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Ukraine is close to receiving the fourth generation of American F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets. At least two countries will be able to send the aircraft after the pilots’ training is completed. The Reuters news agency reports that the United States has authorized the Netherlands and Denmark to provide the Ukrainian Air Force with their […]
A few days after Cruise received a permit to operate robotaxis around the clock in San Francisco, one of its vehicles got stuck in wet cement, SFGate reports. Paul Harvey, a San Francisco resident who lives in the area, told SFGATE that he saw a car stuck at a construction site on Golden Gate Avenue […]
The plane went down a few meters from a residential building. The Federal Aviation Agency is currently conducting an investigation. A Soviet MiG-23UB crashed in the US state of Michigan during the Thunder Over Michigan air show. This was reported by The War Zone. While performing the maneuver, the pilots had to eject from the […]
The U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Countermeasures, established in 2019, is working on technology that will neutralize large groups of enemy drones. The popularity of drones on the battlefield is growing at a rapid pace. According to the Royal United Services Institute, a think tank, Ukraine is losing 10,000 drones a […]
Police officers found that the accident was intentional. After the car was seized, a huge hole was formed in the upper corner of the house. In the United States, a car flew into the air and crashed into a second-floor bedroom in a Pennsylvania home, where it remained hanging on Sunday afternoon until rescuers arrived. […]
The administration of US President Joe Biden will announce on Tuesday, August 8, new military aid to Ukraine worth $200 million, dw reports, citing Reuters, citing US officials. This is the beginning of the distribution of funds after an accounting error by the US Department of Defense: the cost of weapons provided to the Armed […]
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced the approval of the first batch of M1 Abrams to be delivered to Ukraine. The tanks will soon go to Europe. Doug Bush, chief of the U.S. Army’s acquisition office, said the M1 Abrams is ready for shipment. The tanks will be delivered to Europe and then put […]
Westinghouse has commissioned an AP1000 nuclear reactor at Southern Nuclear’s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant near Waynesboro, Georgia. According to the press release, this is the first nuclear reactor in the United States to be launched in the last 30 years. Currently, power unit No. 3 has been put into commercial operation, and another facility […]
The U.S. Air Force wants to turn supersonic B-1B Lancer strategic bombers into killers of Chinese fleet aircraft carriers. To do this, experts want to add anti-ship missiles to the aircraft. The idea is that the B-1B Lancer can carry 36 Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM). It is based on the JASSM-ER, but uses satellite communications […]
Seven of the world’s largest automakers will create an unprecedented new joint network of electric vehicle charging stations that will significantly expand access to powerful chargers in North America. BMW Group, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz Group, Stellantis NV will install at least 30,000 powerful charging stations in cities and on highways to provide […]