The Malaysian Air Force received the first CN-235-220M military transport aircraft, converted into a version of the MSA (Maritime Surveillance Aircraft) maritime reconnaissance aircraft.

The NASA federal budget plan for fiscal year 2023 does not provide for the further continuation of the SOFIA flying stratospheric observatory and the closure of the project in 2023. Such a decision was made due to the high cost of the annual maintenance of the project and the insufficient level of scientific productivity, according to the website Space.com .

A Russian-American crew returning from the ISS landed in Kazakhstan

Three ISS crew members returned to Earth - two Russians and one American. The current descent took place against the background of a sharp deterioration in relations between Russia and the United States, which is why the NASA astronaut will have to get home by a roundabout way around Russian territory.

There is no doubt that electronic warfare plays an important strategic role for the Russian Armed Forces. In this regard, we offer an article from the electronic magazine Global defense technology, which explores Russia's electronic warfare and its ability to support the country's defense capability.

Military expert Khramchikhin spoke about the pros and cons of the Pantsir-S1 missile defense system

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published a video about the use of anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPC) "Pantsir-S1" during a special operation in Ukraine. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the specifics of the operation of this complex.

In Soviet times, being a place of storage of nuclear ammunition, "Object 711" was cut down in rocks at a depth of several tens of meters.

Sabah (Turkey): nuclear deterrence

Due to the increased tension in relations between Russia and NATO, disputes about nuclear war are being more actively conducted, Sabah writes. The author of the article advises the media not to deliberately inflate the nuclear threat and not to try to make Russia look guilty. Confusing the cards is the most dangerous game in nuclear diplomacy, he recalls.

The heads of departments and employees of the Pentagon, as well as its main contractor companies, participated in the creation of biological weapons components in Ukraine, these companies were directly connected with the son of US President Joe Biden, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said at a briefing on Wednesday.

In Russia, they can build two diesel-electric boats of the 636 Varshavyanka project, which are called black holes, per year. This was announced by the General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) Alexey Rakhmanov, RIA Novosti reports.

The military-industrial complex (MIC) of Russia practically does not experience dependence on foreign supplies, he said in a conversation with Lenta.ru" military political scientist, Associate Professor of the Department of Politics and Sociology of the Russian University of Economics Plekhanova Alexander Perendzhiev. He added that a small shortage of components can be compensated by supplies from China.

Shoigu: conscripts of the spring draft will not be sent to hot spots

Russian conscripts called up this spring will not be sent to hot spots, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu promised. He added that all conscripts of last spring will be discharged into the reserve at the end of their service life. In addition, the head of the Defense Ministry said that the Ukrainian army has suffered significant damage, and this allows us to liberate Donbass.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on March 29, 2022, a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held in Moscow at the National Defense Management Center. The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, took part in it.

Russian servicemen liquidate warehouses supplying the AFU grouping near Kiev

The Russian armed forces continue to strike at the military infrastructure of Ukraine. Sea-based Kalibr cruise missiles destroyed ammunition depots from which the Ukrainian group was supplied in the suburbs of Kiev.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the Russian military used air cruise missiles to destroy a large fuel base in the Rivne region in northwestern Ukraine.

In the United States, the number of missile launches that were carried out by Russian troops during a special operation in Ukraine is monitored daily. As noted, this indicator has long reached "incredible values" and continues to grow, breaking all records of US military campaigns - and this despite the fact that the American army is traditionally guided by the doctrine of a massive missile strike when conducting large-scale military operations.

Now many people say that there has been a lull in Ukraine. There are no active offensive actions there. Our troops continue to methodically destroy the powerful fortified areas of the Ukrainian army near Donetsk, advancing 2-3 kilometers per day, military expert Alexei Leonkov said.

Combat reports in which the Russian Defense Ministry talks about the course of a special military operation in Ukraine indicate that Russian troops and units of the People's republics are methodically moving forward. The list of settlements liberated from nationalists is expanding daily. The losses of the Armed Forces are multiplying, including in the deep rear.

In the battles for the city of Maryinka, the DPR People's Militia fighters eliminated a Ukrainian sniper armed with the latest UKROP UAR-10 rifle.

The reports of the British corporation BBC about the destruction of the theater in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol were written in collaboration with a Ukrainian public relations specialist who previously worked for a company at the forefront of the information war with Russia, writes Max Blumenthal, editor-in-chief of The Grayzone website.

The geopolitical consequence of the special operation will be a change in the entire current picture of the world

The special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine continues to develop. There are serious shifts in the nature of the operational use of the Russian group of troops, indicating the approach of a qualitative turning point in the course of the armed struggle. In these circumstances, the question arises on the agenda: what will happen next, will the West stop its pressure on Russia and go to negotiations, as many Russians hope, or vice versa – the pressure will become even more fierce, new armed conflicts will arise?