TOPSHOT – Hamas fighters and locals gahter at a square before handing over four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza City on January 25, 2025. Dozens of masked, armed Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants arrived at a key square in Gaza City on January 25, where four Israeli women hostages are expected to […]
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Russia has deployed advanced Su-34 bomber jets, along with Tornado rockets and kamikaze drones, to target Western satellite internet terminals across Ukraine. AFP PHOTO / POOL / ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images For lionhearted journalists who parachute into hotspots around the world, satellite outfits Intelsat […]
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Israeli soldiers raise an Arrow missile launcher to it’s up right position during a tour for foreign correspondents at the Palmahim air force base south of Tel Aviv on November 7, 2002. (SVEN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images In recent months, Israel has faced mounting pressure from several European countries over its […]
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The Space Shuttle Discovery that flew 39 earth-orbital missions is on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, on Saturday, December 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) would need to be cut into pieces if […]
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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – AUGUST 15:U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) hold a meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska. The two leaders are meeting for peace talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Getty Images Russia’s war in Ukraine […]
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Early prototypes of the SpaceX Starship super-capsule that Italy is chartering to speed its spaceflight and biotech experiments to Mars (Marie D. De Jesús/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) Houston Chronicle via Getty Images With its expanding alliance with SpaceX, the Italian Space Agency is set to help chart and safeguard future astronaut flights to Mars […]
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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 10: An United Airlines Boeing 777 airplane approaches San Diego International Airport for a landing at sunset on May 10, 2025 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images) Getty Images Following reports of three green laser illuminations near Boston Logan International Airport on September 15, the Federal Aviation […]
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A Barak ER (extended range) missile during a March 2021 trial in Israel. Photo by IAI. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Despite taking delivery of its new Barak MX air defense missile systems from Israel discreetly, quite literally under the cover of night, the Republic of Cyprus has nevertheless received warnings from Turkey. The acquisition is […]
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ABU DHABI, UAE – JULY 10: (——EDITORIAL USE ONLY – MANDATORY CREDIT – ‘AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENCY / HANDOUT’ – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS——) Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (R) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (L) meet in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates on July […]
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Astronauts train to scale a Mars volcano at an analogue site in France. Lava tubes that crisscross the Martian surface might provide sanctuaries for the first human explorers on the Red Planet. (Photo by Francis DEMANGE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images As SpaceX races to test and perfect the Starship super-capsules slated to […]
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SpaceX’s Starship sits unstacked from its booster on the launchpad at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, in 2023. AFP via Getty Images With two-thirds of the satellites currently in low-Earth orbit, SpaceX has become the king of the heavens, overseeing a growing broadband internet empire on the ground. But when it comes to the nascent […]
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TOPSHOT – Ukraine’s players sing their national anthem ahead of the UEFA Euro 2024 Group E football match between Ukraine and Belgium at the Stuttgart Arena in Stuttgart on June 26, 2024. (Photo by Miguel MEDINA / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images This week, 54 countries across Europe […]
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Ukrainian soldiers are seen during their shooting training at the front with US-made weapons in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (Photo by Mustafa Ciftci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Here’s the paradox the Trump Administration must face: To achieve real peace in Ukraine, Kyiv must be given significantly more weapons to wage war. An […]
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SpaceX founder Elon Musk has vowed to become a Space Age Noah, speeding life across Earth to a second-world sanctuary on Mars aboard his Starship arks (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images As he counted down toward the picture-perfect 10th flight test of his […]
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Donors can connect directly with five Ukrainian frontline drone units with a new app from UNITED24. UNITED24 International fundraising has played a key role in the conflict in Ukraine. Now Ukraine is taking the process a step further with a new app which not only allows international donors to give directly to elite drone units, […]
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Ukrainian serviceman operates an unmanned ground vehicle equipped with a remote-controlled machine-gun. (Photo by Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images Before Russia invaded in 2022, Pyotr Ivanenko produced sports equipment in Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv. When Russian troops surrounded the city, bombarding it relentlessly and prompting three-quarters […]
