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Space station astronauts have made sushi. In Japan they would open a war advice, but it is fantastic

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Sushi and ramen are to Japan what the potato tortilla –With onion– Or Paella to Spain: a sign of cultural identity. They have more complex origins than we think: while ramen derives from Chinese cuisine, Sushi was born as a conservation technique before transforming into a gastronomic icon. To such an extent that to International Space Station Astronauts He has given them to prepare Sushi with what they had at their disposal. It has come out regular, but at the same time it is fantastic. Space food It is not a secret that space food You must have very specific characteristics. It is mostly lyophilized And it is thermosellated. Before consumption, the one that is not ready to consume, must be rehydrated and any food and ingredient that enters the season You must meet a series of both security and cleaning requirements. Conservation is also very important for obvious reasons And, although we can think that it is not good, The problem is usually astronauts. When cooking (among many quotes that cook), an ingredient as important as the food and condiments of the station is the double -sided tape. In numerous videos We have seen how ingredient boats such as honey or simple scissors are glued with that tape to the station surfaces. Sushi at the space station. Occasionally, one of the US members decides to surprise his companions cooking something out of the menuand Jonny Kim’s attempt has been one of the last examples. NASA American and Astronaut, hung A few weeks ago a photo in which a tray could be seen with an attempt at Sushi. To do this, they used precooked rice, fish, spam (A canned meat mark) and a touch of GOCHUJANG (A spicy paste based on rice and chili) and Wasabi. The humidity kept the ingredients glued, but for the tray and the rest of the elements, they used the aforementioned tape. Nostalgia. It is not the most appetizing sushi in the universe and, surely, Japan would have some questions for the architects of this culinary crime, but there is a great “but”: as on earth, this space sushi served for one thing: unite the members of the station. Up, despite fellowship, loneliness must be quite present and one of the astronauts commented that he missed the sushi. That gave them an idea: see what they had in their personal provisions to see if they could elaborate something similar. The result is obvious (rice with things on top), but the important thing is that “the result was a great meal,” as Kim points out, and served to foster that feeling of companionship and reduce, a little even if it is, that nostalgia. Nori algae. In X, someone He pointed out What would have been great to use Nori algae To wrap the sushi, but that he understood that it should be difficult to need a dehydrated version of it and that it would not be nice to have algae scales floating around. Kim replied that, in fact, they have Nori, but it is an ingredient that is part of the space orders that, with a limit, can do. And that he had run out of the ingredient. On the problem of the scales, everything is designed: “The crumbs accumulate in the air entry filters, which are aspired every week.” It is not the first time. It is a beautiful gesture, but it is not the first time that sushi is made at the station. It was not a photo, but a complete video that the Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi put on the chef’s hat for prepare A somewhat more “traditional” sushi with tuna, Nori and frozen scallops that had risen on board that intention. The reason for that elaboration was the same as that of this summer: surprise his teammates, take care of those ties and make the stay to thousands of kilometers of his homes is somewhat more cheerful. Also One way that missions are more bearable. In Xataka | Until the 90s nobody in Japan ate sushi with raw salmon. Until a marketing campaign changed everything

