US Military Current Affairs, GK & News

NROL-87 Mission

February 4, 2022

NROL-87 was launched by SpaceX. Under the mission, the company recently launched a spy satellite for the US military. The satellite was carried by Falcon rocket. This is the second of the three planned launches under the mission. Much information of the NRO fleet is never leaked out. This is because these satellites are used ..

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US military leaves Bagram air base in Afghanistan

July 3, 2021

United States military has left Afghanistan’s Bagram airfield after nearly two decades. Key Points Bagram airfield was the site of several military encounters and a epicenter of US ‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan in the backdrop of 9/11 terror attacks. Bagram airfield has now been handed over to Afghan National Security and Defense Force. This ..

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What is Solarwinds Orion Hack?

December 16, 2020

The United States of America recently issued an emergency directive on all federal civilian Agencies to power down their solarwinds Orion IT management tools. The direction was issued due to a security breach. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the United States recently issued an emergency directive in response to known compromise involving ..

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US provides military airwaves for 5G wireless networks

August 11, 2020

The US Defence Department has planned to free up a big chunk of its military airwaves so that high-speed internet services can be provided in the country. The move is aimed at giving a fillip to the 5G network infra in the country and also to develop the same at the earliest, ahead of China. ..

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Daniel Lewis Lee: First Federal Execution in US in 17 years

July 15, 2020

The United States Justice Department has stated that Daniel Lewis Lee (47), convicted of murdering three people of a family, was put to death by lethal injection. This is the first federal execution in the country in the last 17 years. Daniel is the first of the three federal convicts who are going to be ..

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JEDI Contract

March 17, 2020

The United Nations Department of Defence is reconsidering its decision to award the 10 billion USD contract to Microsoft. About the Project The JEDI or Joint Enterprise Defence Infrastructure project is to be the US defence department’s first war cloud. It is a 10 billion USD project that will extend over 10 years and will ..

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