Ukraine used ten UK Storm Shadow cruise missiles to destroy a Russian Kilo Submarine and a landing ship in a Sevastopol dry dock. They were on land in dry dock for repairs. Ukraine fired ten missiles and three got through. Ukraine had taken out a S-400 anti-missile battery in north western Crimea and occupied two …
Walter Isaacson explains how in the early stages of Russia’s war with Ukraine, Russia knocked out a lot of communications and internet access. Elon and SpaceX have provided 20,000 Starlink terminals which were vital for sustaining Ukraine’s economy and critical communication in the company. Lauren Dreyer, SpaceX’s director of Starlink operations, began sending Musk updates …
Jamming systems can neutralize drones by causing them to crash, land, or return to the operator. They work by blasting electromagnetic noise at the radio frequencies that drones use to operate and emit information. This drowns out the conversation between a drone and its operator. The UK estimates that Ukraine is losing 10,000 drones each …
Masked men claiming to belong to the Wagner Group have warned the Kremlin to “get ready for us” after the reported death of their leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin. “There’s a lot of talk right now about what the Wagner Group will do. We can tell you one thing, we are getting started, get ready for us,” …
Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a jet which crashed killing all on board, Russia’s civil aviation authority has said. Wagner-linked Telegram channel Grey Zone reported that the private plane, which belonged to the 62-year-old, was shot down by air defenses. Prigozhin led a failed mutiny against the Russian armed …
Roscosmos reported the Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon on August 19 after it spun into an uncontrolled orbit. The unmanned robotic spacecraft was aiming to be the first ever to land on the south pole of the moon where there is a lot of water ice and precious elements. Roscosmos said “The apparatus moved …
Russia has reported an “abnormal situation on its moon-bound Luna-25 spacecraft. Roscosmos, said on Saturday that the spacecraft ran into unspecified trouble while trying to enter a pre-landing orbit and that its specialists were analyzing the situation. “During the operation, an abnormal situation occurred onboard the automatic station, which did not allow the manoeuvre to …
Russia is testing a digital ruble to try to circumvent US and European sanctions. The planned timeline is for regular Russian people and businesses to use the central bank digital currency at their own request starting 2025, said Olga Skorobogatova, first deputy governor of the Bank of Russia in a statement. The Bank of Russia …
Iris Alexander used construction grade phosphorous which is often contaminated with sulfur. Iris replicated what seems like a very good flake of LK99 that seems to show a strong Meissner effect. This could be because of Cu2S. Chinese paper on the theory had mentioned the need for another redox dopant (they considered either) Chinese reproduction …
Russian authorities have accused Ukraine of attacking the Kerch bridge with two “unmanned surface vessels” (USVs) – drones that travel over water. Відео пошкоджень на Кримському мосту. Відео з Telegram-каналу The Insider pic.twitter.com/uQah84oX9I — Українська правда ✌️ (@ukrpravda_news) July 17, 2023 The Kerch bridge was opened in 2018 and enables road and rail travel between …
Here is a video of a flight of a Soviet N1 rocket hot staging. [likely animated] Flight History of N1 Rocket N1 1L – full scale dynamic test model, each stage was individually dynamically tested; the full N1 stack was only tested at 1/4 scale. N1 2L (1M1) – Facilities Systems Logistic Test and Training …