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If the question is how to shield the mountain to fires, in Soria they have an ancestral solution: luck of pines

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With tens of thousands of hectares calcinedhundreds of evacuated people, several deceased and an environmental and economic impact that can only be completed with the passing of the weeks, these days do not abound the good news related to forest fires. On Thursday 13, however COLLEGE OF ENGINEERS OF MONTES (Coim), He presumed in networks of an “ancestral formula” that has allowed part of the rural population of the provinces of Soria and Burgos to get rid of the harassment of the flames or, at least, look at the summer with some more peace of mind. His name: “Good luck of pines.” In a place of Soria … For days in Spain, talking about fires is to do it of calcined hectares, evacuations and confinements. That is why it attracts even more attention if it can be published on Thursday A thread of very different tone. In him he remembers that the Pinares regionbetween Soria and Burgos, it seems to have found a formula to reduce the impact of forest fires. And that in the area, between the Natural Park of the black lagoon and the glacier circuses of Urbión, is one of The biggest pine forests from Europe. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Three words: luck of pines. “In the Soriana de Pinares region of Pinares more than 20 years ago there is not a great forest fire. Magic? No … call it ancestral forest management,” starts the school before specifying that the key to that apparent armor in front of the fires is in the “Good luck of pines”“an ancestral management model” that for centuries confers to the neighbors a series of rights and duties over the mountain. Moreover, Coim remembers that a few days ago ray caused a fire conato in Vinuesa, the head of the region, but was suffocated shortly. “Chance? No”, Remar. on Wednesday HERALDO DE SORIA He spoke Of several fire alerts that did not go to adults in the areas of Tera, Gómara and Vinuesa, where in the early morning, around 7.45 h, a fire was detected, probably caused by lightning, which was stifled only one hour later, at 8.42. The intervention of several environmental agents, together with a fire endowment, allowed the flames to raze a reduced surface, of 0.01 hectares of grass. What is the fate of pines? As COIM points out, it has nothing magic. The fate of pines is a way to manage forest resources, a system that goes back centuries ago, to PUEBLAS LETTERS granted during the Middle Ages and has helped establish a strong link between the local population and forests. “This deep link with the forest has created a community that not only lives from the mountain (wood, hunting, mushrooms, tourism), but actively protects it,” They point out from school Before remembering that the formula includes coordination between institutions, prevention systems and continuous surveillance. Going down to detail. Said so maybe it sounds abstract or diffuse, but Philosophy The system is actually very simple: what it raises is the distribution among the members of a community of forest resources such as the wood extracted from municipal pine forests. The cast is made through lots and the beneficiaries must meet certain requirements that guarantee their roots and link with the town, among other things it helps to generate a feeling of local belonging. “The fate of pines is a system to distribute forest exploitation of wood and wood that is integrated into a community such as a practice that has been maintained for centuries uninterrupted thanks to the will of the municipalities and the inhabitants of the peoples, responsible for perpetuating this ritual, transmitting it from generation to generation as a symbol of cultural identity and belonging to the community” explained The Junta de Castilla y León in December, when it decided to declare the well of intangible cultural interest. And how do they do it? “The enjoyment of the lots is carried out through periodic concessions of luck or wooden shorts to the neighbors,” The Board abounds. “These are use divisions in equal portions, lots or lots, which are subject to raffle among the beneficiaries. For a long time, the cast was materialized in kind, with the wood itself. In recent decades, the need to facilitate management and conservation tasks has resulted in the preparation of lots that, once sold, give rise to distribution of money.” Those responsible for controlling and preparing the register of beneficiaries are local municipalities or entities, which sometimes require those who participate that they meet some requirements, such as having roots in the town or taking some time living there. Right now it expands through the regions of Pinares Soria-Burgos and Pinares Llanos de Almazán, for which they extend According to the Junta de Castilla y León to about 100,000 hectares of native forest mass. Is it so old? The truth is that yes. The Board itself recalls that the first written references date back to the 16th century, although its history is actually richer. “The privilege by which the kings granted the right of use that was obtained from the mountains, through letters villages and privileged letters, dates back to the Middle Ages with the repopulation of these territories,” remember. With the passage of time, during the seventeenth, eighteenth or twentieth centuries, the practice was consolidated. At the beginning of the last century, luck was reflected at the legal level through special ordinances and statutes, “turning a situation of fact into a law.” Beyond its tradition and roots, the Board highlights its advantages, as its effect to “link” the population to their environment or its effectiveness to fight depopulation. “It benefits the inhabitants who reside in those locations”, Point out The Government. “It is also an important economic contribution to the community.” The Soriana formula. Whether the pine suertes the key or one more piece of the Forestry Management Formula of Soria, the truth is that for a long time different media The same question have … Read more

