Tag: U.S.

According to U.S European Command, today Russian Su-27 fighter aircraft struck the propeller of an ISR MQ-9 drone, forcing it down over the Black Sea. Reportedly before this, more than one Su-27 had dumped fuel and flew in front of the drone: "Several times before the collision, the Su-27s...

Lockheed Martin just produced a missile that has gone faster than 5 times the speed of sound. The Air Force reported on Monday that the first operational prototype of the Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) hypersonic missile had successfully completed a test from a B-52H Stratofortress. Hypersonic weapons have the...

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPAC's) are encountering an even worse market heading into 2023. Within the span of an hour on Monday, nearly $11 billion USD worth of SPAC deals collapsed. For reference, the Securities and Exchange Commission defines that "A SPAC's sole purpose is to identify a target operating...

A stunning fall has come for the woman once valued at $4.5 billion dollars by Forbes in 2014. Elizabeth Holmes has now been sentenced to 11 Years (135 Months). Theranos, which Holmes oversaw as CEO and claimed would transform healthcare, was valued at $9 billion at its height, making Holmes...

As of 1:47 ET this morning, the new SLS (Space Launch System) rocket has completed a successful takeoff for NASA's mission around the moon. Originally planned for a launch on August 29th, technical problems, storms, and related logistical nightmares held back the countdown for liftoff until now. This launch...

The Department of Defense today announced the authorization of a new security assistance package to Ukraine, valued at $625 million, as part of the 22nd round of presidential drawdown authority. Short-term focused equipment constitutes the new package, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia said. "Ukraine has...