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The government of the United States of America is going to approve the supply of MIM-104 Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine. The information was shared by the American edition of CNN, referring to its sources. Presumably, we are talking about one SAM battery. It includes a radar that detects and tracks targets, a mobile […]
The Ukrainian company Ukrspecsystems renewed the reconnaissance drone SHARK. She revealed the changes on her Twitter page. The updated UAV SHARK received larger wings with a span of 3.4 m, as well as a more powerful battery. Such modifications increased the flight time from two to four hours — now the drone can conduct reconnaissance […]
The Estonian authorities have banned the state railway company Operail from transporting Russian and Belarusian goods from January 1, 2023. The order was signed by the Minister of Economy and Infrastructure Riina Sikut. The management of Operail was instructed to ‘assess the ethicality of commercial relations’ with Russia and Belarus and to gradually abandon them, […]
Holcim, a manufacturer of construction materials, is leaving the Russian market. ‘Interfax-Ukraine’ writes about this with reference to the company’s press service. It is noted that assets in Russia are sold to local managers. The contract on the transfer of the property has already been signed, but the deal will be closed only after the […]
The Sokil-300 UAV, designed in Ukraine, is superior in terms of technical characteristics to the Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone. This was stated by Anatoly Amelin, who is one of the founders of the Ukrainian Institute of the Future. “Sokil-300” can be used not only for collecting intelligence in the deep rear, but also for defeat. […]
The enemy attacked Kyiv with Iranian kamikaze drones, 13 of which were shot down by the Air Defense Forces (ADF). This was reported by the Kyiv City Military Administration (KMVA). Today, explosions rang out in the Shevchenkiv district of the capital. As of 09:10, 13 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones were shot down over Kyiv and the […]
The Chinese authorities have decided to reserve Loongson chips for their army, but for now Russians can even buy them through AliExpress. The Chinese government has banned the supply of Chinese Loongson processors used in military technology to Russia and other countries. The Russian publication ‘Kommersant’ writes about this, referring to its own sources. A […]
Northrop Grumman engineers successfully tested the AARGM-ER anti-radar missile with an increased flight range for the fourth time. This became known from a representative of the defense giant. The US Navy used an F/A-18 aircraft to launch the missile. During the tests, a moving sea target was destroyed with the help of a missile. The […]
Energoatom reported that all 9 power units of the three operating NPPs controlled by Ukraine (South Ukrainian, Rivne, and Khmelnytsky) are connected to the country’s power system. This is stated in the company’s message. ‘Today, December 13, 2022, at 01:09, the last ‘thousandth’ power unit of ‘Energoatom’ (with a capacity of 1,000 MW) was connected […]
The fresh version of Tor, which is a specially packaged Firefox 102 ESR browser, has received a number of improvements. Among them are additional interface languages, in particular Ukrainian. Tor Browser version 12 is available for Windows, Linux, and macOS (as a custom binary that runs on both x86-64 and Arm Macs). The Tor package […]