China has a key technology to create a more effective antimisile shield than the iron dome: a beetle

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During the recent one Conflict between Israel and Iran There was a lot of talked about the powerful Israeli antimile defense system, known as the ‘Iron dome’. Europe too wants to build yours and United States shuffled the creation of a ‘golden dome’ that would use a satellite network and would be able to Stop hypersonic missiles. And what about China? Although they have Several antimile systems At different levels, they do not have a “total” shield like the one who wants to build the United States. What they do is a technology that, if applied, would far exceed the detection of missiles from other countries. A beetle. This kind of beetles receives that name for its ability to detect fire up to 80 kilometers away Thanks to an organ in its most sensitive exoskeleton than most infrared sensors in the market. This has been the inspiration of these Chinese researchers for their new creation: a system that mimics this same sensitivity and allows you to detect hot objects quickly and precisely. The system. During the investigation, Posted in Nature magazinethe scientists carried out several tests to verify the effectiveness of the system. In the first they built an ‘heteroestructure’ with divel -divelur, a material that offers a high absorption of the middle infrared range, and pentacene, an organic semiconductor. The device could detect radiation to an intensity of only 0.5 millivats per square centimeter, a sensitivity close to that of the beetle. In the second test they used black phosphorus and Indian seleniuro, achieving a photonic memory of 0.5 microseconds, 20,000 times faster than conventional optical storage. Capacities. Researchers affirm that this technology is able to “detect and identify objects in difficult environments, since it can penetrate obstacles such as smoke, fog and dust, providing clear images and precise detection of objectives.” In addition, it works at room temperature without refrigeration. This technology could be used in various scenarios: fire detection, autonomous driving, night vision systems and of course military environments. Antimisiles. As we said, China does not have an “dome” antimile system, but this technology could open the door to the creation of one that, According to South China Morning Postit would be much more precise than the ‘Golden Dome’ that Donald Trump wants to build. The key point is that the system integrates detection, memory and processing functions. Current antimisile systems are based on traditional silicon semiconductors and hardware separation (sensors and processors) prevents them from reaching those response speeds. Nothing concrete. Donald Trump’s ‘golden dome’ is, for now, a proposal that has not yet materialized, just like this hypothetical Chinese dome. What we do know is that China did not make any grace The announcement of this project because “it would raise the risk of converting space into a war zone and creating a career for creating space weapons.” Currently, China has several antimile defense layers: Dong Neng-3an exoatmospheric missile interception system, HQ-19 for medium-range interception and HQ-29 with antisatelite capabilities. Images | Flickr (1, 2) In Xataka | The day a missile killed 28 soldiers because the antimile defense system ignored an error of 0.000000095 seconds

