The US Navy plans to reopen four previously closed dry docks for submarine repairs due to seismic hazards
The US Navy plans to reopen four dry docks for submarine repairs located at shipyards in Washington State. This is reported by the military analytical magazine Defense News. The first dock will start working in April, the second — in May, and the third is planned to start using in June this year.
Problems with the construction of the main nuclear icebreaker "Russia" project 10510
As the Kommersant newspaper reported in the material of Tatiana Dyatel and Dmitry Kozlov, "Russia" does not give up. The price and timing of the release of a nuclear icebreaker may change," the cost of building a super-powerful nuclear icebreaker "Russia" of project 10510 (LK-120YA, cipher "Leader"), previously amounting to 128 billion rubles, may increase by 40-60%, and the timing of its construction may shift to the right.
The alignment of forces in The Arctic is changing. Russia noticed this and took action
Huanqiu shibao: Russia has opened up new opportunities in the Arctic thanks to the break with the West
The rupture of relations between Russia and the West has also affected the situation in The Arctic, writes "Huanqiu shibao". Moscow has realized that traditional mechanisms of cooperation in a region dominated by NATO members are useless. She decided to shift the focus, and this opened up new perspectives for her.
Belgian research reactor tests fuel from low-enriched uranium
Three fuel assemblies with low enriched uranium (LEU) have been successfully tested at the Belgian research reactor BR2. The Belgian Center for Nuclear Research (SCK-CEN) plans to completely switch the reactor from using highly enriched uranium (HEU) in 2026.
The first Russian mobile bunker on wheels was sent to the special operation zone
The size of shelters ranges from 2.5 to 6 m
The first copy of the Russian mobile bunker on wheels, designed to protect the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, was sent to the zone of a special military operation (SVO). This was reported to TASS by the director of the company "Dorgeotech" Alexey Devyatilov.
North Korean nuclear warheads
According to the official North Korean report, on March 27, 2023, the leader of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un, visited the DPRK Nuclear Weapons Institute. The materials from this visit showed a nuclear warhead developed in the DPRK.
Russia has found an effective way to stop the eternal provocations of NATO
GT: the more NATO puts pressure on Russia, the more powerful Moscow's counterattack will be
The West does not cease to test Russia's patience, GT writes. He creates new threats to her security and arranges endless provocations on Ukraine. However, Moscow has found a way to respond — and its counterattack will have a tremendous impact on NATO countries.
Development of a long-range version of the PrSM missile in the USA
The American online publication "Breaking Defense" in the material Ashley Roque "Army taps teams to build a new Precision Strike Missile for targets beyond 1,000 km. The development program carries a new name, the Long Range Maneuverable Fires missile, and includes a new form factor and propulsion system" ("The US Army identifies developers to create a new Precision Strike Missile to hit targets at a distance of more than 1000 km.
Starlink and GPS analogues will appear on the Moon, but not from SpaceX
The next two decades promise a real boom in flights to the Earth's natural satellite. All these missions will require a reliable infrastructure for orientation in space and on the lunar surface, as well as data transmission. Lockheed Martin is going to capitalize on such promising needs: she has registered a "daughter" who will create solutions similar to terrestrial satellite Internet and navigation.
For the first time, a guided missile was launched from a marine drone in Turkey
For the first time, exercises were conducted in Turkey with a marine drone armed with a guided cruise missile. The MARLIN marine drone entered a given area of the water area, took a position for a rocket launch, after which the rocket was launched at a given target.
It became known that the engine of another American F-35 aircraft was out of order a few years before the crash of the fighter in Texas
As it became known to the American edition of Defense News, back in March 2020, that is, three years before the story of the failure of the engine of the F-35 fighter aircraft in Texas, the engine of this type of aircraft failed before pre-sale tests.
The Western press writes about the growing presence of military products from Turkey on the world market
Turkey has increased its revenues from defense exports to other countries by 42% only from 2020 to 2021. This is reported by CNBC, commenting on Ankara's far-reaching plans to develop its military-industrial complex and increase its global influence.
Sweden and Finland have opened a Scandinavian front against Russia
Milliyet: in the future, the United States and Canada may join the military alliance of the Scandinavian countries
Sweden and Finland show by all means that they are against Russia, Milliyet writes. It was not enough for them to apply to NATO. Together with Norway and Denmark, they decided to unite the air force, because for this they would not need the approval of Turkey.
In the West, they dreamed of a Ukrainian-Polish anti-Russian alliance
FP: Ukraine and Poland should unite in an anti-Russian alliance
Foreign Policy writes about the unrealistic dreams of the West to put together a Polish-Ukrainian union. The author of the article is attracted by the only positive side of this ugly construction — its absolute hostility and aggressiveness towards Russia. Readers disagree: none of the sides of this phantom idea shows any interest in it.
Grossi: the issue of the supply of depleted uranium shells is not within the competence of the IAEA
As Russian President Vladimir Putin stated earlier, Russia will be forced to react accordingly to the fact that "the collective West is already beginning to use weapons with a nuclear component"
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, did not comment on the situation around the information about the UK's plans to supply Kiev with depleted uranium shells, as it does not fall within his competence.
Polish General Patsek calls for a strong response and use of force
"Putin wants to transfer nuclear weapons to Belarus. He doesn't listen to anyone else. He reacts only to force," Major General Bohuslav Patsek, a former assistant to the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army, told Fakt in an interview.
The British: the United States will not allow Ukraine to get out of the conflict
Zelensky said that the fall of Artemovsk will force Ukrainian society to seek a compromise on ending the conflict, writes the Daily Mail. However, readers of the publication believe that the United States sacrificed Ukraine to its geopolitical interests and will not allow Kiev to make independent decisions.
Switzerland has joined the tenth package of EU sanctions against Russia
At the same time, Bern reserved the opportunity to introduce some exceptions to the sanctions regime
The Swiss authorities have introduced the 10th package of sanctions against Russia after the EU, according to the government's website. "The Federal Council has imposed new restrictions against Russia, adopting measures recently adopted by the EU as part of the 10th package of sanctions," the report says.
The fighting in the Donbas has become an "exam" for the "Tors"
In modern armed conflicts, anti-aircraft missile systems of the Tor family have repeatedly shown high efficiency in the fight against a variety of means of enemy air attack. However, the real "exam" for the Russian "Tors" was the fighting against the NATO military armada in the Donbas.
India has found a way to stop Russia's "expansionism"
The Indian Express: the conflict in Ukraine has breathed new life into NATO
The Ukrainian conflict has breathed new life into NATO, writes The Indian Express. Its leaders are calling for a decisive fight against Russia. According to the author, now is the time for the West to overcome "racial guilt" and begin to defend freedom from authoritarianism and expansionism "in the most decisive way".