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February 18, 2026 by usatoday24

History has given us many iconic dates, but few have left as much of an imprint and have become as iconic as that of October 12, 1492when the expedition commanded by Christopher Columbus arrived in Guanahani Island. That day his crew breathed a sigh of relief. The old and new world came (officially) into contact. And humanity took another step towards the Modern Era. That event was so important that it and its protagonists have been covered in rivers floods of ink. The last on account of a discovery in the subsoil of southern Galicia. Its protagonists are Columbus’ ships. On a farm in Pontevedra… In recent months, the residents of Pontevedra (Galicia) have looked with special interest at a plot located in the heart of the urban center, between Arcebispo Malvar Street and Avenida de Uruguay, very close to the coast of the Lérez River. The plot in question measures 14,000 m2is known in the city as ‘Finca do Teucro’ and is interesting because they want to urbanize it. Hence, some time ago the promoters of the project, promoted by Sarebthey hired a company specialized in tastings. The objective: to clarify if any important archaeological remains are hidden under the rocks and weeds of the site. Surprise under the ground. So far nothing special. Nor does it deserve to go beyond the pages of the local press. If the tastings have grabbed headlines throughout Galicia and even other regions That is why archaeologists have found it. In the most superficial layer they discovered a vestige without much historical interest, but which has shaken the nostalgia of more than one Pontevedra resident: the ancient sports court in which he trained decades ago SD Teucroa local handball team. He played there in the 60s, before doing so at the Municipal Pavilion. What is important is what the archaeologists discovered when excavating deeper levels of the estate. Their shovels revealed a stone wall and a structure that experts (in the absence of more exhaustive analysis) have identified as a medieval shipyard and a small dock. Much of the construction is still undergroundbut a priori the discovery fits with what we know about Pontevedra’s seafaring past. Now it is up to the Xunta to evaluate the remains. Why’s that? The person in charge of presenting the discovery It was the Councilor for Urban Planning, Alberto Oubiña, who recalled the role that shipyards such as the one that has just emerged under the weeds in Finca do Teucro played in their day. They did not manufacture warships or merchant vessels, nor frigates like those of Ferrol. Its function was rather different: to build and repair light boats that were then used to fish on the coast, navigate the estuaries and engage in river transport. “Everything indicates that they could have been small shipyards where people prepared and launched their barges,” clarify Oubiña. What does it have to do with Columbus? During his presentation, the councilor not only offered a few glimpses of the maritime history of Pontevedra during the Middle Ages. When talking about the shipyards in the area, he also made a comment that has attracted attention beyond from Galicia: “There are those who even say that one of the caravels with which Columbus went to Colonize America was made there.” This does not mean that in Pontevedra they believe that the vestiges of ‘Finca do Teucro’ can be directly related to the 1492 expedition (in fact the shipyard seems designed for barges), but Oubiña’s words have served to stir an old theoryclosely linked to oral tradition, which ensures that one of Columbus’s ships yes it was related with Galicia. La María, aka ‘Gallega’. Oubiña did not go into details, he only spoke of “one of the caravels” of the 1942 expedition, but his words have little of mystery. Three large ships participated in Columbus’s adventure: the caravels Pinta and Niña and the ship Santa María. Of the three, this last one is the one that has been seen with the greatest interest from the north. The reason: some historians claim that sailors knew it as ‘the Galician’a supposed nod to its place of construction. Right now its manufacturing It is usually located in Cantabria. The Galician theory dates back to at least the 19th century and a few years ago he was in charge of remembering her in Pontevedra Viva Guillermo García de la Riega Bellver when reviewing some of the theses defended in the essay ‘La Gallega, Nao Capitana de Colón’. The work states that “there is no justification” that the Santa María was actually built in Cantabria and, after remembering the ship’s nickname (‘La Gallega’), it argues that in 15th century Pontevedra “boats of all kinds” were also built, not just barges. Why is it important? For several reasons. The first, because the theories about the Galician link of the Santa María ship are by no means new. It was drawn up several centuries ago by the scholar Martin Sarmiento. The origin of that specific ship is especially interesting due to the central role (the admiral was traveling on it) that it played in Columbus’s expedition that ended up reaching America. The second reason is that the theory about the supposed Pontevedra origin of the Santa María connects with another, much more popular hypothesis, which assures that Columbus himself I had Galician roots. Its defenders place its birthplace in the south of Galicia. There are those who even identified him with a capital figure in the Late Middle Ages of Galicia: Pedro Álvarez de Sotomayor, ‘Pedro Madruga’. Images | Wikipedia 1 and 2, Sareb In Xataka | Statues of Columbus have reached Japan and Egypt. And that tells us something crucial about his controversial figure.

