Lorne Cook

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Raytheon Lands $23B Deal for Tomahawk Cruise Missile Production
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Underwater data centers will accumulate sea life, like this Microsoft data center testing module, which in two years underwater attracted algae, barnacles and sea anemones.
AI Companies Look to Ocean as Place to Put More Data Centers
August 19, 2026
In this photo provided by U.S. Navy, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) conducts routine underway operations in the Philippines Sea on June 24, 2022.
'Engineering Casualty' Strands U.S. Navy Destroyer in Pacific for Four Days
August 19, 2026
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Leaders pose during a family picture at NATO headquarters, June 14, 2021.
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AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at a vaccine center in Ebersberg, Germany, March 22, 2021.
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European Commissioner for the Economy Paolo Gentiloni during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, May 6, 2020.
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