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After a series of failures, the US Air Force on Monday announced that it has finally succeeded in the test launch of its air-launched hypersonic missile, a technology China has long mastered and even put on public display at a recent air show. The US’ scheme is to use the hypersonic missile and the recently revealed B-21 stealth bomber to penetrate China’s air defense, but the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has what it takes to defend the country, experts said on Tuesday. A full prototype of the Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, also known as the AGM-183A missile, was launched from a B-52 bomber off the coast of California on Friday, and all of the objectives of the test were met, CNN reported on Monday, citing a statement from the US Air Force. The AGM-183A is a boost-glide missile that uses a booster rocket to accelerate a projectile to hypersonic speeds, before a glide vehicle separates from the booster and uses inertia to travel to its target, CNN said. The successful test launch of the missile came after a series of failures in testing last year, forcing the Air Force to delay the project at a time when China and Russia have shown advances in their own programs, CNN reported. During the Airshow China 2022 held in Zhuhai, South China’s Guangdong Province in November, the PLA Air Force put on display an H-6K bomber which carried a type of missile widely believed to be hypersonic. China also displayed the DF-17 hypersonic boost-glide missile at the National Day military parade on October 1, 2019 in Beijing. Russia’s Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missile has also been reportedly deployed in combat in the Ukraine crisis. With China and Russia taking the lead in hypersonic weapons development, the US is hurrying to build ones of its own, with the rush felt in several previous failures, a Chinese military expert who requested anonymity told the Global Times on Tuesday. Compared with its Chinese and Russian counterparts, as well as air-breathing hypersonic missiles, the AGM-183A should not be considered very advanced, the expert said. On December 2, the US Air Force’s next-generation stealth bomber, the B-21, made its public debut.. The US wants to use the low-end B-52 bomber which cannot penetrate air defense on its own to carry the strongly penetrative, standoff AGM-183A hypersonic missile, and use the high-end B-21 stealth bomber to drop inexpensive munitions within the opponent’s defense lines, Zhang Xuefeng, another Chinese military expert, told the Global Times. Chinese military aviation expert Fu Qianshao told the Global Times that the AGM-183A can be intercepted before it is launched from the B-52, which is a large and slow target that can never be stealth.
Another option, which can also counter the B-21, is to attack bases and airfields where the bombers are deployed, Fu said.
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China recently carried out the maiden flight for a type of new high-altitude, high-speed demonstrator drone, which can ...
HELSINKI — China launched its new Jielong-3 rocket from a mobile sea platform in the Yellow Sea Friday, successfully sending 14 satellites into orbit. The Jielong-3 (“Smart Dragon-3”) lifted off at 1:35 a.m. Eastern (0635 UTC) Dec. 9, from the Tai Rui modified barge off in the Yellow Sea.
It is hoped that the US delegation can accurately convey China's attitude back to Washington, which is that we welcome China-US cooperation, but will never accept “cooperation” aimed at weakening, containing and suppressing China.
Senior Chinese and US officials met in North China's Hebei from Sunday to Monday, with both sides saying that the ...
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China has urged the US to correct its wrongdoings, and work with China and other WTO members to
jointly safeguard the multilateral trading system, as the US showed defiance over a new WTO ruling saying that the US' Section 232 tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum products were in breach ...
The US should no longer be allowed to act as a rogue in the WTO, nor should Washington's hegemonism and protectionism be tolerated.
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chronic varicose veins cause problems ranging from solely cosmetic – women don’t like how they look – to discomfort to more severe problems such as blood clots and ulcers. — TNS
ONE out of two women and one out of three men have varicose veins. Varicose veins are swollen blood vessels that appear under your skin’s surface in your lower body. Blood backs up in your veins when your vein walls are weak and your valves aren’t working properly. Your legs, feet or ankles will develop blue and purple bulges as a result. They may be painful or itchy. The spider veins, which often surround varicose veins, are smaller red or purple lines on the surface of the skin. While varicose veins can be unsightly and uncomfortable, they aren’t dangerous. However, it is possible for severe varicose veins to cause serious health problems, such as blood clots. Injections, laser therapy, or surgery can treat most varicose vein symptoms.> Elevate your legs: Keeping your feet above your waist will increase blood flow to your heart.
