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The Zhuque 2 Y-3, developed by Beijing-based private aerospace company LandSpace, took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China at 7:39 a.m., state news agency Xinhua reports. The rocket sent three satellites – Honghu, Honghu 2, and TY-33 – into their planned orbit, the report said. LandSpace said the launch “marked the […]
The need for and proliferation of electronic warfare equipment, as one of the elements of countering drones, actually raises another level of problem: how to manage them. Because the approximated situation, when each armored vehicle and each position has a “trench electronic warfare system” and the battalion and brigade systems are working “above them” at […]
The Union of Road Carriers of Slovakia (UNAS) has announced the continuation of the blockade of the border with Ukraine at the Vysne Nemecke-Uzhhorod border crossing point. According to Ukrinform, this is stated in a statement by UNAS on Facebook. It is noted that the blocking of the Vysne Nemecke-Uzhhorod checkpoint will begin on December […]
At the end of the summer, Fairphone presented its new smartphone Fairphone 5. The company does not change its principles and continues to produce modular devices that can be repaired at home. The iFixit specialists checked whether it is true. iFixit showed a detailed disassembly of the smartphone. First of all, it’s easy to open: […]
An interdisciplinary team of scientists from Drexel University has introduced self-healing concrete. For this purpose, the solution is reinforced with fibers with spores of special bacteria. The development can eliminate costly repairs, which will also reduce the need for building materials whose production is harmful to the environment. Humanity is endlessly building and repairing. Concrete […]
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have found a new effective way to repel attacks using FPV drones. They intercept their video signals using special scanners. This became known from communications specialist Serhiy Beskretnov, call sign “Flash”. According to the expert, any FPV drone has two radio channels. The first radio channel is used to control […]
On some roads in different regions of Ukraine, police officers have begun conducting illegal raids on drivers, as motorists themselves have reported on various social media. Thus, inspectors stop the vehicle and ask the driver to take a test to determine the presence or absence of alcohol in the exhaled air. However, in the absence […]
Explosions were heard in the temporarily occupied Makiivka, after which Ukrainian and pro-Russian Telegram channels covering events in Donetsk region reported an alleged hit to an oil depot. Initially, local residents reported “detonation of military warehouses” in one of the city’s districts, but later administrators of Russian military propaganda channels and other resources reported a […]
SpaceX and the US Space Force have decided to launch the secret X-37B spaceplane. The Space Force announced in an email newsletter that final preparations are underway for the launch of the unmanned spacecraft on the evening of December 10. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch on a Falcon Heavy rocket from a pad at […]
“Dune” director Denis Villeneuve has shared the latest information about the potential third film in the saga. He said that the script is currently being written and is almost finished. The third film will be based on Dune Messiah, a sequel to Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel. “There is a dream to make a sequel, to […]