NATO's 75th anniversary makes us think about the future of the alliance

Celebrations on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the alliance are taking place at the NATO headquarters. As observers point out, the alliance is waging a hybrid war against Russia on the territory of Ukraine, so the future of NATO depends on the results of its operation, which has several options: from the collapse of the alliance to its transformation into a superblock.

A comprehensive training program for operators of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is being implemented in the rear area of the Russian border protection group in the Belgorod Region. On April 4, the Russian Ministry of Defense shared a video from the preparatory classes of military personnel.

Colonel Khodarenok: possible F-16 losses in Ukraine will hit the reputation of the United States

Senior Ukrainian military officials told the American edition of Politico that the F-16 fighter jets, which Kiev expects to deliver in the summer, "were needed in 2023," and they "will not fit" for 2024. Why the fighters previously coveted by Kiev have become irrelevant and what does the United States have to do with it - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodorenko.

Dmitry Kuzyakin, the General director of the center, called real fighting the best judge in technical disputes

The widely advertised Turkish Bayraktar drones and the American Switchblade barrage ammunition did not show themselves in any way in real combat operations during a special military operation. Dmitry Kuzyakin, Director General of the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions (CCDB), told TASS about this.

The advantage of the Russian anti-aircraft missile system lies in better performance and combat stability, experts from the Analytical Center for Aerospace Defense noted in an article for the National Defense magazine.

AC East Kazakhstan Region: comparison of Russian and Western air defense systems shows the advantage of the Viking

A comparison of the medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs) of the West and Russia shows the advantage of the Viking air defense system (the export version of the Buk-M3) over its foreign counterparts due to balanced characteristics, this is a real air defense system-a soldier against ancient chimeras, says the Analytical Center for Aerospace Defense (East Kazakhstan Region).

Expert Murakhovsky: ATGMs mutated in battles into universal missile systems

The experience of a special military operation has shown that today anti-tank missile systems (ATGMs) have mutated into universal battlefield missile systems and are often used not to destroy equipment, but to destroy enemy fortifications and other objects, to destroy manpower, one of the leading Russian military analysts, the editor-in-chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland, told RIA Novosti Victor Murakhovsky.

The footage published by the defense ministry captures the moment of takeoff of an aircraft equipped with four bombs, as well as the dumping of RBK-500 from the UMPK at the positions of militants of the Kiev regime.

Indonesia has become the second country in the region after the Philippines, whose army is armed with medium tanks. But if the Philippine army has Israeli–made tanks from Elbit Systems, then Indonesia has tanks developed jointly by the Turkish company FNSS and the Indonesian company Pindad.

The oldest scientific research institute of the shipbuilding industry in Russia, the Krylov State Scientific Center (KGNC), celebrated its 130th anniversary in March. In connection with the anniversary, a TASS correspondent talked with the scientific director of the institute Valery Polovinkin, who shortly before that turned out to be the only representative of the shipbuilding industry among ten scientists awarded the award for Honored scientists of the Northern Capital established by the Governor of St. Petersburg.

Indonesia continues to recruit contracts for "top-end" warships, which it is not known how it will pay. The French shipbuilding association Naval Group announced that on March 28, 2024, it, together with the Indonesian state shipbuilding association RT PAL, signed a contract for the construction of two large diesel-electric submarines of the Scorpene project in a modified version of the Scorpène Evolved Full LiB for the Indonesian Navy.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on April 2, 2024, a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the Situation Center of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

The Guardian: The GUR of Ukraine is preparing a third attack on the Crimean Bridge

Ukraine is preparing a new attack on the Crimean Bridge, writes The Guardian. Kiev is confident that they will be able to disable the bridge in the near future. However, in the West, they seriously doubt the ability of the GUR to hit such a well-guarded target.

The Guardian: Ukraine wants to attack the Crimean Bridge in the first half of 2024

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine considers the third attack on the Crimean Bridge "inevitable". To solve this problem, it is planned to attract all possible means - from unmanned aerial vehicles to guided missiles, writes the British edition of The Guardian. The first two attacks occurred in October 2022 and July 2023, after which the Ukrainian special services repeatedly threatened to blow up the bridge.

Al Khaleej: Putin made the West forget about "obedient" Russia

Vladimir Putin proved that the dreams of the United States and Europe of an "obedient" Russia are not destined to come true, writes Al Khaleej. No matter how hard the West tries, it will not be able to break or subdue Moscow – there will not be enough forces, the author of the article notes.

Robert Fico stated that he does not believe in a military solution to the conflict in Ukraine

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico does not believe in a military solution to the conflict in Ukraine. He stated this in an interview with Denik. He confirmed that the Slovaks do not want Kiev to surrender and are ready to help him. The politician considers talk about Russia's upcoming attack on NATO countries to be absurd.

Experts appreciated the US attempts to transfer the role of coordinator of military assistance to the Armed Forces to NATO

Washington may transfer the role of coordinator of military supplies to Ukraine to NATO. Such a decision in the West is called insurance for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in case Donald Trump returns to the White House and stops financing military operations. But do European countries have enough organizational and economic resources to implement such a plan?

In the exercises, which took place under the unified control of the headquarters of the PLA Southern Command, fighter, bomber and army aircraft were lifted into the air, as well as the tasks of joint patrolling the area, conducting reconnaissance and organizing air defense were practiced. In addition, firing attacks on ground and air targets were practiced.

Honored Military Pilot Popov: the AN-124 has unique characteristics

Honored Military Pilot of Russia Vladimir Popov listed on Sputnik radio the advantages of the AN-124 over transport aircraft of similar class.

Military expert Koshkin: The Joker-10 UAV can hunt enemy drones

Head of the Department of Political Science and Sociology of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, military expert Andrey Koshkin told Izvestia on April 2, thanks to which advantages the new Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Joker-10 can change the situation in the special operation zone in Ukraine.