A shield as a prelude to an army of Shaheds

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That Shahed’s drones of Iranian origin have become a bomb of systematic terror In Ukraine it is out of any doubt. However, on the weekend Russia carried out the largest air attack of the war that is fought in Eastern Europe, and did so with a swarm of Shaheds and a novelty: the drones were accompanied by an enemy improved against kyiv. Your name: Lancet. A night of fire. In what has already been described as the Greater air attack From the beginning of the large -scale invasion in 2022, Russia launched 537 air weapons against Ukraine in a single night, marking a dramatic intensification of its military campaign and advising a hard blow to the already diminished hopes of a negotiated solution. The bombardment included 477 Explosive drones and of distraction, as well as 60 missiles of diverse type, of which 211 drones and 38 missiles were intercepted by the Ukrainian defenses. The magnitude of the attack seems to show a deliberate strategy of Moscow for Erosion systematically The Ukraine Air Defense Network, wearing its western arsenal and causing a logistic collapse in its response capacity. In Lviv, near the border with Poland, several critical facilities were impacted, while in kyiv, Jersón and Járkov they registered dead and residential damage. An F-16 falls. With an increasing Your combat planes As part of its defensive shield, a limited and risky resource. In fact, the F-16 pilot Maksym Ustymenko died After demolishing seven aerial objectives, diverting its aircraft from populated areas before crashing. The Trump administration refusal to sell More patriot systems He has forced Kyiv to reiterate his willingness to acquire them on his own. Zelenskyy, when claiming more western help, He stressed that “Moscow will not stop as long as it has the capacity to launch mass attacks” and demanded greater international pressure on the Kremlin. According to official figuresin just one week, Russia has launched more than 1,270 drones, 114 missiles and about 1,100 planning bombs, in an unpublished aerial offensive that seeks not only to exhaust resources, but also break the moral of the population. Drones and evolution. We have coming counting These weeks. Ukrainian defense minister, Rustem Umerov, explained that Moscow has intensified the combined use of missiles and drones, most of them of the Shahed typeIranian design, which now fly higher, faster and with a greater explosive load, escaping within reach of Ukrainian anti -aircraft mobile units. This qualitative leap in the ability of drones has forced a constant intellectual struggle to Adapt the defenses and find effective solutions. Ukraine has been working for years in electronic and neutralization tactics, but the Technological evolution Russia forces an increasingly sophisticated response. Adaptation cycle. He Shahed-136also known as Geran-2 when used by Moscow, it has gone from being a simple low-cost Iranian drone to become A key piece in the technological war of Ukraine. Its low price, long -range and considerable explosive load have made it especially useful for both attacks and For tactical operations. Despite its intensive use, Ukraine had initially achieved a high index of neutralizationusing a combination of electronic interference, MI-24 helicoptersfighters MIG-29 and machine guns mounted on vehicles to intercept these drones. However, in recent months, a significant evolution in design and tactics has allowed a Increasing number of Shaheds overcome Ukrainian defenses. That, and something More, they have led to Greater air attack to date. The Iranian redesign. The Ukrainian reports They point to several significant improvements in the most recent Shahed. The most obvious: the armor of the motor compartment, which now resists the machine gun shots, while fuel deposits have been relocated from the wings to the central fuselage, reducing vulnerability to lateral impacts. Thus, the most disruptive innovation is the Incorporation of submunitions. These new versions are not only limited to impact, but they can disperse small loads Explosive during the flight, increasing its effectiveness against formations of troops or fortified positions. These artifacts can be released anywhere on the journey, expanding their operational flexibility. In fact, Ukrainian troops in the regions of Sumy and Járkov They have reported The most disconcerting encounters with these drones: no impact is heard, and twenty minutes later an unexpected explosion ensues. Lancet prototype Lancet In addition, and equally important, Shahed Russian waves are now not alone. Together with physical improvements, Russia has changed its way of deploying them. One of the new tactics consists in launching the drones in pairs: one at low altitude, the other at a higher height. The lower drone acts as a decoy, attracting Ukrainian radars, while the superior It goes unnoticed Until the first is destroyed, gaining time and increasing its chances of achieving the goal. The other novel tactic has been the combination of Shaheds with the so -called Lancet drones. We talk about devices smallervery difficult to detect and lethal. Lancet are used to Attack specifically To the Ukrainian teams of antidrón defense, clearing the way for the Shaheds to arrive without opposition. In other words, the evolution of the Lancet has made them a kind of shield before the offensive of Shahed’s swarms. A strategy, the “attack on interceptors”, which has seriously complicated the effectiveness of Ukrainian land mobile defenses. Russian advance on land. Simultaneously to massive air attack, Russian forces advance on the eastern front to the fastest rhythm Since November, supported by high -precision and non -interferible drones guided by optical fiber. Ukrainian commander, Oleksandr Syrsky, He warned On attempts to break the defensive lines in three directions, particularly around the key cities of Kostyantynykka and Pokrovsk, which could be fenced if the offensive rhythm continues. In the north, the Russian troops advance from the Kursk region to Sumy’s, threatening to place themselves soon artillery of its regional capital. Ukrainian government sources They have anticipated that Russia’s terrestrial and aerial offensive will intensify throughout the summer. Doctrinal change and antipersone mines. Plus: Before the worsening of the conflict, Zelenskyy signed A decree to withdraw Ukraine from the Ottawa Conventionthe same that … Read more

The European Parliament has taken a step to shield free hand luggage on flights. It is not the plan that supports the 27

