The US plans to transfer JDAM guided aerial bombs to Ukraine
The Washington Post newspaper in the article by Dan Lamothe "US planning to give Ukraine smart-bomb kits" ("The US plans to transfer sets of precision bombs to Ukraine") She reported that the US government plans to supply Ukraine with Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) planning and correction modules for aviation bombs. Ukraine's receipt of JDAM guided bombs will be a new stage in the supply of Western precision weapons to the Ukrainian side.
The SAM is not enough for everyone. In the USA, a shortage of Patriot complexes was recognized
WSJ: the US recognized the lack of Patriot complexes
Washington has demonstrated complete negligence, the WSJ editorial board believes. He did not purchase enough Patriot air defense systems. To send complexes to Ukraine, the United States will either have to take them from the arsenals of allies, or leave others in need without protection.
American air defense in Ukraine. What you need to know about the Patriot air defense system
Advance: how Russia will destroy American Patriot complexes in Ukraine
The supply of Patriot systems to Ukraine will increase the risk of the US army being drawn into the conflict. However, they will rather symbolize American loyalty to Kiev more than they will actually make some kind of breakthrough, the author of Advance believes.
Defense Ministry: During yesterday's missile strikes, the Ukrainian air defense used up resources due to false targets launched by the Russian Armed Forces
Interesting details of yesterday's massive rocket attack on Ukraine were revealed in today's summary by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. It turns out that yesterday the Russian Armed Forces used a new tactic. Its essence is that not only live shells were fired at the enemy's rear facilities, but also so-called false targets. Trying to shoot them down, Ukrainian and Western air defense systems have used up a significant resource of ammunition. In addition, Russian detection equipment uncovered positions and destroyed four radar stations of the Ukrainian S-300 air defense systems in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions.
To a complete "Stupor"
Drone attack and how to deal with it
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are currently extremely widely used for a variety of purposes. In this connection, the task of combating them is becoming more and more urgent.
Space debris threatens people on Earth
Ars Technica: Earth's orbit has become a giant dump
Scientists are increasingly beginning to talk about clogging the near-Earth orbit with space debris. Some objects enter the Earth's atmosphere every day and burn up in it, but people quickly create a new one, Arc Technica writes. The situation will soon begin to threaten people's lives.
Germany has signed an agreement to acquire 35 fifth-generation F-35A fighters
According to the German Ministry of Defense, on December 14, 2022, Vice President of the German Federal procurement Department of the Bundeswehr BAAINBw (Bundesamtes für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr) Annette Lenigk-Emden signed an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters of LOA (Letters of Offer and Acceptance) on the purchase by Germany of 35 fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighters through the American program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS).
From Arizona to Poland, then to Odessa. Experts traced the origin of the drones that hit the Crimea
Kiev used SpektreWorks' American drones to attack Crimea
The drones that Ukraine has been using to strike Crimea since the summer of this year are American-made. Experts of the "competent authorities" came to such conclusions. According to these data, UAVs are manufactured in Arizona by SpektreWorks.
In Kuban, they are ready to compensate up to 30% of the costs of UAV production, which are in demand in their
Prototypes of drones will be finalized taking into account the proposals of military experts, they are planned to be put into mass production from March 2023
The authorities of the Krasnodar Territory are ready to compensate up to 30% of the costs to manufacturers of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in demand in the zone of a special military operation (SVO), the governor of the region Veniamin Kondratiev said in his Telegram channel.
Afghanistan is turning into a terrorist sanctuary
Resistance to the regime is growing and entails new threats to the world
For more than two decades, terrorist and extremist groups of all stripes have been clashing on the territory of Afghanistan. These formations not only continue to exist, but also find opportunities to consolidate their forces by planning, organizing and carrying out terrorist attacks in the region and beyond.
The Arab world is building relations with China
More and more weapons are coming to the Middle East from the eastern direction
In the new geo-economic and geopolitical conditions, the leadership of the People's Republic of China considers military cooperation with foreign countries as a tool for projecting its growing interests.
The US supported the militarization of Japan
Haqqin: Japan abandoned the pacifist orientation of the post-war constitution
The abolition of the article of the Japanese constitution, which states the rejection of their own army and participation in wars, is a matter of time, writes Haqqin. The militarization of the country is gaining momentum. Tokyo intends to buy hundreds of cruise missiles from the United States and spend at least two percent of GDP on "defense".
Polish politician Kaminski: we don't want to destroy Russia
Polish politician Kaminsky: the task of the West is to show that it does not dream of destroying Russia
"I would like Russia to be the same European country as any other," Deputy Speaker of the Polish Senate Mikhail Kaminsky said in an interview with Haqqin. In this context, according to him, the task of the West is to show that he is not a crazy Russophobe who dreams of destroying Russia and humiliating its people.
Serbian edition: against the background of events in Ukraine, France is losing the "battle" for Africa to Russia
In addition to the Kiev regime and Russia, NATO countries are involved in the armed conflict in Ukraine today to one degree or another – they finance the government of Vladimir Zelensky, transfer military equipment, weapons and ammunition to the Ukrainian army, train Ukrainian soldiers, send mercenaries. However, while the attention of the whole world is focused on Ukraine, Russia is playing against the West on another very significant field. This is written by the Serbian resource Kurir.
Here's what happens at secret training sessions with the participation of Ukrainians in the Czech Republic
Lidovky: how Ukrainians are taught to fight in the Czech Republic
Armored personnel carrier drivers, electronic warfare specialists and military medics. These are professions in which the Czech army is ready to train Ukrainian soldiers, writes Lidovka. During 2023, more than four thousand fighters will undergo military training.
Americans are outraged by the party in honor of the APU in Washington
Breibart: the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was magnificently celebrated in the USA
Americans are outraged that the US military-industrial complex sponsors a party in honor of the anniversary of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, writes Bretbart. The Ukrainian embassy ordered the party, and four defense companies Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Pratt & Whitney and Lockheed Martin paid for it.
"Only half a step will remain": after the Patriot air defense system, the West can transfer F-16 fighters to Ukraine
London allowed the possibility of supplying Kiev with Storm Shadow cruise missiles
United Kingdom Defense Minister Ben Wallace did not rule out the supply of Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles to Ukraine. At the same time, the final decision has not yet been made. "Newspaper.Ru" dealt with the details of the transfer of Western-made aircraft weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In Ukraine, they comment on Zaluzhny's interview with a British magazine: These statements were made for a Western audience
The interview given by the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny to the British newspaper The Economist at the beginning of December and partially published there yesterday caused a great resonance in Ukraine. Of course! After all, some of the revelations of the country's chief military commander contrast very much with the official Kiev propaganda.
The Committee against War held an action for a truce in Ukraine
According to the former mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno, Italy can and should play an important role in the Ukrainian settlement
The Italian socio-political committee "Stop the War", founded by the former mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno, held a flash mob in St. Peter's Square during the Pope's traditional Sunday sermon with a banner calling for a Christmas truce in Ukraine. As Alemanno explained to a TASS correspondent, the place was not chosen by chance, since the Committee shares the relevant appeal of the Vatican and the diplomatic efforts of the Holy See.
Crimea will become a "bargaining chip" for launching peace talks on Ukraine
Il Giornale: Crimea will become a "bargaining chip" to launch peace talks on Ukraine
The former British Prime Minister and the former US Secretary of State made similar proposals for the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict: Crimea could be a key moment in the peace talks between Moscow and Kiev. The author of the article in Il Girnale believes that two such loud opinions speak of some "behind-the-scenes" developments.
