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Japan has begun preparations for the arrival of the first fifth-generation F-35B Lightning II fighters. In the fall of 2021, the US Marine Corps conducted the first-ever takeoff and landing test of the fifth-generation F-35B Lightning II fighter jets on the deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier JS Izumo. At that moment, for the first […]
On October 5, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk to force him to testify in an investigation into his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. The investigation is looking into whether Musk violated federal securities laws in 2022 when he bought shares in Twitter, which he later renamed X, […]
The United States shoots down an armed unmanned aerial vehicle in the skies over Syria. Initially, it was reported that the Turkish ANKA-S drone was destroyed by a fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter jet. Later, it turned out that the strike was carried out by a fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. USAF F-35A fighter jet […]
Polish National Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak announces the deployment of a Patriot-based missile defense system over Warsaw. The duties will start on October 6. At the airport in Warsaw’s Bemowo district, Blaszczak met with soldiers of the 37th Air Defense Squadron, who will begin duty on elements of the Patriot air defense system. “We are […]
Xiaomi users from Russia and Belarus have faced a massive failure of the company’s smartphones. This was reported by the Russian edition of RIA Novosti. Among the devices that have become the subject of problems are robotic vacuum cleaners, video surveillance cameras, smart home systems, doorbells, kettles, and other devices belonging to the Xiaomi ecosystem. […]
The Iranian army has unveiled a new Kaman-19 drone with an electronic warfare (EW) system that will block enemy drones. This was reported by The Jerusalem Post with reference to Iranian state media. According to Iranian Brigadier General Alireza Sheikh, the drone was successfully tested during combat exercises. Kaman-19 means “war bow” in Farsi and […]
Russia sends Black Sea Fleet ships to a base in Abkhazia. This is a part of Georgia occupied by the Kremlin in the early 1990s. The so-called head of the occupation administration of the region, Aslan Bzhaniya, confirmed the information in an interview with the Russian newspaper Izvestia: “We have signed an agreement, and in […]
The US Navy has chosen a name for the future Virginia-class nuclear submarine. The ship was sponsored by Nancy Pelosi. The future nuclear-powered submarine with the SSN 810 will be called the USS San Francisco. This was announced on October 3, 2023, by US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro. The USS San Francisco […]
The world’s tallest wooden building may appear in Western Australia. It will be 191.2 meters high, CNN reports. Perth Metro’s Joint Development Assessment Panel (JDAP) has approved a proposal by developer Grange Development for a skyscraper currently called C6. It should be almost twice as tall as the wooden building, which is considered the tallest […]
The German Chancellor is concerned that the Ukrainian Armed Forces could hit the Crimean bridge with long-range missiles, so there will be no Taurus deliveries to Ukraine in the near future. The German government has no plans to supply the long-range Taurus cruise missiles that the Ukrainian army has been asking for so persistently, the […]