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SpaceX said there were no injuries and that an "anomaly" during the static fire test resulted in the loss of the rocket and a communications satellite owned by Israel-based Space Communication said to be going to be used by Facebook to expand inteet access in Africa. Video showed a fiery blast ripping through the upper part of the rocket before the vehicle collapsed in flames on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station just after 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT). A plume of black smoke poured into the air. The rocket's loss occurred while the first and second stages were being filled with propellant, the company said late on Thursday in a statement. "Cause still unknown. More soon," Musk, a billionaire entrepreneur who helped found Tesla Motors, said on Twitter. It was not immediately known to what extent SpaceX's launch pad was damaged or what the impact would be on the dozens of NASA and commercial satellite missions on its launch schedule. The company has a second launch site at Ca,rocket explodes on launch,rocket explodes on launch pad,rocket explodes on takeoff,rocket explodes on launch pad video,rocket explodes on liftoff,rocket explodes on wallops island,rocket explodes on pad,rocket explodes on way to space station,rocket explodes on launch pad in virginia,rocket explodes on live tv ...ادامه مطلب

The strikes near the town of Cukurca in a mountainous part of the border province of Hakkari come after a series of attacks launched by the PKK, which has fought a three-decade insurgency for Kurdish autonomy in southeaste Turkey, Reuters reported. Turkish military has frequently carried out airstrikes after a two-and-a-half-year ceasefire and peace process between the govement and the PKK broke down last summer. More than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict since the PKK - designated a "terrorist group" by Turkey, the US and the European Union - began its armed campaign in 1984. Turkey's military, NATO's second largest, has continued to grapple with the low-intensity conflict in the mainly Kurdish southeast as its senior ranks undergo a major shake-up following a July 15-16 failed coup attempt. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

"As part of the ongoing snap combat readiness inspections, units of an Airboe Forces air assault brigade and a Caspian Flotilla marine brigade have been re-positioned in Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory," the ministry said in a statement, Xinhua reported. The Russian armed forces have started a weeklong snap military drill involving three of the country's four military districts from Thursday to check their ability to "beef up forces" and "defend Russia's interests amid growing security threats." Tensions between Russia and Ukraine have been escalating since early August when the Russian Federal Security Bureau said it had thwarted a series of terrorist attacks in Crimea masterminded by Ukrainian military intelligence, an accusation that Kiev denied. Moscow has vowed to take additional measures to ensure the safety of the infrastructure and citizens on the peninsula. Let's block ads! بخوانید,russia deploys troops to syria,russia deploys troops,russia deploys troops near polish and lithuanian borders,russia deploys troops to crimea,russia deploys troops in arctic,russia deploys troops near poland,russia deploys troops near polish ...ادامه مطلب

"The engineering and technical personnel carried out comprehensive aeronautical equipment preparations for the long flight, including the suspension of additional fuel tanks as well as missile armaments. Flight crews will receive tasks immediately before departure," the ministry said, Sputnik reported. The districts are part of the August 25-31 snap combat readiness drills that cover the Northe Fleet and the Airboe Troops. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

The ministry said Agriculture Minister Achim Irimescu and Kuwaiti counterpart Ali Saleh Al-Omair sustained head injuries Thursday moing in southe Romania after the car they were traveling was involved in a collision with another car, AP reported.  The ministry said both ministers were conscious and not in any danger. An interpreter traveling in the same car also had minor injuries. The three are being treated at the County Hospital in Slobozia, close to where the crash occurred. Police are investigating the cause of the crash. Al-Omair is on a five-day visit to Romania. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

The crew of Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia’s only aircraft-carrying cruiser, is preparing for a deployment to the shores of Syria. A source in the Defense Ministry told RIA Novosti that the carrier is currently undergoing repairs and will be ready for the long-range operation by the end of September. "The carrier has arrived at the 35th dockyard to undergo a second stage of upgrades and to restore its technical readiness. All works are expected to be completed by the end of September when the ship will be ready for deployment," the source said. Earlier in July Admiral Igor Kasatonov, former commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, described the likely composition of a naval taskforce that may be deployed to Syria’s shores. According to Kasatonov, it will be a carrier battle group, comprised of the carrier ship itself along with several escort ships and a multirole nuclear submarine. Durin,russia only aircraft carrier,russia only has one aircraft carrier ...ادامه مطلب