Years ago Alicante opted for an artificial island with a luxurious restaurant and taxi boat. It hasn’t turned out as I expected

November 6, 2025 by usatoday24

The idea was good. AND on paper It was fable. Set up a restaurant an artificial island in the heart of the port of Alicante, a benchmark in the Valencian hospitality industry where people could eat paella or have a drink with views of the Mediterranean (directly on it, rather), surrounded by sailboats. So that clients could reach the island, it was even thought to build a taxi boat. The idea sounded so good, in fact, that the Port of Alicante decided to invest heavily in it, dedicating millions of euros to it. Now instead of an idyllic island to drink mojitos and coffees in the middle of the mouth what it has is a huge mess. An artificial island? That’s how it is. To understand it you have to go back a few years, to beginning of 2022when the Alicante Port Authority awarded Vías y Construcciones (subsidiary of the ACS Group) one of its most ambitious projects, at least as far as the interrelation between the docks and the city is concerned. What the Port entrusted to the company was the construction of a large platform at the mouth of its inner dock, a sort of artificial island of 669 m2 (34.8 x 20m) that would be supported with the help of three large 14 m concrete piles anchored to the seabed. The contest was launched with a budget of 2.7 million (taxes apart) and aroused the interest of several companies. The AC Group firm ended up imposing itself on the rest with a project of 2.1 million. And what did they want it for? The platform was just a means, not an end in itself. Its objective was to support a future restaurant located in a privileged enclave, a place that would offer food and drinks not with views of the sea (many bars in Alicante already have that) but directly over the sea. If the island measured 669 m2, the idea was that the building dedicated to hospitality uses would occupy 393 m2 on the ground floor and rise two levels (ground and first floor). The remaining 260 m2 would be dedicated to public access, with a three-meter wide promenade. So that people could reach that privileged enclave, it was also planned a taxi boat. The idea was once again ambitious: a purpose-built, sustainable boat managed directly by the restaurant. Did it stay in theory? No. The Port of Alicante took important steps to make the project a reality. The main one was the awarding of the works for the island platform, which ended up being erected, as can be verified today on the docks. The problem is that what should have been a simple work in theory ended up becoming complicated in a bad way, as recently recognized the Port itself. In 2023 one of the support pillars partially sank, requiring reinforcement work to be carried out on the seabed. From there the project entered a loop that now threatens to condemn it. In fact, the Port insists that it “has never received” the work, which is why it has not considered it good. “Once the work was completed, the contractor company refused to carry out a load test that would allow its stability to be evaluated, as provided for in the contract, and as an essential procedure for the port to sign the acceptance of the work,” remember from the organism. What’s more, he claims to have a report of CEDEX (an entity linked to the Ministry of Transportation) that “strongly advises against” carrying out the tests due to “the high risk of collapse of the structure.” And now what? After years of the open platform crisis and after the latest CEDEX report, the Port has decided to make a radical decision. Its last Board of Directors has given the green light to activate the procedures to “resolve” the construction contract for the island. That is, the organism wants break the agreementsomething that has been communicated to those responsible for Roads and Construction. Now the company has ten days to present allegations. Once that period has passed, “and after years of technical and negative incidents”, the proposal will return to the Board of Directors, something that will probably happen before 2026. “In recent years the Port has commissioned audits and expert reports that confirm the irreversible deterioration of the structure and the impossibility of meeting safety standards to locate the restaurant proposed in the original project,” the organization argueswhich in its 2024 accounts already contemplated “impairment losses” of 2.7 million euros, which it has invested in the platform. Is there anything else? Yes. The Port does not only propose to terminate the contract. He also wants the original seabed to be “restored” to “recover the navigable conditions” that existed before the platform works. If the contract finally ends up being broken, it is not unreasonable to think that the conflict will reach court, but the Port Authority assures that it has already touched all possible sticks, so it sees “all avenues to remedy the situation exhausted.” Are there more affected? The Port of Alicante not only awarded the works on the platform. In April 2022 it launched another contest which completed the project with its second fundamental piece: the building that was to rise above the artificial island to act as a restaurant. The one selected for its construction and management was a business alliance between Alicante Gastronómica SL and Restaura Gestión Forty SL, which from that moment became co-protagonists of the project. In fact, they would not only be in charge of the building, an elliptical, glass-enclosed block with a large interior garden patio, a restaurant with views of Alicante and a terrace for cocktails. Another of its functions would be to assume the “maintenance and governance” of the taxi boat that would connect the island, a ship whose investment, precise Alicante Plazatook over the Port and was commissioned for 460,000 euros (taxes included). In January the organization started to try it. Now … Read more

