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n 1971, Soviet engineers headed to the Karakum desert in Turkmenistan to look for natural resources. Little did they know that they would create an area that would become one of the most interesting tourist attractions in the world and a topic for conspiracy theories. That same year, Soviet engineers set up a drilling rig in the hope of finding oil. However, preliminary works revealed that the site was a huge gas reserve. Soon the ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed, creating an enormous crater that is 69 metres wide and 30 metres deep. Fearing that the crater could release gases, which may poison nearby towns, they decided to set the area alight. They thought that the whole process of burning off the dangerous gases would take no more than a few weeks. But 50 years after its discovery the Darvaza crater, which has since earned the nickname the Gates of Hell or Door to Hell, is still burning, though the flames have somewhat decreased.

The surveillance radar, capable of tracking tiny objects in low Earth orbit, took five years to complete and was said to cost $1.5 billion. The US Space Force announced in a press release that its space surveillance radar site, known as the 'Space Fence', is now operational after five years of construction. The ground-based radar, located on Kwajalein Island in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, will be used for tracking small objects in low Earth orbit and provide search capability for objects at higher orbits. All data it gathers will be delivered to the military's Space Surveillance Network, currently said to be tracking over 25,000 objects. “Space Fence is revolutionizing the way we view space by providing timely, precise orbital data on objects that threaten both manned and unmanned military and commercial space assets,” Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond said. The Pentagon claims that its so-called Space Fence provides precise positional data for w

In a Wednesday release , the Department of Defense (DoD) explained that the “Marine is in isolation at his home and will undergo further assessment by health professionals. His last day in the Pentagon was March 13.” The release also notes that the Marine followed both US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and DoD directives and isolated himself when an immediate family member started showing symptoms of the novel coronavirus. “His workspace has been cleaned by a Pentagon response team, and a thorough contact investigation is underway to mitigate risk and preserve the health of the workforce at the Pentagon,” the statement adds. The Pentagon on Wednesday also raised the military's health protection level on all DoD installations globally to the second-highest setting, known as “Charlie,” as the number of COVID-19-positive service members continues to increase. Under the Charlie designation, large-scale meetings at some DoD installations will be canceled, pe

The Philippine Department of Health said that 343 new cases have been recorded in the country in the past 24 hours, taking the tally to 1,418. The death toll stands at 71. An aircraft destined for Tokyo, Japan with eight passengers and crew members on board has crashed near Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila, Philippines, Manila's main airport said. The flight was reportedly chartered by the Philippine government to evacuate a patient to Tokyo. The Manila International Airport Authority has confirmed the accident, which it said took place at the end of the airport's Runway 24. The plane was carrying three medical personnel, three crew members, a patient and a companion, Senator and Head of the Philippine Red Cross Richard Gordon said on Twitter. The plane caught fire and exploded as it was taking off the NAIA runway 24. — Richard J. Gordon (@DickGordonDG) March 29, 2020 Social media users have shared photos and videos of the plane. Fire crews were promptly dispat

As of today, the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Centre has registered more than 121,100 coronavirus cases in the United States, with the death toll from COVID-19 surpassing 2,000 people. At the New York City’s Elmhurst Hospital on this Sunday as the number of coronavirus cases in the country has reached new heights: New York City alone has recorded 517 deaths from COVID-19, while over 100 fatalities have been reported elsewhere in New York state. The United States is now the country with the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases. Italy and China are second and third, respectively.

Israel has so far reported 3,865 coronavirus cases in the country, as well as 425 fatalities from the virus. The husband of adviser to the Israeli prime minister, Rivka Paluch, has tested positive for the COVID-19 infection as it continues to spread across the country, according to the media outlet Walla. Paluch, who not long ago met the ministers in Netanyahu's cabinet, was also tested in light of the news, but her results will only be available later in the day. It so far remains unclear if Paluch also came into contact with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently. Some 3,865 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in Israel. Sixty-six of them remain in serious condition, according to the country's Health Ministry with 54 requiring a ventilator to breathe. Some 82 more individuals are in moderate condition, while the remainder only developed mild symptoms of the disease. There has been a total of 425 fatalities from COVID-19 in Israel since the pandemic broke o

Earlier in the day, Russia’s operational headquarters for preventing the spread of COVID-19 reported that the number of patients infected with the coronavirus in Russia has increased by 228 people over the past 24 hours, and that one more person has died. The Russian Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA) said in a statement that it has presented a drug to treat the coronavirus, which has affected almost every corner of the globe. Russia's FMBA is working "on an effective and safe scheme to prevent the coronavirus infection on the basis of mefloquine, which will not only overcome the peak of incidence but also effectively control it in the future", their press service said. As of 28 March, Russia has registered 1,264 COVID-19 cases in 62 regions. Putin Says Russia May Defeat Coronavirus in Less Than Three Months On 26 March, Russian President Vladimir Putin shared his views on what Russia needs to do to contain the virus. "My colleague expects we

