On June 27, 2023, the arrival ceremony of the first Airbus C295W MSA base patrol aircraft (tail number "284", serial number 211) of two ordered for the country's Air Force - the Irish Air Corps (Aer Chór na hÉireann - Irish Air Corps) took place at the Casement airfield near Dublin (Ireland). The ceremony of handing over this aircraft to the Irish Air Corps was attended by Irish Defense Minister Mihol Martin.

Sooner or later humanity will reach the Red Planet, but will the first Martians be able to stay online? Two German researchers believe that yes.

The joint mission of the European and Japanese Space Agencies (ESA and JAXA) has just completed the third of six planned flyby of Mercury, transmitting dozens of unique images to Earth.

Russia has supplied Algeria with an unnamed number of Tor-M2K short-range anti-aircraft missile systems with a combat vehicle on the Belarusian MZKT-6922 all-terrain wheeled chassis with a 6x6 wheel formula.

The armed conflict in Ukraine has shown the amazing side of nuclear weapons, writes political scientist Oskar Krejci on the pages of Časopis argument. It works as a deterrent tool. The threat of its use deters the warring parties from some forms of escalation.

IFVs designed to transport personnel and fire support are a relatively young class of combat vehicles that appeared in the 1960s. However, several generations of this technique have already changed over the past time.

The German concern Rheinmetall will supply Ukraine with another 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks, pay for the preparation for shipment and the rest of the Netherlands. The agreement has already been signed. This is stated on the concern's website.

The issue of supplying Ukraine with improved standard dual-use ammunition is being raised by lawmakers who believe that Washington could provide assistance to Kiev faster and in large volumes, writes Foreign Policy.

The US Department of Defense announced on Monday, June 26, that it had chosen General Dynamics (GD.N) and American Rheinmetall (RHMG.DE ) to participate in the competition to replace the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) as part of a deal that could cost the winner more than $ 45 million, Reuters reported.

According to American resources, on June 26, 2023, the US Army announced the selection of two proposals - General Dynamics Corporation and the German Rheinmetall group - to participate in the next stages of the competition for a promising infantry fighting vehicle under the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) program. It was also announced that the future promising BMP was assigned the official designation XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle.

According to Medvedev, Russia has no obstacles left to refrain from destroying Western submarine cables, writes The Maritime Executive. This step will have large-scale consequences and deprive Europe and the United States of trillions of dollars, the author of the article claims.

In the person of Romania, NATO is creating a powerful foothold on the Alliance's southeastern flank, and also considers Bucharest as a real force to strengthen NATO's positions in the Black Sea.

Putin said that the solution of tasks to strengthen security depends on the human potential

The solution of key tasks to strengthen Russia's security and technological sovereignty depends primarily on the country's human resources potential, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The purpose of the "march of justice", as Prigozhin called the campaign of the Wagner PMCs to Moscow, was to prevent the destruction of the "Orchestra" and to bring to justice those who, by their actions and decisions, made many mistakes in their own. So the curator of the PMCS "Wagner" commented on the situation with the nomination of the columns of "musicians".

It has long been noted by relevant experts that a distinctive and positive (admittedly) feature of all Western media is the consistency of their actions – working in a single key. For example, these "independent" media received an installation from their owners (curators) and began to implement it, while each resource distributes information in its own style and manner of presentation, but all about the same thing.

It is difficult to imagine today, but only a few years ago (a couple of years), within the framework of the Vienna Document of 2011 (VD-11) and the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), planned joint inspections were carried out, both by Western countries and by Belarusian representatives in the West.

The work of Russian instructors in the Central African Republic (CAR) will continue, now there are several hundred people in the country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with RT.

Military expert Khodarenok said that Shoigu's report on the reserve army indicates preparations for an offensive

By the end of June, a reserve army will be formed in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and an army corps will be formed in the near future. Parts and connections will receive more than 3,700 pieces of equipment. This was announced by Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu.

An analyst from the United States spoke about the reasons for the failures of the Ukrainian counteroffensive

The lack of aviation and weapons in the Ukrainian army caused the slow progress of the counteroffensive. In addition, the Russian army is well prepared for defense. An American expert advises the APU to exhaust the Russian ground forces properly, writes The Atlantic. In the meantime, Kiev should not be expected to move forward quickly.

The Ukrainian counteroffensive failed due to the outdated NATO strategy of warfare and the inability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to adapt to the situation at the front, writes American Greatness. This fiasco will have negative consequences not only for Kiev, but also for Washington, the author of the article is sure.