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By the end of the year, Boeing will deliver the first GLSDB (Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb) to the Pentagon. But the new weapons will be delivered to Ukraine only next year. The GLSDB is an experimental weapon that is a hybrid of the GBU-39 small diameter bomb and the rocket engine from the M26 […]
Google and Apple have removed apps from their stores by Russian banks that have been sanctioned by the US and EU. This was reported by Mediasat, citing the Russian newspaper Vedomosti. Applications such as: “Pochta Bank; “Home Bank; “Russian Standard; “Absolute; “All-Russian Bank for Regional Development. These apps were also removed from the App Store, […]
The developers of the green messenger have announced the launch of a new feature that allows restricting access to private chats with special passwords. The innovation is called “secret codes.” They provide another layer of protection in case someone gains access to your phone. Users can also hide the Private Chats folder from the general […]
The American company Anduril has created the Roadrunner rocket-like aircraft with a high degree of modularity and autonomy. It can be reused. This was reported by The War Zone. The company’s founder, Palmer Luckey, and Chief Strategy Officer, Chris Brose, spoke in detail about the Roadrunner and Roadrunner-M with a high-explosive warhead. The design of […]
A serious vulnerability has been discovered in the Abrams M1 tanks supplied by the Pentagon. The filters installed on the engine intake get clogged with dirt. They should be cleaned twice a day. If this is not done, the power plant and transmission will fail. As a result, the combat vehicle will require extensive repairs. […]
Elon Musk’s company plans to start testing satellite cellular services using 840 spacecraft next month. At the end of last year, it became known that SpaceX intends to equip Starlink telecommunications satellites with equipment that will allow them to be used for cellular communication – ordinary smartphones will be able to connect without any modifications. […]
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, together with the Ministry of Strategic Industries, will increase the production of air defense systems, from MANPADS to SAMs with a range of more than 100 km, such as the Coral SAM. This was reported by the press service of the department. It is noted that in 2024, the […]
In the United States, the city of Detroit has installed wireless charging on the roadway for the first time to charge electric vehicles while driving, New Atlas reports. The basic idea behind the technology is that inductive coils embedded under roads can send charge to receivers installed under electric vehicles and charge the batteries when […]
The KTSSM-II can engage targets at a range of up to 300 km, and in the anti-bunker version – at a range of up to 180 km Poland continues to receive and put into service Korean K239 Chunmoo missile systems, which have been given their own name Homar-K, purchased from Korea in the amount of […]
Russians are using SIM cards of the Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar to control Shahed attack drones. This was reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) analytical center. A photo of the wreckage of the “Shahed” with a SIM card was posted on the telegram channel of the OSINT community DC8044. The UAV […]