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An unidentified object called WE0913A, which collided with the back of the Moon in March 2022, turned out to be part of a Chinese Long March launch vehicle. At first, it was mistaken for a part of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Then the object attracted the attention of scientists from the University of Arizona, […]
The Russian military tested a cruise missile. U.S. intelligence data indicate that the 9M730 Burevestnik tests failed. It should be noted that this is not the first time the Russian military has tested a new missile. This time it flew about 35 km. The missile was in the air for no more than two minutes. […]
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 […]
According to Polish experts, the missile that fell last year in Przewodów after a massive Russian missile attack was Ukrainian. This was reported by Rzeczpospolita, citing sources. It is noted that despite the lack of cooperation from the Ukrainian side, which “has not yet provided Poland with any materials,” Polish investigators have made their own […]
What kind of equipment was carried by the missiles that the enemy fired at our civilian infrastructure last night According to Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhnyi, today, during a new enemy missile attack, our air defense shot down 36 of 43 X-101/X-555 air-launched cruise missiles from Tu-95MS bombers. In turn, Defense Express received from its […]
Taiwan is demonstrating by its own example how to create a long-range cruise missile and keep it secret for more than a decade. It’s called HF-2E and it’s the first time it’s been in a camera lens. The real historical event took place during military exercises. Taiwanese media claim that the photo shows an HF-2E. […]
Last month, an unidentified missile was discovered in a forest in Poland near the city of Bydgoszcz. Experts from the Polish Air Force Institute of Technology found that it was a Russian X-55 missile (AS-15 Kent according to NATO codification). The missile was found in the forest by a passerby. The Polish army does not […]
By a very strange coincidence, the information about the missile debris in Poland appeared after the night attack by Kalibrami on Mykolaiv, although in Poland they had already begun to say that it was a missile from a Polish MiG-29. Near the Polish village of Zamosc, which is a suburb of Bydgoszcz, missile debris was […]
South Korea has successfully launched a missile of its own development called KSLV-2. As part of the second launch, the rocket was able to successfully launch satellites into orbit for the first time. 14 minutes after separation from the rocket and 42 minutes after launch, the test satellite transmitted the first signals to the ground […]
At the Eurosatory 2022 exhibition in Paris, the French spoke about the development of the fifth-generation AKERON guided missile. The novelty was presented by MBDA. AKERON is based on MHT and MMP missiles, which can be called an analogue of Javelin. It will be available in two versions. The AKERON MP version will be used […]