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See This Stealthy Looking Drone? It Was America’s Plan to Spy on China’s Nuclear Weapons Program Nuclear Weapons

See This Stealthy Looking Drone? It Was America’s Plan to Spy on China’s Nuclear Weapons Program

Key point: The military and intelligence communities in the late 1960s hoped the D-21 would help the United States to spy on strategic targets more reliably than a satellite could do at that time, and without risking a human pilot.Between 1969 and 1971, the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office deployed super-fast spy…
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February 12, 2020
Turkey will hit Syrian government forces anywhere if troops hurt: Erdogan Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey will hit Syrian government forces anywhere if troops hurt: Erdogan

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan greets members of his ruling AK Party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, February 12, 2020. Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey’s military will strike Syrian government forces by air or ground anywhere in Syria if another Turkish soldier is hurt, Turkish President…
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February 12, 2020
China’s Coronavirus App Uses Mass Surveillance to Tell Citizens If They Could Be Infected China's Social Credit System

China’s Coronavirus App Uses Mass Surveillance to Tell Citizens If They Could Be Infected

China has released an app that lets users check if they have been in contact with a person confirmed or suspected having a coronavirus infection.As the death toll of the deadly outbreak tops 1,100, health authorities in the country have rolled out mobile software that comes with a "close contact…
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February 12, 2020
Russia, Explained #21 by Novaya Gazeta: Our Journalist Attacked Anti-Putin Protests

Russia, Explained #21 by Novaya Gazeta: Our Journalist Attacked

Elena Milashina. Photo: facebook.comThis Week’s Highlights An attack on our journalist, the opposition rallies to fight changes to the Constitution, the coronavirus outbreak threatens the economy and other top stories Russia has been reading this week.  Want to get the full story? Click the links below for full-length articles in…
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February 12, 2020