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Armed Forces

Six times, a luminous crescent the size of the Moon startled the Soviet sky at dusk: it seemed like a wave of UFOs, but it was a secret orbital weapon created to attack the United States via the South Pole and evade Cold War radars.

Valdemar Medeiros 15/06/2026 at 16:39

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The United States government approved a potential sale of 100 portable Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to the Brazilian Army, in a package estimated at around 330 million dollars that still depends on negotiations between the two countries.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 14/06/2026 at 00:06

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The spy plane that flies on the edge of space and requires the pilot to wear an astronaut suit: U-2 Dragon Lady has been crossing the skies above 21 km altitude since the Cold War and remains one of the most extraordinary reconnaissance aircraft ever built.

Valdemar Medeiros 11/06/2026 at 16:51

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Chinese aircraft carriers on alert amid Japanese military advancement: exercises with 64 anti-ship missiles, F-35 fighters, and new Type-12 missiles highlight the race to protect giant fleets in the Western Pacific.

Carla Teles 09/06/2026 at 21:56

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USS Gerald R. Ford, the most expensive aircraft carrier in the world, returned to the USA after almost 11 months at sea with 4,600 military personnel on board, but is entering maintenance to repair a fire, rebuild accommodations, and fix a bathroom system that caused a series of failures.

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 08/06/2026 at 22:20

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The Soviet IL-40 aircraft had six 23 mm cannons more powerful than any fighter of the time, but it was eventually canceled because when the pilots fired all the cannons at once, the engines would shut down in the air.

Débora Araújo 08/06/2026 at 18:44

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The drone that emerges from under a fighter jet and becomes a hunter in the sky: X-68A LongShot will be launched by an F-15, will fly ahead of the pilots, and aims to change aerial combat by transforming manned aircraft into mother platforms with much greater range.

Valdemar Medeiros 06/06/2026 at 21:16

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The “naval Batmobile” with 5 hulls that the US Navy tested in shallow waters: M80 Stiletto had a pentamaran shape, 88 feet in length, a draft of only 2.5 feet, and a speed above 50 knots to prove a new generation of stealth littoral vessels.

Valdemar Medeiros 04/06/2026 at 16:15

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Brazil wants to boost its firepower and is negotiating for 20 more Gripen fighters to bring the Air Force fleet to 56 aircraft, a race against time in the face of a squadron that is getting older, more expensive, and harder to maintain each year.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 04/06/2026 at 15:18

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The “naval UFO” with four submerged hulls that Lockheed Martin launched into the sea: Sea Slice was 105 feet long, 55 feet wide, and had a SWATH hull so strange that it seemed to float on invisible legs to challenge the waves and reinvent ship stability.

Valdemar Medeiros 04/06/2026 at 10:42

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Russian nuclear submarine Arkhangelsk fires supersonic missile underwater in the Barents Sea and hits target over 200 km away during Northern Fleet exercise.

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 04/06/2026 at 10:11

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With 92% accuracy, the MAX 1.2 AC anti-tank missile places the Brazilian Infantry on a new level of deterrence: Army Commander highlights the national system as a leap in lethality against armored threats and a milestone for Brazil’s defense industry.

Valdemar Medeiros 02/06/2026 at 17:37

Armed Forces

Six times, a luminous crescent the size of the Moon startled the Soviet sky at dusk: it seemed like a wave of UFOs, but it was a secret orbital weapon created to attack the United States via the South Pole and evade Cold War radars.

The United States government approved a potential sale of 100 portable Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to the Brazilian Army, in a package estimated at around 330 million dollars that still depends on negotiations between the two countries.

The spy plane that flies on the edge of space and requires the pilot to wear an astronaut suit: U-2 Dragon Lady has been crossing the skies above 21 km altitude since the Cold War and remains one of the most extraordinary reconnaissance aircraft ever built.

Chinese aircraft carriers on alert amid Japanese military advancement: exercises with 64 anti-ship missiles, F-35 fighters, and new Type-12 missiles highlight the race to protect giant fleets in the Western Pacific.

USS Gerald R. Ford, the most expensive aircraft carrier in the world, returned to the USA after almost 11 months at sea with 4,600 military personnel on board, but is entering maintenance to repair a fire, rebuild accommodations, and fix a bathroom system that caused a series of failures.

The Soviet IL-40 aircraft had six 23 mm cannons more powerful than any fighter of the time, but it was eventually canceled because when the pilots fired all the cannons at once, the engines would shut down in the air.

The drone that emerges from under a fighter jet and becomes a hunter in the sky: X-68A LongShot will be launched by an F-15, will fly ahead of the pilots, and aims to change aerial combat by transforming manned aircraft into mother platforms with much greater range.

The “naval Batmobile” with 5 hulls that the US Navy tested in shallow waters: M80 Stiletto had a pentamaran shape, 88 feet in length, a draft of only 2.5 feet, and a speed above 50 knots to prove a new generation of stealth littoral vessels.

Brazil wants to boost its firepower and is negotiating for 20 more Gripen fighters to bring the Air Force fleet to 56 aircraft, a race against time in the face of a squadron that is getting older, more expensive, and harder to maintain each year.

The “naval UFO” with four submerged hulls that Lockheed Martin launched into the sea: Sea Slice was 105 feet long, 55 feet wide, and had a SWATH hull so strange that it seemed to float on invisible legs to challenge the waves and reinvent ship stability.

Russian nuclear submarine Arkhangelsk fires supersonic missile underwater in the Barents Sea and hits target over 200 km away during Northern Fleet exercise.

With 92% accuracy, the MAX 1.2 AC anti-tank missile places the Brazilian Infantry on a new level of deterrence: Army Commander highlights the national system as a leap in lethality against armored threats and a milestone for Brazil’s defense industry.

Mother and daughter build a 70 m² house with more than 8,000 discarded glass bottles and impress with their creativity; known as the Casa de Sal, the property is located on Itamaracá Island, in Pernambuco.

Workers were opening a new road connection near the Marginal Tietê when they found, in the underground of the construction site, remnants of locomotives, wagons, and boilers from the 19th century linked to the forgotten history of Lapa.

Instead of burning or burying old tires, an American city is transforming about 2,000 of them into the street itself, paving its first sections with a quieter and more durable rubber asphalt.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

Greek island offers free housing for volunteers, but there’s a condition: you need to take care of rescued cats.

The river that “dies” in the desert never reaches the sea and yet gives life to one of Africa’s largest natural refuges in a truly impressive way.