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On December 3, the world’s largest aircraft, Stratolaunch’s Roc, made its maiden flight with a new type of payload: the Stratolaunch Talon-A hypersonic test drone. The company said in a statement. According to the company, the main purpose of the flight was to evaluate the Stratolaunch Talon-A (TA-1) propulsion system and, more generally, to see […]
On the Minnesota highway, the driver of a Kia Soul was driving carefully, following all traffic rules, but the trouble came not from other drivers, but straight from the sky… Strange as it may sound, the car was hit by a light aircraft that was making an emergency landing. On November 28, the pilot of […]
The Ukrainian military is using British HUSKY TSV armored vehicles, which are performing well despite adverse weather conditions. The video was posted by soldiers of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. The Husky TSV is a highly mobile, four-wheel drive tactical support vehicle introduced in 2006 and based on the International MXT cargo chassis from Navistar Defense. […]
A U.S. military V-22 Osprey convertible crashes in Japan. This was reported by the Japanese broadcaster NHK. There were eight servicemen on board the American aircraft. According to a spokesman for the Japanese Coast Guard, an Osprey convertible aircraft of the US military crashed off the coast of the Japanese island of Yakushima in the […]
Today, on November 28, the first plane that will use only environmentally friendly fuel for a transatlantic flight will take off from London to New York. It is 88% fueled by waste oil and 12% by waste corn, according to the BBC and Reuters. The flight across the Atlantic will take more than eight hours […]
A Russian Su-57 fighter jet allegedly received small drones to be carried on board. UAVs will have different purposes. This was reported by RIA Novosti. The publication’s sources claim that the 5th generation Su-57 fighter jet has received mini-drones. They will be made in different versions: strike, reconnaissance or electronic warfare. The drones will be […]
Some interesting details about the use of front-line bombers against racists In the first few weeks and months of the full-scale invasion, there was a window of opportunity that allowed the Ukrainian Defense Forces to use Su-24M frontline bombers to strike the Russian occupiers with unguided aerial bombs. During Russia’s first strikes on February 24, […]
British intelligence has learned of Russia’s plans to decommission a Soviet M-55 reconnaissance aircraft. The UK Ministry of Defense said that there is a possibility that the M-55 will be used in the war with Ukraine. In Soviet times, the M-55 stratospheric reconnaissance aircraft was being developed, which, due to its high altitude, would be […]
A video recording of the combat work of the pilots of the 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade named after Lieutenant General Vasyl Nikiforov has been posted online. On the recording, Ukrainian aviators, while adjusting aerial reconnaissance aircraft, attack the positions of the occupiers. “Soldiers of the ‘Terror from the Skies’ unmanned aerial vehicle strike unit of […]
On Monday, November 20, a U.S. military plane took off from the runway at a Marine Corps base in Hawaii and ended up partially submerged, landing in shallow water. This was reported by Hawaii News Now. “A large U.S. military aircraft crashed into the shallow waters of Kaneohe Bay after flying over the landing strip […]