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Footage of the Ukrainian crew of a T-64BV tank firing appeared. Soldiers fired from 125-mm T-64BV cannon in the Bakhmut sector. According to the soldiers, speed, protection and a powerful gun make tanks relevant in modern warfare. The T-64BV is the main battle tank. It was developed in Kharkiv in the early 60s. For the […]
American warships and one British warship repelled the most massive attack by Yemeni Houthis backed by Iran in the Red Sea. This was reported in the Central Command of the US Armed Forces (Centcom) and the UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps. On Tuesday, January 9, the Houthis launched 18 kamikaze drones, two cruise missiles and […]
Fincantieri will use robots to design combat frigates for the US Navy. This was reported by Defense News. The Italian shipbuilding company has decided to focus on automation to accelerate its pace and build two frigates a year. Now the shipyard is building three frigates in two years. “Welding is one of the skills that […]
Iran has developed a new Shahed-107 strike drone for Russia’s war in Ukraine and is probably close to providing Russia with surface-to-surface missiles. This was reported by Sky News with reference to sources. “The Shahed-107 has been described as an ‘explosive and reconnaissance’ drone, possibly equipped with technology to find important combat targets such as […]
South Korean automaker Hyundai at the CES exhibition in Las Vegas presented the prototype of the S-A2 electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL). It will work “as quietly as a dishwasher” and will be able to receive energy from solid-state batteries. Hyundai representatives said that they have combined automotive design with innovative aerospace developments […]
Renault has shown an innovative glass roof that changes transparency depending on the season and sunlight and maintains a comfortable temperature in the cabin. The problem is solved in the hybrid Rafale E-Tech and electric Scenic E-Tech models, which are equipped with an innovative panoramic roof. The Solarbay light-tight sunroof is a joint development of […]
Wreckage of a Russian cruise missile was found in the vicinity of Volgograd. This was reported by military observer Status-6 in his X (ex-Twitter). Given the poor quality of the photo, we can only speculate which missile fell near the Russian city. During the recent massive shelling of Ukrainian infrastructure, the Russians used X-101, X-555 […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) X-account has been hacked to publish a fake message about the approval of spot bitcoin ETFs for trading. This was reported by CNBC. The deleted post stated that the SEC had allegedly authorized the listing of products on all registered exchanges in the United States. The message also […]
Russia has said that this year it allegedly plans to start mass production of the Drill cluster bombs. This is reported by the Russian propaganda agency TASS, referring to the Russian state corporation Rostec. It is stated that the newest planning bomb “Drill”, which was announced in 2016, has already passed all the tests specified […]
Germany’s experimental space surveillance and tracking radar GESTRA, developed and built by the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Technology (FHR), has begun final tests and will soon be put into operation. The GESTRA integrated radar system includes a transmitting and receiving antenna, each of which, when fully loaded, is equipped with 256 […]