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Car bomb kills RUS colonel
Drone airlifts wounded UKR soldier
Israel strikes Gaza hospital
AI proves Signal's security
Bullfrog maker builds lasers
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Car Bomb Kills Russian Air Defense Colonel Outside St. Petersburg
A Russian military colonel was killed Thursday morning when an explosive device detonated under his vehicle in the Pushkinsky district near St. Petersburg.
Local media identified the victim as a colonel assigned to the Russian Aerospace Forces' 6th Guards Air and Air Defense Forces Army. His identity has not been released. The attack occurred in the same neighborhood where a Russian lieutenant colonel was killed in a car bombing on Aug. 27. Read
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Ukraine’s 475th Separate Assault Regiment used SkyFall’s StarGate drone to evacuate a soldier who suffered arm and leg injuries in a Russian FPV drone strike, marking the unit’s sixth known medical evacuation using the system. The soldier is now receiving medical treatment. Read
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An Israeli airstrike on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza killed at least six people, including a doctor and a 13-year-old boy, and wounded 40 others, according to Palestinian officials. Israel confirmed the attack, saying it targeted Hamas' Khan Younis commander Mohammed Abu Ismail. Read
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Google DeepMind used its new AI tool, AlphaProof Code, to mathematically verify key security features of Signal. The tool found no new vulnerabilities in the portions examined but detected previously known flaws in older versions. Researchers said the technology could make advanced software security checks faster and less expensive. Read
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A three-story apartment building collapsed in Brooklyn, New York, on Wednesday, killing eight people and injuring 18 others. The collapse occurred while construction workers were digging at an adjacent lot, prompting Mayor Zohran Mamdani to order inspections at about 100 other construction sites linked to the companies involved. Read
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Texas-based Allen Control Systems, maker of the Bullfrog AI gun turret, has launched a Directed Energy division to develop high-energy laser weapons for the U.S. and allied governments. The company appointed former U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command officials Amanda Clark and John Mason to lead the division. Read
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The U.S. Army awarded Safe Pro Group a $2.5 million contract to integrate its AI-powered threat-detection software into Anduril’s Ghost-X drones to help protect Abrams tanks. The system scans live drone footage for more than 150 threats, including landmines, unexploded munitions and explosive-laden FPV drones. Read
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