An US missile dynamited a boat in the middle of the Caribbean. And then Venezuela went to Gemini to see if the video was real

September 5, 2025 by usatoday24

The story began on September 2, when Donald Trump affirmed That the United States Armed Forces had executed a precision attack against a “positively identified” vessel that transported drugs from Venezuela and was operated by members of the Aragua Train, designated by Washington as narcoterrorist, with a balance of eleven dead according to their own story. From then on until now all kinds of events have occurred. The video. Shortly after, the president amplified the message with A declassified video Through social truth that shows the detonation of a white missile in the high seas and a public warning to future traffickers, while Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, He corroborated the characterization of “lethal coup” against an objective that would have sailed from Venezuelan coasts. A senior defense official, cited in the background, confirmed The action as a precision attack against a “Drug Vessel”, in line with the known employment of rapid boats of three or four force used for cocaine routes to the north. Context and political framework. The announcement came days after Trump will order to deploy Three marine ships in the Caribbean to reinforce the interdiction of posters against Venezuela, expanding the role of the pentagon in missions traditionally led by the coastal guard. The president already He had instructed At the beginning of the year to prepare force use options against transnational criminal organizations after declaring them as foreign terrorist organizations in executive order, an framing that seeks to provide greater legal flexibility to extraterritorial kinetic operations. In parallel, the treasure sanctioned to the so -called Cartel de los Soles (Officer Network accused by Washington of drug trafficking and supporting the Aragua Train and the Sinaloa Cartel) as a specially designated global terrorist entity, consolidating a financial and safety pressure scaffolding. Caracas responds. Shortly after, Nicolás Maduro, whom the United States considers an illegitimate ruler for electoral fraud, human rights and drug trafficking violations, He warned That Rubio pushed Trump towards war and promised resistance if Venezuela is attacked, describing US military accumulation as “the greatest threat that our continent has seen in 100 years.” Although the Venezuelan government did not immediately react to the concrete attack, the martial tone and the doctrine of “defense of the territory” enunciated by Maduro raise the political bar and increase the risk of incidents of narrative or operational climbing in a dense maritime environment and complex jurisdictions. The norm vs the lethal force. It also happened another problem. I remembered The Wall Street Journal that the expansion of the prominence of the Pentagon contrasted with the standard procedures of the Coast Guard described by the former United States embassy in Panama, John Feeley: Identification, stop orders, priority for preserving life, neutralization of engines with .50 caliber shooters from helicopters if the boat tries to flee and approach to verify load. According to that doctrine, the use of direct lethal fire is not the