Ukrainian Drone Strikes Push Russia to Import Gasoline and Refine Abroad
Russia’s strength as a major crude-oil producer is colliding with a different industrial reality: crude in the ground does not…
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Fifth Ukraine Drone Shutdown at Russia’s NORSI Refinery Leaves Lukoil Offline
Five shutdowns in less than five months have turned Lukoil’s NORSI refinery into a measure of cumulative industrial disruption. Reuters…
Euclid Finds Most Distant Quasar, Revealing a Billion-Sun Growth Problem
A black hole with roughly a billion times the sun’s mass was already powering a brilliant quasar when the universe…
Ukraine’s €2 Billion Patriot Request Could Mean 190 to 580 Interceptors
Ukraine’s proposed €2 billion Patriot budget carries an unusually wide range of possible outcomes: roughly 190 to 580 PAC-3 Missile…
Army Told 173rd Airborne Brigade to Drop Drone Focus; Lawmakers Demand Answers
The U.S. Army has directed a battalion in the Europe-based 173rd Airborne Brigade to stop specializing in drone warfare and…
USS Abraham Lincoln Reaches Thailand After Eight Months Without a Port Call
USS Abraham Lincoln sustained an exceptionally long combat deployment, but that availability came with pressure on approximately 5,000 crew members,…
LUX-ZEPLIN Records One Possible Dark-Matter Interaction, but Confirmation Needs More Data
Nearly a mile beneath South Dakota, the LUX-ZEPLIN detector recorded one particle interaction that researchers cannot convincingly explain with known…
Drone Attack Stops Russia’s Kirishi Refinery With Half Its Capacity Already Offline
A drone attack reportedly stopped all crude processing at Russia’s Kirishinefteorgsintez refinery on August 30, even though the two units…
GM V8 Failures After Recall Repairs Prompt Probe of 997,743 Vehicles
Federal safety regulators are examining reported failures of General Motors’ 6.2-liter V8 after recall remedies, expanding the inquiry to 997,743…
All 16 Latest Rassvet Satellites Remain Below Intended Orbit, Risking Network Delays
All 16 satellites in the latest Rassvet broadband batch remained substantially below their originally stated operating orbit as of September…
Ukrainian Drone Strikes Push Russia to Kondensat; Annual Output Covers Under Two Days
Russia is turning to Kazakhstan’s Kondensat refinery for additional fuel processing after Ukrainian drone strikes disrupted Russian refineries, but the…
Ukrainian Drone Alerts Halt Russian Airport Flights Without Direct Attacks
A drone does not have to strike an airport to stop its flights. Under Russia’s Kovyor, or “carpet,” procedure, detection…
Moscow Airports Record 43 Cancellations, 329 Delays After Ukraine’s Drone Warning
Russia promised to prevent significant disruption to civil aviation, but Moscow’s Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo airports recorded a combined 43 cancellations…
Pegasus Cancels or Reverses Three Moscow Flights, Stranding Passengers for Hours
Pegasus Airlines canceled or reversed at least three Moscow-bound flights overnight into September 2, leaving some passengers waiting more than…
Ukrainian Drone Attacks Push Russia to Delay Refinery Maintenance for Fuel Output
Russia is trying to keep its refineries producing more fuel at the same time that drone attacks are increasing the…
Ukraine Says Novatek Drone Strike Near Saint Petersburg Adds to Russia’s Fuel Shortages
At least 21 strikes on Russian refineries were reported in August, while the country’s crude processing averaged just over 3.8…
Navy’s $2.87 Billion GE Deal Supports Super Hornet and Growler Engines
$2.8747 billion is the maximum value not the amount already spent of a new U.S. Navy agreement with General Electric…
Mitsubishi Recalls 67,146 Outlanders Because Rearview Camera Display May Fail
67,146 Mitsubishi Outlander and Outlander plug-in hybrid SUVs are being recalled because faulty software may prevent their rearview-camera images from…