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(Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) rocket carrying the station was launched from the national spaceport on the island of Sriharikota in the Bay of Bengal.
India has successfully launchedΒ the automated solar research station Aditya-L1. This is the first large-scale solar research expedition organized by India. The launch was broadcast live by the Indian Space Research Organization on its website.
Russiaβs Sarmat strategic missile system has been put on combat duty, Yuri Borisov, the head of Russian state space corporation Roscosmos, said on Friday.
“The Sarmat strategic complex has been put on combat duty,” Borisov said during an educational event.
Russia tested theΒ nuclear-capable Sarmat missileΒ throughout 2022. Last December, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will maintain combat readiness and improve the countryβs nuclear triad, which he called the main guarantor of its sovereignty.
Minsk has accused Warsaw of a border violation after a Polish military helicopter allegedly flew hundreds of kilometers into Belarusian territory. The incident took place on Thursday, the Belarusian border guard said in a statement.
A Soviet-made Mi-24 helicopter of the Polish Air Force flew some 1,200km into Belarus before changing course and returning to Polish airspace, the border guard said, adding that βthe Polish side was informed about the incident.β The aircraft was moving at βan extremely low altitude,β the statement added.
The Belarusian military did not reveal if it sought to contact the Polish pilots or scrambled any aircraft of its own to intercept the helicopter. It did publish a short clip supposedly showing the moment the chopper crossed the border between Belarus and Poland as it was returning to Polish airspace.
North Korea launched several cruise missiles into the Yellow Sea in the early morning hours of Saturday, South Koreaβs military said. This comes shortly after Pyongyang conducted a nuclear strike drill and major US-South Korean military exercises.
In a statement quoted by Yonhap news agency, South Koreaβs Joint Chiefs of Staff said the rockets were fired at around 4am local time, but did not provide further details on the type of missiles, their number, or their exact trajectory, citing ongoing analysis.
South Koreaβs military added that they areβstrengthening its monitoring and vigilanceβand maintaining a βfull readiness posture in close cooperation with the United States.β