norm except in legitimate defense; Hence, the kinetic destruction of a suspicious boat, without the typical sequence of “interdiction and approach”, represents a qualitative leap in commitment rules and in the signal issued to criminal networks and the states that shelter them. The video goes on a suspect. The clip, which Trump presented as proof of the effectiveness of its anti -drug strategy and as a warning to organized crime, He went to the protagonist being quickly questioned by Caracas. Freddy Ñáñez, Minister of Venezuelan Communication, accused in the networks Social to the president to disseminate images “generated by artificial intelligence”, pointing out the aesthetics “almost caricaturesca” of the explosion, visual artifacts and water with an artificial aspect, characteristic of synthetic productions. He did it with an equally doubtful study. Namely: He asked Google’s AI, Gemini, what seemed to him the sequence, and it responded after an analysis that “it was very likely” that it would have been created generated by ia. The doubts to the operation. Again, Trump said the ship crew belonged to the Aragua Train, a Venezuelan criminal organization designated by Washington as a terrorist group in February. However, the veracity of the material was questioned. Reuters Indian That he did not find conclusive manipulation evidence, although he continues to review the video as part of his verification process. Beyond the technical debate, security experts They expressed reservations On the performance in itself following the exhibition of Feeley and remembering that the usual practices of the Coast Guard seek to preserve lives and rarely open fire against suspicious vessels, since most crews are surrendered without resistance. Electoral key message. Plus: The episode has acquired a greater relevance for the context in which it occurred: it was Trump’s first public appearance in a week, in the midst of Speculations about your status Health at 79. The video became A propaganda instrument More than in a military part, used by the president and his main ministers (Marco Rubio outdoors and Pete Hegseth in defense) to underline his hard hand against drug trafficking. The message that accompanied the clip In social Truth, written with Trump’s usual excessive style, reinforced the intimidating tone towards any attempt to introduce drugs in the United States. The shadow of AI. In addition, the controversy has spread to the broadest field of digital manipulation. Ñáñez insisted in which the piece was an artificial creation aimed at manufacturing a media victory, while, in parallel, Trump himself contributed to confusion by disqualifying as “probably generated by AI” another viral recording that showed alleged objects thrown through a White House window, despite the fact that the Executive himself himself He had explained which was a contractor performing maintenance work. The contradiction fed the perception of a president willing to use the Technological ambiguity To mold the political story. F-16A of Venezuela Two fighters appear. In the last hours the tension has increased. The pentagon confirmed that two Venezuelan fighters F-16 They approached To the American destroyer USS Jasson Dunham, a Arleight Burke class ship deployed in the Caribbean as part of the drug … Read more

