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Russia Has Figured Out How to Jam U.S. Drones in Syria
The Russian military has been jamming some us military drones operation in the skies over Syria, seriously affecting American military operations, according to four U.S. officials. The Russian began jamming some smaller U.S. drones several weeks ago, the officials said, after a series of suspected chemical weapons attacks on civilians in rebel-held eastern Ghouta. The Russian military was concerned the U.S. military would retaliate for the attacks and began jamming the GPS systems of drones operating in the area, the officials explained. Jamming, which means blocking or scrambling a drone’s reception of a signal from a GPS satellite, and be uncomplicated, according to Dr. Todd Humphreys, the director of the Radio navigation Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin. U.S. analysts first caught the Russian military jamming drones in eastern Ukraine four years ago, after the invasion of Crimea, according to Humphreys.
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Uber-like Crime Fighting App Introduced in St. Tammany – Louisiana, United States
The St. Tammany Sheriff Randy Smith said the App Task Force is now available for parish citizens to download free of charge from the app store on their phones. The app allows citizens to report crime directly to deputies on patrol in the immediate vicinity, allowing them to respond to a call in real time, Smith said at a news conference. The app is being offered as part of a 90-day pilot program in partnership with New Orleans businessman Sidney Torres, who was behind the effort to launch the app in the French Quarter. “We believe this is the future of law enforcement,” Smith said. “This app makes our citizens true partners in the fight against crime in St. Tammany by giving them the ability to alert deputies of crimes as they are occurring. “Parish Sheriff’s Office Tuesday (April 10) announced a new smartphone crime reporting app. Smith said the new app will not do away with the parish’s 911 system. Dispatchers at the 911 center will receive crime information reported through the app along with the patrolling deputies, who will carry I-pads linking them to the users. With the app, citizens can report a crime in progress, its location and other details. The app sends that information directly to deputies. Users also have the option to include photos or videos with their reports.
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President Trump Now Sees Qatar as an Ally against Terrorism – Washington, United States
President Trump, who last year denounced the Persian Gulf state of Qatar as a “funder of terrorism” and backed its rivals in a contentious regional feud, welcomed its monarch to the Oval Office on Tuesday and portrayed him as a partner in the fight against extremists. The friendly visit represented a remarkable turnaround for a president who had once portrayed Qatar as part of the problem. But it reflected the success of an intense and expensive effort by Qatar and its paid lobbyists, including a top fund-raiser for Mr. Trump, to change its image in Washington and present it as a partner with the United States in the war on terrorism. “We’re making sure that terrorism funding is stopped in the countries that we are really related to, because I feel related,” Mr. Trump said as he hosted Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani of Qatar. “But those countries are stopping the funding of terrorism, and that includes U.A.E. and it includes Saudi Arabia, it includes Qatar and others. A lot of countries were funding terrorism and we’re stopping it.” Turning to the emir, Mr. Trump added, “You’ve now become a very big advocate, and we appreciate that.”
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