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In addition to the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, and Norway, another European country may provide Ukraine with F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets. We are talking about Greece. This was reported by a source to Al Jazeera. Greece plans to decommission 32 F-16 Block-30 aircraft. Most likely, they will then be sent to the United States for […]
Researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) have created a drone capable of landing on vertical supports. The developed drone, called PercHug, copies the gecko landing technique. Drones that can cling to trees already exist. But their landing methods typically involve claws, spikes, and grappling. Engineers, on the other hand, sought a passive […]
One of the Russian Shahed drones launched in Ukraine exploded in Belarus. Analysts from the Belaruski Gayun group said that the incident took place on the night of Tuesday, July 16. According to preliminary data, the Shahed barrage munition entered Belarusian airspace around 08:40. It probably crashed in the Zhovtnevy district of the Gomel region. […]
Roketsan Group (Turkey) has started mass production of a new generation cruise missile ÇAKIR. The new aircraft is compact (it weighs 270 kg, is 3.3 m long and has a fuselage diameter of 27 cm). These parameters make the development of Turkish engineers one of the lightest and most convenient for transportation of cruise missiles […]
Germany secretly handed over a huge military aid package to Ukraine, including heavy armored vehicles. Main theses: Germany provided Ukraine with a large-scale military aid package, including 39 tanks and other heavy armored vehicles. Ukraine also received air defense systems and HIMARS rocket artillery systems from Germany. Most of Germany’s arms exports this year were […]
The US Air Force noted that Ukraine should be the first to receive a promising and relatively inexpensive high-precision munition, the Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) Main theses: The ERAM missile is a high-precision munition for the Ukrainian military with the following characteristics: weight 220 kg, range over 400 km, maximum speed of at least […]
The relevant resolution was put forward based on the results of research conducted at the Faculty of Medicine of Yamagata University. Authorities in Japan’s Yamagata Prefecture have passed a resolution urging residents to laugh at least once a day to improve their physical and mental health. This was reported by The South China Morning Post […]
Russia planned to assassinate Armin Papperger, who is the CEO of the German defense company Rheinmetall, which supplies weapons to Ukraine. However, the US intelligence services and Germany prevented this. This was reported by CNN, citing five American and Western officials familiar with the case. The sources said that earlier this year, US intelligence learned […]
Due to rising geopolitical tensions, there are increasing fears that terrorist countries such as Russia or North Korea could attack undersea cables, disrupting the Internet and digital communications. Such cases have already occurred: in February 2024, Houthi rebels from Yemen are believed to have damaged undersea cables in the Red Sea, which carried 17% of […]
The NEXT Group (USA) introduced the world to OPV-coated glass (an acronym for Organic Photovoltaic Cells). The mission of this material is to convert the sun’s energy into electricity. This coating can be applied to various glass surfaces, allowing carbon-based semiconductors to collect energy in the infrared and ultraviolet spectrums while transmitting visible light. Transparent […]