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Tanker in Ukraine calls tank help line in Russia, gets help
Soldiers in Ukraine captured a Russian tank on the battlefield. A Ukrainian soldier called tech support in Russia for help and actually got through. We’ve all been there. You get a new appliance or vehicle, and something isn’t working right. So, you call the customer service support line and hope the person on the other… -
Navy spends tens of millions of dollars on old ships that may never sail again
The U.S. Navy is under scrutiny after a report by a government watchdog found that the military branch is spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars repairing warships that are spending less time at sea. According to the Government Accountability Office, from 2011 to 2020, operating and support costs across 10 ship classes studied increased… -
NASA wants moon-based blockchain to store sensitive data
NASA scientists are trying to answer the question: Where’s the best place to store data? Servers can be hacked, and environmental disasters could destroy the server’s location. So, NASA thinks the best place to store the planet’s most sensitive information might not be on the Earth at all, but on the surface of the moon.… -
New US Air Force training jet Red Hawk augments reality
The United States Air Force needs more pilots to fly its jets and bombers. But some turbulence in the training pipeline means the Air Force will miss its target for new aviators once again. It’s a frustrating situation for the USAF. The service is already having problems recruiting new people to be pilots, and now… -
US Air Force needs to ‘reoptimize’ or it could lose to China
There are plenty of trade shows out there, but few can compare to the one put on by the Air and Space Forces Association. Held in National Harbor, Maryland, it’s a veritable who’s who of airmen, guardians, general officers and defense industry corporate execs. The AFA’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference is an annual event,… -
MindGym helping Air and Space Forces get mental reps
Life in the 21st century is filled with distraction. Studies show we spend almost half our waking lives distracted. In the Air Force, like other service branches, distractions could mean disaster. So, the Department of the Air Force is working to improve mental toughness. Straight Arrow News was given an opportunity to see how the… -
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to UN: Russia should be removed from Security Council
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is in New York the week of Sept. 17. The war time leader spoke to the United Nation’s General Assembly, pleading with the international body to remove Russia from the Security Council. In an emotionally charged speech, Zelenskyy told the Assembly, “Each decade, Russia starts a new war. Parts of Moldova… -
US sending Ukraine depleted uranium rounds is ‘bad news’ for Russia
Abrams tanks aren’t even in Ukraine yet, and Russia is already giving the United States flak about the type of ammunition the tanks will shoot. During the week of Sept. 3, the U.S. said it would supply depleted uranium (DU) rounds to Ukraine’s Armed Forces. The U.K. already gave Ukraine DU rounds back in March.… -
Ukraine’s drones dropping Russian mines on Russian soldiers
It looks like Ukraine’s Armed Forces found a new source of explosives. The Ukrainians are literally mining Russian minefields, repurposing recovered TM-62 anti-tank mines, and giving them back to their former owners by dropping them from drones. This war is full of great examples of battlefield engineering, but this new strategy certainly tips the scales… -
‘World’s best AI pilot’ can fly swarm of V-Bat drones
The war in Ukraine is showing, in vivid and deadly detail, drones are now a permanent fixture on the battlefield. The United States military wants swarms of drones at its disposal in the event of future conflicts. But operating swarms of drones in the wars of tomorrow means building that capacity today. The defense technology… -
Ukraine tells critics come help with Russia or ‘shut up’
Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia isn’t going as quickly as some in the West would like. Ukraine doesn’t care. Just take it from the country’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba. He said, “Criticizing the slow pace of the counteroffensive equals spitting in the face of the Ukrainian soldier who sacrifices his life everyday moving forward and liberating… -
Ukraine using ‘Three Fingers of Death’ to swat Russia
The “Three Fingers of Death” are on tour in Ukraine. We’re not talking about the surviving members of the world’s most brutal band – Dethklok. No, these “Fingers” belong to an air defense system designed by the Soviets, upgraded by the Czechs, and now on the hunt to poke Russians in Ukraine. Back in May,… -
US Navy divers find ‘eerie scenes’ in search for Maui wildfire victims
It’s been three weeks since a deadly wildfire scorched a path of destruction on Maui. The small town of Lahaina bore the brunt of the fire, and the search for remains there is nearing its conclusion. A team of 21 U.S. Navy divers wrapped up its search efforts the week of Aug. 27. The divers…
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