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The European Parliament wants hand luggage to be what was once: part of the ticket, not an extra. This week has taken a key step So that each passenger can climb on board with a bag and a small suitcase without paying one more penny. On paper sounds good. But the road is long, the text is not yet definitive and some airlines, which have been charging for almost everything for years, They already warned in their day: If they are forced to include it for free, they will compensate it on the other hand. What includes the proposal. The reform raised by Brussels does not remain alone in the luggage. But start there. The approved text In a meeting of the Transportation Commission It establishes that passengers should have the right to embark with a bag or backpack (up to 40 × 30 × 15 cm) and a small piece of hand luggage (up to 100 cm in total and 7 kg of weight), all without surcharge. The resolution also states that children under 12 have insured a seat adjacent to their companion without paying for the selection, and that people with reduced mobility have more guarantees. Among them, to be able to travel with an assistant without paying tickets when necessary, and being compensated if your help equipment is damaged or your assistance animal is injured. And prepare more changes. One of the most delicate points of the reform has to do with multimodal paths: those in which the trip combines train, bus and plane, for example. Today, if a connection is lost in that type of itineraries, the passenger can be unprotected. Transport Eurodiputados want to change that. The proposal seeks that if the whole journey has been hired with a single company or platform, the passenger is entitled to assistance (food, accommodation) and, if the seller did not indicate the type of ticket, to the full refund plus 75% compensation. All that, provided that the lost connection implies a delay of at least 60 minutes. The air sector, uncomfortable. The Association of Airlines (Wing) He has lamented That the European Parliament is “limiting the freedom” of passengers to choose the services they need. Criticize that the proposal generates confusion and moves away of the line agreed a few weeks ago by the Member States in the EU Council. What comes now. It should be noted that the reform is not yet closed. The text approved by the Transportation Commission – by 38 votes in favor, 2 against and 2 abstentions – must go through the Plenary of Parliament in July, and then begin the negotiation process with the Member States. That’s where many of the initial proposals usually soften. In parallel, airlines press so that the final text does not impose obligations that affect their tariff structure. The great unknown is whether the free of hand luggage will end up armored or if it will remain, once again, subject to interpretation. Until then, everything remains the same: each airline maintains its luggage policy. Images | Cameron Cox | Michał Parzuchowski In Xataka | Vigo airport has released a novel and digital control tower. There is only one problem: complaints about security

Portugal has wanted to shield energy from Spain: the light bill has been the first to pay the price

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Spain and Portugal closed last year proclaiming themselves of the energy transition, since 82% of its electricity It came from clean sources. Within this energy harmony in which both countries were walking together, it seems that it has vanished after the blackout of April 28. Short. Still without An official explanation Clara of the causes of the mass blackout, both Spain and Portugal They have established a joint committee to investigate what happened. Meanwhile, Portugal has chosen to suspend electricity imports from Spain as a preventive measure, According to Financial Times. A fragmented energy island. The Iberian Peninsula is considered an “energy island” for its limited connections with Europe. For this reason, both countries have been forced to each other to balance their electrical systems. However, the blackout has evidenced the fragilities of this interdependence and has led Portugal to question the level of energy dependence it maintains with Spain. In Xataka If the question is "a country can hold only with renewable energy"the answer is here next: Portugal Immediate repercussions. Before the blackout, Portugal imported up to 35% of its electricity from Spain. This flow not only covered the Luso Energy Deficit, but also allowed the neighboring country to store the Spanish surplus in its hydroelectric plants, acting as water batteries, such as has detailed The Financial Times. However, the abrupt cut of that supply has left the country exposed to a much more expensive electric market. In data. According to OMIEwholesale electricity prices in Spain fell up to € 10.24/MWh, while in Portugal they shot € 47.92/MWh. This price difference has put in trouble to Portuguese companies and consumers, especially those without long -term contracts that protect them from sudden rise in rates. There is a shy openness. On Thursday after the blackout, imports began to reopen again, but limited capacity has maintained high prices in Portugal. According to the RENthe Portuguese electricity operator has indicated that the import capacity will be limited to 1,000 megawatts per day until May 12, a figure that represents less than a fifth of the usual import volume. {“Videid”: “X88TF3K”, “Autoplay”: False, “Title”: “Save on your light bill: the best options to know prices on your mobile”, “Tag”: “Webedia-prod”, “Duration”: “258”} Future implications. As He has collected The Financial Times, the Minister of Energy of Portugal, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, has pointed out a gradual restoration of imports from Spain. However, Armindo Monteiro, director of CIP, the main business group in Portugal, has warned that the country “does not live or should live in electrical isolation”, and has underlined the need to review the safety and dependence conditions in an uncertain energy context. Image | Pxhere Xataka | Spain has opted for the plot, but has left the network thrown: how micro -redes fit the energy puzzle (Function () {Window._js_modules = Window._js_modules || {}; var headelement = document.getelegsbytagname (‘head’) (0); if (_js_modules.instagram) {var instagramscript = Document.Createlement (‘script’); }}) (); – The news Portugal has wanted to shield energy from Spain: the light bill has been the first to pay the price It was originally posted in Xataka by Alba Otero .

