many U.S.-operated bases was transferred to the Iraqi government during the 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal. At the request of the Iraqi government in January 2024, [ 3 ] and amid rising regional tensions following the 2023 Israeli invasion of Gaza , the US and Iraq are set to begin negotiations to end US military presence in Iraq.
J. Robert Oppenheimer. J. Robert Oppenheimer (born Julius Robert Oppenheimer; / ˈɒpənhaɪmər / OP-ən-hy-mər; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project 's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the "father of the atomic bomb " for ...
The Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc ("Boeing Michigan Aeronautical Research Center") (IM-99 Weapon System[4] prior to September 1962) [5][6] was a supersonic ramjet powered long-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) used during the Cold War for the air defense of North America. In addition to being the first operational long-range SAM and the first ...
The FDA's breakthrough tag is given to certain medical devices that provide treatment or diagnosis of life-threatening conditions. The experimental device, known as Blindsight, "will enable even ...
The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS, / ˈhaɪmɑːrz /) is a light multiple rocket launcher developed in the late 1990s for the United States Army and mounted on a standard U.S. Army Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) M1140 truck frame. The HIMARS carries one pod with either six Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System ...
Philadelphia Phillies' J.T. Realmuto hits an RBI single to score Bryce Harper during the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in Miami.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked parliament on Thursday to confirm first deputy foreign minister Andrii Sybiha as Ukraine's new foreign minister at a critical juncture in the war with Russia.
The shape of the SR-71 was based on the pioneer "stealth" Lockheed A-12, with its reduced radar cross-section, but the SR-71 was longer and heavier, to allow for more fuel, and a two-seat cockpit. After the SR-71's existence was revealed to the public in July 1964, it entered service in the United States Air Force (USAF) in January 1966. [ 3 ]