U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Christopher Belton, right, provides cover while Lance Cpl. Jaime Camacho prepares to move to his next position while practicing fire-team tactics aboard the USS Rushmore (LSD 47) during Certification Exercise (CERTEX) off the coast of San Diego April 15, 2015. Belton, a rifleman, and Camacho, an automatic rifleman, are both with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The training used moving around the many obstacles aboard the ship to maintain Kilo Company’s combat readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Emmanuel Ramos/Released)Military working dog Mido jumps up and bites Civilian Military Police Officer Travis Cleaveland, playing the decoy officer, during bite training at the Provost Marshal’s Office field, April 15, 2015. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Jay Parco/Released)Washington D.C. -- National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Director Lt. Gen. (Ret.) John Hudson accepts the Doolittle Raiders Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of the Raiders on April 15, 2015. (left to right) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Museum Director Lt. Gen. (Ret.) John Hudson, Representative Pete Olson (R-TX-22nd District), Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). (U.S. Air Force photo)Virginia National Guard Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conduct sling load operations with their M119 howitzers April 11, 2015, at Fort Pickett, Va., with aviation crews of 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment. The event took months of planning and practice for the field artillerymen. For each iteration, the field artillerymen loaded onto the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter before ground crews linked the howitzer to the helicopter. After that, they flew across Fort Pickett, unlinked the howitzer and unloaded the gun crews who conducted crew drills once back on the ground. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Terra C. Gatti, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)A paratrooper from the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division provides security while mounted on a camouflaged Lightweight Tactical All Terrain Vehicle during Combined Joint Operational Access Exercise 15-01 on Fort Bragg, N.C., April 14, 2015. (Photo by Sgt. Flor Gonzalez, 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)U.S. Soldiers test the capabilities of the MRZR4 LT-All Terrain Vehicle in the Boeblingen Local Training Area, Boeblingen, Germany, April 14, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Jason Johnston/Released)An HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter lands to pick up "wounded" airmen from the casualty collection point during training on Camp Smith, Hawaii, April 12, 2015. The airmen are assigned to the 106th Rescue Wing's Security Forces Squadron.
U.S. Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Christopher S Muncy Air Force Tech. Sgt. Aaron C. Brackett rappels up a wall at the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy in San Angelo, Texas, April 8, 2015. Bracket is the noncommissioned officer in charge of the 312th Training Squadron rescue course.
U.S. Air force photo by Airman 1st Class Devin Boyer President Barack Obama applauds wounded warrior cyclists at the White House in Washington, D.C., April 16, 2015. Wounded military veterans from each service rode their cycles around the White House south lawn to raise awareness for wounded veterans as part of the annual Wounded Warrior Project's soldier ride.
DoD photo by EJ Hersom Paratroopers assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division prepare to load a C130 Hercules on Pope Army Airfield, N.C., April 13, 2015. In the largest multinational airborne training operation occurring on Fort Bragg in the last 20 years, more than 2,000 U.S. and U.K. jumpers conducted a joint forcible entry mission in support of Combined Joint Operational Access Exercise 15-01. (82nd Airborne Division photo by Sgt. Eliverto V. Larios/Released)Approximately 30 Airmen with the 211th Rescue Squadron, 176th Operations Support Squadron and 176th Maintenance Group are greeted by their fellow Guardsmen and loved ones after returning from their deployment to the Horn of Africa, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, April 14. The Guardsmen's primary mission was to provide personnel-recovery force for the Combined Joint Task Force mission. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Marisa Lindsay)The Air Force color guard presents at Nationals Park on April 16, 2015 to be recognized during the Washington Nationals Black Heritage Night.
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.
The mishap caused the rocket to lose its engine nozzle extension, significantly reducing its thrust and making it unable to reach its designated orbit.
The system is about the size of a shoebox and weighs less than 25 pounds, allowing users to quickly deploy it against enemy threats, like drone swarms.
