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After the launch of the Russian Daggers, people have little time to take cover, so the air raid is often announced preventively. The Kinzhal aerial ballistic missiles used by the Russian Federation’s Armed Forces to attack Ukraine can reach Ukrainian cities in a few minutes. The corresponding infographic was shared by the UA War Infographics […]
The researchers described the remains of ancient sea “dragons” that are surprisingly well preserved – predatory underwater reptiles of mososaurs. The fossil, named Wakayama Soryu, meaning blue dragon, was discovered in Wakayama Prefecture in 2006. This is the most complete mosasaur skeleton ever discovered in the Northwest Pacific. Study co-author Akihiro Misaki of the University […]
At night, Russian forces once again attacked the port infrastructure on the Danube. Romania has launched F-16 combat fighters and Eurofighter Typhoon military aircraft. The country’s Defense Ministry reported that a downed Russian drone had crashed in Romania. The UAV reportedly left a 1.5-meter-deep crater near the village of Hryndu, which is located about 8 […]
Google has introduced an updated version of its Imagen neural network for image generation. Imagen 2 has expanded capabilities for creating texts and logos based on text prompts. The new model was developed with the involvement of specialists from DeepMind, a division of Google specializing in artificial intelligence technologies. According to the engineers, Imagen 2 […]
South Korean designers want to start production in 2 years after the start of work. The South Korean aerospace corporation Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has signed an agreement with the Taurus-LIG Nex1 consortium to develop a smaller version of the KEBD 350 Taurus cruise missile and has already begun work in this direction. It is […]
A new study has demonstrated the prospects of combining human brain cells with computers. Live neurons learned faster than artificial models and demonstrated almost identical results. With the help of stem cells, researchers were able to create a colony of cells that replicate the structure of neural connections and neurons in the human brain. The […]
iSpace continues to test the new Hyperbola-2 rocket. Within a few weeks, the Chinese company organized two jump tests. The first test of Hyperbola-2 took place at the beginning of last month. The second test took place a few days ago. The rocket was able to climb to an altitude of 343.12 meters, after which […]
This week, the US government announced another package of support in the defense sector. Its volume will amount to USD 200 million. Among other things, it included air defense system components. To date, such an item has never been found in the lists of arms transfers to the United States. Taking into account the fact […]
Norway, following the USA, announced a new military assistance package for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The new aid package includes additional NASAMS air defense systems worth $30,000,000. Norway is going to transfer part of the equipment from its stocks in the near future, and the rest will be produced by Kongsberg Defense and Raytheon. […]
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has conducted a large-scale test of a Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) missile system with a selectable stage that destroyed the target of an air-launched intermediate-range ballistic missile. Supported by contractors Northrop Grumman, Boeing and Raytheon, FTG-12 was a comprehensive test of MDA’s Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system and the ability […]