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Seoul activists develop ‘smart balloons’ to send messages deep into North Korea

By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – In the balloon warfare between North Korea and South Korean activists, one Seoul-based group has honed its tech expertise to develop balloons capable of dispersing leaflets and electronic speakers hundreds of kilometres across the border. Built using 3D printers and components sourced online and sometimes equipped with GPS-tracking, these […]

France to send Mirage jets to Ukraine – but are they worth the bother?

With advanced missiles and radar, capable of shooting down four aerial targets at once, the Mirage 2000 seems ideally suited to defend the skies over Ukraine. But taking on another Western jet could cause headaches for Kyiv, experts have warned after Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, announced he would start selling the jets to […]

US to send new £175m military aid package to Ukraine, officials say

The US will send about 225 million dollars (£175 million) in military aid to Ukraine, officials said on Thursday. The new package will includes ammunition Kyiv’s forces could use to strike threats inside Russia to defend the city of Kharkiv from a heavy Russian assault. The officials said the aid includes munitions for the High […]

German defence firm KNDS unable to send arms to Ukraine any time soon

German defence company KNDS says it is not in a position to deliver further weapons to Ukraine in the near future, according to managing director Ralf Ketzel. KNDS, formerly Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), manufactures arms, including Leopard 2 battle tanks, which Germany has been supplying to Kiev since the beginning of 2023. “The ability to deliver […]

Watch latest attempt to send NASA astronauts to ISS

After Saturday’s launch for the Boeing Starliner spacecraft was scrubbed once again due to technological issues, a new launch date has been set for this week. USA TODAY is providing live coverage of the Boeing Starliner launch, which is scheduled to liftoff Wednesday, June 5 at 10:52 a.m. ET from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station […]