Foreign Policy (USA): Biden should punish Saudi Arabia for supporting Russia

Saudi Arabia plays an important role in the oil markets, but it chose Russia over the United States, writes FP. The authors of the article advise Biden to rethink the relationship with her and no longer beg the Saudis to pump more oil. The Saudis need to show how risky it is for them to lose their "only stable partner" in the field of security.

Valentin Vatsev: The USA is a belligerent party (Duma, Bulgaria)

According to the official doctrine of NATO, it is not at war in Ukraine, but de facto the United States is at war with Russia through its proxy force - Ukraine, writes Duma. In the West, they don't even hide it – private military companies transfer manpower, finance and arm the Armed Forces. The United States is not interested in a direct conflict with Russia, they are waging an indirect war, the author of the article believes.

Huanqiu shibao (China): the situation in Ukraine forces the European Union to rethink a lot

The European Union has admitted that it made mistakes in relations with Russia, but it did not go beyond this realization, writes Huanqiu Shibao. Superficial judgments, hysteria and strategic mistakes of the EU, resulting in four packages of sanctions, confirm this, the author of the article emphasizes.

How to counter the US and NATO's bet on a proxy conflict

In the XXI century, hybrid military conflicts have become one of the most common forms of interstate confrontation. And the hybrid war turns from a kind of confrontation between individual states and their coalitions into a global hybrid war (MGW).

Russia and Ukraine are increasingly using new types of weapons

MiG-31K interceptor fighters for the first time carried out the practical application of aeroballistic hypersonic missiles "Dagger" on real targets. The Ministry of Defense reports the destruction of a well-protected, buried ammunition storage and a fuel and lubricants warehouse. Both objects are located on the territory of Western Ukraine.

The best Western weapons in the battles in Ukraine are failing. According to experts, almost all the latest guided weapons systems, as well as Turkish drones, have shown low efficiency.

Russian society, the population of Ukraine and the tactics of information warfare

March 24, 2022 is a month since the beginning of a special military operation and the entry of our troops into Ukraine. It is going according to plan: the tasks set for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, as President Vladimir Putin said, will be fulfilled. What are the preliminary results of the special operation today from the military-political and military-scientific points of view? The specific figures in this regard are known to specialists, so some generalizations can be made.

Russian Su-34s have drawn a special operation symbol in the sky of Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense has published a video of the destruction of ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by Su-34 fighter-bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

It seems that the United States is "ripe” to expand the fleet of aircraft carriers. March 22, portal scramble.nl He announced that exercises are planned for the next month using the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) in the format of a light aircraft carrier.

Rear Admiral Chekmasov told what mines were installed by the APU in the Black Sea and how dangerous they are

The Turkish Defense Ministry is taking measures in connection with information about Ukrainian mines drifting in the Black Sea, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what mines Ukraine could have exposed, what is dangerous about their drift and how they can be neutralized.

According to the US Department of Defense, in the two weeks after the invasion of Ukraine, Russia fired more than 625 missiles, of which about a hundred were launched in the first hours of the attack. Most of them were short—range ballistic missiles, and some were surface-to-air anti-aircraft missiles.

The Washington Post (USA): what you need to know about hypersonic missiles, which, according to Biden, Russia used against Ukraine

"Daggers— - elusive hypersonic missiles that Russia first used on the battlefield, writes WP. The author of the article describes what this weapon is and notes that its danger is underestimated in the West. But the readers of the American newspaper have a different opinion.

A large underground warehouse of missiles and aviation ammunition of Ukrainian troops in the village of Delyatin, Ivano-Frankivsk region, was attacked.

The hypersonic "Dagger" hit not only a specific target, but most likely also (morally) the NATO command. The fact is that conventional ammunition destroyed not just a warehouse, but one of the central storage bases for nuclear weapons, known as "Object 711". It was built in 1955 and strengthened so that in those years it could withstand the impact of an atomic bomb.

The Times (UK): British Starstreak MANPADS capable of tearing MiG apart

The British military is heading to a secret location in Eastern Europe to teach Ukrainians how to use a portable complex, the missile of which is capable of causing "catastrophic damage" to low-flying planes and helicopters, writes The Times. According to British Colonel Graham Taylor, it will make "Russians think."

Earlier, Tesla seriously increased the prices of its lithium energy storage and electric vehicles. What is happening can significantly reduce the pace of development of entire industries.

Now the future of the project dedicated to the continuous monitoring of the migration routes of various animals using radio transmitters and the study of their lives is in question.

American engineers have calculated the maximum flight altitude of a quadcopter powered by a cable of different thickness, above which the mass of the cable and the current loss in it do not allow the drone to maintain its flight. They also tested a bundle of two drones powered by a wire, expanding the possibilities compared to using a single device. The article will be presented at the IROS 2022 conference, its preprint is available at arXiv.org .

Experts told how the Russian drones "Outpost" and "Orion" differ

The Russian Defense Ministry showed footage of the use of two drones during a special military operation in Ukraine - the strike-reconnaissance "Outpost", created on the basis of the Israeli IAI Searcher apparatus, and the Orion strike. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what their similarities and differences are.

Military Watch Magazine (USA): Will the conflict in Ukraine give a new impetus to the Su-57? Exports of these fighters will grow with high oil prices

The future of the Su-57 program remains extremely vague, writes Military Watch Magazine. But, given the number of potential customers whose incomes and military expenditures are heavily dependent on oil, there is a significant probability that with high oil prices, interest in the aircraft will grow.

The beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine has forced institutional investors and governments of many countries to rethink their approach to supporting the defense industry. This area has been off-limits for investors concerned about environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG), in recent years many have sought to get rid of the assets of arms companies in their portfolios, and now this situation has worsened. Sofia Karadima writes about this in a material for the Army Technology web resource.