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To: bagster; All

Watch the Budget.

Could be referring to the Space Force. (among other things. double meanings)

Possibly related: I saw something about the Chinese having a quantum satellite with amazing capabilities. Did not have time to read the article, but if I can find it again, I’ll read and post.

..... SO MUCH TO CATCH UP ON!!


1,641 posted on 08/17/2018 7:22:21 AM PDT by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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9 Planes Make Emergency Landings in South America Over Bomb Threats

Nine planes made emergency landings in Chile, Peru and Argentina over bomb threats, Chile’s Civil Aviation Authority said Thursday. Flights departing from or coming into Chile made emergency landings in Rosario, Argentina and Pisco, Peru among other locations. Chilean police are investigating.

“Today we received 11 threats, of which two were rejected as fake and nine were acted on,” Chilean civil aviation authority DGAC Director Víctor Villalobos said at a press conference.

The bomb threats appear to be false at this time. Three of the planes have been inspected by authorities with no bombs found and the fourth in undergoing inspection at Santiago’s Arturo Benitez international airport.

Two of the flights were operated by Latam Airlines and two by Sky, a budget Chilean airline. Three of the flights have been identified as Latam flight 2369 from Lima to Santiago, Sky Airlines flight 524 and Sky Airlines flight 162, according to the Chilean Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC).
The threats were made through an anonymous phone call to the office of the DGAC; Chilean media reported later in the evening that at least 11 false bomb threats to commercial flights had been made.

“The people are being put on other flights and we are going to be open to receive information,” Major Diego Rojas, spokesman for the Chilean police, said according to T13.

Sputnik reported the emergency landing of Latam flight 2369 earlier Thursday, noting “Today at 12:48, the Radar Control Center of Peru received a call from its counterparts in Chile, saying they had received a bomb threat concerning Latam Flight LA 2369,” Peru’s Transportation Ministry said in a statement.
https://sputniknews.com/latam/201808171067256527-Four-Planes-South-America-Bomb-Threats/


1,643 posted on 08/17/2018 7:25:14 AM PDT by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: generally

Their satellite is experimental, but definitely pushing the boundary. The tech is definitely a game changer, and it has implications far outside of military apps too.


1,662 posted on 08/17/2018 8:24:24 AM PDT by Axenolith (WWG1WGA!)
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To: generally

Your Chinese quantum satellite post was interesting:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/06/china-s-quantum-satellite-achieves-spooky-action-record-distance

Anyone still wondering why we need a Space Force?


1,818 posted on 08/17/2018 4:52:55 PM PDT by antidisestablishment ( Xenophobia is the only sane response to multiculturalismÂ’s irrational cultural exuberance)
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