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SBU Special Forces destroyed a Russian heavy flamethrower system TOS-1A. To do this, they used a Pegas kamikaze drone worth several hundred dollars. TOS-1A is a Russian weapon system that was developed in the early 2000s. It is based on the Soviet heavy flamethrower system TOS-1. The complex includes a combat vehicle, a transport and […]
Ukrainian Vlad Sazhen has discovered a new nebula in the constellation Cepheus and named it “Fallen Soldier” in honor of the memory of fallen Ukrainian soldiers, the discoverer himself reported on AstroBin. In the course of his long research, he found out that this nebula is illuminated by a double star BD+69 1319. It also […]
Last week, the United States announced the deployment of fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters to the Persian Gulf. The day before, the planes arrived in the Middle East. Initially, the United States planned to build up forces in the region against the backdrop of Iran’s aggressive actions, which tried to seize oil tankers in the […]
Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and mapping company TomTom have developed a competitor to Google Maps. Last year, four companies formed the Overture Maps Foundation to create the maps, and now the project is ready. This is not a map application in the usual sense: an open API allows third-party developers to create their own projects based […]
At the beginning of the war, the Kyiv City State Administration promised that parking in the capital would be free during martial law. Now the city authorities have resumed collecting parking fees again. You can pay for parking only on weekdays from 8:00 to 22:00. Parking is free on weekends. You can pay for parking […]
The launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket was scheduled for July 27 at 06:04 Kyiv time from Pad 39A of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but for unknown reasons, the team canceled the launch 65 seconds before launch, Space reports. According to the company, the next launch attempt is scheduled for July 28 at […]
Even if this development is only at the conceptual level, it is worth paying attention to Chinese UAV developer Aerospace CH UAV Co Ltd has announced that it is working on a family of barrage munitions based on the AR family of air-to-surface missiles. It is alleged that such kamikaze drones will be developed for […]
Last week, the social network Twitter was renamed X. A few years ago, a user created the @x account, but recently Elon Musk took it away. The @x account belonged to Gene Hwang, a photographer from San Francisco. He created his account in 2007 but recently discovered that the username no longer belonged to him. […]
According to eyewitnesses, during the landing approach, “the helicopter got caught in the wires and fell.” A Mi-8 helicopter crashes in the Altai region of Russia, killing at least six people and injuring seven others. This was reported by the Russian media. It is noted that the plane crash occurred near the village of Tungur. […]
The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) wants to arm the fifth-generation F-35C Lightning II fighter jet with a new missile. If all goes well, the deck aircraft will be able to destroy enemy ships using the AGM-158C LRASM. The news about the integration of LRASM and JASSM-ER missiles on the fifth-generation F-35 fighter […]