A DUCATI of 75,000 euros flying in a paragliding tied to a boat

August 6, 2025 by usatoday24

If you are fond of motorcycles, you will know that not every day you can see a Ducati Panigale V4 tricolore. Above all, because Ducati has only manufactured 1,000 units of this model and its price Do not go down from 75,000 euros. But if it is already difficult to cross it on a road, much more complicated is that survives you While cooling taking a bath in a beach in Croatia. Yes, now the Ducati also fly, and not in a metaphorical sense. The extravagance of a millionaire who did not want to get off his collection motorcycle or to go to the beach to do water sports, has achieved go viral in networks Social, and it is not for less: neither short nor lazy, the millionaire has tied his motorcycle to a paragliding to raise it 20 meters above the water to enjoy the marine breeze. As our partners of Motorpasion motorcycle: It goes wrong. A well “viral” The video, which has gone viral among fans on two wheels, begins with the difficult task of uploading a Ducati Panigale V4 tricolore from 188 kg to a boat through a more than unstable floating platform. In that context, the pilot appears, willing and safe as if uploading a collection motorcycle to a boat was something everyday. Not without some cinematographic tension, they finally manage to take it to the back of the boat to, by harnesses anchored to the chassis of the motorcycle, tie it to a paraglide. With the tense paragliding rope and the wind playing in favor, the key time of the feat comes: the Panigale takes off. And no, it is not a metaphor. Literally, the wheels of this wonder of 1,103 cc and 216 hp take off from the boat helmet and Start your solo flight with his pilot juggling to try to keep his balance on her. The result, as expected, is a surreal image: a motorcycle of 75,000 euros flying subject to a paraglined dragged by a boat that navigates a beach in Croatia. Oil on canvas. To anyone’s surprise, the flight lasted what took the paragliding to run out of the wind support necessary to hold the more than 260 kg that could weigh the motorcycle and its pilot, slowly rushing towards the marine surface in a slow immersion that in the video is cut so as not to hurt the most sensitive bikers. Ducati Panigale V4 Tricolore: The sacrificed jewel To understand the caliber of this “plenty”, we must put in context that the motorcycle used is not any motorcycle of the Ducati catalog. The 2025 model is a jewel of mechanics with a V4 engine that reaches speeds of about 300 km/hy mounts carbon fiber tires that reduce inertia by 12% in the front and 19% in the rear compared to other models of the range. Its equipment is oriented to the maximum runway performance and to offer a Extreme conduction both in circuit and on the road. What Ducati did not count is that he was also going to compete about the water. For readers’ tranquility, just comment that no motorcycle has suffered severe damage (at least apparently) to record that video, since at the end of it The protagonist is shown burning wheel on the dock and with the motorcycle spitting water like a newly rescued drowning. The episode not only tests the technical resistance of the motorcycle, it also demonstrates how far eccentricity can go When moneythe boredom of summer and social networks shake hands. In Xataka | There was a day that MotoGP rivaled in audiences with football. The Aragon GP confirms that this time has died Image | Ducati

North Korea threw his “greatest war boat,” he sank instantly and now he is trying to recover it with … balloons

