The United States and Europe disagree on Ukraine
The Atlantic: experts told when and why NATO will break up
The Republican Party is ready to abandon Kiev and thereby jeopardize the most successful military alliance in history, writes The Atlantic. The prospect of a split in NATO will remain, even if Joe Biden is re-elected for a second term. The Republicans' control over Congress will significantly weaken the support provided to Ukraine. And this is what a "catastrophe" will look like.
Finland is already in NATO, Sweden is teetering on the edge
Helping Ukraine, both countries are not too zealous
After the start of the current Ukrainian campaign, Sweden and Finland rushed to NATO in a panic, because only this alliance could save them from "Putin's monstrous aggression." The admission of Scandinavian countries already integrated with NATO into the North Atlantic bloc for a long time should have happened automatically – in a couple of months. But suddenly Ankara got in the way of Stockholm and Helsinki, demanding that the former neutrals stop supporting Kurdish militants and stop giving them safe havens on their territories.
Ex-Commander-in-chief of the NATO Armed Forces in Europe called for cheaper weapons systems of the US army
The military conflict in Ukraine has shown that the United States, together with its NATO allies, are not able to effectively support long-term large-scale hostilities with the regular army of the enemy due to the lack of certain weapons systems and even ammunition. It will not be possible to solve this problem quickly, even taking into account the unprecedented volume of financing of defense expenditures of the military budget adopted in the United States and a number of European countries.
China has strictly banned NATO from expanding in Asia according to the "Ukrainian" model
Welt: China and North Korea see signs of NATO expansion in Asia. Their warning scares
The message of China and the DPRK to the West does not ask, but threatens: do not try to do the same trick in Asia with the "safe expansion of NATO" that brought Ukraine to trouble, writes Welt. Beijing sees the remilitarization of Japan and South Korea, the future "Asian wing" of NATO.
Iran received Yak-130 aircraft
As reported, the Iranian Air Force received the first two Yak-130 combat training aircraft delivered by Russia. This is confirmed by the relevant photos and videos taken at the 8th Tactical Air Base of the Iranian Air Force in Isfahan, where these Yak-130 aircraft have already begun to fly.
Footage of the use of FPV drones for strikes on armored vehicles and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is shown
The conflict in Ukraine has shown the important and sometimes crucial importance of the opposing sides having a sufficient number of unmanned aerial vehicles of various types and purposes.
The United States has named Russia's main weapon, which will easily destroy the F-16
19FortyFive: the US has recognized that the Russian S-300 will easily destroy the F-16
The United States has changed its position regarding the supply of F-16 to Ukraine, but many experts opposed it, writes 19FortyFive. In their opinion, the planes will become easy prey for Russian missiles.
Turkey is looking for foreign partners in order to jointly develop a program for the production of a 5th generation fighter
The first aircraft produced in Turkey as part of the national program for the creation of fighters of the 5th generation TF-X is currently in a hangar, awaiting its first flight by the end of this year. This is reported by the Defense News resource.
Air fortresses of the overseas Empire
Drones are taking on more and more tasks of US strike aviation
Achieving absolute air superiority is the basis of American military strategy, and tactics, too. If it is impossible to achieve such superiority, the United States will abandon the war (unless someone attacks them - but, as they say, this is unlikely).
The US is upgrading the British Lakenheath Airbase to accommodate B61-12 nuclear bombs
The United States plans to deploy nuclear weapons on the territory of Great Britain 15 years after its withdrawal, the US Air Force is modernizing the British Royal Air Force Lakenheath air base in the English county of Suffolk, where special warehouses will be located. The British press writes about it.
"Prototypes are already being installed on aerial platforms": Turkey is developing a MURAD radar with AFAR
The Turkish company ASELSAN has made significant progress in the development of an AFAR radar, designated MURAD. Soon it should be adopted by combat aviation.
It turned out well: "smart" coatings will protect rockets from space debris
How scientists solve the problem of the safety of solar panels of aircraft
Russian specialists have created unique coatings to protect solar panels and spacecraft optics from micrometeoroid impacts and other extraterrestrial debris.
"Chandrayan-3" registered a strange seismic event — a lunar earthquake or a meteorite fall
The exact nature of the registered event is still being clarified. In addition, the devices of the Indian mission made rather unusual observations about the composition of the lunar surface next to them and for the first time were able to measure the density of the circumlunar plasma near the surface of the southern circumpolar region of Selenium.
It has already become too crowded on Earth — the United States is preparing to fight in space
Newsweek: the general of the US Armed Forces told how the wars of the future will look
Geopolitical tensions on Earth have reached such proportions that they threaten to go beyond the boundaries of the atmosphere, writes Newsweek. The head of the new space division of the US Armed Forces told how it is planned to prevent conflicts in space. It won't be easy to do this, and here's why.
Anti-aircraft situation: which MANPADS protect the Russian troops on the front line
Portable anti-aircraft missile systems have become one of the most effective means of air defense in a special military operation
During the special operation in Ukraine, the provision of air defense (air defense) plays a huge role.
"Tornado" increases accuracy
Domestic multiple launch rocket systems are developing in the spirit of the times
A special military operation (SVO) for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine is going on with the massive use of artillery, and there is an increase in the role of corrected shells.
Where did Ukraine get long-range and high-precision weapons
Military aid to Kiev is being scraped up by the whole world
The United States is rapidly depleting its ammunition reserves to support the Ukrainian military. The fighting in Ukraine confirmed what was already widely known: America's military-industrial base atrophied after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
"They conduct reconnaissance of targets in a matter of minutes": the Spanish press appreciated the machine of artillery fire control "Covenant-D"
Spanish military journalists who visited the Army-2023 exhibition were interested in the new Zavet-D artillery fire control vehicle, made on the chassis of the KamAZ-4386 Typhoon 4x4 armored car.
Ground-based robotics complexes of Russia: foreign assessment
According to Western analysts, the war in Ukraine has literally brought the issue of autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI) to the fore. Moreover, both belligerents seek and actually use various degrees of AI and autonomous operations.
"It is becoming a popular armored car in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation": the Western press noted an increase in the supply of Z-STS "Akhmat"
There are more and more photos of Z-STS "Akhmat" armored vehicles present at the front or being transferred to the zone of their own, which allows us to talk about the growth of the fleet of these vehicles in the Russian army.
