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A Texas woman was seriously injured when a hawk dropped a snake on her while she was mowing her lawn. The snake wrapped around her arm and began striking her face, while the hawk tried to reclaim its meal. The woman suffered cuts, bruises, and puncture wounds before the snake was eventually pulled off her. She described the incident as severely traumatic and has had trouble sleeping since.
The United States is reportedly negotiating with Taiwan to buy back a dozen or so HAWK surface-to-air missile (SAM) batteries, consisting of around a hundred launchers, which Taiwan retired in 2015. The plan is for the US to donate these ex-Taiwanese launchers, along with missiles and associated equipment, to Ukraine to bolster its air-defense network. This would help Ukraine address the depletion of missile stocks for its ex-Soviet S-300 and Buk SAMs, which have been significantly reduced during the ongoing conflict with Russia. The HAWK launchers could potentially be compatible with Ukraine's existing US-Norwegian NASAMS system, offering a more sustainable and modern air-defense capability.