The Sy Hersh effect: killing the messenger, ignoring the message

China Tests World's Heaviest 7-Ton Cargo Drone With 1,850-Mile Range For Recon Ops Authored by Aamir Khollam via Interesting Engineering, China has pushed further into heavy unmanned aviation with the first flight of the Changying-8 (CY-8), which it claims is the world’s heaviest cargo drone. China's Changying-8 (CY-8) cargo drone. The aircraft combines high payload capacity with short-runway performance, targeting logistics operations across remote, high-altitude, and island regions. The newly tested Changying-8 (CY-8) blends high payload capacity with short runway performance, signaling a push toward flexible, all-terrain aerial supply systems. The aircraft completed its first...

The Trump administration is planning to build a 5,000-person military base inside Gaza, the Guardian reported on Thursday, citing contracting records from the so-called “Board of Peace.” The report said that the base would take up more than 350 acres of land in southern Gaza and is envisioned as a future base for the international […]

US-Israeli strikes in Tehran on Wednesday damaged a Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian Embassy in Iran has said, as the bombing campaign continues to have a devastating impact on civilians. “Two missile strikes on the morning of April 1st in the immediate vicinity of St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral in Tehran caused damage to the main […]