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To protect the airspace, Ukrainian radio engineering troops use the latest radar station 80K6KS1 “Phoenix-1”. The photo of the installation was published by the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Phoenix-1 three-coordinate radar detection station was developed in Ukraine and put into service only in 2021. The system is designed to […]
The Union of Road Carriers of Slovakia (UNAS) has announced the continuation of the blockade of the border with Ukraine at the Vysne Nemecke-Uzhhorod border crossing point. According to Ukrinform, this is stated in a statement by UNAS on Facebook. It is noted that the blocking of the Vysne Nemecke-Uzhhorod checkpoint will begin on December […]
At the end of the summer, Fairphone presented its new smartphone Fairphone 5. The company does not change its principles and continues to produce modular devices that can be repaired at home. The iFixit specialists checked whether it is true. iFixit showed a detailed disassembly of the smartphone. First of all, it’s easy to open: […]
Ukrainian troops defending Avdiivka defeated a Russian convoy of vehicles. Among the lost vehicles was a rare APC-90 Rostock. This became known from a video of the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Lieutenant General Marko Bezruchko. Ukrainian Armed Forces defeated the occupiers during an assault near Krasnohorivka. Among the armored vehicles, the observers identified […]
An interdisciplinary team of scientists from Drexel University has introduced self-healing concrete. For this purpose, the solution is reinforced with fibers with spores of special bacteria. The development can eliminate costly repairs, which will also reduce the need for building materials whose production is harmful to the environment. Humanity is endlessly building and repairing. Concrete […]
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have found a new effective way to repel attacks using FPV drones. They intercept their video signals using special scanners. This became known from communications specialist Serhiy Beskretnov, call sign “Flash”. According to the expert, any FPV drone has two radio channels. The first radio channel is used to control […]
Phison has announced several new products, including the PS5026-E26 Max14um Gen5 M.2 2280 SSD for the PCIe Gen 5 connector. It will be presented at CES and will be available in 2024. This drive delivers a maximum sequential read and write speed of up to 14,000 megabytes per second, which is about a third faster […]
Israel Aerospace Industries presented the long-range barrage munition IAI Harop. It impresses with its top speed of 417 km/h. The IAI Harop is a barrage munition produced based on the experience of developing and using another drone of this type. The kamikaze drone is designed to engage both land and sea targets at a distance […]
The pilots of a Russian Ka-52 reconnaissance and combat helicopter filmed the moment when another similar occupant helicopter was shot down by a Ukrainian MANPADS missile. The crew of the downed helicopter ejected. Russian social media reported that the pilots had allegedly survived and returned to combat missions. The video was published by Russian telegram […]
The Philippines claimed that Chinese coast guard and maritime police ships “deliberately” rammed their ship carrying Philippine Armed Forces Chief of Staff Romeo Brawner. This was reported by Reuters. According to official Manila, Chinese ships “repeatedly fired water cannons at Philippine supply vessels, causing serious engine damage to one of them.” In addition, according to […]