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AFP (Agence France-Presse) has obtained a document according to which the Wagner PMC has purchased two Chinese satellites for reconnaissance. The agreement in English and Russian was signed on November 15, 2022, between Beijing Yunze Technology Co. and Nika-Fruit LLC, which, according to AFP, was part of the business structures of the founder of the […]
Many car manufacturers are switching from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles to maintain zero carbon emissions. However, electric vehicles have a limited range, so they cannot travel long distances without recharging. To solve this problem, a team of students from the Eindhoven University of Technology called Solar Team Eindhoven developed the Stella Terra solar […]
Ukrainian defense forces destroy a modernized Russian army tank. The target of the unmanned aerial vehicle was again the T-90M “Proryv”. The tank worth $2.5-4.5 million was not destroyed by an FPV drone, as is often the case, but by a conventional drone armed with grenades. The combat vehicle was hit in the Kherson region, […]
Slovakia became the sixth country in the European Union to launch Nova Post offices and courier delivery “Our main task is to logistically connect European countries with Ukraine. We want Ukrainians in Slovakia to receive the service they are used to at home in Ukraine. And Slovak business has the opportunity to enter the Ukrainian […]
The Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 electric truck has successfully tested its long-distance capability by driving more than 1,000 km across the Alps with one stop for recharging. The truck was loaded with 40 tons of cargo and traveled 530 kilometers from Stuttgart, Germany, to Bolzano, Italy. He recharged there and drove back. It was his only […]
The Ukrainian military released a video of a curious Russian whose injury or death caused virtually no reaction from his fellow soldiers. The footage from the reconnaissance drone shows an overly curious racist trying to see something from around the corner of a destroyed building, and immediately getting shot for it. At the same time, […]
General Dynamics Land Systems has won the right to participate in a U.S. Army project to develop a universal robotic platform, TRX, that can be equipped with various modules for combat and engineering tasks on the battlefield. At the first stage of participation, the company will create two prototypes of its TRX modular robotic combat […]
During the military exercises, the Iranian army demonstrated UAVs included in the air defense forces this year. About 200 aircraft involved in the exercise hit 54 targets. According to the material published by the Iranian ANA news agency, the exercises began on October 2. During the exercises, the Iranian military demonstrated several new UAVs. During […]
There is a new good reason to write about Neutron, Rocket Lab’s upcoming reusable medium-class rocket. Recently, engineers from SpaceX’s competitor have successfully tested the second stage fuel tank for strength, or rather the ability to withstand the design pressure. The culmination of these tests was the expected and spectacular rupture of the tank, after […]
The day before, the OSINTtechnical X-account published a video showing the combat operation of the British ASRAAM SAM. Despite the fact that the video was filmed at night, The War Zone journalists assumed that it showed the launch of AIM-132 missiles. Initially, the AIM-132 was designed as an air-launched missile. A video posted on social […]