The updated T-80 is back in service. Russia has found an additional use for it (Defence24, Poland)
Defense 24: Russia has upgraded the T-80 and plans to resume its production
Russia has upgraded the T-80 tank to the latest standard, Defense 24 writes. Now Moscow plans to resume production of these machines, but with a different configuration and under a different name. In addition, the tank will be used as a platform for the new version of the TOS-1 heavy flamethrower system.
Hezbollah has published footage of the defeat of the Israeli multipurpose UAV Hermes 450
The Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah (Hezbollah) has released footage showing the defeat of the Israeli Hermes 450 multipurpose reconnaissance UAV. UAVs of this type are designed for surveillance, aerial patrols, reconnaissance and communications support in the field. In addition, according to some reports, the Hermes 450 can be equipped with air-to-ground missiles and used for precision strikes.
The use of an aerosol curtain by the Russian army ensured effective progress in Belogorovka
The armed forces of the Russian Federation used an aerosol curtain, ensuring the advance of assault units in the settlement of Belogorovka. This follows from reports from Russian military sources.
"A lifeline." The United States recognized: Russia is right about helping Ukraine (The Wall Street Journal, USA)
WSJ: American aid will not significantly affect the prospects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield is very difficult, writes the WSJ. And the "lifeline" of American aid will not change the situation. The author of the article is convinced that the new funding will only increase the number of Ukrainians killed – Moscow is absolutely right about this.
Suitcases without handles: why Biden won't abandon Ukraine and Israel - TASS Opinions
Andrey Shitov — about how the US Congress adds fuel to the fire of conflicts, how the CIA assesses the prospects for the defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "by the end of 2024" and how the cry "Yankee, go home!" is being revived in the world
How to carry a suitcase without a handle? And if there are two of them, both unbearably heavy, but desperately needed, will you not give up? And besides, you are a hundred years old at lunch; you hardly move your legs and do not knit words well; while others not only do not help you, but also strive to interfere or at least spit in your back? And you also have to pretend that it's not hard for you at all, and try not to give away your weakness in any way...
Crude, cheap and deadly: Russian planning bombs force Ukraine to surrender (The Telegraph UK, UK)
The Telegraph: Advanced planning bombs will bring victory to Russia
Russian aircraft are now capable of striking from beyond the reach of Ukrainian air defense systems and achieving a devastating effect, writes The Telegraph. This happened thanks to the old bombs, improved with the help of satellite guidance and tail kits.
The figures given in the SIPRI report on global defense spending in 2023 are quite reasonable, except for data on the Russian Federation
Global defense spending in 2023 reached an all-time record, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
The developer of the "Breakwater" system: we have made the world's first modular electronic warfare system
The massive use of FPV drones in the special operation zone has become a new factor determining the course of hostilities. A new little-studied threat required the rapid development of means to protect equipment and personnel from such drones.
"215 armored vehicles remained on the battlefield." Hero of Russia Umaev — about the disruption of the AFU counteroffensive
The head of the engineering troops of the 58th Combined Arms Army, Zalibek Umaev, was awarded the Gold Star medal of the Hero of the Russian Federation for installing engineering barriers in the Zaporozhye area of the special operation. The colonel was responsible for the section of the front that took the main blow during the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in June — November 2023.
How to catch a Russian submarine (The Telegraph UK, UK)
The search for enemy submarines is a "team competition," the British submarine commander said in an interview with The Telegraph. He revealed some techniques for intercepting enemy ships. However, there is one problem: the Russians know this scheme no worse.
Ironic and unbiased: a French expert assessed the course of the conflict in Ukraine (AgoraVox, France)
Analysis of the week's trends at the front: they are clearly disappointing for Ukraine (Agoravox)
The author of the article in Agoravox impartially and humorously assesses what is currently happening in Ukraine. Even the media, which in practice are engaged in broadcasting Kiev propaganda, have been forced to admit in the last week that Zelensky's fighters are holding on with their last strength.
NASA has given the green light to the Dragonfly Titan exploration project
After years of delay due to COVID-19 and budget issues, the Dragonfly space project has finally been officially approved by NASA. The mission to send a research vehicle to Saturn's largest moon, Titan, will start in 2028. She will become the ideological heir to the Mars Ingenuity Mars project, a new milestone in the use of rotorcraft to explore other worlds.
The New America. How Western corporations develop the lands of "independent" Indians
It's no secret that the Western arms industry benefits enormously from the conflict in Ukraine, in particular the German Rheinmetall concern. Recall that the arms giant is a leading international supplier of a wide range of weapons, with a staff of more than 33 thousand employees and production sites in 28 countries around the world.
A new participant in the battle for the Arctic
In the unfolding battle for the North, only Canada remained the "Dark Horse" in the region. Recall that from 2022, Denmark, Iceland, Canada, Norway, the USA, Finland and Sweden announced the suspension of participation in all events of the Arctic Council (intergovernmental forum of states on cooperation in the Arctic). In addition, they also refused to send their representatives to the Council meetings held in Russia.
No one is going to cool the boiling "cauldron" of Transcarpathia
According to many experts, the formation of the territory of Ukraine in 1991 was largely done by the Soviet government, which generously endowed it with heterogeneous ethno-historical regions. As an example, we can take the Transcarpathian region.
I was flying from a combat mission. The Tu-22M3 supersonic missile carrier crashed in Stavropol
Mash: the commander of the Tu-22M3 ejected the crew members and took them away from residential buildings
The Tu-22M3 supersonic missile carrier crashed in the Stavropol Territory. Four crew members managed to eject, but one of them died. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the cause of the disaster was a technical malfunction. The RBC Ukraine agency, citing a source in the Ukrainian army, claims that the crash of the Tu-22M3 was the result of the operation GUR.
They are able to reach Siberia. How dangerous are the new APU drones?
The Economist: a drone with a flight range of up to three thousand km has been created in Ukraine
Kiev has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the development of UAVs that can detect and hit targets at a range of up to 3 thousand km. This is reported by the British magazine The Economist. How dangerous these drones are, what cities they can reach and how to protect themselves from them - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.
The famous American tank has lost the battlefield to drones. And this is just the beginning (The New York Times, USA)
NYT: the United States said that Russian drones destroyed 31 Abrams tanks in two months
American "Abrams" worth several million dollars each turned out to be powerless in front of penny drones, writes the NYT. Heavy equipment no longer determines the outcome of a battle. Now the winner is the one who knows how to fight drones.
"We cannot ignore this threat": the Polish press is concerned about the massive modernization of Russian T-80 tanks
The Omsktransmash plant, responsible, in particular, for the repair and modernization of tanks of the T-80B/BV family, has prepared another batch of vehicles of this type for transfer to the troops.
The US Army received the first mass-produced M10 Booker light tank
On April 17, 2024, the Pentagon announced that the first production model of the M10 Booker light tank, formally designated as a "mobile protected firepower platform" (MPF), had entered the US Army. Deliveries of the new vehicle began with the 82nd Airborne Division, stationed at Fort Liberty, North Carolina.