The fledgling military branch promised that it would continue to operate despite the coronavirus raging in the country and the US military reportedly diverting resources to help authorities combat the outbreak. The US Space Force (USSF) is continuing to work on a name for its troops and will reveal one soon, after going through a number of suggestions coming from people who have already been assigned to the novel military branch, USSF chief General John Raymond announced. "The naming of our space professionals, we did a crowdsourcing ... with over 700 responses to that, and we're narrowing down that list, and I think you'll be hearing an announcement on that in the very near future", he said. The new force in its uniforms, insignia, and logo in a timely manner, the general added. "We will not delay those announcements […] we will continue to make those announcements when they're ready", the Space Force head said. The announcement comes as

According to local witnesses, what started as a rainbow gradually transformed into the discernible features of Jesus Christ’s mother, with many firmly believing they are all under the protecting veil of the Holy Lady. Christians have claimed the figure of Virgin Mary recently appeared on the Argentinian skyline as a sign the people are under her holy protection during the raging coronavirus epidemic. The moment three shafts of blue and white light popped up on the horizon was captured on camera in the early evening hours on Wednesday, in San Carlos, in the province of Corrientes, northeastern Argentina. This picture was taken in the sky above Argentina. Some see the The Virgin Mary🙏  pic.twitter.com/QZz0G4dbFt — Biloxi Blue Resistance (@Kcamp1776)  March 27, 2020 “In the sky a rainbow started to be seen, and then some drops started to create the figure (of the Virgin) in the sky surrounding the Sun,” wrote an unnamed netizen whose daughter captured the moment on camer

In the past, we’ve seen sextortionists email blackmailing people them by claiming to have access to their private data which may involve text messages, photos, and videos. But recently, with the Coronavirus pandemic, such attackers have started using the virus as an additional point in their emails. How they do this is by emailing people warning them that they could infect one’s whole family with the coronavirus while leaking your secret data in the process. The subject line is cleverly positioned to include your name and password in succession attracting your attention in the first place and prompting you to open the email. Further, they propose that if one wants to escape this life destructing humiliation, they should pay a certain amount of money within a specific time frame via a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin. In some cases to make it all the more convincing, they may also add a few breached credentials of yours which are easily available online giving the impression that th

It is important that when an IT asset is disposed of, all sensitive information is destroyed for obvious purposes. However, there are times when an error may occur due to negligence leaking critical data in the process. One such incident occurred a few days ago when a German military laptop was sold on eBay for just €90 inclusive of the shipping cost. Purchased by a firm named G Data which specializes in cybersecurity, they reported the entire incident in a company blog post on 16 March. The computer, a product of Roda featured a 128 MB RAM and was running on Windows 2000 & an Intel Pentium III processor. When dug further, it turns out that the laptop contained sensitive information including military secrets. Here is a photo of the laptop that was being sold on eBay: Image credit: G Data Identified to be originating from Bundeswehr – the German army – an administrator program was found on it called MODIS which had “GUEST” as its username already entered. Trying “Guest” i

As the world continues to combat COVID-19 novel coronavirus, millions in Africa and the Middle East are expected to also be hit with the ever-worsening desert locust crisis, which experts say has the ability to grow at an unprecedented rate due to favorable breeding conditions triggered by climate change. The desert locust, dubbed “the most destructive migratory pest in the world” by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Locust Watch , is positioned to wreak havoc on the food security of millions of people after recently disrupting the lives of individuals in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. Keith Cressman, senior locust forecasting expert for the FAO, told The Guardian this week that while the desert locust swarms should be decreasing in the foreseeable future as they historically have, climate change has created a new normal that endangers the food security of some 25 million people. The FAO official explained that desert locust populations begin to expand a

Tension has been observed for a week between the Zambian and Congolese naval forces on the border of Moliro, 400 km in Moba territory southeast of Kalemie (Tanganyika). According to local sources, this tension was caused by the tracking of Congolese fishermen who use prohibited mesh nets. The Tanganyika provincial government has just dispatched the provincial interior minister to Zambia. According to a witness, Congolese fishermen hunted in Moba territory have found refuge in Zambia to carry out their fishing activities on Lake Tanganyika, which shares the two countries. “The Zambian soldiers came to Kibanga-Zambia to tell the fishermen to return to the Congo. To return to the Congo, the fishermen are afraid of the Congolese soldiers who are in Kibanga-Congo. Zambian soldiers took speedboats from Zambia to Kibanga-Congo. They wanted to force the Congolese soldiers out by force; they stole the Congolese flag. They started to confront each other, "he said. MPP Jean Manda

We need updf in Entebbe ASAP. Entebbe is becoming susceptible to foreigners from high risky countries affected by covid19. If this is not done quickly, Entebbe could turn into an epicenter of the Wuhan virus. Ruth Achieng is doing a great job but she's needs surport. The Chinese used their military to manage stiuations that wu'd compromise their efforts and now they are wining the war over covid19. And these extortionist will be the ones to start blaming the gorvenment!!!!

