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UAE’s cloud seeding secret: How salt, AI, drones are used to make it rain in desert

How Does It Rain in the Desert? The UAE’s Cloud-Seeding Secret Explained Even if you have never been to a desert, you would have seen it on screens, how rain bursts despite arid desert sun but in the UAE, rain does not just happen by chance. Behind the scenes, scientists are actively nudging clouds to […]

US Doomsday nuclear plane spotted for first time in 51 years, what makes this aircraft so important? |

Boeing E-4B Nightwatch, better known as the US military’s “Doomsday Plane,” made a rare and highly visible appearance this week, triggering speculation because of both its flight pattern and the geopolitical moment in which it occurred. Flight-tracking data showed the aircraft departing Offutt Air Force Base on January 6, flying to Camp Springs, Maryland, near […]

Taiwan detects 8 sorties of Chinese PLA aircraft, 7 naval vessels around its territory

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense detected eight sorties of PLA aircraft and seven PLAN vessels operating around its territorial waters as of 6 am (local time) on Tuesday.Of the eight, two crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s southwestern and eastern ADIZ.In a post on X, the MND said, “8 sorties of PLA aircraft and […]

‘Global first’: Turkish UAV shoots down aircraft with BVR air-to-air missile; company lauds ‘pinpoint accuracy’ – watch

Bayraktar Kizilelma UAV during the trails (Courtesy: Sputnik India) Bayraktar Kizilelma, Türkiye’s first uncrewed fighter jet, shot down a jet-powered aircraft with a beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile during trials, marking the first time an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has achieved such a feat.In a statement on Sunday, Turkish defence company Baykar, the developer of the […]

Watch: Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan reviews UAE made Calidus B-250 light attack aircraft at Dubai Airshow 2025 | World News

Prince Hamdan Bin Mohammed reviews the UAE-built Badr-250 at Dubai Airshow 2025/image: X The UAE has achieved a historic milestone in its aviation and defence sector with the launch of the Badr-250 (B-250) light attack aircraft, the first fully designed and manufactured by Emirati talent. Unveiled at the Dubai Airshow 2025, the aircraft showcases advanced […]

3 killed in Australia plane crash: Aircraft crashes at New South Wales Airport; flight catches fire after landing

A light aircraft crashed at an airport in New South Wales, Australia, on Saturday morning, killing all three people on board, police confirmed.“Upon impacting with the ground, the aircraft caught on fire which was extinguished by Fire and Rescue NSW,” the police said through a statement. “Three people are confirmed deceased.“The plane crashed at Shellharbour […]

Taiwan reports 15 Chinese aircraft, 1 warship near island; majority cross median line

Taiwan detects 15 Chinese aircraft and 1 naval vessels near its territory Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) on Tuesday reported a surge in Chinese military activity around the island, with 15 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft and one PLA Navy (PLAN) vessel detected by 6 am local time. According to the MND, 11 of […]

Romania, Poland, scramble aircraft as drones strike Ukraine

KYIV: Romania became the latest Nato member state to report a drone incursion into its airspace Saturday, as Poland scrambled aircraft in response to fresh Russian drone strikes just over the border in Ukraine.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia was deliberately expanding its drone operations and that the West needed to respond with tougher […]

Wyoming plane crash: Teen killed, three injured as aircraft goes down in mountains; FAA launches probe

A 13-year-old girl was killed and three of her relatives were seriously injured when a small plane crashed in the Bighorn Mountains of northern Wyoming, authorities said Tuesday.The crash happened late Monday afternoon near Big Mountain, an 8,200-foot peak about 15 miles west of Sheridan. A medical service helicopter spotted the wreckage after being asked […]

Watch: Aircraft nosedives on Italian highway, turns into a fireball; 2 killed | World News

Watch: Aircraft nosedives on Italian highway, turns into a fireball; two killed Harrowing moment of an aircraft crashing nose-first onto a highway in northern Italy on Tuesday was caught on camera. The video shows an Italian Freccia RG aircraft doing swoops in the sky before diving steeply, hitting the road, and exploding into a massive […]