A US private spacecraft achieved its first-ever uncrewed lunar landing on Sunday, marking the second commercial moon landing. Firefly Aerospace's lunar lander Blue Ghost touched down near an ancient volcanic vent on Mare Crisium, a large basin in the northeast corner of the moon's Earth-facing side.…

The UK has signed a £1.6 billion ($2.1 billion) deal to supply Ukraine with over 5,000 air defense missiles. The agreement was announced during an emergency summit in London, which brought together 19 European leaders, including representatives from the UK, France, and Canada, with Ukrainian…

US President Donald Trump is a radically transparent person but still manages to surprise. After promising for years that he would put pressure on Ukraine to agree with Russia to halt fighting, Trump has recently followed through. He directed his administration to extort the Ukrainian government for…

Taipei, March 2 (CNA) A submarine cable connecting Taiwan's main island and its outlying Matsu islands that disconnected in January has been fully repaired, according to the telecom provider which operates the cable. The repairs on the Taiwan-Matsu No. 3 fiber-optic cable that broke down on Jan. 15…

With around 10,000 soldiers from seven nations, the Joint Viking will be the largest military exercise in northern Norway this year. The scenario to be trained is exactly what Donald Trump has created uncertainty about: U.S. military help in case a European NATO ally gets invaded by Russia. “It is…

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Ruslan Serbov strides towards me sporting the physique of a man who works out in the gym every day. Barrel-chested with tattooed biceps the size of tree trunks, he only just squeezes into his extra-large T-shirt. Ruslan Serbov in his wartime role fighting Russia (Image: Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC) JOIN…

A Royal Australian Navy ship is bound for the Coral Sea after a Lithuanian man attempting to row across the Pacific Ocean from San Diego to Brisbane got into trouble. Aurimas Mockus activated his emergency beacon on Friday night about 740km east of Mackay, Queensland, and 90km west of Tropical…

Pro-Ukraine rallies in multiple US cities after chaotic White House meeting Videos posted on social networks showed hundreds of demonstrators gathered in New York’s Times Square, many carrying the blue-and-yellow flag of Ukraine on their backs. In Los Angeles county, a pro-Ukraine crowd rallied in…

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Share U.S. Central Command has posted the first video ever showing the secretive AGM-114R9X variant of the Hellfire missile in action. R9X is an exotic weapon that features an array of pop-out sword-like blades rather than a traditional high-explosive warhead. It is used as an extremely low…

Denmark is set to breathe new life into a centuries-old ammunition factory in a bid to bolster its defense capabilities and support Ukraine’s ongoing fight against Russia, as revealed in a statement posted on X by OSINTtechnical on March 1, 2025. Photo credit: YouTube Kongsberg risky bets on Ukraine…

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The past year has been a tale of two cities for the U.S. Coast Guard. On one hand, the service was nationally lauded for its response to the Key Bridge allision and for working across agencies to recover and maintain the Maritime Transportation System. On the other, the service continued to grapple…

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Ukrainian forces have developed a sophisticated evolution in drone warfare that transforms basic FPV (First-Person-View) drones into “lurk-and-strike” lethal ambush weapons, according to Forbes technology journalist David Hambling. “The technique is used behind Russian lines to strike vehicles…

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When Shota Bitadze returned to the trenches in Ukraine, months after being severely wounded, he attempted to keep the extent of his injuries secret from his comrades. “At first no one knew I was missing my limb because I put a glove over my prosthetic hand,” he told RFE/RL. “But when I moved my…

Russia imposed personal sanctions Monday on 25 Americans, including actors Sean Penn and Ben Stiller, in response to U.S. sanctions against Russians stemming from the conflict in Ukraine. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said the group, which also included business leaders, academics and government…

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Donald Trump’s extraordinary Oval Office eruption at Volodymyr Zelenskyy was another display of standover tactics towards Ukraine, siding with a Russia that opposition figure Gary Kasparov described as one where the mafia has its own state. The US had already brought Russia in from the diplomatic…

The Trump Administration has begun firing probationary employees at the federal agency tasked with overseeing weather prediction and climate research, raising concerns about the nation’s ability to accurately forecast hurricanes, tornadoes and other extreme weather events that have become more…

TO THE immense surprise of absolutely nobody, Donald Trump didn’t deliver on his promise to fix the Ukraine conflict on day one of his 2.0 administration. But five weeks into the second term, the outlines of a possible settlement are hazily visible. To many eyes, it is not a pleasing sight.…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban reiterated his opposition to Ukraine's accession to the European Union on Feb. 28, warning that it would "destroy" Hungary, the country's public broadcaster Hirado reported. "It will destroy us. First of all, it will destroy Hungarian farmers and Hungarian…

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace will establish a joint venture in Ukraine, CEO Eirik Lie announced Friday. The partnership aims to expand missile production for the NASAMS air defense system using Ukrainian technology. "We are talking about mass production, meaning hundreds of missiles. We are looking…

Submarine cable systems are the lifeline of modern global communication infrastructure, carrying over 95% of international data traffic. These underwater highways support daily internet communications and form the backbone of critical applications, including financial transactions, cloud computing,…

Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration confirmed it has detained a suspicious vessel for further investigation as the country’s telecom provider Chunghwa reported operations of one of its offshore cables had been interrupted. The vessel which is believed to have Chinese ownership but is flying the flag…

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A tidal wave of new regulations is set to hit the global maritime sector this year, representing fresh, highly-complex compliance challenges. From environmental performance to evolving security and safety standards, the shipping industry faces a raft of new rules intended to ensure safe operations…

Via Conflict Intelligence Team Laden with Ukraine’s best air-to-air missiles, precision glide bombs and radar jammers, Ukrainian air force Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters have departed their comfort zone—relatively benign missions intercepting Russian cruise missiles and drones—and are increasingly…

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Military & Defense Thibault Spirlet 2025-02-27T15:40:38Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy Link Impact Link Read in app A Russian soldier operating a drone in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on January 25, 2025. Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP This story is available exclusively to…

Day 1,100. Today, amid more drone strikes on Ukraine and North Korea deploying new troops, we return to what some are calling one of the most significant weeks of diplomacy since the Second World War, as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s attempts to persuade the President to provide a security…

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Experts on social networks have recently argued that the Western sanctions against the russian military-industrial complex had supposedly worked at such deep levels that now the russians have no engines for the MiG-31 aircraft. This, they add, has resulted in the decreased activity of this aircraft…