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Feb 9, 2022
Taiwan detects 39 Chinese warplanes, scrambles jets
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: military
Dozens of Chinese jets entered Taiwanâs air defense zone, the islandâs officials said. Taiwan responded by scrambling its own fighter jets and activating missile defense systems.
Feb 6, 2022
North Korea Claims Successfully Testing a New Hypersonic Gliding Warhead
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: energy, existential risks, military
These missiles are too fast to detect. Hypersonic weapons technology is at the heart of a new arms race. Currently, the US, China, and Russia are all competing to develop the most effective long-range hypersonic missiles. A recent report revealed that North Korea has also successfully tested a hypersonic missile on January 5, 2022, the countryâs second reported test of a hypersonic missile.
North Korea has also referred to verifying the âfuel ampoule systemâ during this deployment which means that the liquid fuel used by the missile was sealed at production. This allows for rapid deployment even after the missile has been stored for long periods of time, while also reducing its vulnerability to pre-emptive strikes.
We have now seen what North Korea can do in quite imaginative ways.
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Feb 4, 2022
The mysterious aircraft spotted in Area 51 could be Air Forceâs new fighter
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: military
Feb 4, 2022
A Bunch of F-35s Are Just Sitting Around Without Their Engines
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: military
You kinda need those.
The U.S. Air Force is down dozens of flyable F-35s due to a maintenance and spare parts crunch. An official in charge of the F-35 program says nearly one in seven of the Air Forceâs F-35s canât fly at all, with some planes awaiting engines that need to be refurbished sooner than anticipated.
Air Force Lt. Gen Eric Fick, the head of the F-35 program office, says 46 F-35s worldwide are in âMission Impaired Capability Awaiting Partsâ (MICAP) status, meaning theyâre unable to fly missions until fixed. The breakdown, according to Military.com, includes 41 U.S. Air Force F-35As, one Navy F-35C, and one Marine Corps F-35. Three more aircraft belonging to international F-35 customers are MICAP.
Feb 4, 2022
Russia is working on 120mm artillery firing guided-jet sliding ammo
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: futurism, military
Rostec and Russian MoD plan in 2022 to begin state tests of the latest Russian development in artillery defense â self-propelled airborne 120mm Lotus artillery.
MOSCOW, ($1=76.33 Russian Rubles) â The Russian state company Rostec and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation plan in 2022 to begin state tests of the latest Russian development in artillery defense â self-propelled airborne 120mm Lotus artillery. The information was disseminated by the state news agency TASS, based on a press release from Rostec.
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Jan 31, 2022
DARPAâs ROCkN program aims to create portable optical atomic clocks
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: military
Jan 31, 2022
10 Israelis set to be indicted for illegally exporting missiles to China
Posted by Raphael Ramos in categories: drones, finance, military
The Financial Department of the State Prosecutorâs Office informed 10 individuals and three companies on Monday that they would be indicted on serious security offenses linked to selling missiles to China without approval.
According to the State Prosecutorâs Office, the deal in question was brokered by Ephraim Menashe, an Israeli drone entrepreneur and founder of the Solar Sky company, who then hired Tzvika and Ziv Naveh, owners of the Innocon drone company, and other unnamed suspects.
âThe suspects were investigated as part of a large-scale security case in which it was suspected that they manufactured, brokered and exported cruise missiles for military use, without a permit,â said prosecutors.
Jan 29, 2022
Race to salvage US F-35C fighter jet that crashed in hostile South China Sea
Posted by Raphael Ramos in category: military
Fears that subs from China, which claims the area, could be first to reach wreckage that plunged from deck of aircraft carrier.
Jan 28, 2022
F-35C fighter jet: Race is on to reach sunken US plane⊠before China
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: entertainment, military
The $100m jet is fair game, in international waters. âItâs the Hunt for Red October meets The Abyss.â