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Indian Army seeks Corner Shot weapons

New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Seeking to equip itself for close-quarter urban warfare, the Indian Army has sought information about Corner Shot weapons that enable the user to observe and engage a target from around a corner, especially in situations like the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, an official said Wednesday.

‘The Ministry of Defence is desirous [...]

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99 percent pure water ice found on Mars

Washington, September 25 (ANI): NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has revealed sub-surface water ice that may be 99 percent pure, halfway between the North Pole and the equator on the Red Planet.

“We knew there was ice below the surface at high latitudes of Mars, but we find that it extends far closer to the equator [...]

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US Navy ship sunk in World War II battle located

Washington, September 11 (ANI): A research mission has located and identified the final resting place of the YP-389, a US Navy patrol boat sunk approximately 20 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, by a German submarine during World War II.

Six sailors [...]

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Moon landings were not a hoax, confirms evidence from lunar orbiter

Washington, September 5 (ANI): Supporters of the theory that NASA faked the Apollo moon landings have the tide turned against them, as a lunar orbiter has spied spacecraft and astronaut tracks on the Moon left behind almost 40 years ago.

Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean set foot on the moon in November [...]

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NASA orbiter shows angled view of Martian crater

Washington, August 13 (ANI): The high-resolution camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has returned a dramatic oblique view of the Martian crater that a rover explored for two years.

The new view of Victoria Crater shows layers on steep crater walls, difficult to see from straight overhead, plus wheel tracks left by NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover [...]

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