June 7, 2025 by usatoday24

Last week a relevant event occurred in North Korea. The nation presented in society a destroyer who was going to become the largest warship in the nation, and for this he had announced the bombing and dish with all kinds of political representations. However, just touching water, The ship sank and ended sideways. Kim Jong-un did not come out of his astonishment and promised fix the ship In the short term. The space is showing that they are trying, although with mixed results. Balloon hypothesis. Satellite images over the weekend revealed the appearance of a kind of balloons Around the ship. South Korean and Western experts have speculated that these balloons could have various functions: Avoid new water leaks, prevent recognition from drones or relieve the weight that fell on the still stranded part on the dock. The objects have a form reminiscent of small airships or aerostatos, and some seemed to be equipped with stabilizing fins. Although traditional flotation structures such as those used by the United States (for example, air cameras under the helmet) were not detected, analysts believed that North Korean technical resources limit the options of rescue available. The position of the ship then, embedded between earth and sea, further aggravated the technical challenge, since any attempt to straighten it could fracture the keel and condemn the ship to its total scratch. Precarious advance. With this week’s entrance the satellite images captured by Planet Labs showed a great change. The North Korean frigate of Choi-Hyun class seems Finally straightened and now floated on its own in the port of Chongjin. This advance represented a modest achievement after public embarrassment that the accident for Kim Jong Un, who personally witnessed the disaster. Although Pyongyang had initially affirmed that the damage was minor and that the repair would take “About ten days”the complexity of the situation, the lack of adequate facilities and the little transparency of the regime generate doubts about the true state of the ship. Beyond Parallel and 38 North have confirmed that They have been completed the first rescue operationsbut they warn that it is still A long way to go before the frigate can be considered restored or ready for incorporation into the fleet. Technical details and limitations. The most recent image shows the boat (about 5,000 tons of displacement) floating in the center of the port, surrounded by other auxiliaries and with what they seem to be, again, rescue balloons and temporary ramps around them. Although the ship has recovered a vertical position, it presents a slight inclination towards port, indicating that it still water is being pumped and stabilizing the structure. They have not been able to accurately evaluate the damage to the helmet due to the limited resolution of the images, but experts Like Jennifer Junof the CSIS, insist that continuous monitoring will be key to assess Real progress of the works. Since the Hambuk shipyard in Chongjin does not have a functional dry dock, it is possible that the ship should be transferred to another installation if severe structural damage is confirmed, something that cannot be discarded yet. Political pressure and propaganda. What’s doubt, the political pressure imposed by Kim Jong una (who ordered that the ship was repaired before the next plenary session of the Central Committee at the end of June) has added an almost theatrical emergency component to recovery efforts. However, both analysts and South Korean military sources consider extremely unlikely that this period can be fulfilled. The reason? The lack of a Public Evaluation credible the state of the ship and the insistence of the regime to project efficiency at all costs contrast with the visible evidence: blue canvases covering damaged sections and the suspicion of internal deformations in the keel, which could inevitably compromise the integrity of the helmet. A touched symbol. As we countthe injured frigate is the second unit of its class, after the launch of the Choi Hyon in Apriland represents the most ambitious attempt of North Korea of modernizing its naval power. Equipped with multiple weapons systems, these vessels are intended to be a symbolic response to the naval presence of South Korea and the United States in the region. However, the failure of the launch and the improvised rescue works have exposed the technical and logistics limitations of the country. As now He pointed 38 Norththe ruling was probably due to a malfunction of the launch mechanismwhich left the helmet trapped by the bow on the ground while the stern rushed into the water. The result was a stranded vessel in A highly unstable anglethe worst possible scenario for any naval rescue operation. Uncertain end. In summary, and although the regime can proclaim having made an advance by having put the frigate again afloat, the operational reality seems Much more uncertain. The lack of visual evidence of the state of the helmet, the absence of a suitable dry dock and the political pressure For fulfilling unreal terms they draw a panorama in which the ship could end up being more useful as a propaganda symbol than as a functional element of the North Korean navy. At the moment, the ship remains in a floating limbo: straightened, or almost, and without being operational. And above all, exposed to International viewdespite all attempts for cover Its rugged story and progress. Image | Sentinel-2, CSIS/BEYOND PARALLEL/MAXAR In Xataka | The ridiculous premiere of the “Greater War Ship” of North Korea has a great suspect: Kim Jong-un In Xataka | North Korea has been sending armament for months to Russia. In return, Russia is giving him what longs for her: a functional army

North Korea was going to throw his greatest war boat and ended up sinking it into the sea. Everything points to a culprit: Kim Jong-un

