New Space Force calling CO home under congressional deal https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/12/new-space-force-calling-co-home-under-congressional-deal/  France Raises Pension Age to 64 in Defiance of Protests https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-11/macron-s-new-french-pension-system-to-come-into-force-from-2025  Turkey hints it could bar US from using key air bases https://apnews.com/15b2a03e66b44ff8d12f0a9376f915df  Taliban attack on U.S. military base kills one, injures scores https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-attack-idUSKBN1YF0A4  Manhunt underway for Texas cop killer after officer struck at traffic stop, police say https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-police-officer-hit-at-traffic-stop  ACLU sues Homeland Security over ‘stingray’ cell phone surveillance – TechCrunch http://social.techcrunch.com/2019/12/11/aclu-cbp-ice-stingray-surveillance/  Airstrikes called in as Taliban attempt to breach Bagram Air Base https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2019/12/11/airstrikes-called-in-as-taliban-attempt-to-breach-bagram-air-base/  U.S. sanctions Iran's largest shipping company, airline over weapons smuggling https://theweek.com/speedreads/883587/sanctions-irans-largest-shipping-company-airline-over-weapons-smuggling  Pigeons in tiny cowboy hats are a mystery in Las Vegas https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/10/us/pigeons-cowboy-hats-las-vegas-trnd/index.html  Armed suspect arrested at Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/armed-suspect-arrested-naval-air-station-corpus-christi-texas-n1099621  Jersey City suspects 'targeted' kosher store where 3 died, officials say https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jersey-city-suspects-targeted-kosher-store-where-3-died-motive-n1099606  Pence hails Space Force agreement as major victory https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/10/pence-space-force-agreement-victory-081741  Taiwan says it will help Hong Kong if Chinese violence continues https://www.marketwatch.com/story/taiwan-says-it-will-help-hong-kong-if-violence-continues-2019-12-10  Deadliest Weapon After a Nuclear Bomb: Meet Russia's TOS-1 MLRS 'Buratino' https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/deadliest-weapon-after-nuclear-bomb-meet-russias-tos-1-mlrs-buratino-103662  U.S. senators threaten Facebook, Apple with encryption regulation https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-encryption-facebook-idUSKBN1YE2CK  Recently Retired USAF General Makes Eyebrow Raising Claims About Advanced Space Technology https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/31445/recently-retired-usaf-general-makes-eyebrow-raising-claims-about-advanced-space-technology  Amazon Ring owners foil $400K Bitcoin extortion plot by removing batteries https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2019/12/12/cryptocurrency-extortionists-bitcoin-ring-doorbell-cameras-ransom/  It's a billion-ton, 14-million-mile long mysterious alien formation – and Earth is heading right into it https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/12/asteroid_3200_phaethon_facts/  Middle Eastern nation first to buy drone armed with machine gun https://futurism.com/turkey-buy-drone-machine-gun