Despite World Health Organisation warning last month that the first COVID-19 vaccine trials would come no sooner than after three to four months, quite a few pharmaceutical enterprises have ramped up efforts to attempt to roll out their much-coveted brainchildren ahead of schedule. Here are the most discussed COVID-19 vaccine options that are approaching clinical tests and which will be conducted on people (if they are not already) sometime soon. 1. Russia's 'Vector' The Russian consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor announced on 20 March that its Novosibirsk-based research centre "Vector" had already started testing vaccines in the country, so the mass production of them could be launched in the fourth quarter of 2020. Although the substance hasn’t yet been named, the prototypes are mRNA, peptide, and subunit vaccines. There are quite a few promising ventures by other countries, predominantly China, which have already entered stages 1-3 of clinical te

Numerous countries have imposed travel bans and introduced 14-day quarantines for citizens coming home amid growing numbers of infected. Outside China, where the COVID-19 was originally registered back in December, the worst-hit countries are Italy, Iran, and Spain, with Germany and the US also reporting mass increases in numbers. Worldwide, the virus has infected more than 255,300 people in 163 nations, with 10,444 deaths, Johns Hopkins University reported on its global virus tracking website. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there are at least 209,000 coronavirus cases in over 120 countries, with the death toll surpassing 8,700. At the same time, around 90,000 of those infected have already recovered from the disease.

For the first time, the Tsirkon was test-launched from the Admiral Gorshkov in January in the Barents Sea, home to Russia’s Northern Fleet. “The second test – but the first one this year – is scheduled for this spring. The missile will be test-fired from Admiral Gorshkov frigate. The tests are underway”, the source said. The Tsirkon, a scramjet-powered maneuverable anti-ship cruise missile capable of accelerating to speeds of up to 11,100 km an hour, is one of half-a-dozen or so strategic systems being developed by Russia’s military. The Tsirkon is believed to have a flight range of over 1,000 km, and is expected base aboard both surface ships and marine ships, including vessels equipped to carry existing Kalibr-class cruise missiles. The missile is also widely expected to be fitted aboard the new Husky class fifth-generation nuclear submarine presently in development

The US Department of Defence (DoD) has announced that it has successfully tested a common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB), firing it on 19 March from a missile range located on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. The DoD noted in an official statement that the launch was a "major milestone" in the US path to acquire hypersonic weaponry. The statement went on to say that the missile travelled to the designated target at a "hypersonic speed". It further noted that the US Missile Defence Agency would be studying the flight data and reporting on the progress of the American hypersonics programme once it is done. The Pentagon also released a video showing the moment when the new hypersonic weapon was launched from the range. Washington started looking into developing a hypersonic weapon back in the 2000s, but decided to halt most of its programmes after initial tests failed to show the desired results. The US redoubled its efforts to develop hypersonic missiles, as

The K-560 Severodvinsk, a Yasen-class nuclear-powered attack submarine armed with anti-ship and land attack cruise missiles, will soon be equipped to carry the Zircon, a new scramjet-powered maneuverable anti-ship missile capable of accelerating to speeds of up to 11,100 km per hour. Earlier this year, in an article on the most fearsome missile submarines in the world, National Interest magazine listed the Yasen class of cruise missile submarines as a “threat to the US homeland,” owing to their “extremely quiet” operation, fast speed, “extremely potent sensors,” and, most importantly – their deadly payload – “32 dual nuclear/conventional capable 3M-14K Kalibr cruise missiles that have a range of over 2,500 kilometers.” That, NI calculated, means that Yasen-class subs, including the Severodvinsk and her sister ship, the Kazan , “could easily close to 2,000 km off the American east coast and strike inland as far as the Great Lakes. Indeed, if the vessel…[could] close to within 1,000 k

 Chinook heavy lifter Stealth black hawk The May, 2011 raid to assassinate Osama bin Laden, codenamed Operation Neptune Spear, reportedly involved four helicopters: two heavy-lift Chinooks and two stealth Black Hawks. The officer in charge of the air component of the operation has now retired and revealed some details about what happened that day. One of the American helicopters involved in the mission against Osama bin Laden was chased by a Pakistani fighter jet, an eyewitness has said. Douglas Englen, a decorated special-ops aviator who was the planner and flight lead of the operation, said his Chinook transport helicopter had been “engaged” by an F-35 while he was returning to base in Afghanistan after the raid. “It was as an electronic fight. A missile never left the rail. So I was able to evade him electronically. That’s all I’ll say. But, he was searching and hunting for me, and three times came very close to actually launching a missile,” he told the Marine Corps Time