Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...A single operational command will take charge of four new component forces, with cyber elevated to an equal footing with the traditional land, air and sea domains....
...While you’re thinking about plant positioning, the other danger spot is anywhere plants will be subject to rushes of cold air: prime suspects include a windowsill behind a curtain at night, in the direct...
...A revision that sets stricter targets for air pollution in the EU was also passed, though with only 381 of the parliament’s 705 lawmakers voting in its favour....
...This will include a mix of 1,600 strike and air defence missiles, 4mn rounds of ammunition and an unspecified number of Storm Shadow cruise missiles, one of the most powerful weapons in Kyiv’s arsenal....
...As the air inside began to heat up so lumps of ice would periodically drop down from the roof. I then started worrying we’d all suffocate so we devised an air hole using skis....
...Russia targeted Ukraine’s power facilities in the winter of 2022 and 2023, plunging parts of Kyiv and other cities into cold and darkness, sometimes for hours or days....
...“Russian activities . . . are as high or even higher than during the cold war,” said another. “Russian intelligence is a huge machine and is back doing what it always did,” said a third official....
...air superiority, and none of the wars we chose to fight (Iraq, Afghanistan) had an enemy air force”....
...It is a painting that feels like an exploration of winter, the cold, the beauty, the seeming isolation and lack of active life....
...Russia targeted seven thermal power stations between March 22 and 29 — all in other regions than Kyiv, which has some of the best air defences in the country....
...It has deployed the hypersonic Kinzhal missile in Ukraine, a strategic “super weapon” whose speed was supposed to make it hard to shoot down — but Ukrainian air defences have regularly managed to intercept...
...Ice-cold water seems like nectar and is, unexpectedly, preferable to any hot drink. (Why is ice-cold liquid a balm but ice-cold air a painful assault?)...
...There is an air of melancholic inevitability about infrastructure projects that cost double their original budget. The £12bn Channel Tunnel was just one example....
...When cold air passes above unfrozen and relatively warmer water, the pressure difference pushes warmer air and water vapour upwards, helping create belts of snow or rain clouds as well as strong winds....
...“Verbier is sucha place of fitness and fresh air....
...As in 2022, Russia stepped up its aerial attacks on Ukraine’s energy system ahead of this winter, seeking to leave people in the dark and cold....
...Shapps has said the extra spending will be used to focus on important high-tech capabilities, such as air defence missiles and British production of 155mm artillery ammunition....
...In “Snow Scene in Argenteuil”, he evokes sensations of sharp cold air, muffled sounds, thick snow crunching underfoot, enveloping us in the atmosphere of a winter afternoon in a Paris suburb as the sun,...
...Rival tech includes pumped hydro, compressed air, gravity and other battery types. Costs and efficiency will decide which ones win out....
...It is this legacy of democratic control of nuclear weapons (which was of particular annoyance to air force general Curtis LeMay) which entered the cold war, and thankfully, despite some close hiccups on...
...A single operational command will take charge of four new component forces, with cyber warfare raised to an equal footing alongside land, air and sea operations....
...Is anybody else cold, I called out, or is it just me? Now the single bird was silent, and a baffled dog nearby stood wretchedly on her own lead....
...It will start in spring next year and is expected to involve between 500 and 700 air combat missions, more than 50 ships, and about 41,000 troops, Nato officials said....
...It was just before 2am when Israel launched its air defence interceptors to counter a barrage of Iranian drones and missiles....
...As an island, and a vital node on Nato’s sea and air lanes, Britain’s air force and navy are crucial....
International Edition