After approval by the budget committee of the German Bundestag, Diehl Defense received an order for the delivery of further GBU-54 precision bombs to the German Air Force.
Around 2290 steering systems and detonators as well as 910 bombs are being purchased for around 213 million euros (1380 bombs that can receive the steering kit are already in stock). Test material and training materials are also part of the contract volume.
The Boeing Laser JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) is guided, all-weather capable and intended for short range. With a mass of around 230 kilograms, the explosive force is only half that of the GBU-48.
The combination of INS / GPS navigation, laser search head and target lighting enables precise operations against stationary and mobile targets even in unfavorable weather conditions.
A Tornado has been reported in parts of Brebes Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. Reports indicate that at least 125 people have been affected, at least 6 people have been displaced and at least 23 houses have been damaged, at least 2 destroyed.
Impacted areas include: Kec. Paguyangan : Ds. Kedung Oleng.
Floods have been reported in parts of Balangan Regency, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Reports indicate that at least 5,545 people have been affected and at least 1,723 houses have been damaged. Impacted areas include: Kec. Tebing Tinggi, Kec. Halong and Kec. Awayan.
Mount Anak Krakatau erupted on Monday, April 18 2022, at 07:14 WIB with the height of the ash column observed ± 700 m above the peak (± 857 m above sea level). The ash column is observed to be black with thick intensity towards the southwest.
This eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 60 mm and a duration of 97 seconds.
Mount Anak Krakatau erupted on Monday, April 18 2022, at 11:04 WIB with the height of the ash column observed ± 700 m above the peak (± 857 m above sea level). The ash column is observed to be gray in color with thick intensity towards the southwest.
A man who has not yet been clearly identified but surrived was run over several times by suburban trains in a serious accident at Hamburg-Bergedorf station. According to a spokesperson for the federal police, the man, who was presumably intoxicated,
ran towards the end of the platform at 0.15 a.m. on Saturday night, fell into the tracks and was then hit by a train. However, the man with life-threatening injuries was not noticed until three hours later at around 3.15 am. By then,
he had already been run over by four other suburban trains, according to the information. The man was taken to hospital where doctors were fighting for his life. According to a report in the "Hamburger Abendblatt", the man was still responsive when he was rescued from the tracks.
Muqtada al-Sadr, the head of the Sadrist movement, demanded on Saturday that the Iraqi government summon the Swedish ambassador Lars Ronnås to Baghdad to protest the "desecration of the Muslim holy book, the Quran".
He wrote in a statment earlyer today "in the month of the Quran, the Quran is torched in a European country where Muslims are many." "If you do not believe in God and his laws, you do not have the right to burn any book."
Rasmus Paludan, the 🇩🇰 #Danish leader of the far-right Stram Kurs party burned a copy of the Quran in a bigger Muslim area of Sweden, backed by the police, he went to an open public space in southern Linkoping and burnt the Quran, ignoring the protests of bystanders.
Hundreds of cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin have been reported in children in the 🇬🇧 #UnitedKingdom, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Laboratory testing have ruled out hepatitis viruses A, B, C, E, and D,
according to the WHO in Geneva on Friday. The young patients had been shown to have a corona infection, adenoviruses, or both in numerous situations. However, it is unclear whether this is the root of the problem.
The WHO has urged all countries to be on the lookout for suspected cases. Three further cases, including one involving a 13-year-old child, have been recorded in 🇪🇸 #Spain. In 🇮🇪 #Ireland, a few suspected cases had been recorded, but not all of them had been confirmed.
A radio station in the U.S. metropolis of Seattle has found a way to permanently prevent listeners from changing the station.
Since the end of January, the "HD Radios" in an unknown number of Mazda brand vehicles have refused to play any station other than the news station KUOW-FM.
Apart from that, the infotainment can't do anything at all, among others the navigation system, the display of the time and the rear view camera don't work anymore.