Give the keys of their war ships to Spain

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While the shipyards in Ferrol continue to take giant steps to have the frigate of F110 class In the delivery planned by 2028, several hundred kilometers from there, in the surroundings of Cádiz, we also begin to work on the facilities of Navantia, who seems to move forward with a firm step to be in the world showcase as a reference construction company. It is no small thing: United Kingdom has given him the keys to the future of his Navy. A historical precedent. Yes, for the first time in recent history, a British war ship will be built largely outside the islands, with Spain as the main destination of manufacturing. The decision responds to the Harland & Wolff shipyards In Belfast, famous for having lifted the Titanicthey are not yet prepared to face a contract of 1.6 billion pounds Awarded in 2022. The agreement, which from the beginning raised suspicion for the participation of Navantia, breaks with the tradition that the ships of the Royal Navy are built in the United Kingdom or in British territories, revealing Weaknesses of the country’s military industrial base. The role of Navantia. The Spanish state company confirmed that most of the construction of the first logistical support ship of the Royal Navy will be carried out in its Cádiz shipyardsleaving Harland & Wolff only the construction of the bow at its Appleor headquarters, in England. The centerpiece of the helmet, which should be manufactured in Belfast, will be executed in Spain along with the rest of the ship, which has aroused criticism of analysts That they warn that, if this precedent is consolidated, the three units could end up building in their entirety outside the United Kingdom. However, Navantia insists in which the plan is “realistic” and maintains that the three ships should be finally assembled in Belfast if everything follows its course, with delivery planned in 2032. The workers leaving the Harland & Wolff shipyard in 1911. In the background you can see the Titanic bow Industrial crisis and foreign investment. The truth is that Belfast’s inability to enter production up to at least 2026 has forced the initial plan. Navantia He has committed 115 million pounds in the modernization of the British shipyards, of which 90 will be used specifically to the support ship project. The Spanish company He defends that this investment will provide Harland & Wolff for the necessary capacities to compete in future British naval contracts, such as the six amphibious assault ships and versatile support (MRSS) that the Navy contemplates acquire in the coming years. However, critical voices They point out thatalthough the British taxpayer pays a premium to sustain local shipyards, a substantial part of the added value is transferred to Spain. Political controversy. No doubt, the agreement has divided opinions in the United Kingdom. Some accuse the Ministry of Defense of to have been deceived With the promise that the ships would be “made in Britain”, while unions like GMB and Unite have avoided ruling at the moment. From Norirlandea politics, the reaction It has been pragmatic: The delay in Belfast is labeled, but it is accepted that having modernized facilities will allow competence of equal conditions in the future. For its part, Navantia Underline which is incorporating apprentices in the region and ensures the support of local workers. The tradition of “Brisionh Build.” To understand the climate that is breathed with the news in the United Kingdom we must go back in time. Since the end of the 19th century already throughout the 20th century, the Royal Navy defended An unwavering principle: His warships had to be built on British soil, both for reasons of national security and to keep alive that strategic industrial fabric that was Pride of the country. During The Victorian erashipyards such as Portsmouth, Devonport, Barrow-in-Furness or Belfast Harland & Wolff themselves became Naval power symbolscapable of producing battles, carriers and world reference submarines. Even in the moments of greater industrial globalization, London insisted In that the construction of combat ships should remain under national control, convinced that a war ship built abroad would be vulnerable to sovereignty commitments, industrial espionage or technological dependence. The empire and autonomy. The United Kingdom maintained this policy even in times of economic difficulty. After World War II, when the imperial decline and the energy crises of the seventies eroded the British economy, it continued to bet on the local construction of frigates, destroyers and aircraft carrier. The programs Invincible and Type 42developed between the seventies and eighty, they were built entirely in British shipyards, although at a high cost and with notable delays. London justified those expenses as an investment in Strategic autonomy: Ensure that, before a crisis, it did not depend on foreign suppliers to maintain the operation of their Navy. National pride. In this context, Harland & Wolff In Belfast it occupied a symbolic place: not only and as we said, for having built the Titanic, but for being one of the large industrial centers in the United Kingdom. Your declineaccompanied by mass closures and loss of jobs, was seen as a symptom of the loss of British naval power. For decades, successive British governments sought formulas to keep them alive through military contracts, aware that a shipyard who dies rarely resurrects. Hence, the news that a British warship was built mostly in Spain is perceived as a breakdown of a historical tradition and a symbolically painful concession. Implications for the “British” defense. The three support ships that Today they are news (classified as warships since its conception in 2020) They are intended to provide ammunition, fuel and supplies to the British fleet in prolonged operations. Its strategic importance is considerable, at a time when Royal Navy seeks reinforce your ability expeditionary and guarantee logistics autonomy in high intensity scenarios. Therefore, that much of its construction (time will say if the majority) is carried out in Spain reflects both the limitations of the British military naval industry and the growing … Read more

Ukraine is basically a country made dron. So the war between humans has passed to an unpublished zone: underground

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Of all the realities that war in Ukraine is showing us, there is one that has no discussion: drones are The Trojan horse on which they are going to sustain war conflicts From now on. In Eastern Europe we are Seeing scenarios that until recently they were more typical of Fantastic literature than reality. The prominence is such that the battle between soldiers is no longer getting rid of the ground. It is getting rid underground. The war in the bowels. Yes, Kharkiv’s front is being the scene of an unexpected phenomenon: Russian soldiers tried infiltrate pipes of gas and water, crawling through ducts Underground to overcome the Oskil River and establish positions closer to Kupiansk. It’s about The third time in which this tactic appears since the beginning of the invasion, and is a new defensive challenge for Ukrainian forces, which have reacted flooding, damaging and fortifying several of these passages, aware that the pipes form an extensive and difficult network to control. kyiv’s General Staff officially confirmed that the pipes had been used, although it stressed that the city remains under Ukrainian control and that most accesses have already been closely neutralized or monitored. Pipes such as espionage routes. Kupiank’s case is not isolated. As We count thenlast March, Russian special forces toured almost fifteen kilometers through a gas pipeline in Sudzha to throw a blow against the Ukrainian rear in Kursk, an episode that Moscow celebrated As tactical successalthough it ended with the annihilation of much of the infiltrated team. In Avdiivka, at the beginning of 2024, Russian troops They drained a pipe Water service and adapted it as a underground route, opening exits every hundred meters to facilitate the advance. These maneuvers, which evoke command operations of other warsThey take advantage of the industrial and energy fabric of Ukraine, a country crossed by large gas pipelines that for decades were key to the European supply of Russian gas and that today, to a large extent, are underutilized. The Ukrainian response. Before this Unusual threatUkraine has deployed measures from Creative Military Engineering. In Kupiansk, teams of the 429th regiment of unmanned systems used explosives to damage the point where a pipe crossed with the Oskil, causing its flood. In addition, wire wire have been introduced inside some ducts, with Videos that show Booby-Traped passages designed to catch or dissuade intruders. Although the controls They recognize that Russia could try to repair or reuse these passages, ensure that surveillance is constant and that each attempt will be answered. This deployment reflects how Ukrainian defense is not only fought on the surface, with drones, armored or artillery, but also a subsoil turned into a new front. The expansion underground. Plus: The war in Ukraine had already shown An underground face in the catacombs of Mariupol or in the trenches of Bajmut, but the use of gas pipelines and pipes A different dimension: abandoned industrial corridors that now become improvised military tunnels in fear that drones do not allow surface advances. With a diameter of more than one meter in some cases, they allow the passage of equipped men and even basic supplies. Its extension, designed to transport up to 140,000 million cubic meters of gas per year, constitutes a potential battlefield which multiplies the possibilities of infiltration and forces Ukraine to allocate resources to unexpected land. The paradox is evident: the same infrastructure that once connected Europe with Russian energy today are Combat scenarios where the immediate security of cities and defensive positions is played. Strategic implications. He Use of pipes as penetration routes Confirm two things. On the one hand, that drones have transformed What we understood as a contest so far. On the other, the Russian ability to exploit any loophole in Ukrainian geography, even undergroundtogether with the need for kyiv to develop multilayer defenses that cover from the sky, saturated with drones, to subsoils, now traveled by soldiers crawling into the dark. Beyond the punctual efficacy, These tactics They highlight the plasticity of contemporary war, where each civil infrastructure can be militarized and where combat is fought in secondary dimensions. For military analysts, the battle of pipes in Ukraine anticipates a future in which the defense of a country will depend both on the surface that its population inhabits, plagued with swarms, as well as on the bowels that run through its industrial networks, now turned into unexpected war tunnels. Image | SERGEY KOLYASNIKOV In Xataka | In the Norwegian cold war he devised a plan underground to detain the Soviet. Invasion to Ukraine has reactivated it In Xataka | Russia has crowded a surprising blow to Ukraine: 100 soldiers walking for four days inside a gas pipeline

