Yesterday, by decree of the President of Russia, Admiral Alexander Moiseev was appointed Commander-in-chief of the Navy. At the same time, Vice Admiral Konstantin Kabantsov was appointed commander of the Northern Fleet, and Vice Admiral Sergei Pinchuk was appointed commander of the Black Sea Fleet.

The Colombian government has faced further problems that delay the start of construction of five frigates under the PES 10714CO (Plataformas Estrategicas de Superficie) program.

Naval Group and PT PAL have been selected as contractors for the construction of two Scorpene Evolved Full LiB equipped with lithium-ion batteries for the Indonesian Navy.

On April 2, a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the situation center of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the leadership of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

How Russian intelligence officers use kamikaze drones in the Donetsk direction

During a special military operation, drones have proven to be a formidable weapon. Correspondents of Izvestia visited the positions of the Primorsky Tiger detachment and watched how scouts hit the temporary deployment point of Ukrainian militants with the help of a kamikaze drone. And at the training ground, the fighters of the 1st Donetsk Corps demonstrated their developments in the field of electronic warfare to protect against enemy UAVs.

Both Ukrainian and Western military experts are sounding the alarm: the insignificant, at first glance, advance of Russian troops suddenly began to pose a big problem for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Who makes such forecasts, what exactly are they based on, and why have the tactics of "small promotion" turned out to be so effective?

Kimakovsky, adviser to the head of the DPR, allowed fighting for the Yar Clock in the near future

The situation in the city of Chas Yar for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is deteriorating every day. Russian troops are located less than a kilometer from the outskirts of this settlement, and the DPR authorities allow the early start of fighting for it. How is the Yar Clock important for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, how does the Ukrainian army use it and what goals can Russian troops have after taking the city? The situation was dealt with by the military observer of the newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

NYT: Kiev has decided to increase the production of weapons, but it will take time

Kiev has decided to increase its own production of weapons, writes the NYT. Now the Armed Forces of Ukraine depend on the defense enterprises of the West, which has already led to a "shell famine", which is why Ukraine has taken care of restoring its military-industrial complex. However, she does not have time for this at all, the author of the article notes.

GN: after the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, a new cold war will begin

The conflict in Ukraine is rapidly entering a critical military-political phase, writes GN. Sooner or later, it will still be settled. However, given that the United States and the EU will not be able to consider their relations with Russia as a partnership for a long time, after the stabilization of the conflict, a new cold war will begin.

According to the agency, there are no official confirmations from NATO headquarters yet, and the fund must be approved by all NATO countries

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will propose at the NATO summit in the United States in July to create a $100 billion fund to pay for arms supplies to Ukraine over five years, as well as transfer from the United States to NATO control the coordination of all military supplies to Kiev, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.

TAS: NATO must become more European

NATO is overly dependent on the United States, and it's time to put an end to this, writes TAS. Americans don't understand why they have to defend a distant continent. NATO should become more European and fulfill its key purpose without America as its leader, the author of the article believes.

India's defense exports in 2023/24 fiscal year amounted to 210.83 billion. rupees ($2.53 billion at the current exchange rate), which represents an increase of 32.5% compared to the previous financial year.

Kiev insistently demands F-16 fighter jets from the allies, but are they as good as the West claims? According to the author of the article from infoBRICS, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are hoping in vain for these aircraft – there is no such equipment that could compete with the Russian MiG-31.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine used combat AI with machine vision to attack UAVs on the territory of Russia

A number of attacks from Ukraine to Russian territory were carried out using drones using basic artificial intelligence (AI). This is reported by CNN, citing a source familiar with the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) program of Ukraine. This allows the drones to better navigate and avoid interference.

The President of Russia noted the highest efficiency of the Russian air defense system. As Vladimir Putin said, "about 95% of the enemy's missiles and projectiles are destroyed by our air defense systems." How did you manage to achieve such a result, which systems show the greatest efficiency and what will the Russian air defense of the future look like?

Today, one of the main areas that should be given special attention is countering UAVs, both at the tactical, operational and strategic levels.

The US Military Department is creating a special group to develop the architecture of the air and missile defense of American military facilities on the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean. This is reported by the Defense News publication.

The Russian armed forces used hypersonic Zircon missiles during strikes on Ukrainian targets last week. This was announced by the Russian Defense Ministry on March 30. TASS is about a weapon that is almost impossible to evade.

To date, Chinese and Western military experts are reliably aware of the use of heavy anti-tank missiles "Chrysanthemum-C" 9K123 (according to the NATO classification AT-15 Springer) from the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army (Rostov region, Novocherkassk) from the beginning of May 2022 as part of a Special military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. Military District.  

The Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation has published footage showing the demolition of a bridge west of the village of Krasnoe (Ivanovskoye) on the outskirts of Chasov Yar using