Third world war. Why the specter of a new global war haunts Europe
Dmitry Litovkin-whether the fear of a large-scale conflict is justified
First, the chief of the British defense Staff, Nick Carter, and then the Czech intelligence service, in their annual report, said that the world is on the verge of a global cataclysm.
Around Russia flared up from three sides
Moscow should treat its "allies" extremely pragmatically
The coincidence in time (at least partially) of the conflicts in Belarus, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Kyrgyzstan does not necessarily mean that they are United by a single external anti-Russian plan. Each case is different. Although, of course, you can trace many common features.
The conflict in Karabakh has revealed a serious vulnerability of tanks
The war in Karabakh has shown that the tank is an easy target for attack drones. In just a few weeks of fighting, Yerevan lost more than 120 combat vehicles. What conclusions Russia should do at the end of this conflict and how now the Russian tanks are protected from the shock drones and loitering munitions of the enemy?
Five main mysteries Of the second Karabakh war
The end of the second Karabakh war gave rise to many riddles and conspiracy theories. Indeed, some of the circumstances of this conflict are extremely mysterious, or at least paradoxical from the point of view of conventional military logic. Apparently, the Armenian leadership itself provoked a political catastrophe.
Azerbaijan is preparing to deploy its military in the Kelbajar region to be transferred to Baku
The Azerbaijani armed forces are ready to deploy in the Kelbajar region after the Armenian population leaves, head of the Department of international military cooperation of the defense Ministry Huseyn Makhmudov said.
I could tell British intelligence, the representative of "Aeroflot»
Another spy scandal has affected an employee of a leading Russian airline. An Aeroflot representative in the UK has been arrested on suspicion of high treason. How could this treason have been committed, what information did the accused allegedly have access to – and who should be held accountable along with him?
Rules for responding to emergencies in peacetime and combat will be the same
How to protect yourself from any misfortunes? And who will manage measures to protect and eliminate from all sorts of troubles? The response prepared by the Russian Ministry of emergency situations to these questions can be reduced to one short formula: the same people should be responsible for eliminating all troubles at any time according to the same unified rules. In other words, the response system should be unified, whether it is wartime or peacetime.
The history of the evolution of the cockpit of the American fighter for 65 years
In the hush-Kit blog, former us Navy instructor and f-14 weapons systems operator Dave " Bio " Baranek described the brief evolution of the fighter's cockpits over 65 years, starting with the f-106A interceptor, which was in service from the 1960s to 1988, and up to the F-35.
The Gremyashchy Corvette is scheduled to be handed over to the Russian Navy on December 25
The Severnaya Verf plant, which is part of the United shipbuilding Corporation, plans to transfer the lead Corvette of project 20385 "Gremyashchy"to the Russian Navy on December 25. This was stated to journalists on Thursday, November 12, the General Director of the company Igor Orlov.
The Northern fleet's missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov has completed tasks in the Norwegian and Barents seas
The Northern fleet's missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov completed a set of combat training tasks in the Barents and Norwegian seas and returned to its permanent base in Severomorsk.
"Admiral Kasatonov" hit the "Caliber" target at a distance of more than 1 thousand km
The frigate of the Northern fleet "Admiral Kasatonov" hit a target with a Kalibr missile at a training ground in the Arkhangelsk region from The white sea. On Thursday, November 12, the press service of the fleet reported.
Sudan transit: why does Russia need a naval base in Africa?
Dmitry Litovkin-about a new safe Harbor for the Russian Navy
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a submission addressed to Vladimir Putin, suggesting the opening of a logistics support point for our warships in this country in Sudan.
Internet from SpaceX recognized as a hole in the defense of Russia
Satellite Internet of the Starlink system of the American company SpaceX may be restricted in order to protect national security, Vladimir Korovkin, head of the Innovation and digital technologies Department at the Moscow school of management SKOLKOVO, told Nezavisimaya Gazeta.
A real monster: a 140-mm gun for the Leopard 2 amazing for its size
for the Leopard 2 tanks in Switzerland in the late 80-ies created a powerful 140-mm gun. It still surprises with its characteristics and size.
Many data about it have not yet been made public, but even from the published photographic materials, it can be understood that the length of this weapon significantly exceeds those already in service.
Lavrov said that inspectors from the United States at the Russian factories will not be
There will be no American inspectors at Russia's nuclear weapons factories, as was the case in the 1990s, Russian foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters.
Russia's nuclear forces will deprive Ukrainian intelligence
Vladimir Putin said that Russia is completing the creation of a nuclear forces control center, which is almost completely protected from nuclear attacks and equipped with the most advanced equipment and communications facilities. Moscow has already seriously modernized its nuclear triad in recent years. Now it's time to update its management system, which Russia inherited from the USSR and was developed on the territory of Ukraine.
The Ethiopians "gave" the separatists a whole division of S-300
The Ethiopian authorities launched a military operation against the opposition party" people's liberation front Tigray", which controls the region of The same name. The reason for this was the separatist attack on the military government base in Tigray.
Published a video of the combat use of the latest Turkish ZSU in Libya
Turkish Korkut anti-aircraft self-propelled guns were transferred to Libya in mid-January this year. During all this time, only a few photos appeared on the Network confirming the presence of this technique in this hot spot.
The latest medium-range SAM "Buk-M3" entered service in the air defense division of the Central military DISTRICT
More than 80 units. BUK-M3 SAMS entered service in the anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Central military district, stationed in the Altai territory. The latest weapons arrived at the point of permanent deployment as part of the military echelon after performing live firing at the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan region.
Germany and Japan will send a probe to the asteroid Phaethon in 2024
The aerospace agencies of Germany and Japan (DLR and JAXA) agreed in 2024 to send a joint mission to the asteroid Phaethon DESTINY+, the main task of which will be to study space dust — both along the flight path and in the vicinity of the destination, the DLR said. The device is designed to help scientists answer the question: whether cosmic dust particles can serve as carriers of organic molecules and what role they could play in the origin of life on Earth, as well as what part of this dust is of galactic origin.