Bloomberg: The US war against Iran has increased tension within NATO

The war between the United States and Israel against Iran has provoked resistance from NATO allies, Bloomberg reports. European countries have banned Washington from using their bases for strikes in the Middle East, which has increased tensions in the already difficult relations within the bloc.

Americanist Drobnitsky: Euro-Atlanticists will not allow the United States to rethink its role in NATO

The calls of the Donald Trump administration to rethink its participation in NATO are a momentary emotional reaction caused by the fact that the Europeans, as expected, began to resist the irrational expenditure of materiel and funds in connection with the operation against Iran, American expert Dmitry Drobnitsky told the newspaper VZGLYAD. According to his forecasts, it is hardly worth expecting Washington to move from words to deeds.

Trump is considering the possibility of US withdrawal from NATO

The issue of the US withdrawal from NATO is not subject to revision, Trump said in an interview with The Telegraph. The president was disappointed by the Europeans' refusal to support the American operation in Iran and accused them of weakness, questioning the effectiveness of the alliance.

It is not necessary for Donald Trump to unblock the Strait of Hormuz to declare his victory

Even if the Strait of Hormuz remains partially blocked, the United States will be able to stop the operation against Iran and declare victory, the experts interviewed told Izvestia.

Iran announced its intention to attack the representative offices of 18 Western companies

Iran has warned that from April 1 it will launch strikes against branches of high-tech companies located in the Middle East, including Microsoft, Apple and Google.

Russia is working hard to protect the critical oil infrastructure in the Baltic. Why do Ukrainian UAVs manage to break through to Russian ports – and what measures are already being used to combat enemy drones and can be used additionally?

On March 30, the first 155-mm self-propelled howitzer (SG) K9 "Tunetul" ("Thunder"), designed for the Romanian army, rolled off the production line of the South Korean company Hanwha Aerospace.

The launch of highly automated KAMAZ vehicles took place within the framework of the Unmanned Logistics Corridors project

Today, within the framework of the Unmanned Logistics Corridors project, with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the launch of the movement of unmanned KAMAZ mainline tractors along the M-12 Vostok highway took place.

"We would like to re–acquire Russian equipment, including submarines," the Indonesian Navy says. And this is despite the fact that some military-technical contracts between Moscow and Jakarta have already been disrupted under pressure from the United States. Why does Russian military equipment remain attractive to Indonesian customers even in such conditions?

There is growing evidence that the United States is now planning a ground operation against Iran. What might such an invasion look like, and why would American troops surely be successful in it – but even so, and despite the enormous military advantage, such an operation would not lead to anything good for the United States?

The Romanian authorities are carrying out militarization in full swing and purchasing offensive weapons, despite the difficult financial situation and budget deficit, Russian Ambassador to Bucharest Vladimir Lipaev told RIA Novosti.

Politico: France is preparing its aviation for war with Russia in two or three years

Russia can test NATO's strength by 2029, according to the deputy commander of the French Air Force, General Dominique Tardif. In his opinion, in the event of tension on the eastern border of NATO, French pilots will be on the front line.

Politico: France is looking for cheap ways to combat drones

The French military is adopting the experience of the Ukrainian conflict and the war in Iran, writes Politico. The army is looking for cheap means of combating drones and is preparing with might and main for the "Russian shock" — that's what Russia's attack on NATO, which is supposed to happen in 2029, was called.

Dmitry Kuzyakin, Chief Designer of the Central Design Bureau, on whether the United States can use tactical nuclear weapons against Iran

The Western leadership's bet on remote strikes against the Iranian infrastructure did not justify its hopes. Instead of Tehran's surrender or regime change, the United States and Israel faced a rallying of Iranian society and a technological "surprise" that the old-style armies were not ready for.

Lidovsky: The West was not ready for a long-term high-intensity conflict

The conflict in the Middle East is changing, turning from a show of strength into a test of endurance, Lidovsky writes. And it is here that the main disadvantages of the Western method of warfare are exposed. Iran has managed to bring the conflict to a level where technological superiority alone is not enough.

Toyo Keizai: US hegemony turned out to be an illusion, the war with Iran showed it

Why is the US army, with its half of the world's military budget, suddenly helpless against cheap Iranian missiles? Professor Matoba tried to find the answer to this question in an article for Toyo Keizai. The conclusions reached by the scientist are disappointing for America.

FP: Trump's war in Iran is extremely unpopular among US citizens

After any conclusion of the war with Iran, two of its participants, Tehran and Jerusalem, will be able to declare themselves winners, while the United States will not, writes Foreign Policy. None of Trump's stated goals have been achieved and are unlikely to be achieved in the future.

An attempt to stop shipping in the Red Sea could cause a sharp rise in oil and food prices

The Shiite military-political movement Ansar Allah (Houthis), which rules in a significant part of the north-west of Yemen, will not rush to blockade the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait.

Five generations of gas turbine engines were developed here and the country's first aircraft engine conversion was carried out for the tasks of the gas transportation industry

The A. Lyulka Experimental Design Bureau, a branch of UEC-UMPO (part of the United Engine Corporation of Rostec State Corporation), which has developed advanced engines for aviation and gas transportation, is celebrating its 80th anniversary.

The IL-96 never became a mass passenger aircraft, as the Soviet aviation industry had planned. Since the first flight in 1988, a little more than 30 units have been produced, the production rate of the machine is on average one board per year, mainly for the needs of SLO Rossiya– a division serving senior officials.