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America needs a lot more tankers like the Empire State, here waiting to remove fuel from Red Hill Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. As U.S. President Donald Trump hosted South Korean President Lee Jae Myung for a wide-ranging summit meeting this week, some $150 billion for U.S. shipbuilding-related investments is on the […]
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The Pentagon in the 1960s. It has been the HQ of the U.S. Department of Defense since 1949. Bettmann Archive President Donald Trump has been repeatedly described as someone who hates war. Before running for office, he was critical of the U.S. involvement in Iraq, and during his first administration vowed to end America’s presence […]
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In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at SpaceX’s upcoming Starship test, new science heading to the international space station, a way to make older brains more youthful and more. To get The Prototype in your inbox, sign up here. Getty Images On Sunday evening, SpaceX will attempt the tenth test of its […]
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US soldiers inspect a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) at the Bahrain International Airshow in Sakhir on November 13, 2024. (Photo by MAZEN MAHDI/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images The small island kingdom of Bahrain has become the latest country to order the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System from the […]
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U.S. Marines from 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division walk to their assignment at the Wilshire Federal Building, ahead of Saturday’s nationwide “No Kings Day” protest, in Los Angeles, Calif., Friday, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images As noted in a recent […]
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In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the risk of depending on AI to “think” for you, mass-producing satellites, a startup helping NASA avoid space junk, and more. To get The Prototype in your inbox, sign up here. AFP via Getty Images A study published this week in The Lancet examined the […]
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A Russian military police armoured infantry vehicle (IFV) returning from a joint patrol with Turkish forces along the Syrian-Turkish border, drives along a roundabout near Qamishli airport in the northeastern Syrian city on April 9, 2020. (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Following the dramatic fall of its ally, President […]
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New footage shows mass production of Shahed drones at a Russian facility in Alabuga, Tartarstan Russian state media via Twitter On July 20th,Russian state television showed new footage from the giant drone factory which makes Iranian-designed Shahed-136s, revealing the sheer scale of production. The facility in Alabuga a thousand miles East of Moscow has ramped […]
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ATLANTIC OCEAN – MAY 14: In this handout released by the U.S. Navy, An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air … More System (UCAS) demonstrator launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) May 14, 2013 in the Atlantic Ocean. George H.W. Bush is the first aircraft carrier to sucessfully […]
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Rare earth and critical minerals are essential to powering today’s modern and digital world getty Under the 1933 Buy American Act and the 1941 Berry Amendment, the United States military is generally required to buy American-made products. The laws further prioritize domestic sourcing for goods, and that products for military use contain a certain percentage […]
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Background: A lot of small airports have seen scheduled airline service discontinued. But in most cases, it is actually the result of the evolution of communication channels. That means communities now need to clearly understand the future effects – and opportunities – these changes represent. Resistance is futile. New approaches are imperative. Loss of scheduled […]
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HEBRON, WEST BANK JUNE 15: Streaks of light from Iranian ballistic missiles are seen in the night … More sky above Hebron, West Bank, as Iran resumes its retaliatory strikes against Israel. The renewed wave of attacks follows heightened regional tensions and comes in response to previous Israeli operations targeting Iranian territory. (Photo by Wisam […]
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A plume of heavy smoke and fire rise from an oil refinery in southern Tehran, after it was hit in an … More overnight Israeli strike, on June 15, 2025. Israel pressed its intense bombardment campaign on Iran on June 15, striking a defence facility and fuel depots as the two arch foes kept up […]
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A Patriot missile launcher is pictured during the “Blue Flag” multinational air defense exercise at … More the Ovda air force base, north of the Israeli city of Eilat, on November 8, 2017. (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images MIM-104 Patriot missile air defense missiles previously in Israel’s inventory may have reached […]
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Pakistani Air Force personnel stand guard in front of fourteen Dual-seat JF-17B multi-role aircraft … More rolled out at a ceremony which coincided with the launch of JF-17 Block-III aircraft at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex in Kamra, west of the capital Islamabad on December 30, 2020. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) (Photo by AAMIR […]
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