Chernobil’s shield is still open and there is no money to close it

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When on April 26, 1986 produced an explosion In reactor 4 of the Chernobil nuclear plant, no one could imagine the impact it was going to have. In a short time it became the worst nuclear accident in history. Today, almost 40 years later, the fateful area is in danger again. The impenetrable shield that had contained the radiation so far has not been able to with an unforeseen: the arrival of a war. The attack of a drone. We have gone counting Since the events happened. A Russian drone Shahed Iranian manufacturing and relatively low cost (between $ 50,000 and $ 100,000) caused damage For dozens of millions in the confinement structure of the Chernobil nuclear power plant, according to the first technical and official estimates. The attack, occurred in the early hours of February 14, 2025, drilled the roof exterior of the call New safe confinement (NSC), a structure 1.5 billion euros Designed to encapsulate the unstable Soviet sarcophagus that covers the number four reactor, destroyed in the nuclear disaster. Although an immediate increase in radiation was not detected, the damage seriously compromises the integrity of the enclosure: in addition to the hole, the impact caused a persistent fire in the inner lining that required more than two weeks To be controlled and the drilling of 200 additional holes to quell it with water. A technical challenge. The situation has exposed the Corrosion structurethe filtration of rain and the possible future release of radioactive dust, which raises not only technical challenges, but also financial and diplomatic. Experts such as the American engineer Eric Schmieman, who worked in the design of the NSC for fifteen years, have warned that a complete repair may require not only tens, but also hundreds of millions of dollarsin addition to several years of work, in a highly radioactive environment that complicates the work due to the exposure limits of workers. A temporary solution will consist of provisionally sealing the opening, but repairing the structure could even imply even displace the shelter again Throughout the rails on which it was built, a monumental effort only feasible in peacetime. The complexity of the operation is aggravated by the damage to critical areas of the enclosure, including proximity to the area of ​​remote cranes that were used to dismantle the internal structure and remove nuclear waste. The New Safe Confinement now damaged A disproportionate cost to divide. The economic impact of the attack It is disproportionate In relation to the cost of the drone used, which underlines the vulnerability of critical infrastructure against low -cost weapons. There are more, since the financial responsibility of the arrangement will be expected to be In Western governmentssince the International Emergency Fund of the European Reconstruction and Development Bank (BERD), endowed with only 25 million euros, is clearly insufficient. Ukraine and Berd herself have requested a significant expansion of the resources to address both the repair and the long -term challenges of the dismantling of the nuclear complex. We remember that the NSC was originally funded by 26 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, France, Turkey and even Russia, which adds a layer of irony to the attack, since Moscow itself helped to pay for the structure it has now damaged. War, propaganda and “nuclear terror.” Russia at first denied his responsibility, blaming the Kyiv government and qualifying the provocation attack, but the Ukrainian authorities, after tracking the trajectory of the drone, concluded that it was about An intentional attack perpetrated by Russian forces, with possible implications as a war crime. Activists such as Shaun Burnie, by Greenpeace Ukraine, consider that this act is part of a “Nuclear Terror” campaign Deliberate by the Kremlin against Ukraine and Europe, designed to generate prolonged fear and insecurity. The attack also involves a setback to the schedule of Expected dismantling for the original sarcophagus, which should be completed within the life period of life of HUNDRED NSC YEARS. No doubt, without repairs, that horizon is now uncertain, and environmental risk, although contained for now, could be aggravated over time. Chernobyl and the geopolitical board. It is the last of the legs to be analyzed after the incident. The location of Chernobylonly eleven kilometers from the border with Belarus (ally Moscow strategic) and its past as an area occupied by Russian forces in 2022, underlines the exposure of the site in the context of war. Since then, the complex has become Restricted military zonewhich limits the possibilities of direct international intervention and has forced both Russian and Ukrainian troops to carry out fortifications on contaminated land. Meanwhile, radioactive waste buried under the installation continues to represent A silent threatencapsulated under a structure whose vulnerability has now been exposed not only for the passage of time, but by modern war. What was once a monument to global cooperation to contain a catastrophe of the past, has become, again, a symbol of the fragility of the international order against armed conflict and geopolitical negligence. Image | IAEA IMEBANK, Adam Jones In Xataka | A Russian drone has opened one of the greatest engineering works. The problem: it was the sarcophagus of Chernobil reactor 4 In Xataka | Europe built a shield to contain chernobil radiation. A Russian drone pierced him, and since then he is open

