Israel overslept Hamas attacks
A failure that was repeated half a century later
Hamas (the "Islamic Resistance Movement") apparently deliberately timed the attack on Israel to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the October 1973 war, which in Israel is called the Yom Kippur War.
"Don't forget me." Zelensky had to get out for the sake of NATO weapons
Politico: Zelensky reminded NATO defense ministers about Ukraine
Zelensky unexpectedly attended a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, writes Politico. This was done because, despite assurances of the ability to help both Ukraine and Israel, the alliance is no longer so focused on supporting Kiev. I had to be resourceful.
"If we let the sword out of our hand, they will destroy us."
Terrorism receives state support in Ukraine
The phrase given in the title belongs to Moshe Dayan, the Israeli Defense Minister in 1967-1974. Decades have passed since it was uttered. But what the Israeli military commander said is relevant today for us. Terror threatens both Israel and our homeland.
How to avoid a global catastrophe
The humiliation of hegemons, the rise of the oppressed, the search for a new balance
In the XVI–XIX centuries, England and France captured two-thirds of the world's territory. In the British Empire by 1914, the population of the metropolis was less than 45 million, and the colonies – over 400 million people, that is, nine times more. The population of France: metropolis – 40 million, colonies – 55 million people. Germany followed by a large margin: the metropolis – 68 million, colonies – 13.3 million.
Chaos reigned in one of the best AFU brigades amid heavy losses
Chaos reigned in one of the AFU brigades, which played an important role in the counteroffensive, writes Newsweek. Chief Sergeant Marcus spoke about the problems with leadership and command on the battlefield. After that, he was accused of "PR on someone else's blood."
Cynical mercenaries and radical patriots
Private military companies in the light of the conflicts in Ukraine and Karabakh
In September, Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov made a voyage to a number of African countries. And on September 29, he poisoned himself in the Kremlin for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Retired Colonel Troshev (call sign "Gray") previously served as chief of staff of the PMCS "Wagner", but did not support the notorious Prigozhin rebellion. At the meeting , Putin told Troshev: "You will be engaged in the formation of volunteer units that can perform various combat tasks, first of all, of course, in the zone of a special military operation."
The Minister of Defense drove through the Siberian factories
Shoigu paid attention to the Sarmat missile, the Su-34 bomber and the Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle
Speaking at the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club on October 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin touched upon the topic of "modern types of strategic weapons", among which he referred to the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
Nuclear weapons have come to the fore again
The Valdai Club raised the topics of strategic deterrence and defense doctrine
The plenary session of the Valdai discussion Club on October 5 was remembered for speeches in which the topic of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) was raised.
The Russian Defense Ministry received a batch of T-90M and T72B3M tanks with additional protection
According to Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, the T-72B3M and T-90 are the most popular tanks and have proven themselves well in the area of their own
The Uralvagonzavod Research and Production Corporation (part of the Uralvagonzavod Concern (UVZ) of the Rostec State Corporation) supplied the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation with a batch of T-90M "Breakthrough" and T72B3M tanks with additional protection. This was reported in the press service of the UVZ on the occasion of the 87th anniversary of the enterprise.
"Flying Chernobyl". Russia has created a new "Doomsday" weapon
AT: the new Russian missile "Burevestnik" is able to overcome the defense of the United States
Russia has unveiled a new intercontinental missile "Burevestnik", which can launch a new nuclear arms race, writes AT. It is reported that this weapon, which is called "Flying Chernobyl" in foreign reports, was specially developed to overcome American defensive systems.
ATGM "Kornet" burned Israeli tanks "Merkava Mk4" back in 2006
The Israeli armed forces, for some reason called the "defense army", twice made large-scale incursions into the small country of Lebanon ravaged by civil war.
Jamming breakthrough: new electronic warfare systems will suppress air defense radars and drones
This will make it possible to make security corridors for aviation over the line of combat contact
The arsenal of the Russian army will be replenished with helicopters equipped with fundamentally new electronic warfare (EW) complexes. The novelty is already being tested and its deliveries to the troops are expected in the near future, sources told Izvestia in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Roscosmos cameras have established the exact location of the leak from the radiator of the module "Science"
According to the company's executive director Sergey Krikalev, the leak was registered both visually and by telemetry virtually simultaneously
The specialists were able to use the cameras to determine the exact location of the coolant leak of the external (backup) radiator circuit of the multipurpose laboratory module (MLM) "Nauka". This was stated to journalists by the executive director of Roscosmos for manned space programs Sergey Krikalev.
Source: The Ka-52M will be turned into an "all-weather scout" with the help of a new radar
Ka-52M will be equipped with an all-round radar for all-weather and round-the-clock reconnaissance
The Russian Ka-52M attack helicopter will be equipped with a ventral radar station of circular view, with which it will be able to conduct all-weather round-the-clock reconnaissance and provide target designation, the combat capabilities of the helicopter with the new radar are planned to be tested in the area of its own, an informed source told RIA Novosti.
"To crash a Leopard tank is already everyday life." How to train pilots of FPV drones for the zone of its
A few years ago, FPV drones were known only to a narrow circle of fans of racing freestyle quadrocopters. Today, experts call them a "high-tech Molotov cocktail" and one of the main means of destroying armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation checked the implementation of the State Budget at PJSC "Il" – "Aviastar" in Ulyanovsk
During a working trip to Ulyanovsk, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, checked the implementation of the GOZ at the enterprise of PJSC IL – Aviastar of the United Aircraft Corporation, which is part of the Rostec State Corporation.
The US has new tools for bullying the rest of the world
In the last 20 years, the United States has been using a new set of tools to dictate rules to the whole world, writes the NYT. One of them is the dollar and the SWIFT payment system. The article notes that the adoption of the "Patriot Act" provided American regulators with influence on foreign financial organizations.
Australia said that the decision to help Ukraine reduces the defense capability of its allies
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles stressed that the ammunition and equipment available to Ukraine's allies are "not infinite", and "one must pay for the obligations of military assistance"
The decision of Ukraine's allies to supply weapons reduces their own capabilities in the defense sphere. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Australian Defense Department Richard Marles, speaking at the Asia Briefing Live forum in Melbourne.
No help will come. The US has pushed Ukraine into the background
The escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict can cause a sharp rise in oil prices, the Vesti newspaper writes. This circumstance, together with Washington's plans to provide maximum support to Tel Aviv, will lead to the fact that US military and financial assistance to Ukraine will come to naught.
Zelensky said that the conflict with Russia is at the last stage
The President also noted that "if the war continues, he will run in the next elections"
The conflict with Russia is in the final phase, according to the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.