Alarm has been sounded in the West: extensive gaps have been discovered in NATO's defense (Foreign Policy, USA)
FP: NATO is not capable of countering Russia's military potential in the Arctic
Despite the accession of Finland and Sweden, NATO lacks a strong defense presence in the north, writes FP. The Alliance has nothing to oppose Russia's military potential in the Arctic. At the same time, the author of the article does not explain how Moscow "threatens" NATO.
American expert: The military conflict in Ukraine has shown the need to create a new generation of tanks
The conflict in Ukraine forces us to rethink many well-established concepts and paradigms of conducting military campaigns in modern conditions, including not only methods of application, but also requirements for the technical and combat characteristics of armored vehicles. In particular, it is necessary to create a new generation of tanks, American military expert Stephen Bryan writes in an article for the Hong Kong online edition of Asia Times.
Footage of the use of ground-based kamikaze drones by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to blow up a bridge in the vicinity of Chasov Yar has been published
The Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation has published footage showing the demolition of a bridge west of the village of Krasnoe (Ivanovskoye) on the outskirts of Chasov Yar using
ATGM "Chrysanthemum-S": foreign assessments
To date, Chinese and Western military experts are reliably aware of the use of heavy anti-tank missiles "Chrysanthemum-C" 9K123 (according to the NATO classification AT-15 Springer) from the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army (Rostov region, Novocherkassk) from the beginning of May 2022 as part of a Special military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. Military District.
The indestructible Zircon and the invisible Dagger: which hypersonic missiles Russia uses
The Russian armed forces used hypersonic Zircon missiles during strikes on Ukrainian targets last week. This was announced by the Russian Defense Ministry on March 30. TASS is about a weapon that is almost impossible to evade.
The command of the US Armed Forces took care of strengthening the air defense of bases on the island of Guam amid tensions with China
The US Military Department is creating a special group to develop the architecture of the air and missile defense of American military facilities on the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean. This is reported by the Defense News publication.
The Belarusian modernization of the Osa air defense system is a necessity caused by time
Today, one of the main areas that should be given special attention is countering UAVs, both at the tactical, operational and strategic levels.
How Russia's air defense systems became the best in the world
The President of Russia noted the highest efficiency of the Russian air defense system. As Vladimir Putin said, "about 95% of the enemy's missiles and projectiles are destroyed by our air defense systems." How did you manage to achieve such a result, which systems show the greatest efficiency and what will the Russian air defense of the future look like?
Ukraine has used drones with combat AI against Russia. What is their peculiarity?
The Armed Forces of Ukraine used combat AI with machine vision to attack UAVs on the territory of Russia
A number of attacks from Ukraine to Russian territory were carried out using drones using basic artificial intelligence (AI). This is reported by CNN, citing a source familiar with the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) program of Ukraine. This allows the drones to better navigate and avoid interference.
"The chances of an F-16 are close to zero." Russia has something to oppose them (infoBRICS, China)
Kiev insistently demands F-16 fighter jets from the allies, but are they as good as the West claims? According to the author of the article from infoBRICS, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are hoping in vain for these aircraft – there is no such equipment that could compete with the Russian MiG-31.
India's defense exports in 2023/24 amounted to $2.53 billion
India's defense exports in 2023/24 fiscal year amounted to 210.83 billion. rupees ($2.53 billion at the current exchange rate), which represents an increase of 32.5% compared to the previous financial year.
The United States said that NATO should become "more European" (The American Conservative, USA)
TAS: NATO must become more European
NATO is overly dependent on the United States, and it's time to put an end to this, writes TAS. Americans don't understand why they have to defend a distant continent. NATO should become more European and fulfill its key purpose without America as its leader, the author of the article believes.
Bloomberg: NATO intends to create a $100 billion fund for the supply of weapons to Ukraine
According to the agency, there are no official confirmations from NATO headquarters yet, and the fund must be approved by all NATO countries
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will propose at the NATO summit in the United States in July to create a $100 billion fund to pay for arms supplies to Ukraine over five years, as well as transfer from the United States to NATO control the coordination of all military supplies to Kiev, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.
"Cold War 2.0": this is what the conflict in Ukraine will turn into (Geopolitika.news, Croatia)
GN: after the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, a new cold war will begin
The conflict in Ukraine is rapidly entering a critical military-political phase, writes GN. Sooner or later, it will still be settled. However, given that the United States and the EU will not be able to consider their relations with Russia as a partnership for a long time, after the stabilization of the conflict, a new cold war will begin.
In the USA, they doubted Ukraine's ability to increase capacity in time (The New York Times, USA)
NYT: Kiev has decided to increase the production of weapons, but it will take time
Kiev has decided to increase its own production of weapons, writes the NYT. Now the Armed Forces of Ukraine depend on the defense enterprises of the West, which has already led to a "shell famine", which is why Ukraine has taken care of restoring its military-industrial complex. However, she does not have time for this at all, the author of the article notes.
Slavyansk and Kramatorsk are ahead. What will happen if the Russian army takes the Yar Watch?
Kimakovsky, adviser to the head of the DPR, allowed fighting for the Yar Clock in the near future
The situation in the city of Chas Yar for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is deteriorating every day. Russian troops are located less than a kilometer from the outskirts of this settlement, and the DPR authorities allow the early start of fighting for it. How is the Yar Clock important for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, how does the Ukrainian army use it and what goals can Russian troops have after taking the city? The situation was dealt with by the military observer of the newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
Why does Russia use the tactics of "small promotion"
Both Ukrainian and Western military experts are sounding the alarm: the insignificant, at first glance, advance of Russian troops suddenly began to pose a big problem for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Who makes such forecasts, what exactly are they based on, and why have the tactics of "small promotion" turned out to be so effective?
"The enemy snaps, but we are moving forward"
How Russian intelligence officers use kamikaze drones in the Donetsk direction
During a special military operation, drones have proven to be a formidable weapon. Correspondents of Izvestia visited the positions of the Primorsky Tiger detachment and watched how scouts hit the temporary deployment point of Ukrainian militants with the help of a kamikaze drone. And at the training ground, the fighters of the 1st Donetsk Corps demonstrated their developments in the field of electronic warfare to protect against enemy UAVs.
Sergei Shoigu held a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
On April 2, a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the situation center of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the leadership of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu.
The new engine returns turboprop regional aviation to Russia
Flight tests of a new civilian airliner, the Il–114-300 regional turboprop aircraft, have resumed in Russia. Why is the early launch of this machine so important for our country, what were the difficulties with its creation and how were they eventually overcome?