is called F110 and is ready for any war

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It has not been any summer for Spain in defense. In August He knew he resigned to around 50 F-35 that the Ministry of Defense had “applauded” with the United States. It was also said that the idea was to bet on European investment In defense. The truth is that Spain has almost ready that will be a source of pride of its Navy. It is called F110 and it is a portent. A new generation. The Bonifaz frigate launchfirst of the Class F110in the shipyards of Navantia in Ferrol, it has marked a milestone for the Spanish Navy and for the country’s own naval industry. With a degree of progress greater than 70% and delivery planned in 2028, the ship opens a series of five units conceived to replace the VETERANAS F80 SANTA MARÍAin turn heirs of American architecture Oliver Hazard Perry of the eighties. F110 represents not only a generational relief, but also a strategic commitment to a versatile design and Highly automatedconceived from the beginning to grow and adapt to new demands. The construction of the other units already advances: the F112 has the keel placed since April 2025 and the blocks of the following frigates are mounted in parallel in the Ferrolan workshops. A flexible ship. From its conception, the F110 was designed as a frigate Antisubmarine war First order, with a technological package that places it among the most advanced in Europe in this field. Incorporates a helmet sonar combined with the powerful Captas-4 Compact Towed of Thales, capable of detecting submarines at a great distance and precisely, in addition to a NH90 helicopter either SH-60 Dedicated to this task, accompanied by a second hangar thought for drones or unmanned systems. All this makes the new class a multiplier of underwater forces, an increasingly relevant field in a context in which Russian underwater activity He has recovered prominence In the North Atlantic. But F110 does not give up other dimensions: it is also a Multipurpose ship with large areas of mission and space to accommodate future teams, which makes it an open platform to technological evolution. The bonifaz frigate launch in Ferrol on September 11 The strategic dimension. One of the most distinctive elements of design is its huge mast, which houses the AN/SPy-7 radar (v) 2 From Lockheed Martin, derived from the long -range discrimination system installed in Alaska. Its high position gives you an exceptional field of vision and makes it a sensor capable of continuing even objects in space. Although the frigate does not carry weapons capable of Intercept ballistic missiles In full flight, your data can feed allied networks, reinforcing NATO antimisile defense and complementing the capacities of Spanish F100, optimized for anti -aircraft war. The integration of this radar with the management system of National Scomba Combat It symbolizes technological cooperation with the United States without giving up its own industrial control, a balance that enhances the strategic autonomy of the Navy. Balanced armament. In terms of aerial defense, F110 surprises with a relatively moderate arsenal compared to its predecessors: two MK 41 modules that house up to 64 Essm Block 2 missileseffective against short and medium range threats. It is a configuration that guarantees local protection and some area coverage, although the door to be integrated into the future Standard family missiles is open, which would expand the defensive scope. In the surface fight, the ship combines the missile Naval Strike Missile of Kongsberg, with a discreet but precise and difficult scope to detect, with a 127 mm cannon in bow, two of 30 mm and light machine guns. To this are added Electronic War Systemscountermeasures, launch of fast boats and a set of sensors that reinforce their role as an escort and as a presence ship in NATO missions or the European Union. International comparisonss. The F110 approach is part of a global trend of Polivalent frigates with anti -submarine emphasis, similar to that of the British Type 26also chosen By Australia, Canada and Norwayoa la American constellationbased on Italian design FREMM. Paradoxically, the US Navy rejected the Spanish proposal of a F100 frigate, opting for the FREMM, and today Pay the consequences with a program that accumulates delays, overweight and cost overruns. In contrast, the Spanish calendar progress promptlywith the bonifaz even advanced to the expected. This industrial discipline reinforces the attractiveness of F110 as a possible export product in an international market that demands versatile, modern and controlled costs. Multiple relevance. If you want also, the Incorporation of the ship War will consolidate the transition from the Navy to a fleet of complementary frigates: The F100 as specialists in area air defense and the F110 as submarine hunters with a sufficient balance in surface and air capabilities. Together, they will offer Spain a strategic combination of media adapted to the challenges of the Atlantic and Mediterranean, while projecting full interoperability with NATO allies. Thus, F110 is not just a new ship: it is the materialization of a national strategy that combines its own technology with international integration, a bridge between tradition and future that, unlike other international programs (Many in trouble), seems to advance with a firm step and could place Navantia in the world showcase as a reference construction company. Image | Navantia In Xataka | If you have ever wondered what the pride of the Spanish Navy is like, this virtual walk puts you in the S-81 In Xataka | The F-35 not only costs a fortune, it has a button that Spain does not like. So he told the US that he doesn’t want them

