ARLINGTON, VA - SEPTEMBER 17: U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone (C) is congratulated by U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (L) and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Paul Selva during an awards ceremony for Stone and two other men who helped stop a gunman on a Paris-bound train last month at the Pentagon September 17, 2015 in Arlington, Virginia. Stone received the Airman's Medal and the Purple Heart medal, Army Specialist Alek Skarlatos received the Soldier's Medal and Anthony Sadler received the Defense Department Medal for Valor. The three men helped overpower gunman Ayoub El-Khazzani, 25, after he opened fire on a Thalys train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris on August 21. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Austin Cook jumps over a wall during urban operations training at Boondocker training area on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 15, 2015. Cook is a rifleman with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh greets Maj. Goldie, a therapy dog from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, at the Air Force Association's Air & Space Conference at the Gaylord National Resort in National Harbor, Md., on Tuesday, September 15, 2015.150915-N-AD372-159
INCHEON (Sept. 15, 2015) U.S and Republic of Korea (ROK) Marines disembark their boarding craft and begin to simulate an assault on Incheon during the 65th Annual Incheon Amphibious Landing Operations Commemoration Ceremony. The event involved multiple sea and air elements for senior military leaders and local nationals to honor the occasion. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Abraham Essenmacher/Released)ARLINGTON, VA - SEPTEMBER 17: U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (L) pins the Solider's Medal on Army Specialist Alek Skarlatos during an awards ceremony for Skarlatos and two other men who helped stop a gunman on a Paris-bound train last month at the Pentagon September 17, 2015 in Arlington, Virginia. Skarlatos recevied the Soldier's Medal, U.S. Airforce Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone received the Airman's Medal and the Purple Heart medal, Army Specialist Alek Skarlatos received the Soldier's Medal and Anthony Sadler received the Defense Department Medal for Valor. The three men helped overpower gunman Ayoub El-Khazzani, 25, after he opened fire on a Thalys train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris on August 21. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Spot, a quadruped prototype robot, aids Marines in clearing a room during a demonstration at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Sept. 16, 2015. Employees of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency trained Marines from the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab how to operate ÒSpotÓ. Marines floated an Assault Amphibious Vehicle and Landing Craft Air Cushion to reserve craft beach aboard Naval Base Guam. The Marines are currently on a six month deployment aboard the USS Germantown.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Snouffer/Released)PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Sept. 14, 2015) Lt. Ashley Rohrman, a registered nurse from Zionsville, Ind., assigned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va., interacts with patients at a medical site established at St. Luc Hospital during Continuing Promise 2015. Continuing Promise is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored and U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet-conducted deployment to conduct civil-military operations including humanitarian-civil assistance, subject matter expert exchanges, medical, dental, veterinary and engineering support and disaster response to partner nations and to show U.S. support and commitment to Central and South America and the Caribbean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brittney Cannady/Released) 150914-N-YM856-177
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https://plus.google.comArmy Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, left, defense counsel Lt. Col. Franklin D. Rosenblatt, center, and lead defense counsel Eugene Fidell sit during a preliminary hearing to determine if Sgt. Bergdahl will be court martialed. Bergdahl, who left his post in Afghanistan and was held by the Taliban for five years, is charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. (AP Photo/Brigitte Woosley)NAPLES, Italy (Sept. 16, 2015) Chief Master-at-Arms Christie Kunkel prepares to have her anchors pinned by her daughter during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony at Naval Support Activity Naples Capodichino. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Weston Jones/Released) 150916-N-ZE250-132
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The service is exploring a range of leads for increasing launch access — including international partnerships and newer modalities like sea-based launch.
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The ban is meant to prevent the repurposing of entertainment tech for Moscow's unmanned warfare against Ukraine, but the practical effect may be limited.
