It takes approximately 50 minutes to fully reload an S-400 launcher, though highly trained crews can reduce this to 30 minutes. The process requires a specialised 22T6 transloader crane, creating a dangerous vulnerability window during combat.

How long does it take to reload an S-400 launcher?

From Muttiah Muralitharan to Malcolm Marshall, here's a look at top five bowlers fastest to take 300 wickets in Test cricket. This list also includes Ravichandran Ashwin, Dennis Lillee and Richard Hadlee

Meet top 5 bowlers fastest to 300 Test wickets

To intercept an ICBM, an S-400 missile would need to exceed Mach 20 (24,000 km/h) to catch the hypersonic re-entry vehicle. The current 40N6E missile peaks at Mach 14, forcing Russia to build the S-500 Prometheus for true intercontinental defence.

How fast would an S-400 missile need to be to intercept an ICBM?

An ICBM is significantly faster than any S-400 missile. Strategic ICBMs reach staggering velocities of Mach 20 to Mach 25 (30,000 km/h) in space, easily outpacing the S-400's fastest interceptor, the 40N6E, which peaks at Mach 14 (17,000 km/h).

ICBM vs S-400 missile: Which one is actually faster?

The S-400's famous 400-km range only applies to aircraft. Against ballistic missiles, its protection envelope shrinks to a 60-km radius (11,300 sq km) due to the extreme speed of incoming threats, forcing it into a strict point-defence role.

How much territory could an S-400 actually protect from a ballistic missile?

'Godfather of AI' warns of dangers of AI 

The pioneer of artificial intelligence technology quit Google. He said he wants to speak freely about tech's dangers.

He realised that computers could become smarter than people far sooner than he and other experts had expected. 


Hinton said, "Look at how it was five years ago and how it is now. Take the difference and propagate it forwards. That's scary." 


He said tech giants pushing companies to release new AI technologies at dangerous speeds, risking jobs and spreading misinformation.


Hinton believes that these systems were eclipsing human intelligence. 


Other experts have also warned against AI, the hottest tech trend at the moment.


He also issues warning over the potential spread of misinformation created by AI. 


Geoffrey Hinton is often regarded as "the godfather of artificial intelligence". He has now spoken out about the dangers of the technology.

5 Amazing Facts about SpaceX’s Starship Rocket

Elon Musk’s SpaceX will attempt to launch the most powerful spacecraft ever built by humans Monday morning in US. Here are key facts about the launch vehicle.

First step towards interplanetary flights



According to SpaceX, Starship is capable of carrying up to 100 passengers on long interplanetary trips. It can transport big space observatories and satellites, as well as aid in building bases on the moon for further space exploration.

Starship is designed in a way to facilitate travel to anywhere in the world in one hour or less, according to SpaceX. The 394 feet tall mammoth rocket can transport crew as well as cargo.


The spacecraft is powered by 33 Raptor engines; 13 in the centre and the rest 20 distributed around the booster's aft end.



The powerful engine of Starship is fueled by liquid methane and liquid oxygen. It produces twice the thrust when compared to the Falcon 9 Merlin engine.

Starship will facilitate the Dear Moon project, under which a week-long tour around the Moon by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and other artists will be arranged.  NASA might also use this for future Artemis 3 missions.


Elon Musk’s SpaceX will attempt to launch the most powerful spacecraft ever built by humans Monday morning.

7 facts about the world's first floating city

The project "Oceanix Busan" is still under construction off the shores of the Korean port city of Busan. Its design was unveiled last year.

Biorock will be used to make platforms. Biorock is the only marine construction material that can grow, heal itself, and get stronger over time.

15.5 acres of platform space with accommodation for 12,000 people is available as per the original Oceanix blueprint. But, it has the capacity to expand to support 100,000 people over a total of 20 platforms.

Nothing will be wasted at Oceanix Busan. Closed-loop systems will be used in the project to (re)harvest, filter, and reuse water.

Ordinary cars and trains won't be used here. Instead, aquatic buses will be deployed. Movement on foot and bikes will also be allowed 

UN Human Settlements Programme, Bjarke Ingels Group, Samsung subsidiary Samoo Architects and Engineers and Arup have joined hands to realise the dream of floating city

The co-founder of Oceanix claimed that Biorock technology can be powered by locally generated energy from the sun, winds, waves, and ocean currents.

World's first floating city is soon going to become a reality. The city will produce zero waste and will be 100% energy sufficient.

Beyond ChatGPT: Four AI tools to make life easy

 Lumen5: Helps you create AI-powered videos using drag-and-drop interface

Stable Diffusion 2: This is a text-to-image generative AI application

Soundraw: Automated music generator – create royalty-free AI music 

Looka: Helps you brand your business by using AI to create unique and distinctive logos 

In Kerala's Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna Temple, a lifelike robot is replacing real-life mammals and paving the way for "cruelty-free" festivities

The robot is made of an iron frame and is 11 ft tall and weighs 800 kg

The move comes after animal welfare organisations for years flagged the "cruel" treatment temple animals face

Between 2018 and 2023, over 138 captive elephants died because of the cruel, horrible conditions

Kerala temple's robot elephant

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How long does it take to reload an S-400 launcher?

Meet top 5 bowlers fastest to 300 Test wickets

How fast would an S-400 missile need to be to intercept an ICBM?

ICBM vs S-400 missile: Which one is actually faster?

How much territory could an S-400 actually protect from a ballistic missile?