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The Houthis hit the M/T Wind tanker transporting Russian oil in the Red Sea with an anti-ship missile. The news was made public by the press service of the US Central Command. At approximately 01:00 local time, on April 18, Iranian-backed Houthi forces launched an anti-ship ballistic missile and successfully hit the Panamanian-flagged M/T Wind, […]
The United Kingdom intends to build the world’s largest ground-based optical telescope, the Very Large Telescope (ELT), according to a recent bulletin from the National Center for Astronomical Technology. It is planned that the first instrument to be used on the telescope will be created by this institution. The construction of the giant facility, the […]
Oil rises after the death of Iran’s president and news from Saudi Arabia; Oil prices rose after the Iranian president died in a plane crash and the Saudi crown prince canceled a trip to Japan, citing the king’s health problems. This was reported by Reuters. Brent crude rose 41 cents, or 0.5%, to $84.39 per […]
In China, a mysterious stealth corvette built in the Chinese city of Liaoning, Liaoning Province, has been put to sea for sea trials. Photos posted on social media revealed the existence of this mysterious corvette. The presence of such a ship in China first became known only in the second half of 2023, and the […]
Russians complain about a powerful “cotton” in occupied Luhansk on May 20. According to the Russian media, according to preliminary information, the strike was carried out on the territory of the Luhansk Academy of Internal Affairs. There is currently no information on casualties or consequences of the strike. What is known about the “cotton” in […]
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo shared his expectations regarding the color options of the Apple iPhone 16 line. He claims that the two new colors should replace two of the existing shades. Kuo wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max will be available in black, white or silver, gray […]
The MRO orbiter has found a disabled InSight lander among the Martian dust. With the help of NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), a dead robot was seen on the surface of the Red Planet,writes Mashable. The main goal of the MRO mission is to observe the surface of Mars in search of evidence of the […]
British intelligence concluded that recent attacks by Ukrainian forces have caused a general deterioration in Russia’s ability to defend the airspace around Crimea. The UK Ministry of Defense draws attention to the fact that on May 14, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched powerful strikes against Russian military targets, which destroyed elements of the C-400 anti-aircraft […]
The Russian Federation not only retroactively rewrote the plan for the production of airplanes and helicopters, but also showed the state of this industry, which is a marker of the level of the industry as a whole. The fact that things are not as good in Russia as the Kremlin is trying to show is […]
According to The New York Times, the US Department of Defense is in a hurry to expand its capabilities to wage war in space. Washington is convinced that China and Russia’s lightning-fast progress in space operations poses a serious threat to U.S. satellites in orbit. As journalists have learned, the details of the Pentagon’s plans […]