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Over the past two months, about 15 occupiers’ air defense systems have been damaged in the occupied Crimea. It hit launchers, control points, and radar surveillance equipment. The Strategic Communications Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the The Telegram channel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces StratCom has published an […]
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are actively using ARK-1 ground robotic platforms at the front. Robots perform logistics functions and are used as kamikazes. The compact ARK-1 robotic platform is capable of performing missions 20 km away from the operator. Mykhailo Fedorov, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, noted that ARK-1 is equipped with a night […]
Oleksiy Vyshnevsky shared details about the powerful portable power supply he created for use at the front. “The brainchild of the Lviv engineer can easily charge Starlink, batteries, drones, radios, and any other gadgets. The idea for the project came about after Vyshnevsky received a request from a friend who was fighting against the Russians […]
BM Partners has created a house design specifically for Central Asia that can be printed on a 3D printer in just 5 days and can withstand an earthquake of 7 on the Richter scale. This was achieved by using ultra-strong concrete, which is typically used to build large structures such as skyscrapers and bridges. The […]
In the national box office, Inside Out 2 outperformed two leaders in terms of opening weekend grosses ($155 million): “The “richest” film of 2024, Denis Villeneuve’s second Dune, and the previous year’s box office giant, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. International (with another $140 million) – brought the cartoon the title of the best animated opening of […]
The Russian Air Force received the second batch of Su-34 fighter-bombers in 2024. This was reported by the Russian aircraft manufacturing corporation UAC. The new aircraft were delivered as part of the state defense order, which has been in place since 2019. The Su-34 is currently being manufactured at the Novosibirsk Chkalov Aviation Plant of […]
The American defense company Northrop Grumman has disclosed information about its Manta Ray robotic underwater vehicle by publishing several new videos taken during the drone’s underwater testing off the coast of Southern California. The drone was commissioned by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The device is expected to be able to carry out […]
Apple has introduced a new special features feature called Vocal Shortcuts in iOS 18. After the beta version of Eighteen was released, users discovered that this option allowed them to teach Siri new wake-up words. With voice commands, users can assign their own phrase that Siri recognizes to launch shortcuts and perform complex tasks. One […]
On the night of June 17, attack drones attacked four Russian regions. This was stated by local authorities and eyewitnesses. The Russian government said that UAVs were spotted in Belgorod, Voronezh and Lipetsk regions, as well as in Krasnodar Territory. Lipetsk Region Governor Igor Artamonov said that Russian air defense allegedly shot down four drones […]
Ukraine has created a new naval drone for various combat missions, from reconnaissance and logistics to kamikaze. The surface kamikaze drone has a 150 kg warhead and can cover a distance of 600 km. The Ukrainian Defense Forces have received another maritime unmanned platform, an unmanned boat called Stalker 5.0. The weight of the combat […]