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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/notorious-mob-boss-whitey-bulger-found-dead-prison-n926266

Whitey Bulger is dead. The FBI is investigating his death as a homicide.

https://www.apnews.com/007f5a47c9774adf8f180bf096a7d9f1

Yet another GRU opsec failure, this time leaving the pension authorities wondering if there was some sort of pension fraud going on

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45983882

All combat roles in the British military are now open to women. Yes, that includes special forces units... not like they haven't been doing so the whole time and not admitting to it anyway.

Yes, that noise you are hearing in the distance is the loud lamentations of people who wouldn't pass SAS selection anyway.

https://www.janes.com/article/84023/update-switzerland-s-air-2030-plan-narrows-down-options

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The Schweizer Luftwaffe (Swiss Air Force) may be limited to purchasing a single-engine fighter as it is the only solution that fits budgetary limitations, it has unofficially emerged after the recent 8–10 October ‘Axalp’ annual exercise.

The force intends to simultaneously procure both a Neues Kampfflugzeug (new combat aircraft: NKF) and a Bodengestützte Luftverteidigungsystem (Bodluv), a medium-range air and missile defence (AMD) system.

Someone has been putting on their best impression of a 1945 German pilot it seems

It happened again:

The PRC appears to have disappeared the Director of Interpol: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/05/french-investigate-after-interpol-chief-meng-hongwei-goes-missing-china

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French police sources and justice officials said Meng’s wife, who lives with him and their children in Lyon, south-east France, where the global organisation for police cooperation is based, reported him missing on Friday.

He was last seen leaving for China from Interpol’s headquarters on 29 September, a judicial source close to the investigation Agence-France Presse. “He did not disappear in France,” the source added.

Full story here: https://cnn.it/2y6Vp6d

Russia 1 put up CCTV footage of the explosion that killed Zakharchenko. Obvious content warning for someone's death.

Rehearsals for the Tornado GR.4's final Duxford outing

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Side panel with built-in explosive reactive armor of late generation

That said, I have heard that it might be some sort of light composite plate, but I doubt it

This graphic on the -MS suggests that the side armor is indeed some sort of ERA:

The same design is present on the BMPT-72 and the -M.

The first pic of the side armor also looks like the tank has the "bagged" ERA that's come in vogue lately strapped on:

Photoset of Sea King Mk7s on their last flight before retirement

It's confirmed that Syrian air defenses have finally scored:

http://www.malaysiandefence.com/shepard-says-malaysia-bought-javelins/

Shephard Media is claiming that the Malaysian Army has purchased Javelins