Les Echos: 5 things to know about Christopher Cavoli, the new NATO Commander-in-Chief

The joint NATO forces in Europe have a new commander — General Cavoli, according to the French edition of Les Eco. Interestingly, the news came out under the heading "Ukraine". Who would have thought that one day it would be "under Ukraine" that NATO's top commanders would be chosen.

Air Force General Popov spoke about the tactics of the Su-24M at extremely low altitudes

For the first time, the Russian Defense Ministry has published a video showing a Su-24M front-line bomber striking the positions of the AFU at extremely low altitude. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out in which cases this tactic is used and how the aircraft gets away from being hit by enemy air defenses.

The Algerian Air Force received a second military transport aircraft "Super Hercules" in the LM-100J version (a civilian version of the serial military transport aircraft C-130J).

Space expert Pushkin told why to rescue rocket stages by helicopter

Should the first-ever return of a space rocket to earth using a parachute and a helicopter be considered a breakthrough, is it better to land a rocket on its feet, as Elon Musk does, and does helicopter pick-up have a future in Russian cosmonautics, "Gazeta.Ru" was told by Pavel Pushkin, an independent space expert, former director of the private space company KosmoKurs.

Dmitry Litovkin — on the prospects of the EU's own missile defense system

The European Parliament has proposed to the European Union to create its own missile defense system. This statement was made by the head of the leading faction of the legislative and representative body of the EU — the European People's Party (EPP) Manfred Weber.

Forbes explained why Ukrainian fighters are losing air battles.

The American magazine Forbes analyzed the state and capabilities of Ukrainian fighters following the results of three months of the special operation.

According to Western sources, on April 19, 2022, the US Army announced that the Next Generation Squad Weapon program ("Small arms of the Next Generation squad") It will be implemented using products developed by SIG Sauer.

The need to unite the efforts of leading scientists and organizations in the field of IT technologies became the main task of the thematic session "Artificial Intelligence - a new basis for the security of the critical infrastructure of the state", held as part of the scientific and business program of the Russian High Technology Week.

Residents of the Technopolis Moscow special economic zone and scientists of the National Research University "MIET" are conducting research to create an installation that will allow printing chips with a size of 28 nanometers and below, which are in demand in modern microelectronics.

In 1990, Japan controlled almost half of the semiconductor market, whose turnover then did not exceed $38 billion at current prices. Now the share of this country has decreased to 10%, but the market turnover has increased at least tenfold. Both the USA and Japan may try to master advanced lithography without the participation of Taiwan, on which they are now heavily dependent in this area.

Scientists of the Ural Federal University (UrFU, Yekaterinburg) have developed a universal mathematical equation for alloys at the solidification stage. The equation allows us to determine how the microstructure of any crystalline substances, including metals, depends on the flow of the liquid melt. In metallurgy, understanding such a process will allow you to control the physical properties of the final parts that are cast from molten metals.

It is no secret that massive metal structures and structures such as bridges, wind turbines and scaffolding, bolted together, eventually "relax", which is fraught with serious consequences.

The brigade of ships protecting the water area of the Primorsky Flotilla of Heterogeneous Forces (PrFlRS) of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) has turned 90 years since its formation.

Fincantieri announced the handover ceremony of the Damsah class corvette to the Qatari Navy on April 28 at the company in Mugiano (La Spezia).

Colonel-General Viktor Strigunov checked the readiness of the parade crew of the Rosgvardiya for the parade on Red Square on May 9, the press service of the department reports.

A joint rehearsal of the parade dedicated to the 77th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War took place at the Russian Khmeimim airbase. In the ranks are units of the Armed Forces of Russia (Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) and the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR).

The Russian President signed a decree on retaliatory sanctions measures against those countries that had previously imposed several packages of anti-Russian sanctions. The decree is called "On the application of special economic measures in connection with the unfriendly actions of some foreign States and international organizations."

Tankers, gunners, motorized rifle companies and representatives of other branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) are liberating Ukrainian settlements from resisting nationalists and radicals, the Defense Ministry said on May 3.

Supersonic cruise missiles "Onyx" destroyed hangars with foreign weapons in Odessa, said the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

Behind the hill, what remains of the Ukrainian aircraft is burning down. The S-300 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) hit the target at an altitude of 40 km. The latest radar station, Niobium, has detected enemy aircraft, Alexander Morozov, a correspondent of Izvestia, said.