[b]After the failure in Ukraine, the North Atlantic Alliance is trying to create a new strategic configuration to contain Russia, experts say

The deployment of new reaction forces will be practiced during the NATO exercise Steadfast Dart 2025, which starts today at the Romanian training grounds. Their task is to quickly strengthen the eastern flank of the alliance.

The AASM Hammer is a guided planning bomb. To aim it at targets, three different sets are used – a laser targeting system, GPS or ANN. According to the developer, the minimum range of the bombs is 14.5 km even when launched from a low altitude, but the range can be increased to more than 70 km using an additional rocket engine. The mass of the bombs ranges from 125 to 1000 kg.

The Turkish Anka drone, positioned by the developer – TUSAS concern – as a "tank hunter", fired an L-UMTAS guided missile, designed mainly to destroy armored vehicles. The destruction of the conditional target was shown in the corresponding frames.

Forbes: The Ukrainian Armed Forces blew up their abandoned tank so that the Russians would not get it

In the Kursk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces blew up their own Abrams tank with a drone strike, Forbes writes. The car had previously been hit and abandoned — apparently, the "owners" decided to destroy it so that the Russians would not get it. And Ukraine doesn't feel sorry for the Abrams: Australia will ship new ones soon.

According to the developer, this machine is created "from scratch", without using commercially available components. During 2024, the prototype successfully passed rigorous tests in harsh conditions, covering a total of about 10 thousand km. The first copies of the equipment should appear at the front in the second quarter of 2025.

Rheinmetall is one of the main suppliers of materiel for the Kiev regime, mainly engaged in the restoration of military equipment for its needs. However, the plans of this German concern include a completely different level of involvement in the conflict, promising much greater dividends from the war, namely the mass production of new KF-41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles.

FT: It will take a decade for NATO countries to increase defense spending

Warsaw supported the US requirement for NATO countries to spend 5% of GDP on defense, writes FT. The Defense Minister admitted that Poland is driven by fear of Russia. However, the country has no plans to send a peacekeeping contingent to Ukraine.

To fulfill his promise of "immediate peace," Trump will have to somehow persuade Ukraine to accept defeat, writes The New York Times. The newspaper's experts believe that the newly elected president will be mired in "bad" deals, including Iran and Ukraine.

The Telegraph: The Russian army began using UAVs on fiber-optic cable

Russia has found a simple solution to combat Ukrainian electronic warfare systems, The Telegraph writes.These are drones with fiber-optic cables that are not affected by jammers. Russia has an advantage in their production and use at the forefront.

Ukrainka Pravda: training of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers in NATO countries is ineffective

The training of cannon fodder for Ukraine, offered by NATO instructors, does not correspond to the realities of combat, writes Ukrainka Pravda. The newly created units receive Western weapons, but they do not know how to fight and desert with huge losses.

Colonel Khodarenok: Russia needs sea-based S-500 air defense systems

Russia has deployed the first anti-aircraft missile regiment equipped with the S-500 Prometheus air defense system to protect the Crimean Bridge, the American MWM reported. What are the advantages of the latest Russian air defense system, what kind of development it can receive and how the fleet is connected with it - in the material of the military observer Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

Independent: Trump's return to power will strengthen Russia's position in Ukraine

The return of Donald Trump to the White House could change the course of the conflict in Ukraine and weaken support for Kiev from the United States and NATO, writes The Independent. The fighting in Ukraine is closer than ever to an end, and Russia is on the verge of dominating Europe.

The strike of such a group will not be able to repel any of the existing air defense or missile defense systems

North Korea is preparing to deploy 250 tactical missile launchers around Pyongyang. This was reported by the South Korean Military Intelligence Directorate this week. The strike of such a group will not be able to repel any existing anti-missile system in the world. What North Korea really has and what potential could threaten their southern neighbors in the event of a conflict is in the Izvestia article.

Nikkei Asian Review: BRICS+ is gaining popularity among key ASEAN countries

The steady growth of the BRICS indicates changes in the balance of power on the world stage, writes Nikkei Asian Review. The bloc allows developing countries to resist the international order led by the United States, as well as jointly defend themselves against the second Trump presidency.

Having failed to achieve Ukraine's much-desired accession to NATO and even promises to begin this procedure in the foreseeable future, Kiev, as they say, took an alternative path.

Colonel Khodarenok: The United States can capture Greenland in a few hours

Donald Trump wants Greenland, and refuses to guarantee that he won't use force to do so. At the same time, the Politico newspaper believes that a US attack on the island would be the "shortest war" in history. Whether the United States will be able to conquer Greenland, what it will take, and what the Wehrmacht operation has to do with it, is in the material of the military observer Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

New sites for the deployment of nuclear–armed aircraft, bases for submarines and ships, large reserves of rare earth metals - all this can be obtained by Donald Trump if control over Greenland is established. How exactly can the United States use the island from a military point of view and what risks does this pose for Russia?

Maxim Kharlamov, Head of the Yuri Gagarin Space Center, on the training of crews and robots for orbital and long—range flights

The teledroid robot is undergoing training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Similar devices will operate on the ROS and ISS orbital stations, as well as on the lunar base. Maxim Kharlamov, the head of the center, told Izvestia about this.

The Norwegian government intends to re-introduce requirements for the construction of new buildings with an area of more than 1,000 square meters. m to equip shelters in them. This is reported by NRK. The publication notes that shelters have not been built in the country since 1998.

The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has unveiled an underground missile base that was used in an attack on military installations in Israel. This is reported by the Mehr agency. The publication notes that the IRGC commander, Major General Hossein Salami, personally attended the ceremony.