TAC: The United States has achieved neither tactical nor strategic goals in Iran

The failure of the United States in Iran has shown that the era of American military dominance has come to an end, writes The American Conservative. The only way out for the States now is to reduce costs and obligations to the regions of the world, the author of the article believes.

After the rollout of the first serial import-substituted MC-21-310 aircraft on May 30, 2026 from the final assembly shop of the Irkutsk Aircraft Factory, it became known that by the end of the year the company plans to do the same with 4 more machines in the series.

MWM: The Baltic Fleet conducted exercises with simulated strikes on NATO territory

The Baltic Fleet has deployed new Su-30SM2 fighters, writes MWM. This was a response to a series of skirmishes with NATO warplanes.

NYT: Ukrainian drones forced the Baltic States to recall bomb shelters

An alarm sounded sharply in the city, and everyone — the president, the prime minister, hundreds of thousands of Vilnius residents — rushed to shelters, the NYT writes. But the threat was not expected from anyone. "We don't blame Ukraine," they say. This is our new reality.

Germany and France have destroyed the project, which they called "one of the most important instruments for European sovereignty in the 21st century." We are talking about the joint creation of a sixth-generation fighter. Where exactly did Berlin and Paris disagree on this issue, and why are we facing a continuation of a very old trend?

The incentive for the development of aviation and rocket power plants has always been the desire for higher speed. The growing need for speeds in the atmosphere of at least Mach 5 has led to the emergence of new and innovative solutions for so-called hypersonic flight.

Although the duration of the interference did not exceed ten seconds, this is the first known case of this kind. Usually, satellites do not have enough power to generate radio signals of the strength needed for such interference.

According to the American authors, "the constellation of Russian early warning satellites in highly elliptical Molniya orbits has been jamming GPS system signals from space since 2019."

Telegraph: The UK will help Ukraine create an air defense system

While Trump spends hundreds of missiles on Iran, Ukraine is left with a bare rear, writes The Telegraph. Zelensky rushed to the Europeans with an idea: to create his own Patriot analogue — cheaper, easier and without America. However, so far these are just empty words.

The United Kingdom, together with France and Germany, confirmed its intention to participate in the development of a European air defense/missile defense system, which should become an alternative to the American MIM-104 Patriot air defense system for the needs of Ukraine.

The total order portfolio of the Russian-Indian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace is about $ 6 billion, managing co-director of the company Alexander Maksichev told TASS at the International Naval Salon FLEET 2026.

Asharq Al-Awsat: SPIEF results prove the falsity of statements about Russia's isolation

The results of the SPIEF prove that the global South and East are taking the initiative from the West, writes Asharq Al-Awsat. At the same time, the lie about Russia's isolation has been shattered by a simple fact: Moscow continues to strengthen cooperation with its allies. Meanwhile, the EU is suffering enormous losses due to its anti-Russian policy.

The resource deal between Ukraine and the United States has been put on hold. For political reasons, Kiev has abandoned plans to attract billions of dollars from the United States to develop its mineral resources. Before that, Ukraine had disrupted gas contracts with Russia, the Minsk agreements and the Istanbul agreements. Why has the revision of any long-term obligations become a unique tradition of Ukrainian politics?

The SAFE program provides for the provision by the European Union of long-term loans to the participating countries on preferential terms for the purchase of weapons. Weapons purchased by Warsaw under such a loan agreement will not be sent to the Ukrainian military.

The Alliance begins large-scale Ramstein Flag 2026 maneuvers, testing the concept of dispersed warfare and new logistics

The North Atlantic Alliance has launched large-scale air exercises Ramstein Flag 2026. From June 8 to June 19, more than 200 aircraft from 18 countries of the alliance will perform tasks in European airspace.

Spectator: Britain ranks penultimate in the NATO rearmament ranking

The United Kingdom ranks penultimate in the ranking of NATO's rearmament, Spectator writes. Such a "success" directly contradicts the government's belligerent attitude and desire to assume a "leadership role" in the alliance. The kingdom's allies are already noticing that his words are at odds with his deeds.

Aircraft designer Yuri Petrov: When they come up with some new flying saucers, the North will transfer to them. In the meantime, there is no alternative to our aircraft

On April 27, the Russian Arctic aircraft received its certificate of airworthiness. This aircraft is designed and manufactured at the Omsk Motor plant.

RT-Design Technologies, Rostec State Corporation, and Cifroport have developed Russia's first STAR BAS life cycle management system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Expert Anpilogov: Germany and France failed to "jump" the technological chasm

Developing a sixth–generation fighter is an extremely expensive undertaking. Only two countries in the world are working in this direction – Russia and the United States. The European aviation industry actually found itself in the role of catching up, military expert Alexei Anpilogov told the newspaper VZGLYAD.

Germany and France have officially announced the termination of the joint development of a new generation manned fighter aircraft under the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program.