A SpaceX Starship prototype exploded on Wednesday during ground testing, according to local authorities, setting off a huge fireball seen in wild livestreamed footage. Ship 36, which was expected to be used for Starship’s upcoming test flight, was undergoing a routine engine static fire test when it suddenly blew up at the Starbase test flight…
A dramatic explosion rocked Elon Musk’s SpaceX testing site in Massey, Texas, on Thursday, June 19, 2025, destroying a Starship prototype and derailing plans for the rocket system’s tenth test flight. The blast, which occurred just moments before a scheduled static fire test of Ship 36, sent debris flying across the facility and forced an…
Mike Gallagher, Head of Defense at Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR, warned that Chinese President Xi Jinping is actively decoupling from the United States and that America risks losing negotiating leverage by ignoring this strategic shift. What Happened: “Xi Jinping is decoupling from us. If we ignore it, our own attempts at selective decoupling will happen…
A powerful explosion rocked Elon Musk’s SpaceX testing site at Massey, Texas, on Thursday, dramatically halting preparations for the company’s next Starship launch. The incident occurred just before Ship 36 was scheduled for a critical static fire test—a procedure in which the rocket’s engines are ignited while the vehicle remains anchored to the ground, serving…
CNN — He might do it. But he might not. And you’ve got no idea whether he will. Then again, neither does he. Donald Trump’s riffing ahead of the most wrenching national security decision in either of his presidencies is nothing like the complex war-gaming and careful tilling of public opinion that most commanders in…
Donald Trump has suggested to defense officials it would make sense for the US to launch strikes against Iran only if the so-called “bunker buster” bomb was guaranteed to destroy the critical uranium enrichment facility at Fordow, according to people familiar with the deliberations. Trump was told that dropping the GBU-57s, a 13.6-tonne (30,000lb) bomb…
Jeff Bezos’ Indian Creek property just got a $105 million neighbour; here’s who bought the ‘billionaire bunker’ land In a record-setting real estate transaction that has sent ripples through Miami’s luxury property market, a vacant 1.84-acre lot on Indian Creek Island has sold for a staggering $105 million, as per Forbes reports. This isn’t just…
MediaLink and UTA’s Executive Evening was one of the most star-studded fetes of Cannes Lions 2025 — where business VIPs and celebs gathered at the luxe Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc to see hit comic SebastianManiscalco poke fun at Jeff Bezos, Amazon and other targets. “I see [Jeff] Bezos when he came out about 30 years ago….
The Western military alliance will hold a crucial summit in The Hague next week to discuss increasing defence spending to five percent of GDP, under pressure from US President Donald Trump read more Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that his country can defend itself in the face of a threat to its security after…
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed he is ready “to find a solution” to his war with Ukraine and to potentially meet with the Ukrainian leader, even as the death toll from Russia’s latest attack on Kyiv rose to 28 people. “We need to find a solution that would not only put an end to the…