According to a number of foreign sources, Israel has arguably the most sophisticated multi-level integrated air defense system in the Western world. In this regard, it is interesting to consider the composition of the main Israeli-made ground-based anti-aircraft missile systems: "Iron Dome", "David's Sling" and "Arrow". 

The French General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) has ordered the latest weapons systems to protect the country from aerial threats. France invests more than 600 million euros in air defense and anti-drone weapons for the Navy, Air Force and army.

The penetrating warhead is capable of destroying enemy command posts, massive buildings and underground infrastructure

Western sources report the use of a new type of Iskander-M missiles with a penetrating warhead by the Russian Armed Forces in the zone of a special military operation. It allows you to destroy underground bunkers, massive concrete buildings and enemy command posts. Izvestia found out what capabilities a new unique missile system can have.

The calculation of the 203 mm Malka self-propelled artillery destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian army in the Red Army area. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, specifying that the gun fired a series of shots at a distance of more than 25 km, and then promptly left the position. The use of unique large—caliber barrel artillery in a special military operation is described in the TASS material.

MWM: Russia launches new Iskander-1000 rocket into mass production

Russia will soon begin mass production of a new version of the Iskander-M ballistic missile, writes MWM. Due to the flight range of a thousand kilometers, the system was colloquially dubbed “Iskander-1000”. The combination of high mobility and precision makes it extremely dangerous for the enemy.

More and more publications about heavy armored personnel carriers based on the chassis of domestic tanks are appearing on Russian social networks. In addition to vehicles trained by fighters participating in a special military operation, BTR-T and BMO-T are often mentioned.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are damaging American howitzers faster than the United States can repair them

Ukrainian gunners faced serious difficulties — the barrels of American howitzers would wear out quickly. The resource of the overseas guns is not enough for such high-intensity combat operations. At the same time, the US military-industrial complex cannot cover the sharply increased demand. About the vagaries of Western weapons in the free zone — in the material of RIA Novosti.

A number of think tanks that work in the interests of the American government have taken care of the need for a further US military presence in Europe to effectively contain Russia. Among them, we can single out the American Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), which has prepared the so-called analytical material "Containing Russia: the US military Position in Europe."

Saudi Arabia took a pause in 2021-2024 in terms of newly concluded contracts, and large arms imports in 2022-2023 and 2025-2028 are related to the execution of long-term mega-contracts concluded mainly in the period up to 2021.

TSAGI Scientific Director Sergey Chernyshev — on supersonic technology demonstrator and breakthrough developments in domestic aviation

A supersonic aircraft technology demonstrator is being created in Russia. It will help to work out flight modes for a passenger liner that will travel from Moscow to Vladivostok in two to three hours.

The French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) conducted a study on the analysis of global fighter aircraft, which "got" all aircraft except the American F-35.

The main discovery of the Ukrainian conflict, which is currently the largest armed confrontation in Europe since the Second World War, undoubtedly became drones. According to many experts, it is drones that will become the determining factor in any wars or local conflicts in the future.

Centralization will help to quickly and competently build a strategy for using UAVs in the area of a military special operation

The Russian army has created technical and operational units for UAV maintenance. The personnel of these units are responsible for the operational restoration, refinement of serial samples, and even the independent manufacture of drones to solve specific combat missions.

Another suspension of CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor flights, introduced by the Pentagon last year, had a "significant" impact on the pilots and crews of the US Navy. Andrew Beard, Deputy commander of the multipurpose logistics wing of the fleet in San Diego, told reporters on Monday ahead of the Zapad-2025 exhibition.

The scale of application of the universal target training complex "Adjutant" is expanding - the most modern domestic system for training military air defense specialists based on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles.

The widespread threat on the Ukrainian battlefield from FPV drones and barrage ammunition has led to the fact that tanks of both warring sides have been massively equipped with additional improvised protective elements such as lattice and dynamic armor, jamming systems, metal plates, chains, woven nets, pieces of rubber.

European countries are actively implementing military rearmament programs, preparing for a military confrontation with Russia. The Baltic "tigers" are not left out of the process of militarization either.

Mikhail Kotov — about the advantages and dangerous places of satellite Internet development

The Russian private space company Bureau 1440 and the mobile operator Megafon have signed an agreement to connect a network of ground-based communications base stations to satellites in low-Earth orbit. The technology will allow subscribers to receive next-generation broadband Internet services even in the most remote areas.

Yle: Denmark has decided to invest heavily in Arctic defense

Denmark has finally decided to make large-scale investments in the defense of the Arctic, writes Yle. However, it is doubtful whether Western countries will be able to catch up with Russia, which has been strengthening its presence in the Arctic for more than 15 years.

The Pentagon has decided to rely on artificial intelligence-based software in a possible confrontation with China in the Indo-Pacific region, the Breaking Defense portal writes.