In the war between Spain and Ryanair for hand luggage, the European Union has already sent a message. It does not paint well for Spain

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At the end of last year, Spain sanctioned Ryanair and four other airlines with millionaire fines for the collection of hand luggage. Since then, the Irish company has been defending that the sanction is illegal because they are not breaking any regulations. The case has climbed to the European Union … And things do not paint well for Spain. Gathered. In person or by video call, which begins to give an idea of ​​positions. At the end of last week, Apostols Tzitzikostas, European Transport Commissioner, He scheduled a meeting with Michael O’LearyRyanair CEO. Yesterday, Pablo Bustinduy, Minister of Consumption, met with that same commissioner by video call. The digital meeting arrives days after the reception to the maximum leader of the company and thousands of kilometers away. A first approach that gives an idea of ​​where the positions are. Affinity. From the meeting between O’Leary and Tzitzikostas they have not transcended holders but in Spain they already begin to fear that the positions between them are closer to Spanish positions, they explain in The country. To start because Bustinduy requested to have that meeting before Ryanair’s CEO met with the European leader but there was no success. And, second, because from the European Transport Commission they have clear that their positions are close to those of low -cost airlines in terms of hand luggage. Your last proposition It does not differ much from what, until now, Ryanair was allowing. 4 liters. It is, according to BBC The increase in space Ryanair assumed with its new measures for hand luggage. The company has gone from 40 x 25 x 20 cm with those that was handled until this summer to some innovative 40 x 30 x 20 cm. Those five centimeters are those that are calculated, increase the size by four liters. As we count a few months ago, the decision comes after the Airlines For Europe (A4E) association of which Ryanair is part of, will sign an agreement to establish a minimum in 40 × 30 × 15 cm bags. A movement that actually serves to make lobby and create a new European standard. And, before the fines, Ryanair herself has pressed so that exact minimum sizes allowed are defined. On the side of the low cost. The A4E agreement arrives just when the European Union has decided to close, at once, the hand luggage chapter. Right now, airlines have to ensure that you can travel with “the essential” in a backpack. But there are no minimum measures. In that strip and loosen to get a new regulation of travelers, The Council of Europe has proposedexactly, that the measures to be collected are those 40 x 30 x 15 cm. That is, Ryanair would already be complying with the minimums. And the Transport Commission also bets on the same measures although it emphasizes that this backpack must be free (and It has discrepancies on other aspects). The fine, in the air. Although there is no record that Ryanair has climbed the disagree to European magistrates, what we do know is that the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid He has suspended the sanction Economic, pointing out that if applied, a hard impact on the treasury of these companies will be generated, for what has applied, for the moment, precautionary measures. In fact, in Spain justice has been shown in favor of users and the airline in contradictory sentences for the same fact. In Salamancathe courts have considered that the free size allowed by Ryanair is not enough for the passenger to carry the “essential” luggage. In SevilleHowever, they do not have the same opinion and have failed in favor of the company. Summarizing. At the moment, the Ministry of Consumer faces a complicated role. Has imposed a millionaire fine to Ryanair (the highest in the history of our country) Justice has caught the sanctions precautionary The company has pressed in the European Union European leaders have previously received the company’s CEO than Spanish leaders (and have done so by video call) And Europe seeks to carry out a new regulation to travel with hand suitcases … with more restrictive measures than those Ryanair offer from this summer. Photo | Nejc Soklič and My Random Photo In Xataka | Lack of a hole, prize on the payroll: Ryanair will upload the prize for employees who discover too large handbags

Ukraine has opened Moscow drone to electronic war. From Russia it only has the name, the rest is one of the allies

