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Two robotic systems for demining the territory have arrived in Kherson region. This became known from Oleksandr Prokudin, who is the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration. According to the official, the systems were manufactured in Croatia. They are capable of clearing up to 5,000 square meters of territory in one day. Prokudin emphasized […]
Employees of the domestic policy unit of the Russian Presidential Administration are to get rid of their iPhones by early April. The first deputy head of the presidential administration, Sergey Kiriyenko, who oversees domestic policy, set the deadline for giving up iPhones at April 1, 2023. The reason for refusing iPhones is called cybersecurity: the […]
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have begun using American AN/TWQ-1 Avenger anti-aircraft missile systems. A video of one of the systems was posted by military analyst @UAWeapons. Apparently, the SAM is currently being tested at a training ground and will be put on combat duty in the near future. By the way, the United States […]
Microsoft is going to launch a new app store with games for Android and iOS smartphones. This will happen next year if regulators approve the deal to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.77 billion. This statement was made by the head of Xbox Phil Spencer during the Game Developers Conference. New rules requiring Apple and Google […]
The Japanese airline ZIPAIR was forced to repaint its planes to avoid being associated with supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Until the spring of 2022, the tails of ZIPAIR airliners bore a capital Z, the airline’s logo. This letter was used by the Russian military as an insignia on their vehicles entering Ukraine. Since the […]
Chery, Haval, FAW, represented in Ukraine, are in the “middle”, and Chery Jetour is one of the outsiders in the quality rating. The China Car Quality Network has published a quality rating of Chinese car brands for 2022 for ICE cars and electric cars separately. The lower the score, the higher the quality. The rating […]
Ukrainian military personnel have begun training with the SMAW Mk 153. A video of the training was posted on Telegram. Small quantities of SMAW Mk 153s were supplied to Ukraine before the invasion. Despite this, no footage of their combat use has been published to date. In February, it became known that the Pentagon leadership […]
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has presented a new drone. The model is called ANKA 3 and is a strike unmanned aerial vehicle. We first learned about the drone last year when illustrative images were published. Now the company has shown a real photo of the new drone. ANKA 3 is equipped with a turbofan jet […]
The Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully use Ukrainian-made kamikaze drones. In particular, RAM II. Barrage munitions were able to successfully hit Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems. A video of the use of kamikaze drones was published by volunteer Serhiy Prytula, who raised money to buy RAM II in the fall of 2022. The price of one […]
The Armed Forces of Ukraine received a batch of Oshkosh M-ATV armored vehicles from the Pentagon, which belong to the MRAP class. A video showing the armored vehicles standing along the road was posted on social media. A post on the NMFTE Telegram channel suggests that the video was filmed on the territory of Ukraine. […]