The President of Ukraine believes that 160 F-16 fighters will eliminate Russia's dominance in the air

One hundred and sixty F-16 fighters were demanded by the President of Ukraine from the West. Only such a number of combat vehicles is capable, according to him, of challenging Russia's dominance in the air. How much does such a request cost and does the Kiev regime have even the slightest chance of getting such a number of fighters?

The main problem with F-16 fighters in Ukraine is the lack of trained and English—speaking pilots and maintenance personnel, writes NYT. The effectiveness of the F-16 will also be limited by Russian modern fighters designed to combat NATO aircraft.

In 2018, the French company Safran introduced a new Geonyx inertial navigation system with the latest generation HRG CRYSTAL gyroscope, which has a guaranteed service life of 1 million hours.

Israel is one of the leaders in the field of creating laser weapons that can act as an effective means of air defense. According to the head of the defense company Rafael, which also works in this area, in 2024, deliveries of laser systems to the troops responsible for the air defense perimeter, which is built around the state, will begin:

All Soviet-Russian-designed combat aircraft were equipped with short-range R-73 missiles, and therefore they are known to a good part of the world. At the same time, the homing heads for these SD were supplied by the Ukrainian company Arsenal.

New horizons of X-35U anti-ship missiles

The range of these products is about 180-250 km when launched from medium and high altitudes and a high-altitude flight profile in the rarefied layers of the stratosphere in the altitude range of 15-17 km.

The Russian Chrysanthemum missile is one of the most powerful anti-tank weapons. At the same time, work is underway to improve its killing power.

Self-propelled gun "Coalition–SV" - the secret of counter-battery domination of Russia

Since the beginning of deliveries of modern long-barreled 155-mm self-propelled artillery units of Western production with a barrel length of 52 caliber (L52) to the combat units of the AFU barrel artillery.

A variant of the Typhoon-AIRBORNE armored car, armed with a modernized ZU-23/30M1 anti-aircraft gun, was shown during the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" in August.

The Russian industry has developed a new modification of the Tornado-G MLRS (which is an upgrade of the BM-21 Grad) using the new Spartak armored car in an elongated 6x6 version as a chassis.

The Kiev authorities continue to "brag" about the rapid development of their military-industrial complex. Just recently, the Ukrainian media spread the news about the complete restoration of a large enterprise for the production of mortars of different calibers for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Despite agreeing to transfer modern tanks to Kiev, Berlin sent only a few units of Leopards 2 to the ally. The bulk of the delivered cars is a cheaper model. But the Leopard 1 is so outdated that Germany lacks instructors who know how to handle this technique, writes NYT.

Footage appeared on the network showing the YPR-765 PRI BMP, which is in service with one of the AFU units.

How four-legged sapper assistants are trained and prepared for service

Mines and improvised explosive devices are increasingly being used in numerous wars and armed conflicts. As a result, whole countries are littered with these "infernal machines".

The startup Antora Energy presented a demonstration prototype of an innovative energy storage device, the basis of which is a module made of a carbon array heated to a temperature of more than 2000 °C. The module is surrounded by a layer of insulation, which guarantees the preservation of heat inside for a very long time. The idea turned out to be so convenient to implement that Bill Gates became one of the investors of the project.

On August 30, 2023, in Kaliningrad, the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant Yantar JSC (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC) hosted the solemn ceremony of the first raising of the Naval Flag on the oceanographic research vessel Evgeny Goriglejan of Project 02670, completed construction (re-equipment) for the Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research (GUGI) of the Ministry Defense of the Russian Federation.

The TCG Gediz frigate of the Turkish Navy has received a special marking that indicates the defeat of attack drones from weapons on board.

During the APU attack on the airfield in Pskov, four Il-76 aircraft were damaged. The big question was the trajectory of the UAV. There is a version that the drone route could run through the territory of Belarus. How justified is this version, how did the UAVs reach Pskov and what should be done to minimize the consequences of such attacks in the future?

The West and Ukraine are facing a harsh reality. It is not necessary to count on the future success of the AFU counteroffensive, Defense News writes. The American intelligence community strongly doubts that Ukraine will break through the Russian defense and hold positions.