USAF launches top-secret spy satellite able to see through clouds and bad weather

 The United States Air Force has launched a rocket from Cape Canaveral carrying a top-secret spy satellite, which analysts believe has the ability to see through clouds and bad weather.

An unmanned Atlas V rocket carrying the classified device rose from its seaside Florida pad successfully following an aborted launch on Monday that was foiled by a problem with the environmental control system.

It is believed to be the second in a series of four spy satellites that are being launched over the next five months for the United States National Reconnaissance Office.

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Florida teen detained by TSA for pistol design embossed on her purse

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Since implementation of TSA in the USA there  have been weird news about maltreatment and strange encounters. While a 85 years old woman recently alleged the TSA staff to have strip-searched her, the latest is that Vanessa Gibbs, a 17-years old teen was detained at Florida airport by the TSA on account of a pistol embossed on her purse.

Vanessa Gibbs holds her infamous "purse gun"

The TSA says the design could be considered a "replica weapon," something that the agency has banned since 2002. Just imagine what would have happened if Gibbs had also been wearing stiletto heels, asks Yahoo News.

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