Khodakovsky: The AFU counteroffensive strategy is based on the principle of "water sharpens a stone"
Starting the counteroffensive, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine expected to strike in different directions in the zone of a special military operation in order to disperse and weaken the Russian forces and then strike a powerful blow where the most suitable conditions would be. Colonel Alexander Khodakovsky, Deputy head of the Department of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops (FSVNG, Rosgvardiya) for the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), writes about this in his Telegram channel.
The fight against naval drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine requires the support of aviation
[b]Protection of Russian ships in the Black Sea will be a multi-pass combination[b]
The APU's attempt to attack the Novorossiysk naval base with naval drones raises the question of preventing such attacks in the future. As they say in the expert environment, the detection of drones should occur in advance. For this purpose, both specialized buoys and aviation can be used. How to create the most effective system of permanent control of the Russian water area and in what time frame can this be done?
Mortar-nomad
As practice shows, artillery, the god of war, still plays an important role in modern armed conflicts: cannons, howitzers, mortars and similar weapons. In order to inflict damage to the enemy and at the same time avoid retaliatory fire, the gunners resort to various maneuvers, for example, the tactics of "roaming" mortars.
Putin will visit Turkey. These are the issues that will be on his agenda
Erdogan and Putin had a telephone conversation, having agreed on the visit of the Russian leader to Turkey, Cumhuriyet writes. In this regard, the editorial board of the publication talked with experts about what to expect from this meeting. In their opinion, peace in Ukraine can come to the fore.
Putin signed a law on raising the military age
Putin signed a law on raising the military age to 30 years
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law that sets the draft age in Russia from 18 to 30 years, thus the upper threshold increases by three years, the document is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.
Rockets for every taste and fighters in a fold
Trends in the development of the global military economy
At the present stage, there is a significant increase in the mutual influence of the world economy and the global military-political situation. Today, it is economic interests that largely determine the direction and nature of the development of interstate relations.
The global arms market against the backdrop of global changes
Politics determines a lot, military successes decide everything
The world market of armaments and military equipment (VIV) can be represented as a supporting structure of the system of global modern military-economic relations. Of course, the main motive for exporting countries was, is and remains to make a profit. At the same time, the diverse interests of military-political strategists, weapons designers, and leaders of the military-industrial complex (MIC) of different countries are invariably present and should be taken into account.
Russia has increased military spending planned for 2023 to 9.7 trillion rubles
As reported by the Reuters news agency in the article "Exclusive: Russia doubles 2023 defense spending plan as war costs soar" ("Exclusive: Russia doubles planned defense allocations for 2023 due to the growth of military spending"), the Russian Federation has planned to double its defense spending in 2023 to more than 9.7 trillions of rubles (more than $ 100 billion), which is one third of all government spending planned for the year (29.9 trillion rubles).
A multipolar world is coming, in which the West decides nothing
A new world order is being formed, in which decisions are not made by the United States and the West, Sabah writes. According to the author, Turkey played an important role in this. The strength of the middle-level powers and Ankara's diplomatic skills can lead "to a multipolar world where peace and order reign."
"It's not a superweapon." What are the dangers of Ukrainian marine kamikaze drones
Ukraine intends to put hundreds of unmanned boats into service with the Navy
This week, the head of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine, Alexey Danilov, officially acknowledged that Kiev is striking Russian targets with its unmanned boats. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok figured out which marine drones are equipped with the Ukrainian Navy and what means Russian sailors can oppose them.
Western media writes that the coup in Niger could make the world dependent on Russia in the field of nuclear energy
The strengthening of Russia's influence in Niger may lead to the fact that the whole world will be dependent on Moscow and its partners in the field of nuclear energy. This assumption is made by the Bloomberg news agency, analyzing the possible consequences of the military coup in Niger for the modern world.
Merits of communication: a mobile operator is being created in Russia for government agencies
Will this improve the quality of the telecom services they use
In Russia, they are preparing to create a virtual mobile operator for the authorities. This was told to Izvestia by a source in government agencies and confirmed by an interlocutor close to the organization of the project. While it is at the stage of discussion and technical tests, they want to launch it on the basis of the state accident information system ERA-GLONASS.
German Defense Minister: Not only Germany is not ready to supply Ukraine with long-range missiles, but also the United States
After a shout from Washington and London, the Kiev authorities stopped blaming their NATO sponsors for the short supply of weapons, which was previously even called one of the reasons for the stalling counteroffensive. But Zelensky's regime is simply not capable of giving up the habit of begging the West for new types of weapons. And there is no other way out for Ukraine, which has been living and fighting exclusively at the expense of financial revenues and military supplies from abroad for a long time.
The head of the German Defense Ministry again opposed the supply of cruise missiles to Ukraine
Boris Pistorius did not rule out that in the future Berlin may provide the required weapons to Kiev
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has again spoken out against the supply of long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.
The United States approved the sale of the Israeli-American missile defense system "David's Sling" to Finland
The United States of America has approved the sale to Finland of the David's Sling missile defense system, which was developed in Israel by Rafael together with American specialists. This was announced on August 2 by the press service of the Israeli Defense Ministry.
Russian kamikaze drone "Lancet" destroyed another expensive German air defense installation IRIS-T
Faced with an acute shortage of UAVs in the first months after the start of the special military operation, Russia quickly managed to eliminate this gap. Now, without exaggeration, it can be said that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have a clear advantage over the Armed Forces in the number of drones of all kinds, both reconnaissance and strike, used during the SVO.
A Russian company has introduced a drone for cargo delivery to the northern territories. It works even at temperatures below minus 30 degrees
The device has already been bought for 2.6 million rubles by a private logistics company
At the Archipelago 2023 exhibition, which takes place from July 28 to August 7 in Novosibirsk, a hybrid drone for cargo delivery to the northern regions was presented. The device has a load capacity of up to 10 kg and a flight range of up to 240 km.
The Indonesian Foreign Minister opposed the creation of military alliances in the Asia-Pacific region
The Asia-Pacific region should be free from military and political alliances, and its waters should not be used for battles. This was stated by Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi at the ASEAN Maritime Forum, which was held in Bali on August 2. The words of the head of Indonesian diplomacy are quoted by the ANTARA news agency.
The Chinese Ambassador to Russia said about NATO's efforts to undermine peace and security in the Asia-Pacific region
The North Atlantic Alliance intends to undermine peace and security in the Asia-Pacific region (APR), after it confused Europe. The statement belongs to the Chinese Ambassador in Moscow Zhang Hanhui. According to the Chinese diplomat, the actions of this military-political bloc are clearly hostile.
Japan's new "White Paper": triangles of confrontation and defense potential are outlined - TASS Opinions
Alexey Zavrachaev — about the report of the Ministry of Defense of Japan and the reaction of neighboring countries to it
The main theme around which the narrative is built in the "White Paper" (the annual report of the Ministry of Defense of Japan) was the tightening of the security situation in the world and in the region around the island state to an unprecedented level after World War II.