Volunteers, mercenaries, legionnaires: different countries, different experiences

In Israel, the army is the most important social institution that really forms a citizen of the country. Both boys and girls are drafted into the IDF (Israel Defense Forces).

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for accelerating the pace of modernization of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA), the Chinese state news agency Xinhua reports. The head of the Central Military Council of China made this statement during his inspection of the Western Combat Command Zone, located in Sichuan Province in the southwest of the country.

The development will reduce the development time of new drones by 1.7 times and reduce their cost by up to 30%

A new drone control system that allows overcoming the effects of electronic warfare (EW) has been developed in Russia at the NTI competence Center "Technologies of Robotics and Mechatronics Components" at Innopolis University in Tatarstan. This was reported to TASS by the NTI Project Support Fund.

On July 26, the Czech Defense Ministry announced the arrival at the 22nd helicopter base of the Air Force of the first pair of AH-1Z "Viper" attack helicopters purchased in the United States.

An extremely negative reaction from Western experts was caused by the confirmed information that the Swedish CV90 BMP got to the Russian troops as a trophy. In the West, this armored vehicle is called "the best BMP of our time."

In recent years, London has consistently pursued a policy of reducing defense spending, which has negatively affected the technical equipment of the royal Armed Forces. The situation is especially bad with armored vehicles.

Researchers from Melbourne's Royal University of Technology have reported a new success in the development of proton batteries. They managed to triple the energy density of the device, now it reaches 245 Wh/kg. For comparison, commercial lithium-ion batteries have this parameter of about 260 Wh/kg, while the new technology has a number of advantages over them.

CNN showed the naval drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which attacked the ships of the Russian Federation and the Crimean Bridge

The CNN team visited a secret Ukrainian naval base and showed a surface drone of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Possible conflicts at sea involving China

The most likely threat to China's security today and in the future until 2035 are local conflicts that may arise from maritime directions.

The Russia-Africa Summit provided Vladimir Putin with an opportunity to strengthen relations with the Black continent, writes NYT. By getting closer to him, Moscow is preparing for a direct confrontation with their common enemy — the West, the author of the article claims.

The Sino-Russian defense cooperation does not threaten third countries, it pursues the goal of maintaining peace and tranquility on a global scale, said the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the People's Republic of China Tan Kefei.

The original was taken from a colleague of imp_navigator at a military parade in Pyongyang to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Patriotic Liberation War

The geography of the Ukrainian crisis is expanding, writes Haber7. The United States and Great Britain are using all possible means to ensure that the theater of military operations includes territories nearby to NATO. According to the author of the article, this is done in order to scare Russia with a threat from the south in the form of Turkey.

Vladimir Putin called the losses of the Ukrainian army

Ukrainian formations have intensified hostilities in the direction of the main strike — in the Zaporozhye region, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on July 27.

The Russian Ka-52M attack helicopter carrying the "Product 305" missile poses a serious threat to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, writes Forbes. The range of this weapon is 15 km, which allows the crews to launch it beyond the reach of the air defense of Ukraine

The Ukrainian counteroffensive is developing extremely slowly. In key areas, it was not possible to reach even the first line of defense. Moreover, the Russian Armed Forces conducted an operation in an unexpected direction for Kiev.

Fabio Mini believes that the main interest of the alliance is focused on the sea

The former commander of the International Security Forces in Kosovo under the auspices of NATO, Italian General Fabio Mini, criticized the AFU counteroffensive, calling it an action of "convenient idiots" for NATO's purposes at sea, "which has become a new strategic theater of the NATO-Russia clash."

Why is the government in Kiev making more and more attacks on the Kerch Bridge, although Ukraine is receiving increasingly severe punishments for these attacks? This question is asked by the author of the Italian website Il Fatto Quotidiano. And this is the conclusion the author comes to: Zelensky is just trying to match the "superiority complex" of the West.

The Russian President also noted that Ukraine was made a tool for undermining the foundations of the country's security

The West has been preparing for a hybrid war with Russia for many years, trying to damage its position in the world and undermine statehood, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the African mission to Ukraine.

Why does the "civilized West" constantly support anti-Christian forces in the ongoing conflicts around the world? Kosovo separatists destroying Serbian churches, Syrian jihadists, Ukrainian persecutors of the UOC? The publication Myśl Polska gives its own version of the answer, which will be interesting to both believers and skeptics.