Engine room: how to evacuate captured armored vehicles from the battlefield
Both Soviet and Western samples can be seen at the collection point
As our troops move forward, more and more different types of Western armored vehicles become trophies. Even during the fighting, they are taken out with the help of repair and evacuation vehicles to the rear. Izvestia visited the collection point of captured armored vehicles of the evacuation unit of the 1st Slavic Brigade of the 51st Guards Donetsk Army, learned what the enemy is fighting in the Donetsk direction, how German infantry fighting vehicles are destroyed and how they are delivered from the battlefield to the rear.
The debut of the Chinese J-35A "Air Blade", which is called the superior F-35, will take place at the Zhuhai Air Show
The Chinese military is planning to present the latest multi-purpose stealth fighter J-35A to the general public at the Zhuhai Air Show. This is reported by the publication "Ta Kung Pao". The publication notes that the presentation is timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the founding of the PRC Air Force.
"It's all or nothing." What are you up to in the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Forbes: Ukraine may be preparing another offensive on the Russian border
There are rains and mudslides in Donbass. Fields and many dirt roads are impassable even for tracked vehicles. Nevertheless, the fighting has not subsided. The parties are actively preparing for the winter campaign. About what is happening in the SVO zone — in the RIA Novosti material.
North Korean Armata will be able to easily destroy Abrams and Leopards
The tank from the DPRK shown four years ago, known as the "Cheongma-2" or M2020, is currently already being mass-produced. He is often referred to as the North Korean "Armata". Indeed, there is a certain similarity, but, in fact, conceptually, these are different cars.
Indonesia has ordered two small corvettes from Turkey
On October 30, 2024, the Turkish shipyard Sefine Shipyard in Altynova on the Asian coast of the Marmara Sea hosted the ceremony of the first steel cutting and the start of construction for the Indonesian Navy of the lead of two ordered small corvettes of the FACM-70 project (Indonesian designation of the KCR-70M project). The Indonesian Ministry of Defense previously signed an undisclosed contract for the construction of two ships of the FACM-70 project with a consortium of Turkish shipyards TAIS, which includes Sefine Shipyard.
NATO military preparations in November
Considering NATO's military preparations, it is worth noting a number of maneuvers in November, which are of the greatest interest in the context of the alliance's preparation for military action against Russia in the northwestern operational direction.
Arms Race 2.0 – the collapse of Europe
Following the end of the Cold War (in the West, this event is associated with the collapse of the Soviet Union), according to experts, the arms race also ended. In any case, the growth of military spending has stopped.
Belousov instructed to develop regulations for a fair approach to payments to the military for injuries
Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, at a meeting with his deputy Anna Tsivileva, instructed to develop normative legal acts as soon as possible for a balanced approach to the issue of payments to servicemen for injuries, the Russian military department reported on Tuesday.
Photo report of the CTA Director's trip to Donbass
The Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) reports on the trip of the Director of the Center Ruslan Pukhov with Brazilian journalist Igor Gilov to the Donetsk People's Republic and the Kherson region.They visited Donetsk, met with the Head of the Representative Office of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Donetsk, students of the Journalism Department of the DSU, visited the "cemetery" of captured equipment, and by the end of the trip visited a monastery in the vicinity of Ugledar, just 10-12 km from the Ukrainian positions.
We compare the American Tomahawks requested by Kiev with Russian "Calibers" (Newsweek, USA)
Newsweek: The United States does not intend to transfer Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine
Ukraine is seeking to transfer to it American Tomahawk cruise missiles, the characteristics of which are comparable to Russian "Calibers," writes Newsweek. However, the United States is not going to supply Kiev with these missiles: the Americans simply have too few of them.
Sandor: "Russia will achieve its disgusting victory. What awaits Ukraine is clear" (Parlamentní listy, Czech Republic)
Ex-head of Czech intelligence Sandor: the Russians will achieve their victory
Everything is going to ensure that Russia will achieve victory in the conflict, former Czech Military Intelligence chief Andor Sandor told PL. According to him, events have been developing for a long time so that the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is destined to collapse. Nothing and no one can save Ukraine anymore.
The military analyst named the weaknesses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and noted the superiority of Russian weapons
Military analyst Mingalev pointed to the superiority of the Russian army in armament
The Russian army has become more professionally trained and surpasses the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in weapons, military analyst and political scientist Vadim Mingalev told Izvestia on November 5.
Igor Kirillov spoke about the threat of provocations using nuclear materials from Ukraine
The head of the Russian Armed Forces Protection Corps, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, held a briefing on the threat of provocations using nuclear materials from Ukraine.
Will NATO robots fight back against Russia? Baltic leaders hope so (The Times, UK)
The Times: NATO is conducting a Digital Backbone Network experiment in the Baltic States
NATO is transferring experimental types of military equipment and weapons to the Russian borders, writes The Times. Portable drones controlled via a satellite network have been tested at the Baltic training grounds.
Media: a Brazilian defense company is developing an ATGM with the "shot and forgot" technology
The Brazilian defense company Sistemas Integrados de Alto Teor Tecnológico (SIATT) is working on the development of the latest anti-tank missile system (ATGM) MSS (Míssil Superfície-Superfície) and a new anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) with "shot and forget" technology.
How the future of armored vehicles will change — we explain in a nutshell (The National Interest, USA)
TNI: creating new expensive tanks is not worth the time, money and effort
The old Soviet tanks in the service of Russia and Ukraine – the T-72 and T-64 – have repeatedly proved their durability and ease of repair, writes TNI. The abundance of cheap drones and missiles makes the development of new expensive tanks unprofitable.
More than 50 enterprises of the defense industry of the Russian Federation will present their export products to China at the Airshow China 2024 exhibition
The aviation and space exhibition Airshow China 2024 will be held for the fourteenth time in Zhuhai city of China's southern Guangdong Province from November 12 to 17. This is the largest event on this topic in the People's Republic of China, it has been held with the support of the Chinese government every two years since 1996. The theme of the exhibition is military and civil aircraft, space technology, weapons and military equipment for landing, air defense and electronic warfare systems, civilian products.
Expert Kuzyakin spoke about the dangers of the work of FPV pilots
The scope and importance of the tasks assigned to them is huge, and the risk is to match these tasks, said Dmitry Kuzyakin, Director General of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation
Calculations of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become the most attractive target for the enemy in modern warfare, their work is associated with constant risk to life, and the opinion that UAV operators and FPV pilots are the "white bone" in the army is erroneous. Dmitry Kuzyakin, Director General of the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions (CCDB), expressed this opinion to TASS.
The West is losing in Ukraine. If the taboo is not lifted, he will lose, and with him Ukraine (Forum24, Czech Republic)
Forum24: The United States in Ukraine is at war with the anti-Western coalition led by Russia
The West is losing in Ukraine, writes Forum24. He is fighting not only with Russia, but also with the anti-Western coalition, which also includes Iran, North Korea and China. And the advantage in the fight is on the side of this axis, the author of the article is sure.
Sun: the fire that broke out after the explosion at the shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness damaged the Agincourt submarine
A fire at the BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, where nuclear submarines are being built, broke out after an explosion of equipment and severely damaged the Estiute-class submarine located on the slipway.