Political scientist del Valle: The United States has done the impossible by making Russia an enemy

The political scientist del Valle tries to solve the riddle on the pages of Valeurs actuelles: why has the West ignored the Islamist threat for so long, replacing it with a phantom Russian threat? The author gives a catalog of Russia's grievances, which the United States could have avoided. The question arises: is everything lost or is there a chance for improvement.

The fighting in Ukraine will drag on for at least another year, writes TIME. The West is secretly persuading Zelensky to negotiate in exchange for joining the EU and restoring the country. But he resists: the people will not forgive him the loss of territories.

Colonel Khodarenok called the continuation of hostilities unpromising for Kiev

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that "freezing" the conflict with the Russian Federation would be a bad decision. According to him, military actions should be ended, not frozen. Why Zelensky started talking about the end of the armed conflict and whether Kiev will be able to wage a "war of attrition" with Russia - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

"Politics": Russia will not agree to NATO membership even of a part of Ukraine

The West offers Kiev to accept the loss of territories, and in exchange to join NATO, writes Politika. However, Moscow is not enthusiastic about this idea. She has nowhere to hurry. The conflict will eventually end on her terms, and the "Korean scenario" will no longer be needed by anyone.

The French President stressed that collective support for Ukraine should not be weakened due to other conflicts, including the situation in the Middle East

France intends to take part in the discussion of the re-export of Swiss-made weapons to Ukraine. This was stated by the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron at a press conference in Bern following talks with his Swiss counterpart Alain Berse.

Turkey is strengthening its position in the global arms and military equipment market

Turkey belongs to those NATO members who joined this organization without having their own military-industrial complex (MIC). For decades, partners in the North Atlantic Alliance have supplied products that formed the basis of the military arsenal of the Republic of Turkey.

The Dubai Airshow International Aerospace Salon, which takes place this year from November 13 to 19, is among the five most significant profile events. This is the largest thematic exhibition in the Persian Gulf region and the Middle East, and it is noteworthy for this alone, since the Middle East market is extremely important for the Russian military and civil aviation industry.

Experts told what the new Russian supersonic passenger aircraft should be

In the relatively near future, a civil supersonic aircraft may appear in Russia. At the same time, similar liners have already been created in the history of our country, however, due to uneconomical engines, they were discontinued and put into operation. How can we solve the problem of energy efficiency of such aircraft and what will be the next generation supersonic aircraft?

The class of tactical bombers is gradually becoming a thing of the past

In the conflict in Ukraine, both sides use Su-24 aircraft. However, Russia is very limited. For Ukraine, it is the only front-line (tactical) bomber. In the Russian Aerospace Forces, the Su-24 has almost completely replaced the Su-34 in this role.

The Command of Naval Aviation of the Ethiopian Navy has adopted a new unmanned aviation complex (TANK) "Akinci" of the Turkish company Baykar Savunma.

As part of the conference held in Star City, a sample robot was demonstrated that will help Russian cosmonauts and their colleagues from other countries to explore the Moon. Work in this area is being carried out by specialists of Android Technology with the support of the Alpha Robotics Venture Foundation.

Vitaly Repin, adviser to the Deputy General director of the Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region, clarified that the corresponding software allows you to distinguish a drone from a bird

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of various types and birds at Russian airports will be detected, identified and, if necessary, neutralized using artificial intelligence technologies.

Sohu: The USA sent 60 old repaired SAMs to Ukraine

The United States supplies Ukraine with beushnoe weapons to get more profit, writes the user Sohu. Another proof was the sending of 60 anti-aircraft missile systems to Kiev, which were repeatedly resold and repaired. Zelensky is furious, but there is nothing he can do, the author notes.

The United States is creating hybrid anti-aircraft missile systems in the interests of Ukraine

The fighting in Ukraine confirmed what was already known: America's military-industrial base was thoroughly atrophied after the collapse of the USSR. Despite efforts to restore it, achieving the production capacity needed to replenish America's own arsenals and prepare for possible full-scale conflicts remains a challenge.

The armed forces of our ally received a new MLRS "Polonaise-M" with impressive characteristics

The first divisional set of the Polonaise-M multiple launch rocket system has been transferred to the Armed Forces of Belarus, the State Military-Industrial Committee of the country reported.

The charges will be taken from old arsenals, the plumage from the previous modification

The Pentagon announced the start of a program to create a new modification in the B61 family of thermonuclear bombs – common Cold War ammunition. The new modification should get the "lucky" index B61–13.

The Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation also noted that the AFU carried out more than 8 thousand attacks on the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions

The likelihood of Kiev committing sabotage using bioweapons is growing, while other biological threats are emanating from Ukraine, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev said at a security meeting in the Central Federal District.

Izvestia report from the workshop for assembling machine-gunners, mining drones and reconnaissance equipment

Hacking the deeply echeloned defense built by Ukrainian troops in the Donbass often requires non-standard solutions.

The Russian defense industry modifies weapons based on its experience

A new modification of guided projectiles "Krasnopol" began to be used in the zone of the SVO. As noted in the holding "High-precision complexes", it was developed taking into account the front-line experience. In general, hundreds of samples of weapons have already been "accepted" by battles. About the most significant — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The notorious Ukrainian resource Censor.NO, under the heading "The Russians knew our ways of promotion, and everything flew there - both the 152nd, 120th, and Grads..." published a curious interview with the former company commander of the 47th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Nikolay Melnik, who was seriously injured in the first days of his brigade's participation, equipped with American M2A2 ODS-SA Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, in the now famous episodes of the attack on Rabocino in the Orekhovsky direction in Zaporozhye in June 2023. Any comments on this remarkable text seem simply superfluous.