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The “unboxing” of Russian drones intercepted by the Ukrainian forces has revealed everything, since hidden messages until The origin of many of the technology components (with big surprises). It has also been known to what extent China is part of the war machinery or that even Nvidia has a fundamental role. Now, Moscow’s last drone, the most sophisticated, has fallen into Ukrainian hands. The last drone. The Ukrainian Military Intelligence Service He has revealed Detailed information about The Geran-3a new Russian attack drone derived from the Shahed-238 Iranian. Its incorporation into Russian arsenal represents a qualitative leap against to the geran-2: Reach speeds of up to 370 km/h thanks to Your turbojet engineIt has a range of approximately 1,000 kilometers and culminates its attacks with a terminal immersion maneuver that makes it detonate when impacting. Its massive deployment this year reflects the Russian bet for Kamikaze drones increasingly sophisticated and produced in large volumes. Design and capacities. The Geran-3 maintains the basic configuration of its predecessor, including similar cameras and transmission systems, but incorporates a satellite navigation system that, According to Ukraineis resistant to TElectronic War Ecnics usual. This armor against interference is an added challenge, since it limits the effectiveness of the electronic methods that until now managed to neutralize part of the enemy drones. The internal design reproduces previous, but optimized schemes for the highest speed and to cross areas under strong anti -aircraft coverage. Dependence on the “allies.” The surprising, or perhaps at this point Not so muchis that Hur’s investigation suggests that drone contains almost 50 pieces of foreign originfrom countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany and China. This fact reveals the difficulties of controlling The proliferation of two -use technology: although international sanctions seek to limit Russia’s access to critical components, global supply chains allow pieces manufactured in the West or Asia They end in military systems through intermediaries. The case underlines, one more timethe limits of the embargo measures and the need to reinforce technological traceability. Mass production Russia ha multiplied production of drones of the Shahed family, reaching industrial levels that allow massive attacks of enormous size. In fact, offensives have already been registered with More than 800 drones In a single night and western intelligence estimates consider it possible that Moscow can launch up to 2,000 units In a single coordinated attack. In addition, new launch centers are being built, demonstrating a planned saturation strategy to wear Ukrainian defenses and force a high economic cost in your response. Ukraine and new defenses. Given this panorama, Ukraine has accelerated production of interceptor drones capable of pursuing and demolishing objectives in flight. These systems, cheaper than conventional anti-aircraft missiles, seek to balance the cost-effect equation that currently favors Russia. In parallel, they are being deployed acoustic and optical sensors For early detection, along with tactical adaptations on the ground. kyiv tries to create a flexible and low -cost antidron shield, aware that the main threat resides in the volume and persistence of these attacks. Strategic implications. The Geran-3 symbolizes The new phase of the drone war: cheap, fast and difficult systems to neutralize that force adversaries to spend much more expensive resources in their defense. This dynamic erosion classical military doctrines and demands from the West coordinate production, exchange intelligence and reinforce export controls to prevent sensitive pieces from feeding the Russian arsenal. If you want also, the conflict shows that the technological war is no longer freed with great cost strategic weapons, but with swarms of autonomous systems whose proliferation is difficult to stop. Perspectives and risks. The appearance of the Geran-3 He anticipates an escalation in which Russia will bet on mass and persistent attacks to saturate Ukrainian defenses, while kyiv and their allies look for economic and rapid solutions to counteract. Thus, each advance in speed, autonomy or resistance A electronic countermeasures multiply the risk that the balance be tilted in favor of who can sustain serial production. In that field, Ukraine needs both technological innovation and industrial and financial support of its partners, because the drone war is emerging as a decisive component of the conflict. Image | Wikimedia Commons, National Police of Ukraine In Xataka | Ukraine has opened the most advanced Drone Kamikaze in Russia. Now they know what the key to their power is: nvidia In Xataka | Ukraine has hunted an “invisible” drone of Russia. The surprise has been capitalized when opening it: it is “made in USA”

The generals in the Ukraine War have ceased to be human. There are drones giving drones before attacking

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The technological jump that is being given in the Ukraine War exceeds any forecast to a Unexpected speed. Of machines capturing and prisoners He went to drones attacking on your own In weeks. Now, these robots crews capable of coordinating on their own have a devastating weapon that makes them more unpredictable: an AI capable of generating military controls between algorithms, and several programs that multiply their scope. The jump of the swarms. Yes, the swarms of driven drones by artificial intelligence They are moving from promise to operational practice: software as Nemyx, from Auterionconverts compatible platforms into a coordinated force that maneuver, decides and attacks collectively to saturate defenses. In fact, United States will send 33,000 “attack kits” Updateable to Ukraine, a symptom that armies assume that intelligent volume (many cheap, connected and freelancer) can tip the balance on the battlefield. How they work. Actually, the key is not a “more capable” drone, but many drones that cooperate Like an organism: They share information, roles are distributed (one being the closest to a “general”), they reconfigure before interference and elude defenses with coordinated routes and attack times. Thus, a single operator controls multiple vectors, decision -making is automated at the tactical level and the resulting “precision mass” overwhelms radars, missiles and anti -aircraft artillery with whiter than they can manage. The Ukrainian ecosystem. Had the weekend The Financial Times than auterion has presented his “drone swarm strike engine” (Nemyx) as an app on his operating system to add drones to swarm with A simple updatewhile Helsing (next to Systematic) announces swarm capabilities directed by Ia. In parallel, Ukrainian companies Like Swarmer They claim to have intervened in 82,000 operations, with software that allows a group to approach Russian positions and choose autonomously The time to attack, materializing a trend initiated in 2016 with microdrones launched by F-18 and accelerated by Chinese demonstrations of great swarms since 2017. The Ukrainian advantage. Ukraine has A massive file operational video (including a classified base called Universal Military Dataset) that feeds models of autonomy and learning, an asset that its companies consider decisive. In addition, the opening of software and standards allows Integrate platforms In “weeks or days”, not in “months or years”, lowering the entrance barrier for diverse manufacturers and shortening the innovation cycle against adversaries. Ukrainian drone R18 Of the waves to learning. For his part, Russia It has improved Its effectiveness grouping long -range Shahed attacks, but that looks more like coordinated waves than a “intelligent” swarm. The new generation introduces Learning and coordination Distributed, eliminates the dependence of a single communications relay and allows each drone to adjust its behavior in real time, so saturation is not only quantitative but also tactically adaptive. Cust manufactures several drones of the Skvorets FPV family, some with a high degree of automation The Russian jump. Plus: Russia has announced An advance that could transform war with drones: thanks to the orbit systemdeveloped by the Cust consortium (a network of More than 200 startups That has broken with the slowness of the traditional defense industry), the FPV operators would no longer have to approach the front. Instead of risking artillery or kamikaze drones, they could control devices From hundreds of kilometerseven from Moscow, while first -line soldiers only briefly display drones from backpacks. Train an hour. The system uses artificial intelligence algorithms and neural networks for Identify, track and attack Objectives, making the operator more than a pilot. According to their designers, the necessary training passes four weeks to just an hour, a jump that is real democratizes the lethal piloting capacity. Technology would allow Russia to maintain its rhythm of massive drones (more than 30,000 delivered in 2024) at the same time that protects its most valuable staff, operators, considered even more important than tanquistas in the Ukrainian points system. Skvorets evolution. They remembered in Forbes that Cust has demonstrated industrial pragmatism: from the basic skvorets, with loads of 3 to 4 kilos and reach of more than 10 km, versions have emerged With thermal cameras, reusable recognition models, the Skvorets-Z variant with automatic objective block and the skvorets pro with such automated functions that it can be handled by a pilot without experience. They have even developed a Naval model launched From robotic vessels, which shows that the concept of remote control was already mature before orbit. In other words, if Orbita works as statedthe roles change: there will be no operators in improvised basements near the front, but in remote, invisible and untouchable control centers. Drones could be thrown by infantry soldiers, unmanned land vehicles or autonomous vessels, while the attack decision is validated from rear. Ethics and legality. Expanding the framework of all these advances, the power of all these systems tension the principle of significant human control. In the case of the Ukrainian side, European developers They underline that the operator maintains the authorization of whites and the supervision of lethality, in line with doctrines and limitations of international law, but the border between tactical automation and full autonomy It is blurred As the algorithms assume more flight decisions, objective allocation and attack synchronization. For its part, in the Russian case Orbit announces A future where “Bots on Earth” will replace the “Boots on Earth”, where FPV duels will be fought Between guided machines at a distance and not between nearby combatants. In an immediate horizon, the classic operator by handing a drone a few kilometers from the enemy might seem as obsolete and exposed as a cavalry rider in the middle of the battle of the 21st century. Image | National Guard of Ukraine/Twitter, TrydenceCust In Xataka | Machines capturing and prisoners were the preserve of science fiction. Until the war in Ukraine arrived In Xataka | Something unprecedented in Ukraine is happening: combat drones do not need humans to coordinate and attack

