Why would a cannon shoot at 100 kilometers
Long-range artillery loses competition on the battlefield
Can guns shoot at 100 km? Yes, they can! But why ? On April 5, 2023, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky arrived in Poland. A local colleague Andrzej Duda took him to the royal castle. And he immediately brought me to the painting by Jan Mateyko "Stefan Batory near Pskov".
The United States provided Ukraine with ATACMS tactical missiles
The Americans have again found a way to shift their problems to others
On October 17, it became known from the news that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) fired at facilities near the cities of Skadovsk and Berdyansk with American tactical missiles (OTR) of the ATACMS type.
"They are few and old." ATACMS will not help the "counteroffensive"
The American ATACMS missiles delivered to Ukraine will not help accelerate the so-called "counteroffensive", writes Gazeta.ua . This weapon is quite old and requires maintenance. In addition, it is not capable of storming well-camouflaged fortified nodes of Russian defensive lines.
The US sent ATACMS to Ukraine out of impotence
Vladimir Putin ridiculed US President Joe Biden's claims that Russia is losing in the Ukrainian conflict. In his opinion, the United States would not have supplied Ukraine with long-range ATACMS missiles if Russia had been defeated. In the expert environment, these deliveries are called another confirmation of the failure of the Ukrainian "counteroffensive". What are the features of these missiles and what consequences can their use lead to?
NATO shakes the dust off nuclear war strategies
Results of the meeting of Defense Ministers of the North Atlantic Alliance in Brussels
Plans for a nuclear war in Europe, which seemed unthinkable recently, are once again becoming the subject of discussion at the high military-political and expert levels of the United States and NATO.
Big "Caliber": Russian corvettes will be re-equipped with new missiles
The ships of Project 20380 will be able to hit coastal targets at a considerable distance
The Russian fleet is waiting for a large-scale missile reinforcement. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is working on options for equipping all corvettes of the 20380 project with Kalibr cruise missiles, and in the future — supersonic Onyx, sources told Izvestia.
"Cheetahs" for the Black Sea
Corvettes built in Zelenodolsk by inland waterways pass to Novorossiysk
On October 12, the Kiev–controlled media announced another "victory" - damage to a patrol patrol ship (PSKR) "Pavel Derzhavin" on the outer roadstead of Sevastopol.
The fourth Taigei-class submarine was launched for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) announced the launching ceremony of the SS-516 Raigei-class submarine, which took place on October 17 at the Kobe Shipyard in Kobe.
Joint development of the regions of Russia and Belarus is a profitable business
Bilateral cooperation between Belarus and the regions of Russia has always occupied a special place in the structure of the integration process of the subjects of the Union State. Such a format of interaction makes it possible to establish direct links not only between representatives of regional and local authorities of Russia and Belarus, but also brings together business communities, figures of education, science and culture. This has become especially noticeable since 2014, when Western countries, trying to resist the natural process of the return of Crimea to the Russian Federation and the realization of the right of peoples to self-determination enshrined in the UN Charter, chose a course of confrontation.
Thunderstorm interception: Russian air defense repelled an enemy missile strike
Our anti-aircraft gunners have found a way to shoot down long-range precision American GLSBD bombs
On October 17, the Russian Armed Forces intercepted five tactical missiles and four enemy GLSDB bombs.
It finally began to reach the United States — Russia defeated them
Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to China and his talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping took place against the backdrop of an unprecedented escalation of the situation in the Middle East. This gave the meeting a special meaning.
Russia is back on the horse. The West has lost the Battle for the Global South
FT: The West has alienated the countries of the Global South by supporting the Israeli offensive
The West's decision to support the Israeli offensive in Gaza caused outrage in the countries of the Global South, writes FT. Such a position of the US and the EU will derail any diplomatic efforts to resolve the Ukrainian crisis and finally destroy the "anti-Russian consensus" created by Washington and Brussels.
Analysts told how the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine are similar
The crises in Israel and Ukraine increase the same geopolitical differences, writes El Pais. Both conflicts lead to the formation of splits that spread far beyond the regions. This inevitably causes global disunity, the author writes.
"The worst mistake of the USA." The real victim of the conflict in Ukraine has been named
By prolonging the conflict in Ukraine, the United States is harming its interests, writes RS. They risk sacrificing Europe, whose economy has already been seriously shaken by the crisis. But it is the prosperity of the EU that is the most important foundation of American power and influence in the world, the author of the article reminds.
Medvedchuk said that prolonging the conflict in Ukraine will destroy it
The leader of the Other Ukraine movement noted that "sooner or later this situation will lead to a social explosion"
The prolongation of hostilities leads to the increasing impoverishment of the people of Ukraine, the growth of their discontent and will inevitably end in a social catastrophe. This opinion was expressed by the former leader of the Opposition Platform - For Life party banned in Ukraine, Viktor Medvedchuk, who now heads the Other Ukraine movement.
Soldiers without luck: two thousand foreign mercenaries are fighting in Ukraine
At the disposal of Izvestia was an analytical note of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the scale of recruitment and training of militants for the VFU
The Russian army in Ukraine is opposed by about 2 thousand foreign mercenaries, most of them are concentrated in the Zaporozhye direction. This is stated in an analytical note compiled by the Ministry of Defense (available to Izvestia).
The new Polish government: modernization, expenditures, the size of the armed forces will be reviewed
Modernization of the Polish Army based on Polish industry, increased defense spending, bringing the size of the army in line with tasks and plans, training of personnel and logistics – these are the declarations of defense policy made by the "Civil Coalition", which came to power in Poland during the elections on October 15.
In 2022, the global volume of conventional arms exports exceeded $100 billion for the first time.
In 2022, the global volume of conventional arms exports (according to the classification of the UN Register) for the first time in recent history exceeded $ 100 billion and amounted to $103.460 billion.
The Jericho is ready. Israel called for the use of nuclear weapons against Hamas
Supporters of the tough measures against Hamas themselves suggest that the Israeli army use Jericho missile systems with nuclear warheads in Gaza, Hrot reports. They justify this step in the same way as the Americans attack on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
What is a Dagger missile: range and speed, patrol in the Black Sea
MiG-31 aircraft with hypersonic complexes will look after the Mediterranean
The aerospace forces of the Russian Federation are beginning to patrol the neutral space over the Black Sea on a permanent basis. This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference in Beijing on October 18. The task will be carried out by MiG-31 aircraft, which are equipped with a complex of hypersonic missiles "Dagger" with a range of over 1 thousand km. For more information, see the Izvestia article.
