Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak, following talks held in Washington on April 21 with representatives of the US defense industry, said that Warsaw intends to purchase more American-made weapons.

That's why Finland and Sweden have no place in NATO

Despite the change in the attitude of Finland and Sweden to NATO membership, American politicians should not allow further expansion of the alliance, as this will only worsen the confrontation in Europe and a new cold war, the author of TNI believes.

Can a high-ranking American diplomat do even more (self)be deceived?

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman called the allegations that NATO threatens Russia's security "absurd," writes a South China Morning Post columnist. Her words strike at the very meaning of the alliance's existence, the author of the article emphasizes.

According to the US Accounting Chamber, the production of the F-35 fighter is facing increasing costs and delays. But the more aircraft are produced before the final completion of the tests, the higher the risk that thorough modernization work will be required if problems are detected. In other words, the fighters will have to be brought to mind after they are put into operation by American aviation.

The German company H2FLY said that its passenger hydrogen aircraft HY4 for the first time for its type climbed to an altitude of more than 2,200 meters, and also flew between two airports.

A new stage of anti-Russian sanctions may be the disconnection of residents of our country from the American GPS satellite navigation system. But almost every mobile phone is connected to it, and we all essentially use its services. How real is this threat – and why, in this case, will the US harm itself much more?

Dmitry Litovkin — on the moratorium on testing of anti-satellite weapons

US Vice President Kamala Harris said at the beginning of last week that the US was introducing a moratorium on testing anti-satellite weapons.

The Obukhov plant, as part of the diversification of production and an increase in the share of civilian products, begins production of a "Sand 3D printer" and an atomizer, the press service of the Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region, which the company is part of, reports.

Military observer of Izvestia Anton Lavrov — about why the serial construction of the S-500 complex began on time as never before

The news received on April 25 about the launch of serial production of S-500 air and missile defense systems sounded especially timely because of the current military-political situation around our country.

The Americans intend to deliver MQ-9 Reaper multipurpose unmanned aerial vehicles to Ukraine. This has been repeatedly stated by representatives of the Pentagon. Why do Kiev need them?

It is worth recalling that the AFU command had high hopes for the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drone. As the course of the fighting showed, these hopes were clearly not justified. Now they believe that the American drone will be better and will bring them some combat successes. But this is unlikely.

Russians captured one of the rarest Ukrainian tanks

American journalist David Ex writes that pro-Russian forces in the Donbass have got "a very rare Ukrainian tank." It's about the T-64BM, which he calls a strange machine. The participation of these tanks in the military conflict is a forced measure, which indicates that the Ukrainian army is facing problems, he notes.

According to foreign sources, there is a high probability that the Netherlands will supply the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) with several self-propelled 155 mm Panzerhaubitz 2000 (PzH 2000) German-made howitzers. The latter follows from the statements of Dutch politicians and the military.

The share of French Renault in AVTOVAZ may be sold, according to unofficial information, to a Chinese automaker. Twenty years ago, it was impossible to even imagine such a thing. Then the Russian authorities gave the green light to Western concerns, leaving the Chinese car industry out of the Russian market. However, now the situation has changed dramatically.

Last Tuesday, a message came that the US Army had finally decided on its new small arms — we are talking about the XM5 assault rifle and the XM250 light machine gun of the German company Sig Sauer. Taking them into service will mean a generational change of American army melee weapons. They will replace their outdated predecessors — the M4A1 carbine and the M249 machine gun.

The Pentagon has so far failed to identify key indicators that will make it clear whether the US military will really find augmented reality tactical glasses (IVAS) useful. This is stated in the official report of the Inspector General of the US Department of Defense dated April 22 of this year.

The captain of the 1st rank of the reserve, who served in the Black Sea Fleet, the executive director of the Institute of CIS Countries in the city of Sevastopol, Sergey Gorbachev, told in a FAN comment what fate the missile cruiser "Moscow" that sank the day before in the Black Sea could await.

US attempts to extend the truce in Yemen and the fragile agreements between Russia and the Persian Gulf

The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has greatly shifted Washington's focus from the war in Yemen, Rai Al Youm newspaper writes. According to the author of the article, the West is now too concerned about pressure on Moscow and it does not benefit from the continuation of hostilities in the Middle East.

Military spending in the world last year exceeded a record two trillion dollars for the first time, Russia ranked fifth in terms of defense spending, behind the United States, China, India and the United Kingdom, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

According to another SIPRI report, in 2021 Russia ranked fifth in the world in terms of military spending, which amounted to $ 65.9 billion, which is 2.9% more than in 2020.

Record volumes of global military spending are associated with unprecedented geopolitical tensions, as well as the emergence of fundamentally new types of military equipment, a well-known military expert Alexei Leonkov told RIA Novosti on Monday.