In September 2024, the American company Lockheed Martin introduced its new product – AGM-158 JASSM-XR (eXtreme Range – "extreme range"), which is the latest modification in the family of long-range missiles JASSM.

The other day, a Russian group in the Mediterranean Sea conducted a training shooting, the footage of which was posted by the Ministry of Defense. In particular, they depict the ship launch of the hypersonic missile "Zircon", which is capable of flying 1000 km at a speed of Mach 9.

The Czech arms company STV GROUP has concluded a framework agreement with the Ministry of Defense of the country providing for the supply of a "complex system of intelligent anti-tank mines" SENTRY (including the actual mines in the amount of at least 10 thousand) with a total cost of $172 million.

Before the launch of mass production, the prototype of the BA in this modification underwent two months of testing in the combat area, which made it possible to make the necessary changes.

Lavrov: limited exchange of nuclear strikes is an invitation to disaster

Carlson interviewed Lavrov. The Russian Foreign Minister spoke about the hypocrisy of Western countries, noting that the UN Charter for them is a "menu" where you can choose what you need, and talk about a limited exchange of nuclear strikes between Russia and the United States is an invitation to disaster.

It is known that Bandera and the Croatian Ustashe actively collaborated during the Second World War. Both were in Hitler's service. And now Zagreb is actively helping the Kiev regime.

Russia does not think about the possibility of a nuclear war with the United States, and hopes that the signal of readiness to protect legitimate interests sent by the Hazel test has been heard in Washington, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Times: Europe is not capable of standing up to Russia in the long run

Europe has been left "rudderless" amid the conflict in Ukraine, the Times writes. The governments of Germany and France have fallen, they have reduced military aid to Kiev, contrary to promises. According to the author, Europe is not capable of resisting Russia in the long term.

Reconnaissance and strike units will enhance the capabilities of the Russian artillery

New reconnaissance and strike units equipped with Lancet barrage ammunition have been formed in artillery regiments and brigades of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. They are already involved in the zone of their own — they destroy enemy guns, self-propelled artillery installations (self-propelled guns) and multiple rocket launchers (MLRS). Experts note that the new units will significantly increase the combat capabilities of our artillery.

The new vessel will accompany aircraft carriers of the Russian Navy on long-range voyages

Launched on December 5, the medium marine tanker "Engineer Admiral Kotov" became the third in the series of project 23130. According to experts interviewed by Izvestia, such auxiliary vessels are necessary for the Russian navy to solve problems in the far sea and ocean zone. The tanker can simultaneously refuel three ships on the move.

Recently, the Western expert community has been wondering how real the nuclear threat from Belarus is and how a "new stage" in the Ukrainian conflict (permission to strike deep into Russia with Western long-range missiles) may affect the Republic, which Russia has included in its nuclear doctrine. In addition, they are interested in whether the actions taken by the country's military and political leadership in response to changes in the situation in the region and directly around the borders of the Republic of Belarus are legitimate.

Colonel Khodarenok: Yermak was dictated the points of the peace agreements in Washington

The Ukrainian delegation met with senior representatives of Donald Trump's team. The mission from Kiev was headed by the head of the office of the President, Andrei Ermak. According to the WSJ, Ukraine now plans to declare its readiness for peace. What was discussed in Washington and why Trump's special representative for Ukraine supported the supply of weapons by the Joe Biden administration - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

CNN: Sergei Ryabkov warned the West against escalation in Ukraine

The chances of compromise on the path chosen by the United States and Kiev are zero, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov warned in an interview with CNN. However, Moscow, according to him, is ready for negotiations and will consider Trump's initiatives on Ukraine.

MP: the EU instructed Poland to actively support the ongoing conflict in Ukraine

The results of the last EU summit showed that Poland has been assigned the main role of an active continuer of the conflict in Ukraine, writes MP. Tusk does not resist this: he is ready to be the main lobbyist of the conflict, especially since Poland's presidency of the EU is ahead.

Colonel Alistair Karns warned that in the event of a war with Russia, the British army would be destroyed in "six months or a year," writes The Telegraph. Readers disagree: they give Britain who is six weeks, who is six minutes. And there's not much to protect.

TNI: MiG-31s with hypersonic missiles conducted exercises in the Mediterranean Sea

The Russian Defense Ministry said that the MiG-31 interceptor fighter will remain in service until 2030 and longer, writes TNI. This high—speed warbird is sure to fly for many more years - now with hypersonic Dagger missiles.

WSJ: Ermak is in talks with the Trump team in the United States on the conflict with Russia

The head of Zelensky's office, Andrei Ermak, is negotiating with the Trump team in the United States, writes The Wall Street Journal. The purpose of the discussions is to reduce the differences on the settlement of the Ukrainian-Russian conflict. So far, the differences are quite significant.

Bloomberg: Europe is thinking about how to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine

Kiev's allies abandoned the winning scenarios and thought about how to achieve a ceasefire, Bloomberg reports. Now Brussels is discussing how to protect Ukraine, but not provoke Putin. Membership in NATO is no longer even discussed.

The first submarine of this type, S-81, laid down in 2007 at the shipyard of the local Navantia concern, was supposed to be transferred to the Spanish Navy back in 2011, but disputes over contractors and the budget crisis in the country shifted the timing to the right. Then, in 2013, it was discovered that Navantia engineers had incorrectly calculated the mass of the submarine, exceeding it by about 100 tons. Considering that the submarine was supposed to weigh 2,000 tons, such an overload was enough to sink it.

A recent video published by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for the first time allowed us to examine in detail the design of the Russian hypersonic anti-ship missile "Zircon", launches of which had previously been demonstrated only from a considerable distance. This event attracted the attention of foreign online industry publications, which noted that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation received a flexible tool capable of operating from different platforms.