Each shield of their cars and charges it as an extra

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Luxury car manufacturers They mark differences With general manufacturers by Your extreme care For the detail and exclusivity. In the case of Ferrari, one of the most valued elements is The shield that adorns the fins front of their cars, a symbol that goes far beyond being a simple ornament and that represents the artisanal essence and The prestige of the brand. This shield is the emblem that represents the level of dedication and perfectionism that the brand founded by Enzo Ferrari printed in each of its models, thus justifying the High price of your cars. Ferrari’s shield, known as “Scudetto”, It’s not just a badge: It is a small work of art that requires a thorough and completely manual process. Therefore, instead of using a plaque or an adhesive as the majority would do, one by one is painted and, of course, it makes the final bill of the car increase a few thousand dollars because It is an extra option that must be added when configuring the car. Each ‘Scudetto Aerografato’ is unique The process of Personalization in Ferrari It is so detailed that each car can be configured to the extreme, allowing customers to access an almost endless list of extras. In fact, the Personalization of supercar and luxury cars has become such a lucrative business how to build the car itself. The scudetti “Scuderia Ferrari” is one of the most emblematic and, although its price varies according to the model and the country, It is usually between 1,000 and 2,000 euros. For example, the collector Shmee150 had In a video On the customization of its Ferrari 296 GTS, which the cost of the shields was 1,325 euros. In a Ferrarista forum, a user published the budget photo of the customization of a Ferrari 458 Italia and the painting of the shields amounted to 1,183 euros. Touch the image to go to the original message As Ferrari herself showed in a published video In his X profilethe creation of each shield is A completely handmade process which demands a high degree of precision and patience. Each of the two shields that are placed in the front fins of a Ferrari requires up to eight hours of manual work, which is a total of 16 hours dedicated exclusively to this detail in each car. Maranello’s brand assured That this work is carried out by artisan experts from the Ferrari Painting Department, who apply several layers of paint and submit each shield to rigorous quality control before the car leaves the factory. Ferrari could opt for faster and more economic methods, but according to Stefano del Puglia, head of painting in Maranello, this decision does not respond to the lack of mechanized alternatives, but to the intention of making each Ferrari Be truly unique and of Increase the value of each vehicle For its owner. “The simplest solution would have been to use stickers, covered with a layer of transparent varnish to keep them in place and protect them from the weather. But Ferrari is not known for looking for the easy solution,” he said of the puglia. According to published The brand of ‘Il Cavallino Rampante’, “is an artisanal approach that is adopted not due to lack of mechanized alternatives; it is a deliberate effort, a part of what makes each Ferrari unique, something that improves the value of each car for its owner.” Somehow, they say from Ferrari, “it is like an autograph of its creator.” In Xataka | Luxury cars manufacturers already react to US tariff In Xataka | Ferrari is already noticing “the great transfer of wealth”: millennials and generation Z are already its main clients Image | Unspash (Jash Kothari)

The US wants to build an unprecedented antimisile shield called “Golden Dome”. And Spacex has suitable technology

