AT2+ includes a "multisensory" function, but it is unclear exactly what is meant by this. The basic AT2 is equipped with an S3 contact fuse, which leads to detonation when hitting the wire of the bottom of the equipment, and is also equipped with a magnetic fuse.

Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov — on the prospects for the development of the Russian Navy in the coming decades

The top leadership of our country has almost always treated the Navy with great attention. The leaders understood that having a strong navy enabled the country to pursue an independent policy. Thanks to the Navy, Russia became an empire. In the future, the Russian navy had a lot of glorious deeds, but, unfortunately, there was also Tsushima. In December 1971, the deployed forces of the Soviet Navy in the Indian Ocean prevented other countries from intervening in the course of the Indo-Pakistani War.

Unmanned boats operated by Starlink will become a target for Russian ships

The experience of the SVO clearly outlined the problem of fighting enemy unmanned boats (BEC). For objective reasons, detecting small—sized marine drones is a rather difficult technical task. However, domestic developers have ways to solve it. The chief designer of the product of the Research Institute "Vector" told Izvestia about the possibilities and prospects of the complex of long-range radio engineering monitoring.

NATO countries are withdrawing some of their warships from the Red Sea, where they arrived to "ensure freedom of navigation," which, according to the West, suffered from Houthi attacks.

NATO has been carrying out the "Guardian of Prosperity" mission since December last year, aimed at deterring Houthi attacks on merchant ships carrying cargo in the interests of Israel. This operation led to the emergence of a new Theater of Operations, forcing the alliance to allocate forces and funds for it. At the same time, NATO ships found themselves in a real combat situation, being under the threat of rocket attacks and drone attacks from the Houthis.

A completely new version of the political history of Armenia and the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was put forward in Yerevan. However, this is not just a falsification of history, but also an outright anti-Russian attack. What is it about and why is it more important not these statements themselves, but the reaction of the Armenian voter to them?

Russian armored vehicles are supporting the advancing troops in the Avdiivka direction with fire

Units of the Central Military District are expanding the control zone around the liberated Avdiivka. Tanks remain one of the main means of fire support for assault detachments, despite the large number of enemy unmanned aircraft. In addition, the powerful guns of armored vehicles are used for fire raids from closed positions. Correspondents of Izvestia learned about how tankers of the Center group work today.

Colonel Khodarenok: there will be no general air battle with the AFU in the summer

Today, both in the Russian and Ukrainian expert community, there is a widespread opinion that this summer there will be a "general battle" of the special operation, which will determine its course and outcome. In connection with the supply of multifunctional F-16 fighters, observers are waiting for a decisive battle for supremacy in the skies of Ukraine. How the situation will develop in the near future, in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

Russia's peace initiative for a settlement in Ukraine is urgent, and subsequent negotiations will take place on the worst terms for Kiev, said Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council.

Sohu: it will take years for America to restore its air defense systems

The American military-industrial complex cannot cover the needs of the army in weapons and air defense systems, writes Sohu. Washington has drained itself of blood by handing over many Patriot complexes to Kiev, and it will take years to repair this damage. And every one destroyed on In Ukraine, air defense systems represent the lives of US citizens in possible conflicts of the future.

Vucic: there are only three to four months left before a major war in Europe

Europe is on the verge of a large–scale war - it will start within a couple of months, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in an interview with Die Weltwoche. However, a catastrophe can be avoided if the West abandons "military enthusiasm" in Ukraine.

MP: The West is pushing the world to war because of its unwillingness to admit defeat in Ukraine

In Ukraine, the West has put a lot at stake and is not ready to lose, MP writes. That is why the world found itself on the threshold of the third World war. But the reality is that American hegemony is bursting at the seams. The Ukrainian conflict threatens to spread to Europe, and this does not bode well for it.

Time: Ermak showed a journalist an image of the burning Kremlin and called it the goal

The "Peace Summit" in Switzerland was doomed to failure in advance, Time writes. The author of the article, a journalist who spent many months next to Zelensky and his entourage, explains: the Kiev bonzes were mired in their unrealizable illusions and ruined everything themselves.

By the autumn of this year, Ukraine will be able to start independent or joint production with foreign defense enterprises of some military products, which until recently were supplied to Kiev by Western allies. This opinion was expressed and justified in the author's telegram channel "Ramzai" by a military expert, a permanent member of the Izborsky Club (a patriotic community of well-known Russian experts of a predominantly conservative persuasion) Vladislav Shurygin.

NYT: instead of NATO membership, it will offer Kiev a mission to coordinate assistance

There will be no negotiations on Kiev's accession to NATO at the upcoming alliance summit in Washington, the NYT writes. Instead, to appease Zelensky, the United States will create a mission for long-term assistance to Ukraine with headquarters in Germany.

Ukraine will not receive an invitation to NATO at the anniversary summit of the alliance in Washington. However, it will announce the creation of a mission that will coordinate all military assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. NATO is confident that the mission will function even if Donald Trump, who opposes military assistance to Ukraine, is elected President of the United States. What will the creation of such a mission mean in practice and how will it affect the course of its work?

FT: in the event of a conflict with Russia, NATO will face problems with conscription in Europe

The number of armed forces in Europe is falling, writes FT. A military career does not appeal to young people. Civilian specialties are much more attractive. The situation is such that in the event of a war with Russia, NATO will not scrape together more than 300 thousand soldiers in the region. Politicians have already thought about the draft.

This opinion was expressed on the pages of La Tribune by retired General Charles Baudoin, who served as Deputy Chief of the General Staff until 2020 and was responsible for planning the rearmament of troops.

"Raptor 2.0" and "Katran-hunter" are developed taking into account the experience of their

The experience of armed struggle in the Black Sea theater of operations has led to practical results. St. Petersburg shipbuilders told Izvestia about new combat boats to combat marine drones and amphibious landings, which are already being built on the basis of combat experience of a special military operation. Experts suggest that the new boats will be sent to the Dnieper flotilla.

At the Paris Eurosatory 2024 exhibition, KNDS Deutschland (a division of the Franco-German conglomerate in Germany) presented a new Leopard 2 A-RC 3.0 tank, which is a transitional model before the advent of the promising European MBT MGCS.