It was 1974. A new Labour government had come to power on the promise of defence cuts. Swingeing job losses were soon to follow. Desperate workers at one Birmingham factory – Lucas Aerospace – fought to save their livelihoods, not by downing tools but by transforming from weapons-makers into one of Britain’s first eco-manufacturers, with early designs for wind turbines and hybrid cars.The...
Race review – Jesse Owens drama finishes out of the medals – The Guardian
This tale of Owens’ 1936 Berlin Olympics glory is slow around the track, dragging a tedious love plot, a rote coach-runner relationship and tone-deaf comparisons of America with genocidal GermanyLace your shoes tightly and stretch those calves, because Race is an endurance test. At 134 minutes, very few of them taken at a sprint, director Stephen Hopkins’s telling of the Jesse Owens story goes in...
ADF aids Palau and FSM with Operation Solania – APDR – Asia Pacific Defence Reporter
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has been patrolling waters in Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) to help Australia’s partners detect and deter illegal fishing activity. The efforts are a part of Operation Solania, the ADF support to regional maritime security, including Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) operations.This iteration of Operation Solania saw the Royal...
Dingo baby ruling ends 32 years of torment for Lindy Chamberlain – The Guardian
When coroner Elizabeth Morris ruled that a dingo had taken baby Azaria Chamberlain from her cot in the Australian outback 32 years ago, there were smiles, tears of relief and loud applause from the packed gallery at Darwin magistrates court. But there were no surprises.There had always been a sense of unreality in the conviction of Lindy Chamberlain, a Seventh-day Adventist pastor’s wife...
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Meta-Defense.fr Plus que l'actualité DéfenseLes enseignements de la guerre qui se déroule en Ukraine depuis bientôt une année sont nombreux, et portent sur la presque totalité de l’action militaire. Mais le plus flagrant, ou plutôt celui qui engendre le changement de posture le plus rapide au sein des armées européennes depuis cette date, n’est autre que le rôle central qui...
La France doit-elle racheter les hélicoptères Tigre et NH90 Taïpan … – Meta-Defense.fr
Meta-Defense.fr Plus que l'actualité DéfenseLes forces armées australiennes mettent aujourd’hui en oeuvre 22 hélicoptères de combat Tigre ARH dérivé du standard HAD de l’Aviation Légère de l’Armée de Terre (ALAT) française, ainsi que 41 hélicoptères de manoeuvre NH-90 MRH désignés dans le pays sous le nom de Taipan. D’importants problèmes de disponibilités ont amené...
He can't handle the truth! Did Simon Pegg really reveal Tom Cruise's … – The Guardian
Pegg’s casually dropped bombshell and awkward online disclaimer may have given us the most chilling glimpse behind the Cruise curtain we’ve seen in yearsIf you were online at all this weekend, you may very well have noticed an interview that Simon Pegg gave to The Times (£). It didn’t offer much new information when it comes to Pegg (he had an alcohol problem, he wants to be taken seriously, he...
Bond's number is up: black female actor 'is the new 007' – The Guardian
Daniel Craig retains title role but 25th instalment in the franchise reveals codename has been reassigned to British actor Lashana LynchWhile Daniel Craig is set to reprise his role as James Bond in the next film, the franchise is set for a shake-up, with reports claiming that black British actor Lashana Lynch has been cast as 007 – taking over Bond’s secret agent number after his character...
Aubrey Plaza: 'I totally care what people think and I wish that I didn't' – The Guardian
The actor notorious for playing sardonic oddballs on loving Danny DeVito, keeping up with her Parks and Rec co-stars and why she’s nowhere near as kooky in real lifeThe night before Aubrey Plaza and I met up, she went to the premiere of her latest film, Emily the Criminal, at the London film festival, and was surprised to see an old friend in the audience. It was Aziz Ansari, her co-star on the...
Russia Lost 50 Orlan Drones in Ukraine: Report – The Defense Post
The Russian military has lost 50 Orlan reconnaissance drones during the first three months of its invasion of Ukraine, according to open-source intelligence analysts.The analysts, who have gathered evidence documented on social media for the Oryx Blog, reported visual confirmation of at least 50 Russian Orlan-10E unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) lost since February 24. Russia has also lost many...