Speaking in a televised interview on Sunday night, Dehqan said different components of the domestically-made air defense system have been tested and the system itself has been deployed to the launch area to be tested. According to the minister, the first unit of Bavar-373 will be tested by the end of the current Iranian year (March 2017). President Hassan Rouhani has requested that the first practical test be carried out for intercepting ballistic missiles, Dehqan noted, adding that the air defense system will be mass produced afterwards. In a Sunday ceremony attended by President Rouhani, the Defense Ministry displayed components of Bavar-373, including its launchers and fire-control radar. A distinguishing feature of Bavar-373 is its vertical launching system with square launchers, mostly used for air defense on warships. It also uses a long-range, phased array fire-control radar, dubb,iran massacre,iran massage,iran massage in dubai,iran massacre 2014,iran massage in abu dhabi,iran massey ferguson,iran mass destruction weapons,iran mass hanging,iran massage in london,iran mass killing ...ادامه مطلب

"The situation is a mess," said Ahmed Farah, a police officer, who did not have details of any casualties. Witnesses and residents said they heard two loud blasts in quick succession followed by heavy gunfire. "There were two huge bombs. The first one was a truck bomb, followed a minute or so (later) by another car bomb. My brother was injured at the scene," Halima Ismail, a local resident, told Reuters. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the al Shabaab militant group has been carrying out a series of deadly attacks in Somalia. Let's block ads! بخوانید,suicide car bomber,suicide car bomber iraq,suicide car bomber hits ied,suicide bomber car commercial,suicide bomber car advert,suicide bomber car in air,suicide bomber car explodes mid air,suicide bomber car blown up,suicide bomber car airborne,suicide bomber car mid air ...ادامه مطلب

The president went to the Defense Ministry's Aerospace Industries Organization this moing, on Iran’s Defense Industry Day, and visited the latest military products developed by local experts in the aeronautical sphere. Accompanied by Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan, President Rouhani saw different units of Bavar-373, a long-range air defense missile system developed jointly by the Defense Ministry, the Air Defense Force, as well as academic and research centers. The president was also briefed on different stages of manufacturing Iran’s ‘national turbojet engine’, and visited other units displaying achievements in the production of fighter and cargo jets, helicopters and drones. Iranian military technicians have in recent years made great headways in manufacturing a broad range of indigenous equipment, making the armed forces self-sufficient in the arms sphere., ...ادامه مطلب

“MasterCard does not have any activities in Iran, as sanctions have remained in place for US-based companies for some time,” Seth Eisen told Azerbaijan's Trend news agency on Monday. His remarks came after Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi announced on Sunday that financial branches of the country’s Post Company will offer credit card services in late August. Credit and debit cards will be distributed at financial branches of the Iran Post Company from August 23, Vaezi said at a ceremony in Tehran. Stressing that Iranians can use the cards in over 210 countries where MasterCard is valid, he added that payment transactions of up to $10,000 are possible with each card which is rechargeable. Back in December 2015, the financial corporation launched a channel in the Telegram instant messaging service, sending posts in Farsi to encourage Iranians to use MasterCard. The Telegram channel introduced different services customers can receive in Ir, ...ادامه مطلب

"We believe that Donald Trump's divisiveness, recklessness, incompetence, and record-breaking unpopularity risk tuing this election into a Democratic landslide, and only the immediate shift of all available RNC resources to vulnerable Senate and House races will prevent the GOP from drowning with a Trump-emblazoned anchor around its neck," a draft of the letter stated. "This should not be a difficult decision, as Donald Trump's chances of being elected president are evaporating by the day." Some of the signatories include former Connecticut Rep. Chris Shays, former New Hampshire Sen. Gordon Humphrey, former Rep. Tom Coleman of Missouri, and about 20 former RNC staffers, CBS News reported. Politico was the first outlet to report on the letter. Andrew Weinstein, an adamant Trump critic and former press aide of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, helped organize the letter. In July, he helped put together an Irish wake in the nation's capital to mou the crumbling of the Republican par, ...ادامه مطلب