Ukraine has found the antidote to the Russian Kamikaze drones in World War

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During World War II a battalion became In “Immortal” For history books. They were not soldiers, but artists who dedicated themselves to create for the war campaign of the allies. From the creation of military sound recordings to the construction of tanks, airplanes and trucks. With a caveat: They were inflatable To confuse the Nazis. Now Ukraine recalled that story. THE WAR OF THE LOB. Yes, on the Ukrainian front, which seems like a battlefield loaded with artillery, drones and armored vehicles can hide an elaborate stage of deception. At least since 2023 They have multiplied Tests of how the two sides use wood tanks, plywood cannons, false soldiers and even inflatable drones to force the enemy to waste expensive ammunition. A Famous example It was that of a Russian drone that spread images of the destruction of an alleged Ukrainian tank, followed by a video of a soldier laughing next to the remains of his “wooden car.” This mixture of crafts and technology is part of a strategy that seeks to balance forces in a conflict in which each missile and each drone have enormous strategic value. In Xataka The hoteliers promised them happy with the huge business of the terraces. Until the new antitabaco law arrived Cardboard artillery. Among the most popular lures are replicas of the m777 obuse British manufacturing, fundamental in the Ukrainian artillery. Volunteer groups, such as Na chasi or reaktyvna posthta, manufacture wood folding models that cost Between 500 and 600 dollars and can be mounted in three minutes by two people without the need for tools. In front of them, Russia launches their Kamikaze Lancet drones valued at about $ 35,000 each, which makes the lures a minimum investment that achieves multiply wear enemy. Some of these false obuse, like one Nicknamed TolyaThey have been in the front for more than a year, resisting repeated attacks and being repaired again and again with adhesive tape and screws. M777 imitation obuses are especially popular among Ukrainian troops The art of deception. The effectiveness of a lure depends so much on its manufacture as its context. It is not enough to imitate the silhouette of a weapon: it is necessary Recreate the environment With wheel fingerprints, ammunition boxes and even latrines to give credibility. This attention to detail He has managed to confuse even to Ukrainian military controls. In addition, a tactic is used that consists of quickly withdrawing the real mortars after a shot and replacing them with copies, which forces Russia to waste resources in non -existent whites. Inflatable lures, such as this Ukrainian imitation of the acacia, are light, fast and simple to install, but they can be easily destroyed The Russian strategy. Russia, on the other hand, uses with the same intensity techniques of camouflage and deception. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, up to half of the drones in recent attacks They are cheap imitations that seek to saturate anti -aircraft defenses and force to shoot expensive missiles against whiteless whites. Companies Like Rusbal They manufacture 2D versions visible from satellite, lures that emit heat similar to that of an engine or simulate military radio traffic. They have even reached produce mannequins Dresses with uniform and internal heaters to deceive Ukrainian thermal cameras, demonstrating the amplitude of the resource. The historical precedent. Although today’s technological sophistication makes these lures look like innovative, they are actually part of a long tradition. In ancient times, armies like Aníbal’s created false camps to confuse the Romans. During the First World War, tanks and wooden planes were built to deceive aerial observation. In World War II, the famous ghost armyof the allies deployed inflatable tanks and fictitious airplanes in the south of England to hide the preparations of the Normandy landing. The goal was always himself: Make the enemy foured against shadows and spend their strength against anything. {“Videid”: “X8J6422”, “Autoplay”: False, “Title”: “Declagic video of the encounter between Russian fighters and the American drone”, “Tag”: “United States”, “Duration”: “42”} The War Economy. In the Ukraine War, where Western Arsenales of Anti -Jerio missiles are limited and each unit sent from the United States or Europe has a political and economic cost, the lures become efficiency multipliers. Make Russia waste a Lancet drone against a 500 model not only has a tactical value, but also economicalbecause each unfavorable exchange erodes the resources of the aggressor. Similarly, the cheap drones that Russia launches like false Shahed They force Ukraine to decide If you spend in expensive interceptors or risk the penetration of a real attack. The Lables War is, in essence, a budget fight: who makes the adversary consume more resources than he can replace. In Xataka Germany has had an idea to protect its population in case of war: buy huge amounts of Ravioli in can The future with lures. In summary, the conflict in Ukraine, even being technologically a Military Innovation Fieldhas turned something as “classic” as lures and optical illusions in A strategic tool first order. Not only allow resources to be saved in front of an enemy with great fire capacity, but also open a space where Civil innovation (Volunteer groups, improvised workshops) is integrated into national defense. Both on land and in the air, the imitation war demonstrates that, beyond the sophistication of modern weapons, the imagination remains a weapon as powerful as any missile. Image | Na chasi, Apate, Back and Alive In Xataka | What has not achieved the war in Ukraine has done 19 Russian drones: to test Europe and article 5 In Xataka | Russia has just launched the greatest order to Europe since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine. And Europe has responded with fire  (Function () {Window._js_modules = Window._js_modules || {}; var headelement = document.getelegsbytagname (‘head’) (0); if (_js_modules.instagram) {var instagramscript = Document.Createlement (‘script’); }}) (); – The news Ukraine has found the antidote to the Russian Kamikaze drones in World War It was originally posted in Xataka by Miguel Jorge .