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The idea of ​​an antimile shield that protects the United States from enemy attacks is not even original. Already in the era reagan, The country fantasized with an initiative nicknamed “Star Wars” That never saw the light. Now, the Trump administration wants to dust off the project with technology of the 21st century and a more intimidating name: “Golden Dome” (the golden dome). With Spacex technology. A technological consortium headed by Spacex, the Aerospace Company of Elon Musk, leads the race to develop part of the Golden Dome, Publish Reuters. Its proposal consists of a constellation of between 400 and more than a thousand satellites dedicated to detecting enemy missiles, following its trajectory and determining if they suppose a threat to the territory of the United States. Other separate fleet of about 200 satellites (armed with missiles or lasers) would be responsible for intercepting missiles; Although the group led by Spacex would not be, according to Reuters, involved in the offensive part of the system. Old acquaintances. In addition to Spacex, two other technology companies are part of the initiative: Palantir Technologies and Anduril Industries. Palantir is a government software co -founded by Alex Karp and Peter Thiel, old acquaintances of Musk. Anduril specializes in military drones and Autonomous Defense Technologies; Its most famous founder is Palmer Lukey, the creator of the Virtual Virtual Rift helmets. All of them, very aligned entrepreneurs and Donald Trump’s millionaire donors. If you liked, subscribe. The approach proposed by Spacex, Palantir and Anduril has an unorthodox turn for a defense contract for this magnitude: a subscription model. Instead buy and own satellite infrastructure, the Pentagon would pay a fee to access its services. This model, always according to reuters, could expedite the implementation by dodging the conventional procurement protocols of the Pentagon, but would also tie the government to a supplier and limit its control over the development and future prices of technology. After the publication of Reuters, which generated comments on possible conflicts of interest and worse things, Elon Musk responded in his X profile: “This is not true”, without giving more details. From Iron Dome to Golden Dome. The inspiration in the name seems clear: the Israeli iron dome. But the differences also appear in sight: Israel is a small country, with short -range threats. The United States is a continental country exposed to attacks from multiple vectors and with new threats, as the hypersonic missiles developed by Russia and Chinawhose erratic trajectories and extreme speed challenge current systems. Replicating the iron dome on an American scale is technical and economically unfeasible. Hence, the alternative that right now has more ballots is a solution based on the Starlink satellite constellation, which would cost between 6,000 and 10,000 million dollars. More politics than defense, for now. Although Spacex and its technological partners seem to be in the lead, traditional defense giants such as Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, RTX or Boeing are not far behind and also bid on the part of the cake. The Pentagon has received proposals from more than 180 companies. The big question is whether Golden Dome will really be a defensive revolution against real threats (such as hypersonic weapons or orbital bombing systems) or If it’s just an electoral promise closer to the science fiction of Star Wars than to a pragmatic military strategy. If something has taught us the current administration is that nothing they are going to do tomorrow is predictable. Images | Peter Thiel and Elon Musk (PayPal), Starlink Stelas (Lowell) In Xataka | Space energy never worked. A military escalation in orbit is making it come true

Sky Shield and its 120 combat planes

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On that chess board that has become the Ukraine conflict into geopolitical key, it touches it, and how, to move to Europe. After the United States decision of cut military support (including intelligence) to Ukraine against Russian aggression, the old continent He has talked about “Rearme”but in the last hours a plan that It started in 2022 and that has never come to materialize. In essence, Europe seeks to activate a shield in the sky. Shield the Ukrainian sky. The current situation in Ukraine has led several military experts to present an update of the Sky Shield Planan air defense initiative led by Europe that seeks display 120 combat planes to protect Kyiv and the west of the country. Unlike NATO’s direct intervention, this proposal would work independently and be aimed at stopping Russian missile attacks and drones, without involving the battle front or east of Ukraine. In this way, the implementation of the protection system would cover critical infrastructure, such as the three operational nuclear plants of Ukraine, as well as the strategic cities of Odessa and Lviv. According to A recent report That has been made public, the strategy could be more effective in military, political and socio -economic terms than the deployment of 10,000 European soldiers on the field. What is Sky Shield. Originally known as European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI)it is an ambitious antimile defense system plan that seeks to create a protective shield on the continent, one Similar to Iron Dome Israeli. Founded in 2022 after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it currently has 21 member countries, including the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Poland, Greece and Finland, which have agreed to cooperate in the acquisition, maintenance and use of defense systems. The idea has always been for the project to be integrated into the pre -existing Missions of NATO, always as a objective to protect the allied territory against aerial threats and missile attacks. In fact, its design contemplates three levels of defense: Short range (up to 15 km away and 6 km altitude) Half range (15-50 km away and up to 25 km altitude) Long range (more than 50 km away and up to 35 km altitude) Sky Shield’s key components. Originally, the plan combines various defense technologies Air from different manufacturers, both European and American. First, the Arrow 3 system long -range developed jointly by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Boeing (United States). Its characteristics: intercept long -range ballistic missiles before they reach their target, operated totally automatically and designed to intercept threats to great altitude and hundreds of kilometers away. Then you have the Skyranger System 30 short -range developed by Germany. It is a defense turret, a mobile system that detects and neutralizes air and land threats. The third leg is the Missile Earth-Aire Iris-T-SLM half range. Manufactured by Diehl Defense (Germany), it uses infrared technology to intercept attacks and, in fact, Ukraine has used this system since 2022, which has demonstrated its effectiveness in combat. Finally, The well -known patriot long range. Developed by Raytheon, it is a system widely used in Europe, so much that NATO signed a contract for 5.6 billion euros to acquire 1,000 Patriot missiles shared between Germany, Netherlands, Romania and Spain. Resurgence of the plan. And so we get to this week. Although the idea of ​​an aerial exclusion zone has been discussed since the Russian invasion, until now concrete progress has been made. However, the recent tense meeting between Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and his American counterpart has caused a turn in the European position. The Interruption of military aid flow and the restriction of Intelligence exchange On the part of the United States they have forced Europe to take a more active role in the defense of Ukraine and in the construction of long -term security guarantees. The Guardian told that among the main drivers of Sky Shield High profile figures in European defense are found, such as Philip Breedlove, a supreme excomandant of NATO in Europe, Sir Richard Shirreff, former general of the British and former deputy army of NATO, and Aleksander Kwaśniewski, former president of Poland. The former Foreign Minister of Lithuania, Gabrielius Landsbergis, has also joined that this plan represents an essential step for Europe to assume a leadership role in Ukrainian security. Risk of climbing and challenges. Yes ok The proposal It has been presented to various European defense ministries, so far there has been no clear response to authorize aerial patrols about Ukraine. The main concern in the West lies in the risk of climbing from the conflict to something much larger, since the deployment of European combat aircraft could result in direct confrontations with Russia if any aircraft were demolished. However, Plan defenders argue that the risk is minimal, since Moscow has avoided operating combat planes beyond the front line Since the beginning of 2022, which would maintain a distance of separation greater than 200 kilometers between European fighters and Russian forces. In that sense, the plan would not only reinforce the air security of Ukraine, but also would decongest your defense systems Antialea, currently overloaded and armament dependent manufactured in the United States such as Patriot interceptors, whose refueling has been suspended after the new restrictions of the White House. Reinforce the Ukrainian defense. The urgency of a Solution as Sky Shield It becomes evident with the recent Russian attacks. An example: in just one day, Russia launched 181 drones and four missileswhich, although they were mostly intercepted, caused the death of at least one person in Odesa and damaged infrastructure in the region. Ukraine has responded with long -range attacks through ATACMS missiles Americans and Storm Shadow Anglo-Frenchhitting objectives in Russian territory, including military refineries and facilities. Attacks and defenses that will become impossible over time without the help of the United States. Guarantee security (world). So things, with American support in question And a conflict that does not give signs of resolving soon, Europe faces the need to assume a more decisive role in the … Read more

