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While the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is making a stop in Croatia, another large aircraft carrier of the US Navy has visited Vietnam. The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) arrived in Da Nang last week. What is known The aircraft carrier arrived in Vietnam amid celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the comprehensive partnership between […]
The United States has delivered the first batch of Abrams tanks to Poland, the Polish media outlet gov.pl reports. What is known The information was shared by Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak. We are talking about 14 combat vehicles of the M1A1FEP modification. The tanks will reinforce the 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade, which currently uses […]
Engineer Serhiy Gordeyev, the creator of The Q YouTube channel, has been experimenting with bicycles and revising their concept for some time now. This time he created a “wheelless” bicycle. The vehicle does not have the usual round wheels – instead, there are two track strips located at an angle. When the cyclist pedals, the […]
Zoox, a subsidiary of Amazon, has started testing a robot taxi on the streets of Las Vegas. This is the first time that an autonomous vehicle without pedals and steering wheel has been operated on public roads in Nevada. The initial route will allow you to test the Zoox robotaxi on several unprotected turns and […]
The Swiss Federal Council has rejected an application to sell 96 Leopard 1A5 combat vehicles to the German company Rheinmetall. These combat vehicles were to be exported to Ukraine, writes the Swiss publicationSRF. The Swiss defense manufacturer Ruag bought these tanks in Italy in 2016 with the intention of reselling them either as combat vehicles […]
Ukraine is negotiating with Poland to purchase components of the NSM (Naval Strike Missile) anti-ship missile system. According to the Polish edition of Defence24, a possible version of the deal involves Kyiv buying an entire division or individual elements of the system that can be used against sea and land targets. The main weapon of […]
Russians who want to save their money amid the June 24 military coup attempt have started buying up Tether cryptocurrency. Bloomberg writes about this, citing data from CCData, a research company specializing in the crypto market. According to CCData, the volume of trading in stablecoin for rubles more than tripled in one day to about […]
The TRML-4D radar is the “core” of the IRIS-T SLM SAM, so the terms announced by the manufacturer directly indicate the timing of Ukraine’s receipt of additional German air defense systems German company Hensoldt announced in its announcement that it has received an order from Diehl Defense for the production of four TRML-4D radars. This […]
This is literally invaluable assistance for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which is needed here and now to continue the counteroffensive On June 27, 2023, the Pentagon announced that the White House had allocated the 41st military aid package to Ukraine worth $500 million. It is noted that this package includes, in particular, 30 Bradley armored […]
The Japanese army starts testing satellite internet. Starlink became its provider. The introduction of the new technology in the country’s armed forces is scheduled for the next fiscal year. Apparently, Elon Musk has decided to expand Starlink’s audience at the expense of the military. According to Reuters, the Japanese army has access to satellites in […]