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Type-26 Global Combat Ship: The new frigates of the British Navy

April 10, 2025

In 2010, as the Type 23 frigates were approaching the end of their operational life, the Royal Navy decided to replace these frigates with…

B61-13 “Gravity Bomb”: The US’s Newest Weapon of Mass Destruction

April 10, 2025

A new American nuclear weapon, a “gravity bomb,” 24 times more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima, is being rushed into production as…

China’s floating barges approaching Taiwan for military landing

April 3, 2025

Until now, a Chinese landing on Taiwan’s shores would have been prohibitive. Taipei’s forces have skillfully fortified the few ideal landing sites on their…

The James Webb Telescope recorded Neptune’s aurora for the first time

April 3, 2025

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first-ever aurora on Neptune, confirming a phenomenon that until now we only had hints about. Auroras,…

US Navy: “Constellation” frigates face serious problems with a visible risk of limiting their capabilities

April 3, 2025

A new report by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), entitled: “Navy Shipbuilding: Enduring Challenges Call for Systemic Change” (March 25, 2025), documents the…

The program to upgrade the British Challenger-2 tanks to the Challenger-3 level is facing a time delay

April 3, 2025

In response to a parliamentary scrutiny question, the Minister of Armaments of Great Britain Maria Eagle admitted that the program to upgrade 148 Challenger-2…

Washington: approves giant MQ-9B order for Qatar

March 27, 2025

The US government, through the State Department, notified Congress of the potential sale to Kuwait of MQ-9B unmanned combat aircraft worth $1.96 billion, in…

“Unmanned Systems X”: Airbus presented armed UAV for intercepting UAVs and roving munitions

March 27, 2025

During the “Unmanned Systems X” exhibition, which is taking place in Bonn, Germany, Airbus presented an armed UAV for intercepting UAVs and roving munitions….

“No, the F-35s do not have a kill switch,” the Pentagon says – should they tell Trump that too?

March 20, 2025

Lately, after an orgy of rumors and developments, an important announcement came yesterday from the F-35 program office (Joint Program Office, JPO), i.e. the…