This is how Ech works, the Technological Shield of Cloudflare that has put the operators between the sword and the wall

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The LaLiga fight against illegal soccer broadcasts It has encountered an unexpected obstacle: Ech (Encrypted Client Hello), an encryption protocol that stars in the great conflict and the collateral damage of this battle, which splashes thousands of companies. Turning point. It all started when Cloudflare implemented in October 2023 (Encrypted Client Hello), an extension of TLS that prevents operators from identifying which specific domain is requesting the user. This protocol makes it technically impossible for operators to see which specific domain requests a user. The contrast. ECH works as an additional encryption layer that completely hides the final destination of a connection: When a user tries to access a website, his browser initiates an encrypted “negotiation” (Handshake TLS) With the server. Before ECH, although this connection was encrypted, the name of the domain was traveling “in clear” so that the intermediate servers could enrut the traffic. With ECH, the name of the domain is also encrypted, making it impossible for the operators to know which concrete website the user is accessing. The system is even more complicated because Cloudflare uses shared IPS: The same IP address can house hundreds or thousands of different websites. Without ECH, the operators could see what domain each user requested and block selectively. With ATU activated, they only see an encrypted IP that could be serving both legal and illegal content. This leaves two options to the operators: block all the IP (affecting hundreds or thousands of sites) or not blocking anything. When they choose the first thing the Blocked legitimate websites. To avoid blockages, which also translate into a reputational crisis, some operators are resorting to alternative techniques such as: Traffic patterns analysis. Deep inspection of packages (DPI). BLOCK BY SNI (Indication of the server name) when ECH is not active. But these solutions are complex, expensive and not always effective. The conflict has climbed, Movistar has softened his blockages, Digi has hardened them and Vodafone says to have a more precise solution although it has not revealed details yet (since Xataka We have asked them for this without having received an answer at the time of publishing this article). They possibly use one of the last points. The next. Ech has supposed a huge change in Internet architecture. The precedent of Austria, where IPS blockades were prohibited To protect the neutrality of the network, it suggests that the current regulation model needs to adapt to this new reality. Meanwhile, the pulse between LaLiga and Cloudflare persists, and thousands of Spanish companies also remain trapped in the midst of the conflict. Outstanding image | Cloudflare In Xataka | What is cloudflare, how it works and why a fall or block makes half the Internet fail

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