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SpaceX has launched 23 more Starlink satellites into orbit, adding to its ever-growing Internet mega constellation, Space reports. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites was launched from Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida at 06:20 Kyiv time. The first stage of the Falcon 9 returned to Earth about 8.5 minutes after launch. It landed […]
Iran recently unveiled the Shahed-238 jet drone. It is technologically superior to the Shahed-136 drone. At the same time, the technologies used in the new barrage munition have a number of drawbacks. This was reported by Oleg Katkov, editor-in-chief of Defense Express, in an interview with NV. The new drone is closer to the cruise […]
Microsoft has released its traditional “ugly” Christmas sweater: this year it features the Windows XP Bliss wallpaper with a green hill, blue sky and clouds. The corresponding message appeared in the Windows blog. “This holiday season, Windows is bringing a touch of nostalgia to its ‘ugly’ sweaters by harkening back to the early 2000s, the […]
Ukrainian fintech startup Weld Money has launched the second stage of testing its new mobile application. As part of this stage, the company is distributing 1 million WELD crypto tokens to Ukrainians participating in the test. Participants will be rewarded for each bug they find in the new app. Those who apply by November 30, […]
During the attacks of Ukrainian drones, the enemy in the still-occupied Sevastopol turns on extremely powerful electronic warfare equipment that creates real “lights” on satellite SAR images. The true scale of the electronic warfare equipment used by Russia to protect its military facilities is already visible from space. This is in the literal sense, because […]
Soldiers of the 82nd separate airborne assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked an enemy T-90 tank with an FPV drone in the Zaporizhzhia sector. A video of the attack was posted online by the Ukrainian military. The T-90 is a third-generation Russian main battle tank. It was created in the late 1980s […]
The updated B61-12 is also to be adopted by a number of other aircraft of various NATO member states The US strategic stealth bomber B-2A Spirit has become the first aircraft to receive the official green light to operate an upgraded version of the B61-12 nuclear bomb, according to a new report of the 2024 […]
A serviceman of the 68th separate hunting brigade managed to shoot down three Russian kamikaze UAVs using the Ukrainian-made Oberig system. This follows from a video posted on Telegram. In it, the fighter first shows the anti-drone system to the camera, and the field demonstrates the results of its work. According to the developer’s website, […]
NASA has announced that two scientific spacecraft will travel to Mars in August 2024 aboard a Blue Origin rocket owned by Jeff Bezos. This decision apparently came about after Elon Musk’s SpaceX encountered difficulties in its attempts to deliver Falcon Heavy rockets to Mars orbit. Initially, SpaceX planned to deliver NASA’s spacecraft to Mars in […]
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 […]