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China’s reusable space plane has become even more mysterious. Four days after the launch of its third mission, the Shenlong (“Divine Dragon”) spacecraft launched six objects into Earth orbit. For several days, they were observed by amateur spacecraft around the world, which recorded radiation from some of them, Space.com reports. The six mysterious objects were […]
NASA has transmitted ultra-high resolution video to Earth from a near-infrared laser transceiver as part of the Deep Space Optical Communications or DSOC experiment. In the future, the technology could be used to transmit data, images, and video faster from places as far away as Mars (when humans eventually reach it). The 15-second video was […]
Elon Musk’s 2022 joke looks like it will soon become a reality. In a post on X, the billionaire wrote that the Cybertruck could partially turn into a boat after the upgrade. “We’re going to offer a mod package that will allow Cybertruck to travel at least 100 meters through water like a boat. For […]
Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has published a photo of the Orion Nebula, which shows fragmentary lines left by satellites during a five-hour night survey. Space traffic!! This pic of the Orion Nebula I shot last night shows just how packed the equatorial plane is thanks to geostationary satellites. I can process these out (very easy) but […]
The Moscow Automobile Mechanics Institute (MAMI) has presented the first prototype of the future Russian electric car Amber. The car is being developed by order of the Avtotor company, whose factory in Kaliningrad assembled BMW, KIA, and Hyundai cars, Glavkom reports, citing the Russian RBC. It is reported that all the main components of the […]
TomTom has announced the creation of a “fully integrated conversational car assistant based on artificial intelligence” in cooperation with Microsoft, which should appear on infotainment platforms in the near future. The company has made some bold statements about AI, saying that it will offer “perfect voice interaction” and allow users to communicate naturally to navigate, […]
On the morning of December 19, Russia reported three drone attacks on the Bryansk region. This was reported by the governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, in his Telgram. According to the bishop, “an unmanned airplane-type aircraft was destroyed over the region.” He traditionally blames Ukraine for the attack. “The third attempt of Ukrainian […]
The use of the Spike FireFly drone by the Israeli Defense Forces was first caught on video. The newest UAV was probably used in Janina. This was reported by The War Zone. The footage captured on video shows the use of two drones, Moaz and FireFly. The events took place in the West Bank. The […]
In the temporarily occupied Crimea, hackers hacked into a radio station: a song about the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine was broadcast for an hour and a half. This was reported by the Crimean Wind Telegram channel. It is stated that Max TT’s song about the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine was broadcast on the radio […]
Defense manufacturer BAE Systems has signed a contract to modernize obsolete M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. It amounted to 78.4 million USD. According to the terms of the contract, the characteristics of the machines must be brought by the contractor to the level of M7A4 and M2A4. According to Military aerospace, the smart electronics installed […]