"The antiaircraft missile regiment of the 4th Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Southe Military District based in the Republic of Crimea has received a mode S-400 Triumf air defense missile system for operation," the press office said. "After the preparations are over and the rearmed regiment is redeployed, it will take part in the Caucaus-2016 strategic command and staff exercises," the district’s press office said, TASS reported. It was reported in mid-July that a new regiment set of the S-400 air defense missile system will be delivered to Crimea in August. The S-400 Triumf is the newest long-range antiaircraft missile system that went into service in 2007. It is designed to destroy aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles, including medium-range missiles, and can also be used against ground objectives. The S-400 can engage targets at a distance of 400 km and at an altitude of up to 30 km. The Russian Armed Forces are expected to operate 16 regiments armed with S-400 antiai,russian troops in syria,russian troops in ukraine,russian troops in america,russian troops in america 2016,russian troops in alaska,russian troops in crimea,russian troops in armenia,russian troops in america fox news,russian troops in mexico,russian troops in georgia ...ادامه مطلب

Medics said nine civilians were killed in a strike on a potato chip factory in the Nahda district of the capital. The Saudi-led coalition is backing forces loyal to the fugitive former govement of Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. The coalition also forced the suspension of flights into Sana’a Inteational Airport for 72 hours from late Monday, an airport official and aid agency sources said, Reuters reported. A spokesman for the coalition did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the airstrikes or the closure of the airport. The airstrikes hit a presidential compound and military base in Sana’a as well as a Republican Guard base in the Arhab area near the airport, residents said. Pro-Hadi forces are trying to advance into the city from the north and east. On Sunday night the Saudi-led coalition killed nin, ...ادامه مطلب

“On August 8, 2016, six Tu-22M3 long-range bombers, coming from Russian territory, performed a concentrated airstrike with high-explosive ammunition against the facilities of Daesh in areas east and northwest of Palmyra, near the settlements of Es Sukhne and Arak,” the ministry said in a statement late on Monday. According to the ministry, a control center and large terrorist training camp were destroyed in the bombardment near Es Sukhne. "In the area surrounding Palmyra and Arak, control centers, underground storage of ammunition and weaponry, three infantry fighting vehicles, 12 off-road vehicles with heavy machine guns and a large number of enemy personnel were destroyed," the Defense Ministry said, as reported by Russia Today.The Russian bombers successfully retur,russian long range bombers,russian long range bombers near california,russian long range bombers california,russian long range bombers argentina,russian long range bombers ww2,russian long range bomber flights,russian long-range bomber tu-22,russian long range strategic bombers,2 russian long range bombers,russian long range stealth bomber ...ادامه مطلب

“The Islamic Republic of Iran will show no tolerance in dealing with terrorism and will not sacrifice its major divine, ethical and legal values for some wrong and unfounded remarks and reactions by so-called advocates of human rights,” Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani said Monday in a meeting of Judiciary officials, referring to criticisms regarding the execution of terrorists in Iran. He deplored the dual approaches of the West and some inteational bodies such as the UN and its High Commissioner for Human Rights, saying that while they have shown no noteworthy reaction to the terrorist crimes committed by Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) in Iraq and Syria, they describe Iran’s legitimate move against acts of terrorism as violation of human rights.Larijani regarded the spread of terrorist activities to the heart of Europe and the United States as a result of these very approaches adopted by the West toward terrorism. He also underscored that Iran will not let the country become a place for terrorist activities backed by certain reactionary regional regimes and will not allow Weste countries to interfere in its inteal affairs and national security. His comments came in reaction to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein who on August 5 criticized Tehran for the recent execution of 20 terrorists, calling it “injustice”. Another senior Judiciary official had also dismissed al-Hussein’s criticism earlier, stressing that the Islamic Republic will spare no efforts to ensure security for its people and continue its serious fight against terrorism within the country’s borders and beyond. Mohammad Javad Larijani, the secretary general of Iranian High Council for Human Rights, on Sunday sent a letter to the UN official, regretting that the latter’s statement ignores the scope of the terrorists’ crimes. He also said that while the world is facing the serious threat of terrorism, inteational bodies, including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human R, ...ادامه مطلب