Fleets of two Pacific archipelagos conduct joint exercises

Philippine President Bongbonga Marcos and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida signed an agreement on cooperation between the defense departments of the two countries. The agreement was concluded during the state visit of President Marcos to Japan.

The US has supplied Ukraine with an unnamed number of Metal Shark 40 Defiant (40 PB) patrol boats. The first video of the tests on the Dnieper of one of the supplied boats has already appeared on the Network. Up to this point, they have only been reported.

Orders of Courage were awarded to Russian female servicemen who repelled the attack of Ukrainian drones in Sevastopol. Thanks to the skillful actions of the Black Sea Fleet, the threat of surface drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was eliminated in time. How dangerous can such devices be and what is required to fully protect against them?

The Black Sea Fleet officially confirmed the loss in 2022 of the large landing ship "Saratov", struck in the port of Berdyansk during unloading. This was stated by the commander of the Crimean naval base of the Black Sea Fleet Felix Menkov.

Global changes in the world, concerning both politics and lifestyle, are today largely associated with the introduction of new technologies and innovations in various fields of science and technology. Most likely in 10-15 years the world will live in completely different conditions. Many professions will disappear due to the introduction of artificial intelligence and scientific achievements.

One of the batches of 304 thousand Modular Ballistic Protection and Carrying Equipment Soldier (MOBAST) bulletproof vests ordered by the German Ministry of Defense turned out to have serious shortcomings. As experts of the German military department found out, bulletproof vests are not bulletproof. This is reported by the N-TV channel.

We continue to publish additional materials about the new main battle tank (MBT) of the Rheinmetall concern "Panther" KF51, published during the profile forum in Berlin.

The State Secretariat of the Economy of the country does not have information that could confirm the presence of Eagle in the combat area

The State Secretariat of the Swiss Economy (SECO) is in contact with the German authorities, clarifying the circumstances under which Eagle armored vehicles could be re-exported to Ukraine. At the moment, this department does not have information that could confirm their presence in the combat area, SECO told TASS on Friday.

The Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom reported that it handed over 32 such howitzers to Kiev

The second group of Ukrainian servicemen completed training in the UK to work with self-propelled howitzers (ACS) AS90. This was announced on Sunday by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

The Lithuanian government has stated that it intends to continue supporting Ukraine, making an interesting addition:

Spare parts for Leopard 2 tanks and Marder infantry fighting vehicles were also sent

Over the past week, Germany has handed over to Ukraine three armored Dachs excavators, 70 MG3 machine guns, spare parts for Leopard 2 tanks and Marder infantry fighting vehicles, as well as 30 drone detection systems. This is stated in the updated list of weapons supplied to Kiev, published on Friday on the website of the German government.

Western countries continue to pump Ukraine with military equipment and weapons. Thus, the Ukrainian press reports on the transfer of German-made Dachs engineering tanks for the armed forces of Ukraine.

As the Vedomosti newspaper reported in the material by Alexey Nikolsky and Ilya Lakstygal, "The Armed Forces will receive 1,500 tanks in 2023. This number will also include upgraded vehicles removed from storage," Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev became the first head since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine to name the annual production of one of the main types of combat platforms actively used in military operations - main battle tanks.

The domestic military-industrial complex is "hot", most factories work in three shifts, said Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev. As a result, according to him, Russia will release fifteen hundred tanks this year. Our army will have the most powerful armored fist in all of Eurasia. The preponderance of forces on the Ukrainian battlefield will become indisputable. At the expense of what resources will the record rate of production of armored vehicles be achieved?

Belarus has deployed 10 aircraft capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons. At the same time, Russia does not transfer tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has long raised the question of the possibility of deploying Russian tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of his country, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The United States continues to implement a program to create hypersonic weapons, striving to catch up with Russia and China in this component. The US Air Force conducted regular tests of a prototype of the latest hypersonic air-to-ground missile, created under the ARRW (Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon) program.

The Ministry of Defense puts on a counter-force strike in the confrontation with China

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, during a speech to the budget commission of the lower house of the Japanese parliament, announced Tokyo's intention to purchase a batch of Tomahawk missiles of the latest modification from the United States.

How the military "ecosystem" for MLRS was created

During the last year during a special military operation (SVO) in the theater of operations (Theater of Operations) multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) of the M270 MLRS type, built on a tracked chassis, are actively used.

The TikTok mobile app prevents NATO from producing ammunition for Ukraine. The management of the defense company Nammo from Norway complains about his activities.

Rockets are expensive, and their production process is relatively long. But you can reduce time and money if you convert aircraft bombs into guided precision-guided munitions.