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Video Game Pulled Globally From Military Stores Over Taliban Inclusion



From Kotaku.com

As all stores located on Army and Air Force bases will no longer be allowed to sell Electronic Arts' upcoming military shooter Medal of Honor because an aspect of the game includes playable Taliban characters.

The Army and Air Force Exchange Services has confirmed to Kotaku that they requested the game pulled from the 49 GameStop's located on bases in the continent U.S. The ban, an AAFES representative told Kotaku, also extends to all military PXs worldwide.

In an email to employees, GameStop says the decisio...



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Today, 04:18:04 PM




New Screen Shots For DCS: A-10 Warthog


Wags has released a new set of screen shots for the upcoming DCS: A-10 Warthog.



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We have some work-in-progress screen shots of Nellis AFB from the Nevada map. Although still under development with a fair amount of work still to be done (object placement, lights, and texture debugging), it's at the point that you can get a feel for the base and level of detail.

Yes, that's also a new F-15C model for DCS.

Unlike most other aspects of DCS: A-10C, the Nevada map has been a joint project between the Eagle Dynamics team, luckybob9, and Zimster.





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Today, 02:30:25 PM




Russia to sell Mi-17 helicopters to Argentina



Russia to sell Mi-17 helicopters to Argentina

RIA Novosti. Alexei Kudenko

Russia has signed a "historic" contract on Mi-17 helicopter deliveries to Argentina, a member of a Russian delegation said on Wednesday.

"The contract provides for the delivery of two Mi-17 helicopters to the Argentinean Air Force," the official said, adding that the contract was signed on Tuesday evening.

The sale is the first time the Argentinean military has bought Russian military hardware, he said.

"Until now there has been no military-technical cooper...



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01 September 2010 - 09:20:56 PM




First Flight for New HELLFIRE II Missile Design



First Flight for New HELLFIRE II Missile Design

Lockheed Martin

ORLANDO, Fla: Lockheed Martin's new multi-functional AGM-114R Hellfire II missile scored a direct hit during its first proof-of-principle (POP) flight test recently at Eglin Air Force Base, FL.

The Hellfire II design, now entering the qualification phase, features a new multi-purpose warhead that enables a single missile to cover all of the target sets of the current laser-guided Hellfire II variants.

The POP 1 flight test featured a lock-o...



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01 September 2010 - 09:14:18 PM