China is rapidly building up its nuclear weapons capabilities and is on pace to nearly quadruple the number of warheads in its arsenal by 2035, narrowing its firepower gap with the US, the Pentagon has warned. “Over the next decade, the PRC (People’s Republic of China) aims to modernize, diversify …
Read More »Israel may strike Iran over atomic program
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz suggested his country could launch a strike against Iran’s nuclear program, calling it “a global problem” at a conference on Tuesday. He also criticized the 2015 nuclear deal – abandoned by the US in 2018 – and the possibility of its revival, though the negotiations …
Read More »UK offers major military training program for Ukraine
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson offered President Volodymyr Zelensky a major training program for Ukrainian forces, during his surprise trip to Kiev on Friday. During his visit, Johnson revealed his whereabouts by posting a photo of himself and Zelensky with a caption “Mr President, Volodymyr, It is good to be …
Read More »AI program baffles researchers
Researchers have been left baffled after the latest program by OpenAI, an artificial intelligence systems developer, appears to have created a language which only it can understand. DALL-E2 is a self-learning text-to-image generator launched in January 2022, its main function is to use text prompts provided by users and produce …
Read More »US Congress approves WWII-like weapons program for Ukraine
The US House of Representatives has approved a bill that would remove several constraints on sending weapons to Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian offensive. Adopted by the Senate earlier this month, the “Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act” revives the program Washington used to send military equipment to belligerents in WWII …
Read More »Putin makes announcement about Russia’s lunar program
Russia must be able to respond to challenges in exploring space, President Vladimir Putin has said, adding that the country is going to continue with its lunar program, among other ventures. “We’ll resume the lunar program,” Putin asserted as he visited Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far Eastern Amur Region on …
Read More »Europe suspends ExoMars program over Russia sanctions
The European Space Agency has indefinitely postponed its ExoMars rover mission, according to a statement issued by ESA on Thursday. The launch of the rover was supposed to be carried out in partnership with Russia and was initially set for later this year. However, it has been put on hold …
Read More »Russia’s space program to shift focus – Roscosmos
Roscosmos will prioritize the development of satellites for defense purposes in light of Western sanctions, Russia’s space agency chief revealed on Thursday. Speaking to Russia’s Rossiya 24 TV channel, Dmitry Rogozin said that Roscosmos’ operations would have to be adjusted in response to new challenges posed by Western sanctions. The …
Read More »Ukraine’s proposed nuclear weapons program risks setting off ‘chain reaction’ – researcher
Kiev has recently hinted that it may try to get its own nuclear weapons amid tensions with Russia. However, not even Ukraine’s allies in the West would support this move, Ilya Kramnik, a researcher at the Moscow-based Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences …
Read More »Program could see felons evade prosecution for sexual battery & assault – media
A leaked memo obtained by Fox News reporter Bill Melugin shows that Gascon is expanding a diversion program for juvenile offenders to include more serious crimes. The prosecutor, who was elected last year after getting more than $2.5 million in campaign funding from billionaire George Soros, cited such “qualifying felonies” …
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