May 31, 2025 by usatoday24

Making a fool of it is something that It is not anyone’s pleasure. Surely you have ever stumbled down the street and looked around to see if someone had seen you. Now, imagine that what stumbles is a Military ship of 5,000 tons and several million dollars and sinks at the time of its premiere. That is what happened last week when Kim Jong-un He witnessed how His brand new war ship sank before the impotence of all those present and under the watchful eye of the rest of the planet. And everything indicates that the error was because, as the Spanish proverb points, the hurry are not good. Short. Days before the event, satellite images They showed both the vessel and a scenario in which what seemed to be an observation zone. Probably, the place from which Kim Jong-un was going to witness that historic moment. And the truth is that it was historic, but not for the reasons he would have wanted. On May 23, during the launch ceremony of the new North Korean destroyer (the second of its most advanced class), all attendees in the front row and the world was witnesses of a Technical failure that ended in disaster: the ship overturned. That symbol of power, with 143 meters in length and 74 vertical missile launch cells, ended up ridiculous. How do we float it? Satellite images later Analyzed by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, or CSIS, they showed the ship partially sunken with tarps that covered the disaster. And, although at first the rush was blamed, we now have more clues about everything that could go wrong. Obviously, there is no official information from North Korea, but in The New York Timeswe can see that there are analysts who are quite clear what the problem was. Or the sum of them. Image | CSIS/BEYOND PARALLEL/MAXAR When a ship is finished, there is Several ways to ‘throw it’ into the water. We have the sliding launch in which the ship slides on a ramp into the water. The dry dock in which the ship is built in a dry dock and, once finished, the water dike is filled (That is done with cruises). Also the mechanical launch by cranes, the launch with airbags that are placed under the ship and allow it to slide to the water. And the side launch that drops the side ship into the water. Normally, a single technique is used, but in the North Korean destroyer disaster it seems that sliding and side techniques were used. And not because that’s how it was planned. Perfect storm. As noted The New York TimesIt was the first time that analysts watched North Korea use the side launch to throw a war ship. This technique is sure if it is done well, but in Large ships It is more likely that a problem appears, with dire consequences if it happens. The reading of the analysts is that, using that technique for a 5,000-ton ship points to a lack of experience added to the political pressures by Kim Jong-un to achieve rapid results. The destroyer was manufactured in the port city of Chongjin that has experience assembling ships of such magnitude, but not something as huge as this ship. This puts on the table that a possible trigger was that inexperience When throwing such large ships. In the absence of a dry dike of the appropriate size, it is estimated that the engineers tried the lateral launch to throw it into the water, but the angle was not correct and, when trying to slide it, the ship was unbalanced and ended up lying on the right side. When it goes well, as happened with this fighting ship of 3,500 tons in 2013, it is worth seeing: And it can also go wrong: The hurry are not good. Interestingly, this destroyer is from Choe Hyun classwhose first model was inaugurated successfully Last month. It was going to be the second great frigate of North Korea and the new example of that naval remodeling that Kim Jong-un is promoting. And the precedents were good: the first It was built In the city of Nampo and, because it is a larger shipyard, they could put it afloat through the technique of dry dock. There were no major problems and, at the inauguration, the ruler saw how test missiles were thrown successfully. However, there are hurry in the government dome to follow demonstrating to the world its military potentialwhich has led the president to visit the shipyards who are building new ships to accelerate delivery deadlines. In addition, there are information They point out that, although the ship could have thrown out correctly, the ocean exit street is narrow and has a questionable depth. I made a. pic.twitter.com/urflog6leo – Dr. Jeffrey Lewis (@armsControlwonk) May 22, 2025 Firm hand. And who will pay for this? At the moment, the ridiculous has resulted in several arrests of members of the responsible shipyard itself. The Central News Agency of Korea reported that the chief engineer, a senior armament official and another member of the installation had been arrested, and Kim himself described The accident as a “criminal act”, demanding An urgent restoration of the ship before June. Country engineers estimate that, pumping seawater, they can straighten the ship and repair damage. And it will take about ten days to do it, but it seems complicated because, after a week, Keep as it was. Sentinel-2 images of May 23 and 28. Despite the clouds, we can see that the destroyer continues exactly at the same point And sarcasm. From South Korea, which always have an eye and a half placed in what their neighbors doThey think something else. Yang UK is an expert in North Korean military affairs of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul and, as Tnyt comments, the incident may not be only an accident, but something caused by a structural imbalance on the ship itself. … Read more

