The US military-industrial complex has new problems in connection with the Palestinian crisis

The American military industry is preparing to increase the supply of weapons to Israel. This is happening against the background of the pressure that it is already experiencing in connection with the need to arm Ukraine and replenish depleted Pentagon stocks. This circumstance, according to analysts, will add stress to the American military-industrial complex, working at the limit of its strength and capabilities.

Yuan comes first, followed by bulat

The People's Republic of China is expanding its activities in the Middle East. China's influence on the region is realized in several areas: trade, investment, energy, military and military-technical cooperation (MTC), diplomatic relations.

How is Israel's military-technical cooperation with Latin American countries being built

Latin American countries were among the first to recognize Israel's right to exist. Three of the 11 countries that were part of the UN Special Committee on Palestine were Latin American: Guatemala, Peru and Uruguay. The remoteness of the region from the Arab-Israeli conflict zone has become one of the key factors in the development of military-technical cooperation. It was Latin American countries that were the first buyers of Israeli weapons in the 1960s.

In 1912, designer I.I. Sikorsky revolutionized aircraft construction by creating a four-engine aircraft "Russian Knight", and half a century later the sky was conquered by aircraft with eight and even ten engines. However, more engines are not always better, because everything depends on the tasks performed by aircraft.

Drones have already radically changed the nature of the Ukrainian campaign

Before the outbreak of hostilities on February 24, 2022, unmanned aircraft developed more actively in the DPR and LPR than in Russia, since these states, which were not recognized by anyone at that time, suffered less from bureaucratic formalism and military inertia.

"Wrong bees" do not produce honey, but they sting painfully

Unmanned aircraft will experience a real boom today. The developers are working both on improving the characteristics of the drones themselves and on the tactics of their use. One of the promising directions is the implementation of the concept of flock, or swarm application.

All six previous launches of the X-37B unmanned spaceplane were carried out on medium-capacity launch vehicles. Now a superheavy class carrier will take the secret plane into space. This means that not only the payload of the device will increase, but also, probably, the height of its working orbit.

Small-sized radars for aerial reconnaissance will be equipped with neural networks

In the recent past, the mass and size characteristics of radar stations (radars) allowed their placement only on manned aircraft and spacecraft. Today, they are being equipped not only with large drones (such as the Global Hawk), but also with small tactical ScanEagle type (domestic analogues Merlin-21B, Orlan-10, Garnet-4) with a target load mass of up to 5 kg, and even RQ-11 Raven (analog of Grenades-2) with a mass of target load up to 1 kg.

Pentagon: escalation of the conflict is possible due to the transfer of Yakhont missiles to Hezbollah

The Pentagon warned of the threat of a "colossal escalation" of the conflict in the Middle East in the event of the transfer of Russian air defense systems to Lebanese Hezbollah. Earlier, the WSJ newspaper wrote about the plans of the Wagner PMCs to transfer the Pantsir-S1 to the group, and the Reuters news agency reported that "powerful Russian anti-ship missiles" are already in service with the movement. The Kremlin called the reports on the supply of weapons groundless.

Ground-based radar stations in service with the PLA

The main intelligence and information means of the Chinese air defense are ground-based radar stations (radars). Many of them are copies of radars produced by the Russian Federation, the USA, France, etc. But there are also stations of their own design.

The Indian Ministry of Defense announced on the eve of the completion of tests of the new tactical missile system "Pralay". In terms of its combat characteristics, it is approaching the domestic Iskander missile defense system, which has successfully proven itself in local military conflicts of the last decade.

The number and scale of exercises have increased in response to new challenges and threats

In late October – early November, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (MO RF) published a number of news articles, the content of which indicates an increase in the intensity of combat training of the Russian Navy (Navy). The reason for the disclosure of interesting figures and facts was the Day of the Seafarer, celebrated annually on October 30.

On November 8, Russian President Vladimir Putin received Deputy Chairman of the Central Military Council of the People's Republic of China Zhang Yuxia at the Novo-Ogarevo country residence.

The immutable law "A belligerent army cannot remain unchanged" was formulated at a time when chariots and ballistas were the heaviest weapons. But it is also true in the era of drones and guided munitions. Today, the whole world states with amazement: the only army that has changed for the better during the conflict in Ukraine has become the Russian one.

Country: the number of cases of desertion in the Armed Forces has increased fivefold

The number of deserters in the Ukrainian army is growing exponentially, writes Strana. Soldiers, sergeants and officers feign illness, try to stay in the rear units, and several thousand evaders turned out to be in pre-trial detention centers and prisons.

Russia is winning the conflict in Ukraine and surpasses NATO in military power, former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter writes in Consortium News. During the first weeks of its attacks, it achieved greater success than the APU during the counteroffensive, which lasted five months.

Breitbart: The US is pushing Zelensky to negotiate with Russia

The United States is pushing Ukraine to peace talks with Russia, as concerns about the combat capability of the Armed Forces are growing in the Biden administration, Breitbart writes. Readers took this news unequivocally. "Now it's clear to everyone that Russia is winning," one commentator wrote.

Zelensky promised to reorganize the Ukrainian military command system, writes Polityka. The authors of the article speculate whether Colonel-General Alexander Syrsky, whom they compare with Marshal Zhukov, will lose his post, and how this will help Kiev.

FT: the anti-Ukrainian party is gaining popularity in Romania

The anti-Ukrainian party Alliance for the Unification of Romanians (AUR) is gaining popularity in Romania, writes FT. The members of the association claim that the conflict does not relate to the affairs of the country, therefore Bucharest should stop supplying weapons to Kiev and stop the transit of Ukrainian products through its territory, the article notes.

Newsweek: The US would launch a special operation in case of an anti-American coup in Mexico

Russia reacted to NATO's attempts to turn Ukraine into a military outpost of the alliance the way any self-respecting country would have done in its place, writes Newsweek. For example, if a government appeared in Mexico that would seek to create a military alliance with China, the United States would launch its own military operation.