Yahoo News AI-operated fighter jet takes US Air Force chief for ride
An experimental F-16 fighter jet has taken Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on a history-making flight controlled by artificial intelligence and not a human pilot. Source: AP
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The TelegraphRussia’s navy has become a near laughing stock
The Russians are giving the world a maritime headache. In the High North, their uneasy teamwork with China continues. Moscow and Beijing have recently announced a “joint commission for the development of the Northern Sea Route”. Plenty of analysts, those of RUSI included, believe that this benefits Xi more than Putin, but either way, Russia’s desire to use the High North for grey-zone activities is only going to increase.
- The Telegraph
It’s time to bring back the world’s greatest fighter jet – from the 1990s
The Lockheed Martin F-22 is the US Air Force’s best fighter. The Lockheed Martin F-16 is its most numerous fighter. But its workhorse fighter – the type which balances capability and mass – is the Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle, the multi-role version of the classic air-superiority fighter. The Eagle was the best fighter in the world before the F-22 came along.
- Futurism
Scientists Identify Seven Star Systems That May Be Hosting Alien Megastructures
Astronomers have identified seven stars in our galaxy that could potentially host a Dyson sphere — a hypothetical megastructure an alien civilization could build around its home's host star or black hole to capture most of its power in the form of radiation. The concept, first proposed by theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson in 1960, […]
- Futurism
NASA Mars Rover Following Path of What Appears to Be Ancient River
Lazy River NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has made up its mind and will continue on down a rocky ridge that scientists believe was once a raging river. Earlier this month, the lonely rover arrived at the upper area of the Gediz Vallis ridge, a snake-like path that's reminiscent of the channels rivers carve back on […]
- CNN
Exclusive satellite images show destroyed Russian jets and building at Crimean airbase
Satellite images exclusively obtained by CNN show three destroyed Russian jets and damaged buildings at Belbek airbase in occupied port city of Sevastopol on Wednesday.
- Business Insider
Ukraine appears to have launched its biggest drone attack ever, with reports of explosions at two major Russian ports
Russia said it shot down a total of 102 aerial drones and six naval drones, making it Ukraine's largest drone attack, per the Kyiv Independent.
- Business Insider
The Ukraine war exposed serious flaws in some of the most sophisticated US weapons systems
The US is studying the Ukraine war for clues on conflicts of the future.
- INSIDER
Take a look at the 'Mighty Dragon,' China's $120 million stealth fighter meant to rival the US Air Force's fifth-gen jets
China reportedly built more than 200 J-20 fighter jets by early 2023, surpassing the 187 F-22s built by the US between 1996 and 2011.
- Associated Press
Bones found in 1989 in a Wisconsin chimney identified as man who last contacted relatives in 1970
Human bones found inside the chimney of a Wisconsin music store in 1989 have been identified as those of a man whose last known contact with relatives was in 1970, authorities said. The DNA Doe Project, a nonprofit that uses genealogy to identify unknown persons, announced this week that the bones are those of Ronnie Joe Kirk, who was originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
- Business Insider
A top NATO general says Russian troops don't have the numbers or the skills to mount a strategic breakthrough in Kharkiv
"The Russians don't have the numbers necessary to do a strategic breakthrough," said Gen. Christopher Cavoli, Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
- The Independent
Putin is playing a game of thrones with his inner circle. And one man is rising in the shadows
IN FOCUS: Sergei Borisovich Korolev, the first deputy director of the FSB, is said by European officials to have emerged a winner behind the scenes in the Russian president’s recent Kremlin reshuffle. Kim Sengupta reports
- CNN
DNA helps link killings of 4 young women to an American man who lived in Canada illegally
After 48 years of investigation, Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police linked the deaths of four young women killed in the Calgary area in the 1970s to one man – a serial sexual offender who they believe may have committed more violent crimes until his death.
- Business Insider
Ukraine can still beat Russia. It just comes down to enough Western aid.
Ukraine's military is short of combat gear. This is what it would take to fully equip its troops to launch a decisive victory.
- CNN
Highly anticipated Boeing Starliner launch gets a new target date
Days after Starliner teams reported a small helium leak in the spacecraft’s service module, the target date for the highly anticipated mission has moved once more.
- CNN
Study proves black holes have a ‘plunging region,’ just as Einstein predicted
Astronomers say they have for the first time observed an area of a black hole predicted by Albert Einstein about 10,000 light-years from Earth.
- The Guardian
‘Why the hell didn’t you leave earlier?’: the battle to evacuate residents as Russia advances in Kharkiv
Rescue operations become ever more dangerous in the town at the centre of Russia’s recent offensive in the Kharkiv region
- AFP
Fighting rages in Gaza's Rafah after first aid delivery via pier
Heavy clashes and bombardment Saturday rocked Gaza's southern city of Rafah as the Israeli military announced the first humanitarian aid had entered the besieged territory via a US-built pier.The Israeli army said 310 pallets began moving ashore in "the first entry of humanitarian aid through the floating pier".
- Storyful
Soldiers Exchange Gunfire as Street Battles Rage in Vovchansk
Intense gunfire and explosions rang out in the Ukrainian frontline town of Vovchansk on Thursday, May 16, as Ukrainian armed forces engaged advancing Russian forces in street battles.This video was published by Ukrainian Military Intelligence, who said it shows soldiers from the “Stugna” group of the special forces unit Timur GUR exchanging close-range gunfire with Russian forces while moving through rubble-filled streets and buildings in the northeastern border town.Fighters can be seen carrying an injured soldier under gunfire.According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, fighting in the northeast was concentrated around Lyptsi and Vovchansk, as Russian forces rained down a total of 32 airstrikes and 181 artillery barrages across Kharkiv region. Credit: Defense Intelligence of Ukraine via Storyful
- Evening Standard
Bodies of three victims of Nova massacre in Israel found by IDF troops
Israeli forces rescued bodies of three hostages taken by Hamas from the Nova music festival on October 7
- Colchester Evening Gazette
In pictures: 14 brilliant images taken by you in north Essex this week
ONCE again talented members of the Gazette camera club have taken some incredible pictures in and around northeast Essex this new year.