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The Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv has changed its decision to arrest shares of Kyivstar and lifecell mobile operators. Now it does not apply to all corporate rights of these two companies, but only to the shares controlled by Russian oligarchs. This was reported in the court register. On October 4, the court, at the […]
Engineers at RATEP, a company owned by Almaz-Antey, have designed a new version of the Komar missile system. Unlike the conventional version of the ship’s launcher, the Komar 3M47-03E modification can engage naval drones. In addition to the Igla-S missiles, the modernized installation received the Ataka guided missiles. They can be used to defeat not […]
RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies) is developing a rotary detonation engine demonstrator for missiles and future weapons systems. It has signed a contract with DARPA to design a mass-produced Gambit research engine. It will allow to increase the range of missile weapons to hit targets threefold. The new rocket engine will be more compact. It will […]
The long-range ATACMS missiles pose a threat to Russian aviation and ammunition depots in the rear. This was written by analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Analysts note that Ukraine’s strikes on airfields in the occupied territories (such as the attacks on aviation in Berdiansk and Luhansk) will force the Russian […]
The US Navy commissioned the nuclear-powered submarine USS Hyman G. Rickover. It received the tail number SSN 795. The ceremony took place in Connecticut. The nuclear submarine is named after an admiral who served for more than 60 years. Hyman Rickover is known as the “father of the nuclear fleet”. His work led to the […]
Artificial intelligence was first used to detect and classify supernovae without human intervention. Scientists from the international team developed an AI tool called Bright Transient Survey Bot (BTSbot) using machine learning on more than 1.4 million images from nearly 16,000 sources. This new tool automates the process of detecting starbursts, improving speed and preventing errors, […]
The operator of a Ukrainian drone hit a Russian invader who was trying to escape on a moped. A video of the Ukrainian soldier’s successful attack was posted on social media. Earlier, footage of an exciting chase with shooting appeared online. A Ukrainian FPV drone then drove a Russian officer to his death.
On the night of October 16-17, the Special Operations Forces launched a fire attack on airfields in the temporarily occupied Berdiansk and Luhansk. The Russians suffered significant losses. This was reported by the press service of the CCO on Facebook. According to them, the Ukrainian military held information about the enemy’s use of airfields in […]
On October 17, the Russian Ministry of Defense showed footage of the TOS-2 Tosochka heavy flamethrower system operating on the front line. Although information about the use of this system on the Ukrainian front appeared back in May, this is the first time the Russian military has officially confirmed it. The video was published on […]
A Ukrainian drone operator dropped a grenade on an enemy BPM-1 and triggered the detonation of a Russian armored vehicle’s ammunition. A video of the spectacular explosions was posted on social media. “A lightweight, unobtrusive drone dropped a grenade on an enemy BMP-1, after which it exploded like a chain. Perhaps, this is one of […]