Pacific Command

The Latest: Pilot tells of difficulties of long solar flight

Edit The Oklahoman 25 Apr 2016

(AP) — The Latest on a solar plane that landed in California after crossing the Pacific (all times local). ... Pilot Bertrand Piccard completed a risky, three-day flight across a great expanse of the Pacific Ocean while sleeping only 20 minutes at a time inside the plane's tiny cockpit with no heat or air conditioning ... the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii....

Islamic State fight: US directs cyberweapons at militants for first time

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 25 Apr 2016

London. The United States has opened a new line of combat against the Islamic State, directing the military's 6-year-old Cyber Command for the first time to mount computer-network attacks that are now being used alongside more traditional weapons ... But the NSA's military counterpart, Cyber Command, was focused largely on Russia, China, Iran and ......

Pilot tells of difficulties of long solar flight

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 25 Apr 2016

Pilot Bertrand Piccard completed a risky, three-day flight across a great expanse of the Pacific Ocean while sleeping only 20 minutes at a time inside the plane's tiny cockpit with no heat or air conditioning. Pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the Solar Impulse 2 in Mountain View, south of San Francisco, at 11.45 p.m ... The trans-Pacific leg is the riskiest part of the plane's global travels because of the lack of emergency landing sites ......

Campaign to strengthen intellectual property awareness

Edit Scoop 25 Apr 2016

Campaign to strengthen intellectual property awareness in Fiji, Samoa and Solomon Islands 25 April 2016 Suva, Fiji – The Pacific Community (SPC), European Union (EU), Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and partners are celebrating World ... ....

42 PMIran: US 'incapable' of attacking us

Edit Topix 25 Apr 2016

The Iranian Navy Commander on Sunday said that the United States, which possesses the most powerful military in the world, doesn't have the "capability" to attack Iran, in the latest escalation of hostility from Tehran since the controversial nuclear deal last July. Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy, was ......

Obama pushes for global trade deals despite opposition

Edit Detroit news 25 Apr 2016

At a press conference, a trade show and a private dinner with chief executives, Obama tried to counter public skepticism about the unfinished deal with Europe, while also brushing off opposition from the 2016 presidential candidates to a pending Asia-Pacific trade pact ... presidential primary season is over and politics settle down, the trans-Pacific pact, awaiting ratification, can “start moving forward” in Congress....

Apostolic Pastor, Elder Killed By Fulani Robbers

Edit Peace FM Online 25 Apr 2016

Atebubu Amantem District Police Commander, ASP George Antwi Tanor confirmed this to Adom News Sunday ... The Police Commander noted that, the robbers quickly run into the bush when they heard the police approaching the scene ...  . . . ....

HISTORY AND APOLOGIES Hanson: Putting Hiroshima and Nagasaki in context

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 25 Apr 2016

Tens of thousands of Americans had already died in taking the Pacific islands as a way to get close enough to bomb Japan ... Air Force was planning to transfer from Europe much of the idle British and American bombing fleet to join the B-29s in the Pacific ... Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan started the respective European and Pacific theaters of World War II with surprise attacks on neutral nations....

Making citizens safe, cities smart

Edit Yahoo Daily News 25 Apr 2016

“All of these projects aim at providing CCTV coverage at critical points across the city with trained officials stationed at a centralised command control centre to view and analyse data collected and implemented their analysis on a real time basis not only to punish criminals but also prevent future crime,” says Navani....

Solar-powered airplane completes ocean crossing

Edit China Daily 25 Apr 2016

A solar-powered airplane landed in California on Saturday, completing a risky, three-day flight across the Pacific Ocean as part of its journey around the world ... The plane taxied into a huge tent erected on Moffett Airfield where Piccard was greeted by project's team ... "I crossed the bridge ... The trans-Pacific leg was the riskiest part of the plane's global travels because of the lack of emergency landing sites....

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