Checkpoint

Protecting drones from high-power lasers with reflective or thermic coatings is fails to protect. It is a known countermeasure that’s been researched since the Cold War, but modern 100 kW and 300 kW lasers defeat it quickly and reliably for typical small/medium drones (Group 1-3 UAVs like FPVs or commercial…

The cold war between Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and members of the All Progressives Congress representing the state in the National Assembly has reportedly intensified ahead of the 2027 general elections. A top party source in Akure who spoke with Vanguard alleged that the governor has vowed that none…

WASHINGTON: They typically start the day as low-profile Cabinet secretaries. They end it that way, too, God willing. But when the rest of the government is gathered together for a big event, like President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night, a designated survivor is kept away to…

The World Factbook's website drew millions of views each year, according to the CIA. It's seen here in an archived version from last month. CIA World Factbook via Internet Archive/ Screenshot by NPR hide caption toggle caption CIA World Factbook via Internet Archive/ Screenshot by NPR When one of the…

WASHINGTON, DC -- The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the final remaining bilateral agreement limiting US and Russian nuclear arsenals, expired on February 5, closing a chapter that began in the Cold War and survived its end. With no successor treaty in place, the world’s two largest nuclear…

As the threat of nuclear conflict loomed during the Cold War, the U.S. Army hatched a top secret plan to conceal hundreds of missile launchers on rail lines hidden beneath the thick ice sheets of Greenland. In case of a Soviet attack, nukes dispersed in thousands of miles of cut-and-cover…

For more than two decades, Nollywood has carried a story that has never fully disappeared, the story that Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and Genevieve Nnaji were locked in a cold war. The kind of “beef” people whisper about in comment sections. The kind of rivalry that gets dressed up as industry lore…

1 of 2 | A bereaved family member places a name tag on the remains of a family member who was killed during the Jeju Massacre. Photo courtesy of Jeju Provincial Office JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Seven sets of remains belonging to victims of an early…

Key takeaways New START, a 15-year-old nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia, is about to expire. It’s the last remaining treaty of its kind between the worlds’ two main nuclear powers. US-Russia tensions, particularly over the war in Ukraine, have made it difficult to negotiate a…

D eep in the forests of Algonquin Provincial Park, a few hours north of Toronto, sits a metal monster. Like the iron giant of British poet Ted Hughes’s fable, it, too, has come back to life, reassembled. Hughes’s creation saves the planet. What’s this one’s mission? Our iron giant is…