> Stay active: Avoid sitting for too long and move frequently to improve circulation.
> Try compression stockings: They compress your veins and help blood circulate, preventing varicose veins from getting worse. >
Wear clothes that fit properly: Make sure your waistband isn’t too tight to encourage blood flow.
> Maintain a healthy weight: Losing excess pounds reduces blood vessel pressure.
> Quit tobacco use: Smoking damages blood vessels, reduces blood flow, and causes a variety of health problems.
Varicose veins cannot be cured, but these treatments can reduce their appearance and relieve discomfort:
> Injection therapy (sclerotherapy): Medical professionals inject a solution into your veins so that the vein walls stick together as a result of the solution. Eventually, your vein turns into scar tissue and fades away. > Laser therapy: Endovenous thermal ablation is a minimally invasive procedure that closes off damaged veins with the use of a catheter (a long, thin tube). > Vein surgery: A vein is ligated or stripped during these procedures to prevent blood from pooling. The vein may be removed (stripped) to prevent varicose veins from returning. Do be aware that treatments for varicose veins have side effects. The side effects associated with sclerotherapy include redness or bruising for a few days where a needle went into your skin; lumps or hardness for a few months; brown areas (for several months) on skin where the needle touched; and the possibility of developing new varicose veins after sclerotherapy. After endovenous ablation, varicose veins can also occur again in half of the people who have surgical stripping. Potential side effects of this treatment include injury to a nerve, deep vein thrombosis (a blood clot in a vein deep inside your body), skin burns, scarring and infection. 
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim unveiled the list of deputy ministers in a live telecast on Friday (Dec 9).
This follows after his audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah earlier to present the list of names.
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There are 27 deputy ministers in Anwar's unity government.
All the ministries got one deputy except for the Finance Ministry
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Anwar also said the swearing-in ceremony will take place at 3pm tomorrow (Dec 10).
On Dec 2, Anwar unveiled a slightly smaller Cabinet than that of his predecessor – naming two Deputy Prime Ministers and 25 ministers.
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The Prime Minister will also serve as the Finance Minister, a post he had held from 1991 until his sacking in 1998.
Here is the full list: Finance Minister- Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim Deputy Ministers - Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan and Steven Sim Rural and Regional Development Minister- Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi Deputy - Datuk Rubiah Wang Plantation and Commodities Minister - Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof Deputy - Datuk Siti Aminah Aching Works Minister - Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi Deputy - Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Mohamad Defence Minister - Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan Deputy - Adly Zahari Health Minister - Dr Zaleha Mustafa Deputy - Lukanisman Awang Sauni Transport Minister - Anthony Loke Deputy - Datuk Hasbi Habibollah Agriculture and Food Security - Mohamad Sabu Deputy - Chan Foong Hin Economy Minister - Rafizi Ramli Deputy - Datuk Hanifah Hajar Taib International Trade and Industry Minister - Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz Deputy - Liew Chin Tong Law and Institutional Reforms (PM’s Department) Minister - Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said Deputy - Ramkarpal Singh Women, Family, and Community Development Minister - Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri Deputy - Aiman Athirah Sabu Communications and Digital Minister - Fahmi Fadzil Deputy - Teo Nie Ching Education Minister - Fadhlina Sidek Deputy - Lim Hui Ying Higher Education Minister - Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin Deputy - Datuk Muhammad Yusof Apdal Youth and Sports Minister - Hannah Yeoh Deputy - Adam Adli Abd Halim Local Government Development Minister - Nga Kor Ming Deputy - Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir Home Minister - Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Deputy - Datuk Seri Shamsul Anuar Nasarah Science and Technology Minister - Chang Lih Kang Deputy - Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister - Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub Deputy - Fuziah Salleh Natural Resources, Environment, and Climate Change Minister - Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad Deputy - Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii Foreign Affairs - Datuk Seri Dr Zambri Abdul Kadir Deputy - Datuk Mohamad Alamin Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development Minister - Datuk Ewon Benedick Deputy - Saraswathi Kandasamy Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister - Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing Deputy - Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan Human Resources Minister - V. Sivakumar Deputy - Mustapha Sakmud Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah and Sarawak Affairs) Minister - Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali
Deputy - Datuk Wilson Ugak Kumbong
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