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LiquidPiston receives $8.2M award to integrate XTS-210 heavy-fueled rotary engine into compact 10 kW genset for US Army

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The authors demonstrated the methodology based on historical data from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The report found that the casualty factor for fuel resupply in Afghanistan was 0.042—i.e., 0.042 casualties for every fuel-related resupply convoy or one casualty for every 24 fuel resupply convoys in Afghanistan.

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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from a market for Russian crude and natural gas (via LNG) to a global competitor. into a major (potential) LNG competitor in global LNG import markets, and, via the U.S. And this, given the Soviet experience in Afghanistan and Putin’s experience in eastern Ukraine, is far from certain. by Dalan McEndree for Oilprice.com.

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Department of Defense releases new operational energy strategy; more fight, less fuel

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aircraft over Afghanistan, 8 Dec 2010. At least 80% of land convoys in Afghanistan are for transporting fuel to warfighters, Lynn said. From FY 2003 to FY 2007 in Iraq and Afghanistan, a total of more than 3,000 Army personnel and contractors were wounded or killed in action from attacks on fuel and water resupply convoys.

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Will Human Soldiers Ever Trust Their Robot Comrades?

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A Navy unit used a remote-controlled vehicle with a mounted video camera in 2009 to investigate suspicious areas in southern Afghanistan. The debate within the military is no longer about whether to build autonomous weapons but how much independence to give them,” said a 2016 New York Times article. Mullen III/U.S.

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