Tag: vital
Aukus vital to ‘deter Chinese aggression’, say US lawmakers, as Trump urged to recommit to submarine deal
Alliance in best interests of Australia, UK and US, say lawmakers, after Trump administration announced 30-day review of pact Australia news live: latest politics updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Aukus pact is vital to “deter Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific region”, Republican and Democrat lawmakers in the…
Trump trade deal shows how vital China’s rare-earth metals are to US defense firms
Draft agreement may reassure top US military suppliers after president’s tariffs flip-flopping threatened production The draft trade agreement with China announced by Donald Trump on Wednesday would ease concerns from top US military suppliers about rare-earth metals and magnets that, if cut off permanently, could hobble production of everything from smart bombs to fighter jets…
NASA’s Next Major Space Telescope Is Ready to Launch. Trump Wants to Kill It and Other Vital Science
NASA’s Next Major Space Telescope Is Ready to Launch. Trump Wants to Kill It and Other Vital Science Amid harsh cuts, the Trump administration has proposed canceling the nearly ready-to-launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope By Nadia Drake edited by Dan Vergano The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is designed to observe hundreds of millions of…
South Korea plane crash investigators turn to black boxes in search for vital clues
Experts hope flight recorders will provide answers to key questions surrounding crash in which 179 died As investigators set to work unpicking the cause of Sunday’s devastating plane crash in South Korea, the black boxes carried on the plane will be of prime importance. One hundred and 79 people out of the 181 onboard died…