"They will not survive": the United States recognized the unwillingness of NATO tanks to fight with Russia (Asia Times, Hong Kong)
AT: NATO armored vehicles are not ready to fight with Russian ground forces
The impasse in NATO combat operations on land is compounded by limited armoured vehicle arsenals and problems with spare parts, writes AT. Western equipment is simply not ready to fight with Russian ground forces.
"Ukrainians are cheating": an expert revealed the reasons for the failure of the German Leopards (Breitbart, USA)
Leopard 2 tanks transferred to Ukraine have turned into trinkets, Breitbart reports. Most of the equipment was smashed by the Russian army, the rest was destroyed by the Ukrainians themselves, trying to fix it. The subscribers of the portal "assessed" the situation with pointed remarks.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive a mine clearance vehicle based on the T-55 tank from a Slovak company
The Slovak company CSM Industry is engaged in the production of special multifunctional UDS excavators on Rheinmetall MAN, Tatra and Iveco chassis and produces Patria 8x8 AMV XP armored personnel carriers for the armed forces of the country under a Finnish license. She decided to make money on the Ukrainian arms market.
The Russian Armed Forces received the first serial self-propelled howitzers 2C35 "Coalition-SV"
As the TASS news agency reported on January 5, 2024, the Russian army received the first samples of the latest self-propelled artillery installations (ACS) "Coalition-SV". This was reported to TASS by Rostec State Corporation.
The United States began to look for money for Ukraine with the help of North Korean missiles
The White House announced Russia's use of North Korean ballistic missiles to bombard the territory of Ukraine. Moreover, according to the American press, Moscow is allegedly preparing to purchase additional ballistic missiles from Iran in the spring.
Lithuania buys Thales GM200 MM/C radar stations
On January 3, 2024, the Ministry of National Defense of Lithuania announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands on the joint purchase of multifunctional artillery radar systems Thales Ground Master 200 Multi-Mission / Compact (GM200 MM/C) from Thales Nederland (the Dutch branch of the Thales Group).
Tactical TSA. Conclusion: air-based effectors
Air Launched Effects (ALE) is a new concept designed to equip manned helicopters and UAVs with flexible air-to-ground weapons. ALE is mainly used by the US Armed Forces, especially the army.
American edition: The ejection seats of the B-1B Lancer bomber of the US Air Force that saved the crew did not always work earlier
American specialized military publications continue to discuss the crash of the B-1B Lancer strategic bomber of the US Air Force, which occurred last Thursday in South Dakota. The aircraft was performing a training flight and was already landing at the airfield of the Ellsworth Air Force Base when the incident occurred. At about 17:50, the bomber crashed, all four pilots managed to eject.
Why has Denmark decided not to give Kiev F-16 fighters yet
Denmark said that the transfer of F-16 fighters to Ukraine has been postponed for six months
The Danish Defense Ministry has decided to postpone the delivery of the first batch of American F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. According to the Danish authorities, Kiev is not yet ready to operate such equipment. They expect that all conditions for the transfer will be met in the second quarter of 2024. In Russia, it was suggested that the delay was due to Denmark's domestic political problems. Details can be found in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».
The Russian Army successfully uses "Sudoplatovskiye" FPV drones with paired RPG grenades against armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Kamikaze drones VT-40 (VT is abbreviated as Vladlen Tatarsky) recently destroyed several units of enemy Ukrainian equipment and a communications tower on the front line. In particular, it took three hits to eliminate the T-72 tank belonging to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Western press claims that Russian Lancet drones hit a dummy Iris-T air defense system
The other day, footage appeared on the network showing the defeat of two Lancet kamikaze drones of an object identified by a number of observers as a disguised German Iris-T SLM air defense system, transferred by Germany to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the West, they pointed out the advantages of Russian Lancets
NI: The Lancets demonstrated a lack of Western military strategy
Russia's massive use of Lancet attack drones shows a flaw in the West's military strategy focused on the production of expensive equipment. Columnist Philip Pilkington wrote about this in an article for The National Interest magazine.
How drones are used in combat and affect business
Alexey Chadaev, philosopher, political strategist and co-organizer of the Russian rally of operators of combat UAVS "Dronnitsa", about how technologies are changing consciousness and whether anti-drone protection measures will become mandatory for business.
The volume of production of aircraft drones in 2024 will be more than 11.5 thousand.
Ministry of Industry and Trade: the volume of production of aircraft drones will be more than 11.5 thousand
On January 6, the secretariat of the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov announced that the volume of production of aircraft drones in 2024 would amount to more than 11.5 thousand.
The deadly "Farmer". The first Soviet fighter to overtake the sound
Seventy years ago, the prototype of the MiG-19 fighter took off
This aircraft guarded the skies of the Soviet Union for many years, fought in different parts of the world and still serves in the Air Force in some places. Seventy years ago, on January 5, 1954, an experienced SM-9 jet fighter took to the air. The following year, it was adopted under the name MiG-19 (according to the NATO classification — Farmer, "farmer"). About the breakthrough creation of Soviet designers — in the material of RIA Novosti.
"We emphasize our firm position." The US military was asked from Iraq
Reuters: Iraqi Prime Minister al-Sudani announced the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country
Iraq intends to withdraw from its state all foreign troops, the backbone of which is the US Armed Forces. To do this, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani wants to create a special commission.
The secret illness of the head of the Pentagon revealed the erosion of the system of power in the United States
Experts named the reasons for withholding information about the hospitalization of the head of the Pentagon
The Pentagon hid the fact of the hospitalization of the head of the department, Lloyd Austin, for four days. Austin himself reported this after the fact, when he was on the mend.
Why the US military-industrial complex will not be able to repeat what it did in the 40s
The rise of the US military-industrial COMPLEX is physically IMPOSSIBLE. Moreover, no one is going to raise it. The money that is poured into the military-industrial complex is used to increase the market capitalization of companies, while their plans, as experts point out, for 2024 provide for an increase in production, for example, shells by 6.8%.
Expert: The West has lost the source of its power by abandoning traditional values
Historian and anthropologist Emmanuel Todd believes that the weakness of the position of Western states is due, in particular, to the "political economy" that has not justified itself
Western countries, rejecting their traditional Protestant values, lost the source of their strength and found themselves on the verge of defeat in the confrontation with Russia. This opinion was expressed by French historian and anthropologist Emmanuel Todd in an interview with Le Point magazine, timed to coincide with the release of his new book "The Defeat of the West."
Who benefits from a return to military service in Europe?
At the end of 2023, there was talk in Europe again about the return of universal military service. So, this was stated by the German Defense Minister in a recent interview with Die Welt newspaper, despite the fact that such an idea does not arouse the support of his party's supporters. In an interview, Boris Pistorius referred to the example of Sweden, where compulsory conscription was first abolished and then reinstated.