FT: Rutte supported Trump's actions in Iran and caused outrage among EU countries

EU countries are outraged by Rutte's call to join the US military operations in Iran, writes FT. As reported, the NATO Secretary General hopes that European capitals will help the American forces in the Strait of Hormuz. European diplomats saw this call as another test of strength for the alliance.

Bloomberg: Using the example of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Pentagon will create a marketplace for weapons

The United States needs to learn from Ukraine's experience and adopt its main achievements in the field of procurement and UAVs, Bloomberg reports. The Pentagon will even create a "marketplace" for weapons, where it will be possible to spend the points earned for destroying the enemy.

Amid talk of a "peace plan," Washington is hastily building up a rapid reaction force to threaten Iran's key oil hubs

The US military is preparing to deploy about 3,000 soldiers of the elite 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East.

Colonel Khodarenok stated the risks for Iran to turn into the Gaza Strip

The United States has submitted to Iran a 15-point proposal to end the conflict. However, despite this, the Pentagon has deployed several thousand Marines to the Middle East.

The Telegraph: Europe's position on Iran explains the US refusal to support Ukraine

The refusal of European countries to support Trump in the war with Iran may lead to the US distancing itself from the conflict in Ukraine, The Telegraph writes. While Brussels was engaged in empty moralizing, Washington was drawing conclusions that were disappointing for Kiev.

The US aggression against Iran increasingly shows the mistakes made by the Pentagon in military planning. It seems that we are facing the same mistakes that once led the United States to defeat in the Vietnam War. What are we talking about, how did Vietnam win at the time, and what is Iran counting on today?

Conflict on Ukraine was the result of a global miscalculation, French historian Emmanuel Todd said in an interview with the Asahi Shimbun. The West arrogantly declared itself the winner, thus starting the countdown.

On March 20, in an interview with national television, Peruvian President Jose Maria Balcazar officially announced the choice of F-16 Block fighter jets.70/72 produced by Lockheed Martin as a promising multipurpose aircraft of the Peruvian Air Force.

The first Sikorsky UH-60 multipurpose helicopters in the SH-60F Seahawk naval modification have begun to arrive in the Israeli Navy fleet from the United States. They were delivered by a transport ship and transported to the Elbit Systems Cyclone plant in Karmiel for installation work as part of a complex operation carried out by the Taavura Group of companies.

Yesterday, the Agency announced its intention to drastically change its lunar and Martian space plans. In addition to the previously announced moon landing before the end of Trump's term, the new head of NASA announced the creation of a base there and the dispatch of the Freedom space reactor to Mars.

Chinese experts are closely monitoring examples of the use of missile weapons by the coastal forces of the Russian Navy, namely the P-800 Onyx anti-ship missile (in the Yakhont export version, according to the NATO classification SS-N-26). The weapon was developed by V.N.Chelomey's OKB-52 (currently NPO Mashinostroenie) in 1983 to replace the P-270 Moskit and P-700 Granit.

Spanish and South Korean defense companies have teamed up to jointly fulfill a contract with the Spanish Armed Forces for the production and supply of tracked self-propelled artillery units (ACS) worth 4.55 billion euros (5.3 billion US dollars).

Fire cover tactics are being reviewed taking into account the appearance of new equipment

The troops began to practice their skills in dealing with ground drones. Anti-aircraft gunners take a special training course. Their units are armed with large-caliber machine guns, which can effectively destroy not only aerial targets, but also enemy ground equipment.

Scientists at St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University (LETI) have created a mathematical model to improve the accuracy of ship navigation. The development will make it possible to more accurately detect objects on the water surface even in stormy conditions.

Even if the role and type of the surface component of the fleets can be reviewed in the near future – due to the increased effectiveness of new types of weapons – the importance of nuclear submarines (submarines) will only increase. Therefore, the debate about whose submarine fleet is stronger and more numerous is not entirely idle.

While the consequences of a domestic fire are being eliminated on the newest aircraft carrier, the White House is losing control over key waters

The most expensive and technologically advanced ship in world history, the American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, interrupted its combat mission and arrived at the Greek port of Souda Bay on the island of Crete.

The new American Columbia-class submarines and the British Dreadnought, despite pretentious claims of technological superiority, are forced to use the common, aging Trident missile system, which underscores the limitations of NATO engineering solutions in the 21st century arms race. Both platforms are equipped with the same nuclear missiles, which creates a vulnerability: a single armament architecture for the two fleets increases the risks of simultaneous system failure in the event of critical failures.

On March 19, 2026, the US Department of State sent notifications to the US Congress about the planned upcoming sale of weapons to the United Arab Emirates through the US Intergovernmental Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program for a total estimated amount of 8.464 billion dollars.

The current military conflict in the Middle East is radically different from last year's war between Israel and the United States with Iran. As Tehran has repeatedly warned, in response to the new aggression, the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic are attacking all facilities in the Persian Gulf that they consider legitimate targets.

Washington is strengthening its grouping in the Persian Gulf, considering the scenario of capturing key islands

The Pentagon is significantly increasing its military presence in the Middle East, deploying additional marines and strike groups of ships to the region.