‘La Revuelta’ and ‘El Hormiguero’ do not face a war of audiences, but politics lies, and yesterday we saw the first exhibition

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As they say in the series: “In the last season of ‘La Revuelta’ vs. ‘El Hormiguero’ …”. And the last thing that happened is that after the Zambombazo de las Campanadas With Broncano and Lalachus in La1, The audiences were retreating timidly and ended with a clear victory of ‘El Hormiguero‘. Not sweeping, but winning consistently every night. Does that want to say that this season the waters are going to calm down and ‘La Revuelta’ will admit his quiet defeat, letting motorcycles reign? Not remotely … The audiences. After sweeping Monday with football, on Tuesday 9 she marked the return of ‘La Revuelta’, after a week in which Motos already had her new season at solo. Broncano stayed on Tuesday only a few tenths of his competitor (16.4% compared to 16.8%). Last night the distance increased, getting closer to what we saw in spring (16.5% of ‘El Hormiguero’ against 15.1% of ‘La Revuelta’). They are figures that give us an overview, but not detailed of what happened yesterday, since among other things and how we have spoken other times, Broncano does not announce your guestswith what does not depend on their potential to propel their figures. What happened yesterday was a especially tense night, with two unusually politicized and strident guests. Mariló Montero against Broncano. Invite Montero to the set of ‘La Revuelta’ It seemed a counterfit idea, although there was an excuse: he is a contestant of the new edition of ‘Master Chef’, but a good part of his career has passed as a combative conservative speaker in large audience programs as ‘Public mirror’ or in La1 itself, whose morning magazine presented between 2009 and 2016. The interview with Broncano was so tense that, for the first time, the guest did not sit to sit. They were discussed, from absolutely contrary positions, issues such as bullfighting (Defender one, Antitaurino the other) or freedom of expression (the famous and so relative “nothing can be said” that so often comes up in ‘El Hormiguero’). The interview was embedded in a tense atmosphere and between accusations not veiled that Broncano had been finger by the government to propaganda. Montero, however, was in a hostile environment: it was booed and its arguments were dismantled almost without opposition. Broncano preached for converts and the program served to strengthen his audience and positions. Nacho Cano and Motos. For its part, ‘El Hormiguero’ He invited a lavish Nacho Cano to his setwho sowed his appearance of shocking statements: he assured that he lives with fear and that he keeps money so that, in case of being killed, “those who do it, pay it.” He said that “I fear that they hit me” three days after denouncing by prevarication (For the third time) To the judge who brought the Malinche case, already filed. He aited the government of being a criminal gang, told the Police as part of the conspiracy and said that only the Civil Guard can save us from this union. Leaving aside the crazy accusations of canoe, the truth is that his words were dyed of a fury somewhat out of control and clearly politicized. And that, on the one hand they contrasted with that idea that “nothing can be said” and, on the other hand, that only the1 is politicized. Hostilities are intensified. The impression that leaves us on the tense night of Wednesday 9 is that both programs have drawn the heavy weapons to combat their rival from the beginning. Motos has taken three conservative icons this week such as Bertín Osborne, Arturo Pérez-Reverte and Nacho Cano, and Broncan Ampendera on the left. The numbers no longer. Perhaps because they know that if the PSOE government ends ‘the revolt’ it can have the days counted (it does not matter or not: that is the vision of the program), and perhaps the fight for audiences, Broncano and theirs may have chosen to intensify the fight in the political mud. Bringing Montero to ridicule it is not exactly the most elegant of the movements, but the presence of Nacho Cano in ‘El Hormiguero’ was able to be squeaky even for the regular motorcycles, given the extravagance (and radicality) of the guest. If this has done nothing but start, we will be entertaining this course. Header | RTVE / Atresmedia In Xataka | The motorcycle and broncano clash honors a long television custom: that of the presenters wars

