2023

Leonardo seems to be on a streak developing new automatic canons Announced in 2023, the X-Gun is an electrically powered single-barrel 30x173 gun for both land and naval applications: https://www.edrmagazine.eu/leonardo-unveils-new-30x173-mm-x-gun-weapon-system More technical details...

https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/41-states-sue-meta-over-the-social-media-giants-impact-on-kids/2023/10

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/sep/11/star-wars-x-wing-model-rare-found-auction-heritage-auctions "A long-lost model of an X-Wing Fighter that was used in the climactic battle in the original Star Wars film has been put up for auction, with bids starting at US$400,000 (£320,000...

The United States and her allies are sending significant quanties of munitions to Ukraine. This is in response to what Russia calls its "special operation" and most others call the Russian Invasion which escalated in February 2022. Here is a link to the Wikipedia page of military aid to...

This month's Navy News magazine contains a chart showing the Royal Navy''s equipment and its usual monthly maps of where ships are. The Queen Elizabeth is being refitted in Portsmouth while Prince of Wales is being repaired in Scotland. Of the six T45s based in Portsmouth only Dauntless, Duncan...

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/27/boeing-to-hire-10000-workers-in-2023-as-it-ramps-up-production.html

https://www.thestreet.com/retailers/amazon-job-cuts-mean-the-end-of-stores-maybe-alexa-echo

On a very topical note, a horror game that, appropriately enough, has recently returned from the dead. Not to be confused with the 2020 game of the same name. https://www.pcgamer.com/sorry-routine-is-back/ https://kotaku.com/routine-raw-fury-indie-horror-space-alien-isolation-pc-1849043193...

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/king-charles-iiis-coronation-date-announced-buckingham-palace/story?id=91329248

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2022/09/14/xturismo-hoverbike-what-weve-all-dreamed-of-detroit-auto-show/10376337002/

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/uss-bonhomme-richard.30940/post-402978 Some good news: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/04/naval-group-started-transplanting-a-damaged-ssn-with-a-decomissioned-submarine/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_submarine_Perle_(S606)

https://spacenews.com/hanwha-systems-to-launch-2000-leo-communications-satellites-by-2030/ https://www.satellitetoday.com/mobility/2021/03/31/hanwha-systems-plans-2000-satellite-leo-constellation-for-mobility-applications/

https://games.slashdot.org/story/20/05/26/1852231/grand-theft-auto-vi-in-2023-take-two-sec-filing-hints-at-release-date

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/04/14/philadelphia-shipyard-tapped-to-build-new-merchant-marine-training-ships/ https://gcaptain.com/tote-selected-as-construction-manager-for-new-multi-mission-training-ship/...