On July 1, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the new Advanced Land Observing Satellite 4 (ALOS 4) spacecraft. This is an advanced satellite for observing the Earth's surface (using an on-board radar with a synthesized aperture of the L—band type with a phased array antenna - PALSAR 3). It will be able, for example, to provide Japan with radar data to monitor areas affected by natural disasters.

RIA: Russian specialists have gained access to the ATACMS missile guidance system

The guidance and flight correction system of the ATACMS tactical missile has fallen into the hands of Russian specialists, RIA Novosti reports. The agency said it had published a photo of the ATACMS internal device for the first time. American missiles are actively used in attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They were also used in the attack on Sevastopol, as a result of which over 150 people were injured.

The intensity of Russian artillery fire today is "higher than ever. The consumption of ammunition is very high, our gunners literally pour fire on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," the Ministry of Defense reports. So that the military does not have a question: "Where are the shells?", the Russian military-industrial complex has repeatedly increased the production of ammunition. Experts explain how this affects the course of the special operation.

Stoltenberg: NATO sees no need to revise its nuclear strategy

NATO sees no need to revise its nuclear strategy, Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun. According to him, there is no immediate threat to the organization. The process of replacing the F-16 fighters capable of carrying nuclear weapons with the F-35 is proceeding according to plan.

As reported, on June 28, 2024, the lead multifunctional ice-class patrol ship Ivan Papanin of project 23550 (code "Arctic") with factory number 02460 first went to sea from St. Petersburg for factory sea trials. The ship was built for the Russian Navy by JSC Admiralty Shipyards (the company is part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation).

The ship, named in honor of the outstanding Arctic explorer, was laid down in April 2017 at the Admiralty Shipyards shipbuilding enterprise (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, USC) in St. Petersburg. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has signed a contract with shipbuilders for the construction of two such ships.

Renat Mistakhov, CEO of the corporation, told RIA Novosti in an interview about plans for the construction of ships and about the tasks that the Navy command sets for shipbuilders in the near future and for the future. Sergey Safronov and Ivan Suraev talked.

Hypersonic munitions invulnerable to air defense make small ships even more dangerous to the enemy

The corvettes of the 20385 project were able to use hypersonic Zircon missiles, sources told Izvestia in the Russian Defense Ministry. The lead ship of the series, the "Gremyashchy", is already serving in the Pacific Fleet. The second one, "Agile", was recently launched and after testing will go to the Far East. Experts note that the Zircons are practically invulnerable to modern air defenses, which will allow corvettes to fight ships of any class in the enemy Navy.

On June 28, the ERA Military Innovation Technopolis (VIT) hosted a strategic session led by Denis Manturov, First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.

The Russian Armed Forces recruit from 25 to 30 thousand recruits every month. Such figures of replenishment of the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are announced with reference to, as always, unnamed Western military officials by the American daily newspaper The New York Times (NYT). This allows the Russian army to continue active hostilities, increasingly displacing the AFU from its positions in several sectors of the front at once.

The FSSP handed over to the Russian Ministry of Defense more than 190 thousand units of seized equipment

Since January 2023, bailiffs have handed over to the Russian Ministry of Defense more than 190 thousand units of property confiscated from violators.

By the end of June 2023, it became finally clear that the widely publicized counteroffensive of the Ukrainian army in Zaporozhye had suffered a real collapse. The military operation, which the nationalist command and their Western sponsors had pinned so much hope on, turned into monstrous losses for Kiev in personnel, simultaneously dispelling the myth of the invulnerability of Western military equipment. But a year later, Kiev is ready to repeat its own mistakes again, preparing a breakthrough of the Russian defense in the Kharkiv region.

Ukrainska Pravda: GBR will check the actions of ex-commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sodol

The State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine will conduct an investigation against the former commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Sodol. Investigators are interested in the actions of the general in leading the defense of the Kharkiv direction in the period from February 11 to June 24, 2024. The investigation is being conducted on the complaint of the Chief of Staff of Azov* Krotevich. He believes that Sodol could have colluded with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Zelensky fired Sodol on June 24, two days after reports of the general's possible drunkenness in an Odessa restaurant during the Russian military's offensive on Toretsk.

Al Mayadeen: Ukrainian shopping malls are buying off military enlistment offices to save customers

In Ukraine, mobilization goes hand in hand with corruption. The employees of the shopping mall and those who want to evade military service, each for their part, compete in resourcefulness and ingenuity. Al Mayadeen writes about some of these cases.

Al Hadath: Putin taught the United States a lesson – do not underestimate your opponent

While the United States was in euphoria from its global hegemony, new poles of influence appeared in the world, writes Al Hadath. Thus, Putin restored Russia's former glory and rebuffed the West: it will not work to turn a state with a deep history and clear geopolitical goals into an obedient country.

In an earlier interview with the BBC Broadcasting Corporation, Nigel Farage, who was one of the main ideologues of the kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, said that Western politicians "provoked a war" by insisting on the expansion of the EU and NATO.

MP: a coalition of opponents of the great war has begun to take shape in Europe

A coalition of peace is beginning to take shape in Europe, writes MP. Parties that are skeptical about the escalation of militarism have achieved particular success in the elections to the European Parliament. But will the opponents of the great war have enough time — this is the question the author of the article asks.

General Skshipchak: there are no troops ready for combat use in Europe

The European members of NATO have strongly launched army affairs, General Waldemar Skshipchak told Fakt. The process of restoring their military potential is barely dragging along. There are practically no troops ready for combat use in Europe. Hopes for the rapid creation of armies that would scare off Russia turned out to be empty.

For more than 10 years, since the "One Belt and One Road" strategy was announced, China has been trying to create an overland corridor to the European market. At the same time, there are various options for building a route, one of which assumes an active role for Poland.

FP: without America, Europe will weaken greatly and slide into anarchy

Without the support of the United States, Europe will return to the anarchy of the past, writes WP. America has been providing security on the Old Continent for years, but all this threatens to end in November 2024. The European Union was gripped by panic.