The Ukrainian army that is not afraid of Russia. They arrive as outdated machines and become robots for war

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The year 2025 has been a radical change in the Ukraine War. We had seen drones with shotguns of double cannonrobots Lanzaluelaunmanned vessels With missilesairplanes With shotguns or even devices with kilometer cables of optical fiber Looking for its goal through algorithms. However, in recent months a change in trend has been accelerated. Because soldiers are no longer recruited, they are recruited directly robots. Even if they are antiques. Improvising on the front line. It Forbes counted. In an abandoned Soviet warehouse in Donetsk, Ukrainian soldiers and engineers transform old vehicles into non -manned combat systems, the called UGV. Under the command of Oleksandr, head of the Robotic Unit of the Antares Battalion, the workshops work thanks to raffles, donations and volunteer networks that Finish pieces and spare parts. Robots arrive with analog communications vulnerable to Russian electronic war and are completely comforted: new chassis, digital systems, StarlinkLte or encrypted links. Each conversion costs Between 750 and 1,000 dollarswithout counting satellite equipment, and requires maintenance after each mission. Once ready, the UGV are mostly destined for tasks logistics and evacuationtransporting ammunition, food or injured under enemy fire, although some are equipped with turretsmortars or electronic war modules. The speed remains limited and unstable connectivity, which forces them to use them mainly at night or in discretion conditions to avoid Russian kamikaze drones. Robots against the death zone. The proliferation of drones in Ukraine has extended The Russian “Kill” More than 15 kilometers behind the front line, causing entering or leaving positions to be one of the most lethal maneuvers. In fact, up to a 80% of the casualties Russians are already attributed to unmanned systems, and losses of Ukrainian logistics vehicles have forced multiply the use of UGVS for supplies and evacuations. The need is so high that in December 2024 the first compound Ukrainian assault was documented entirely by robotsand in July 2025 the 3rd Assault Brigade achieved an operation with Russian surrender Without own casualties. However, the UGV follow being vulnerable: day they are easy prey of FPV drones, and any signal failure can leave a wounded in the open field. Given this, some units are used as suicidal vehicles, launched against trenches, bridges or mined fields to detonate loads and open path. Another UGV development An accelerated race. Both kyiv and Moscow They experience With fleets of terrestrial robots, aware that the future of combat will depend on the mass integration of autonomous systems. Ukraine aspires to deploy 15,000 UGV By the end of 2025, supported by The Brave1 programwhile Russia shows prototypes With thermobáric launchers in their state media. The analysts They point That kyiv maintains advantage thanks to a decentralized network of start-ups and creative brigades, while Russia still depends on fragmented and volunteer efforts. At the same time, other global actors Like China They observe carefully the Ukrainian innovations to incorporate them into their own war doctrines. The test terrain in Donbás is accelerating a cycle of military innovation that in peace times would have been. Of logistics to direct fire. Ukrainian brigades already work for prototypes that They go further of the simple delivery of supplies: anti -aircraft turrets, UGVs kamikaze with Starlink to attack tanks, and modular platforms that can be adapted according to the mission. The main challenge is to reduce costs and simplify the operation to massify its deployment. The 28th mechanized brigade even presented a UGV equipped with A manpads Iglacapable of folding drones or low -level helicopters keeping operators covered. The vision is clear: an army in which the machines do the most dangerous work and the soldiers are preserved for control and supervision missions. The role of civil innovation. The rapid evolution of this robotic war It would not be possible without the direct intervention of Civil engineers and entrepreneurswhich have created a unique ecosystem of warlike innovation. Organizations as dignitas Ukraine They drive the Victory Robots programThey train soldiers in the management of UGVs and spread best practices among brigades. These initiatives They seek to build a “technological shield” that reduces human casualties and accelerates the adoption of autonomous systems. The next phase, they anticipate, will be the integration of artificial intelligence into terrestrial robots, multiplying their autonomy and efficiency in the battlefield. A robotic army. The Ukrainian bet for the UGV is not conjunctural, but part of a long -term strategy to compensate for demographic inferiority against Russia. If they manage to industrialize their production and stabilize the supply chain, these robots could become In spine From a hybrid army in which humans and machines fight side by side. Thus, the perspective of a future where entire brigades are accompanied by swarms of aerial drones and autonomous land vehicles no longer belong to science fiction, but to everyday reality of the Ukrainian front. For kyiv, robotics is more than a tool: it is the key to resist for years in a wear war and, perhaps, to define what the wars of the 21st century will be. Image | TV Zvezda, Gopua In Xataka | Something unprecedented in Ukraine is happening: combat drones do not need humans to coordinate and attack In Xataka | We had seen the drones of Ukraine do everything, but this is new: they are arriving lost to countries outside the war

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