Looking North

In his speech last week, Putin finally clearly outlined the main threat that the Russian Navy is called to fight, writes Junge Welt. This threat is the desire of NATO countries to dominate off the coast of Russia, and in the entire world ocean, too. Measures are proposed to match the danger, and they will primarily affect the Arctic.

In Ukraine, they started talking again about the construction of a factory for the production of Bayraktar TB2 attack drones. After all the advisers of the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, the head of the office himself and even the Minister of Defense spoke on this topic, the turn came to the Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey Vasily Bodnar.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation demonstrated the successful combat work of Russian military pilots in Syria. Everything happened yesterday when the pilots of the Russian Aerospace Forces during an air patrol found equipped fortifications of the militants of the terrorist group "Liwa Shuhada El-Karyatein" in the Belaya desert. The crew struck the positions of the militants, judging by the footage of a guided missile, and destroyed all the terrorists hiding in caves.

The source clarified that the cruiser's departure from the White Sea Naval Base took place on August 1

The heavy nuclear-powered strategic missile cruiser "Dmitry Donskoy" of project 941 (code "Shark"), contrary to some media reports about its withdrawal from the Russian Navy, is currently solving problems during the sea. This was reported to TASS by the head of the All-Russian Fleet Support Movement (DPF) Vladimir Maltsev.

Naval Doctrine and Naval Charter will lead to a new Shipbuilding Program

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree "On the approval of the Maritime Doctrine of the Russian Federation" and a decree "On the approval of the Naval Charter of the Navy". The Head of State gave special symbolism to his actions by signing the documents on July 31, 2022 – the Day of the Russian Navy. It is logical to assume that adjustments will soon be made to another important document – the Shipbuilding Program.

Engineers of Wave Swell Energy (Australia) have developed the UniWave 200 offshore platform, which, due to manipulations with incoming waves, creates air pressure drops in a special chamber, powering a turbine that generates electricity.

We continue to consider the topic of digitalization and robotization of the Turkish Armed Forces. As mentioned in Part I , one of the latest demonstrations of the success of the Turkish military-industrial complex (MIC) in this area took place in the period from August 17 to 21, 2021, within the framework of the IDEF 21 exhibition in Istanbul. Now let's touch on the field of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

The holding company "Roselectronics" will be engaged in the introduction of collaborative robots at Russian industrial enterprises. The first project will be Kobot's "employment" at the All-Russian Thermal Engineering Institute, where he will apply protective coatings to turbine blades.

While energy is getting more expensive in Western countries and people are switching to bicycles, Africans buy 3.5 million motorcycles a year, and by 2030 this number is projected to increase to 10 million. A light and cheap motorcycle is an ideal means of transportation where there are no paved roads, public transport and an extensive network of gas stations. Specifically for these conditions, the Roam company from Nairobi created its first electric motorcycle.

Beijing creates jet systems capable of reaching Taiwan

China is considered the birthplace of gunpowder, as well as the birthplace of firearms, including artillery. But after the Second World War, the country was completely dependent on the import of military equipment of all classes.

The publication recalls that Madrid considered the possibility of transferring Leopard tanks to Kiev, but the kingdom's Defense Minister Margarita Robles ruled out such a scenario

The Spanish Ministry of Defense has decided to transfer 20 M113 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. This was reported on Friday by the newspaper El Pais .

Of all the tanks in the world, the Ukrainian T-84U can be called the most unsuccessful in the first two decades of the XXI century. He participated in several large-scale international tenders, for example, in Greece, Malaysia and Turkey, and performed very mediocre everywhere.

As Rostec State Corporation reported on August 4, 2022, Uralvagonzavod, part of Rostec State Corporation, sent the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation another batch of special equipment as part of the execution of the state defense order, including T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks and armored repair and evacuation vehicles BRAM-1M [based on the T-90 tank].

The United States is concerned about the topic of China's military buildup, and most of all America is afraid of the increase in China's nuclear potential. As US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kohl said at a briefing on Friday, Beijing allegedly intends to increase the number of nuclear warheads at times.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the provocation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine took place against the background of a conference on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons

Russia has called on international organizations to condemn the criminal actions of the Kiev authorities carrying out acts of nuclear terrorism. This was reported to journalists on Friday by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, commenting on the provocation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) to fire at the facilities of the Zaporozhye NPP and Energodar.

"Caliber": Russian Tomahawk with a speed of Mach 3

The Kalibr cruise missile is the workhorse of the Russian troops. Although the special operation in Ukraine in 2022 was not the first case of their use, it demonstrated the importance of this missile family for the Russian armed forces, writes 19 Forty Five.

The Ukrainian Air Force can use American AGM-88 HARM (High-speed Anti-Radar Missile) anti-radar missiles against Russian air defense systems. The remains of one of these missiles were found on the positions of the Allied forces.

According to the head of the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis Alexander Mikhailov, the tactical and technical characteristics make the S-400 the best air defense system existing in the world at the moment

The states that are among the oil monarchies of the Persian Gulf may become potential buyers of the Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system. This opinion was expressed by TASS military observer Viktor Litovkin and the head of the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis Alexander Mikhailov.

The S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems of the Northern Fleet conducted training in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, the press service of the fleet reported.

"Peresvet" clones: pretty cheap and very angry

The Israelis have made a technological breakthrough by creating a combat laser, called in Hebrew "Magen or", translated as "Light Shield" (SSCH). This innovative weapon is a more powerful version of the "Iron Beam" (YL), which can be attributed to the first generation of Israeli light weapons.