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The United States has completed field tests of the powerful CHIMERA microwave antenna system for neutralizing airborne targets. The test was conducted by Raytheon in cooperation with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The CHIMERA high-power microwave system is designed to protect military installations from medium- and long-range airborne threats. During the tests, CHIMERA hit […]
Being inside the Milky Way, we can say little about our galaxy as a single object. But on the other hand, we can look around and find a lot of similar spiral galaxies in the Universe and look at our cosmic home as if from the side. Today, NASA offers to enjoy the magnificent views […]
Over the past six months, Chinese regulators have approved more than 40 AI models for public use. This happened after Beijing began requiring tech companies to obtain permits to launch their models in August 2023. According to the Chinese state-owned newspaper Securities Times, last week Chinese regulators issued licenses for the use of 14 major […]
Germany scrambles its fighter jets to intercept a Russian reconnaissance plane spotted over the Baltic Sea off its coast. According to the German Air Force, the patrol was lifted from the Laage air base in northeastern Germany after a Russian military aircraft was spotted in international airspace near Rügen, the air force said in a […]
SpaceX’s laser system for Starlink is delivering more than 42 petabytes of data per day to customers, one of the company’s engineers said today. This is 42 million GB. We transmit more than a terabit per second [of data] every day through 9,000 lasers. We actually serve all of our Starlink users via lasers at […]
A Ukrainian MiG-29 pilot filmed the launch of an American AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missile during a combat mission. The AGM-88 HARM is an American high-speed anti-radar missile. It has a range of over 100 km (up to 300 km depending on modifications and conditions of use). This missile can be aimed at high-frequency radars. It […]
We have repeatedly written that the United States has promised to provide Ukraine with GLSDB missiles. It looks like the ammunition will soon be in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The information was shared by Politico. The first batch of bombs has already been shipped and is expected to arrive in Ukraine today, January […]
An American F-16 fighter jet crashes off the coast of South Korea. The US Air Force said that the fighter belonged to the 8th Fighter Wing. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of January 31, around 8:40 a.m. local time (2:40 a.m. Kyiv time), about 180 kilometers south of Seoul. An American pilot […]
Stellantis plans to use ChatGPT in Peugeot cars to improve the voice assistant, joining competitors such as Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz. We will implement ChatGPT in all cars, including the new e-3008 model, and small commercial vehicles. – Jérôme Michelin, Director of Product Planning at Peugeot. Peugeot will launch a pilot version of the ChatGPT service, […]
It is about four flights of the Chinese airline’s transport aircraft at once The Belaruski Gaiyun monitoring group reports on the atypical activity of a Boeing 747-4FTF transport aircraft of the Chinese cargo airline Air China Cargo at Minsk Airport in Belarus – earlier this month, the aircraft made four flights from China to Belarus […]