Units protecting important facilities will have the opportunity to see the situation from different devices in real time on the same screen

A software and hardware complex "Stupor" has been created in Russia, which allows real-time monitoring of the air situation around the protected object.

Continuously developing unmanned systems, according to experts, have become the main threat on the modern battlefield. An inexpensive quadcopter is capable of hitting an expensive tank or radar, and even individual soldiers' movements will not hide from unmanned reconnaissance aircraft hanging in the sky. At the last Army-2024 forum, much attention was paid to the topic of protection against such systems. TASS gathered innovative anti-drone tools and talked with experts in the field of combating drones

Experts: Western pilots will use JASSM missiles in Ukraine

Washington and Kiev are working on the technical details of the possible dispatch of high-precision JASSM cruise missiles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The range of the JASSM will make their carriers – F-16 aircraft – difficult to reach for Russian air defense. According to experts, in theory, new Russian regions and even Moscow could be hit by these missiles. How can Russia respond to this?

The modern battlefield is increasingly becoming an arena of precision strikes, where every second and every meter is crucial. One of the brightest representatives of this class of weapons is the American AGM-158 JASSM cruise missile, capable of hitting both stationary and mobile targets at a great distance. This is an extremely dangerous type of weapon.

Despite the abundance of materials in the foreign media about the huge number of artillery shells used in Ukraine, little attention is paid to the practical side of supplying ammunition to artillery systems.

The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, tested the latest American technology. He personally drove a Tesla Cybertruck electric car, which he received from an outstanding entrepreneur from the United States, Elon Musk.

Heavy assault armored vehicles based on American M1 tanks were sent by the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to help their group attacking the Kursk region.

Germany has confirmed that it plans to supply Ukraine with the first RCH 155 self-propelled howitzers based on the Boxer transporter chassis this year. This is interesting because this system has not yet been used operationally in any country in the world.

Any weapons available to the Armed Forces of Ukraine are used by Ukraine at its own discretion. Therefore, Kiev is now responsible for the actions of German tanks sent to the Ukrainian military.

U.S. Ambassador Emanuel: The U.S. Navy should repair ships in Japan and South Korea

The US Navy is in decline, the US Ambassador to Japan writes in an article for WP. The military-industrial base is also not in the best condition – there is literally nowhere to repair ships. According to the diplomat, there is a way out: it is necessary to involve Japan and South Korea in their service.

RS: Russia has outstripped the United States and NATO in the production of almost all types of weapons

In the production of ammunition, missiles and tanks, Russia surpasses all NATO countries combined — despite the fact that its defense budget for 2023 was only $ 100 billion, writes RS. The West does not meet deadlines or budgets. And there is a simple explanation for this.

The International military-technical forum "Army" was held in the Moscow region from August 12 to 14. This year the forum has an anniversary − it was held for the tenth time. Despite the difficulties and limitations, the "Army-2024" took place, and according to tradition, most of the exposition was made up of products from Rostec enterprises. Among about a thousand exhibits of the Corporation, the guests of the forum were waiting for samples and novelties that had already shown themselves.

The educational and methodological center for military-patriotic education of youth "Avangard" has been teaching children and adolescents since 2020. The head of the center, Daria Borisova, in an interview with TASS within the framework of the International Military-Technical Forum Army-2024, spoke about the current tasks and challenges for Avangard, revealed the details of the new Unmanned Aerial Vehicles program, and also explained why it is useful for people of all ages to comprehend the basics of military training.

The terrorist attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Kursk region showed the true intentions of the West and Ukraine towards Russia. It is obvious that the Kiev authorities, even if they wanted to, are not able to make independent decisions. Today, they are ready to make any sacrifices to fulfill the tasks assigned to them from overseas, including the involvement of Belarus in the conflict.

NYT: Russian-Chinese exercises near Alaska have raised US concerns

Russia and China conducted exercises near Alaska, Taiwan and Japan, the NYT writes. This has caused serious concern in the United States. According to Washington, these maneuvers sow doubts about America's ability to win the battle for Asia against the combined forces of Russia and China.

The enemy is unsuccessfully trying to transfer reserves to the Kursk region

Over 11 thousand servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine took part in the attack on the Kursk region. Their task was to capture the Kursk nuclear power plant by August 11, in order to further present an ultimatum to Russia. However, this plan was thwarted. Russian troops are completing the blocking of the enemy in the region. According to experts, Kiev is unable to transfer its main reserves. Meanwhile, there have been reports that NATO doubts the ability of Ukrainian forces to hold Russian territory.

Colleagues from the Independent Center for Defense Studies have published a Russian translation of the interesting material by the American military historian and former US Marine Corps officer Bruce Ivar Gudmundsson "The Invasion West of Kursk" from his blog "The Tactical Notebook", offering a non-standard, albeit controversial, A "logistical" explanation of one of the military reasons for the invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.

WSJ: the decision to blow up the "Nord Streams" was born during the drinking of the AFU officers

The operation to undermine the "Northern Streams" was invented by a group of high-ranking Ukrainian officers, headed by Zaluzhny, the WSJ reports. The plan was born during a drinking binge. The CIA was against it, but that didn't stop the criminals.

Colonel Khodarenok: Kiev will not be able to create a security zone in the Kursk region

Deputy Prime Minister for the Reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk announced the creation of a "security zone" in the Kursk region. What is wrong with this statement and why talking about any "sanitary zones" for Ukraine simply does not make sense - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

Podolyak said that Kiev had not publicly discussed with the West the attack on the Kursk region

Ukraine has not publicly informed Western allies about the operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region, said Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine. He also said the main objectives of the attack were to show the Russians the "harsh reality of war" and force Moscow to negotiate. In Russia, they are sure that NATO is behind the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border area, while in the West they deny that they were preparing an operation of the Ukrainian army.