For the first time an unmanned boat has knocked down Russian combat planes

May 6, 2025 by usatoday24

At the beginning of February there was An unusual factnot for war in Ukraine, but for any other armed conflict known in history. If the battle of drones was redefining the modern combat, the conflict gave green light to something new: dwarfs of drones “mother” in turn launching other drones to attack in turn to rival drones. The latest: boats with missiles demolishing Russian fighters, and without No one behind the wheel of vessels. Lethal innovation in the Black Sea. In an unprecedented event, the Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR) managed to tear down two Russian fighters Su-30 Flanker using air-air missiles AIM-9 Sidewinder. The surprising thing is from where they launched: Magura-7 naval dronesas Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov declared exclusively To The War Zone. This unpublished action, which occurred in the Black Sea, represents not only the first time that combat planes are dejected From unmanned vesselsbut also the First lethal use AIM-9 missile confirmed from this type of platform, which underlines the degree of sophistication and innovation achieved by Ukrainian forces in the Maritime Theater of Operations. Details of an unusual attack. Apparently, the operation used three magura-7 dronesan anti -aircraft variant of the model Magura-5of which two shot at the Russian fighters. According to Budanovthe first SU-30 was reached and its crew survived after being rescued by a civil ship, while it is presumed that the pilots of the second apparatus perished in the attack. So far, there are only images of the first demolition disseminated in networks social. We remember that the use of AIM-9M missiles, a more advanced variant than R-73 Sovietdemonstrates Ukraine’s ability to integrate Western armament into unconventional platforms. Unlike R-73, the AIM-9M lacks the High-Off-Boresight capacity (Hobs), forcing the missile to be oriented directly towards the objective to acquire white. However, their best background discrimination, infrared countermeasures and smokeless propulsion offer significant tactical advantages, especially in an environment where drones must operate with discretion. Precedents and evolution of doctrine. The incident is put along with the occurred in DecemberWhen Ukraine reported the successful use of an R-73 triggered from a USV to deed a Mi-8 helicopter Russian. Since January, according to Budanov, Ukrainian engineers began to install AIM-9 in these unmanned vehicles, consolidating an evolution that Combine elements of air defense, electronic war and asymmetric naval combat. Although the exact launch configurations have not been disclosed by Ukrainian intelligence, everything indicates that Magura-7 represents A hybrid node high mobility capable of operating in areas where air control is highly disputed. Russian reactions and consequences. Moscow’s response has not been waiting. Through various Channels in Telegrammilitary analysts and commentators have recognized the effectiveness of the attack and indicated the growing deficiencies in the defensive capacity of the Black Sea. The War Cárs correspondent Kitten channel He expressed his alarm For three factors: the loss of the maritime initiative, the degradation of the Black Sea fleet after the destruction of the Moskva cruise, and the apparent Ukrainian domain in the use of unmanned vessels capable of projecting power even on the Russian coastal airspace. The analyst Vladislav Shurygin regretted That the attack followed the same lure and ambush pattern already observed in other Ukrainian operations, criticizing that Russian doctrine seems unable to adapt to these tactics. Meanwhile, the Two Majors channel strongly questioned the Lack of effective means To neutralize the USV, proposing the use of FPV drones or the combination of UAV of Zala recognition With ammunition Lancet Merodetersas already happens on the mainland. Technological implications. No doubt, the use of air-air missiles on non-manned naval platforms redefines the rules of combat in the black Sea. Historically, The Sidewinder They have adapted to naval defense systems Like the Chaparralbut its surface Kamikaze drones grants Ukraine a mobile, hidden and scalable tactical capacity, capable of deterring Russian aviation without compromising high -value human or material resources. In addition, it reflects a constant evolution in the use of donated western systems, many of which, such as AIM-9M, were originally thought For manned fighters and now they are reconfigured on innovative platforms that They multiply its impact strategic. Although the United States and its allies have not publicly detailed how many missiles of this type have delivered to Ukraine, it seems clear that its use is far from limiting themselves to conventional air combat and is expanding the lethality of the Ukrainian autonomous systems. A turning point. In short, the demolition of the two SU-30 fighters by Ukrainian naval drones Mark a symbolic and operational turning point. As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, the control of the maritime space becomes as crucial as the land domain, and kyiv once again demonstrates its ability to convert material limitations in asymmetric advantages. We have come counting as that grew Industry without a paragon Around drones. By integrating Western technologies with its own doctrine, Ukraine is creating a new class of hybrid threats difficult to detect, anticipate or counteract. The incident not only represents a punctual victory in tactical terms, but also a meridianly clear message: Russian naval power is no longer unquestionable not even in front of small unmanned boats that are capable of driving fighters tens of kilometers from the coast. Image | Alex BeltyukovGUR SCREENCAP In Xataka | The war in Ukraine has entered its deranged phase: there are drones throwing drones to attack other drones In Xataka | The war in Ukraine has become a video game. Kill gives points and rewards to exchange in a military Amazon

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