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The US government says it has destroyed a botnet used by Russia’s GRU military intelligence unit to conduct phishing expeditions, espionage, credential collection, and data theft against US and foreign governments and other strategic targets, The Register reports. The most recent court-ordered seizure took place in January and included the neutralization of “more than a […]
Benjamin Jensen, a professor of strategic studies at the School of Advanced Warfare at the U.S. Marine Corps University, wrote a long article about the implementation of the U.S. Army’s Replicator program. The main theses and conclusions are presented below in the most concise form. The Replicator project is an ambitious Pentagon program aimed at […]
Russia is going to deploy nuclear weapons in space. Washington has received new intelligence related to Russia’s nuclear capabilities and attempts to develop space-based weapons. The weapon being developed by Russia is likely to be a nuclear device to blind, jam or burn electronics inside satellites, rather than an explosive nuclear warhead to destroy them, […]
Aircraft from not only US Navy aircraft carriers, but also from amphibious assault ships were used to protect navigation in the Red Sea, including the AV-8B Harrier II vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. At the same time, Captain Earl Earhart, a pilot of one of the AV-8B Harriers II from the 231st Marine Corps Aviation […]
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Space Development Agency (SDA) will launch six satellites into Earth orbit. They will track hypersonic and ballistic weapons. The launch was scheduled for February 15 from the Space Launch Complex at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The satellites will be delivered to orbit by a […]
Merlin, which specializes in aircraft automation systems and converting them into drones, has been awarded a contract by the United States Air Force to convert a KC-135 Stratotanker tanker aircraft into a drone. The company announced this on its website. It is reported that the contract was concluded with the participation of the Air Mobility […]
The United States used a missile worth millions of dollars to shoot down a Houthi ballistic missile and, for the first time, a The US military used the SM-6 (Standard Missile-6) missile as part of a campaign to protect civilian shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden – the Pentagon confirmed the use […]
Hundreds of CEOs of the largest American companies consider the controversial businessman Elon Musk to be the most overrated CEO in the United States. Many entrepreneurs don’t understand the Elon Musk phenomenon Fortune, a well-known authoritative publication, has published an interesting rating after conducting a survey of hundreds of leaders of the largest companies. Businessmen […]
The Air Force wants a new and modern platform to replace its outdated UH-1N Huey helicopters. The Boeing Defense Corporation plans to start delivering the first MH-139A Gray Wolf helicopters to the U.S. Air Force. This was reported by Defense News. Boeing completed the construction of the first production Gray Wolf helicopter at the end […]
The United States has completed field tests of the powerful CHIMERA microwave antenna system for neutralizing airborne targets. The test was conducted by Raytheon in cooperation with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The CHIMERA high-power microwave system is designed to protect military installations from medium- and long-range airborne threats. During the tests, CHIMERA hit […]