The Second Vermont Republic (SVR, 2VR) is a secessionist group within the U.S. state of Vermont which seeks to restore the formerly independent status of the Vermont Republic (1777–91). It describes itself as "a nonviolent citizens' network and think tank opposed to the tyranny of Corporate America and the U.S. government, and committed to the peaceful return of Vermont to its status as an independent republic and more broadly the dissolution of the Union."[citation needed] The organization was founded in 2003 by Thomas Naylor (1936–2012),[1][2] a former Duke University economics professor and co-author of the 1997 book Downsizing the U.S.A.[3] A 2010 TIME article featured the Second Vermont Republic as one of the "Top 10 Aspiring Nations".[4]
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Anduril Fury is a long-range, subsonic, stealthy military drone with 17-foot (5.2 m) wingspan suited for surveillance and combat.[33][69] Capable of flying up to .95M and pulling 9Gs Fury was selected alongside General Atomics to compete for the first increment of the U.S. Air Force's Collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) program in April 2024.[70] https://www.anduril.com/fury/
The Dassault nEUROn is an experimental unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) being developed with international cooperation, led by the French company Dassault Aviation. Countries involved in this project include France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The design goal is to create a stealthy, autonomous UAV that can function in medium-to-high threat combat zones.
The Westland Lynx is a British multi-purpose twin-engined dual use civil-military helicopter designed and built by Westland Helicopters at its factory in Yeovil. In 1986, a specially modified Lynx set the current Fédération Aéronautique Internationale's official airspeed record for helicopters (category excludes compound helicopters) at 400.87 km/h (249.09 mph),[3][4] which remains unbroken as of January 2022.[5][6]
The Meteor is a European active radar guided beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) developed and manufactured by MBDA. It offers a multi-shot capability (multiple launches against multiple targets), and has the ability to engage highly maneuverable targets such as jet aircraft, and small targets such as UAVs and cruise missiles in a heavy electronic countermeasures (ECM) environment with a range far in excess of 200 kilometres (110 nmi).[7] Japan is currently developing a missile with similar capabilities, the Joint New AAM (JNAAM)