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Engineers at RATEP, a company owned by Almaz-Antey, have designed a new version of the Komar missile system. Unlike the conventional version of the ship’s launcher, the Komar 3M47-03E modification can engage naval drones. In addition to the Igla-S missiles, the modernized installation received the Ataka guided missiles. They can be used to defeat not […]
RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies) is developing a rotary detonation engine demonstrator for missiles and future weapons systems. It has signed a contract with DARPA to design a mass-produced Gambit research engine. It will allow to increase the range of missile weapons to hit targets threefold. The new rocket engine will be more compact. It will […]
This is how the military assesses how many people have left the area of potential bombing. Journalists from The New York Times visited the control room at an Israeli military base, where specialists track the movements of hundreds of thousands of Gazans. A huge computer screen displays a map of northern Gaza, a densely populated […]
A communication cable between Sweden and Estonia has been damaged in the Baltic Sea, Swedish Civil Defense Minister Carl-Oscar Bolin said on Tuesday. This was reported by Yle, cited by Interfax-Ukraine. “We can’t say what damaged the cable at the moment,” Bolin said at a press conference. According to Bolin, the cable was damaged around […]
The US Navy commissioned the nuclear-powered submarine USS Hyman G. Rickover. It received the tail number SSN 795. The ceremony took place in Connecticut. The nuclear submarine is named after an admiral who served for more than 60 years. Hyman Rickover is known as the “father of the nuclear fleet”. His work led to the […]
On October 17, 2023, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun announced a new operating system for mobile devices, HyperOS, which will replace the traditional MIUI. She has been working on Xiaomi devices for over 13 years. So excited about #XiaomiHyperOS, and everything else we've got up our sleeve (or in my hand😉). pic.twitter.com/gPifOLEIhk — Lei Jun (@leijun) […]
The US elections are gradually accelerating and bringing surprises at the very beginning. According to the pro-Republican Fox News channel, President Joe Biden’s campaign on Monday launched an account on Truth Social, a social media platform owned by another candidate, Donald Trump. “Well. Let’s see how it goes. Welcome converts!” the representatives of the current […]
It happened. The fifth-generation American F-35 Lightning II fighter jet has landed on the deck of HMS Prince of Wales. A few weeks ago, a Royal Navy aircraft carrier set sail across the Atlantic for an exercise off the coast of the United States. A few days ago, an American F-35B fighter jet landed on […]
AH-64E Apache, upgraded to the V6.5 standard, made its first flight. This was reported by Boeing. The modernized attack helicopter took to the skies for the first time at the US company’s plant in Arizona. The manufacturer is confident that AH-64E Apache V6.5 will be able to dominate future battlefields. The US Department of Defense […]
The airfield in Berdiansk is an important airbase for the Russian army, from which Ka-52 and Mi-28 strike aircraft were constantly flying. While the Russian Federation calls the Ukrainian armed forces’ strike on the airfield in the still-occupied Berdiansk the most serious ever, it is quite possible to estimate how many helicopters were stationed at […]