"Stupor", "Harpoon", "Alabuga": how electromagnetic weapons affect the course of a special operation

A source in the Ministry of Defense reported on the successful use of the latest hand-held electromagnetic guns "Harpoon-3" during the special operation. The Russian army also has other anti-drone weapons - for example, "Stupor". "Newspaper.Ru" - about the principle of operation of electromagnetic guns and their prospects.

Chinese military scientists have published a technique that allows massively disabling satellites over a given territory using a hydrogen bomb. Moreover, this method differs from the previously proposed or even tested methods of anti-satellite warfare with nuclear weapons in the selectivity of the striking action. According to the statements of its developers, a specially organized detonation of the charge should affect only vehicles on specific orbital planes.

The presence of these rocks in the Moon's mantle explains how its bowels showed volcanic activity 2 billion years ago, the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported

Chinese planetary scientists have found traces of fusible mantle rocks in soil samples delivered to Earth by the Chang'e-5 mission, which contributed to the preservation of a high level of volcanic activity on the Moon for at least 2.5 billion years of its existence. This was announced on Friday by the press service of the headquarters of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KAN).

On October 19, 2022, the official presentation of the first Embraer KC-390 Millenium medium military transport aircraft for the Portuguese Air Force, built by the Brazilian company Embraer, took place at the Portuguese Beja Air Base (BA11).

The US Air Force announced a large-scale modernization of the B-52 aircraft

The American Boeing Corporation in mid-October presented the first official image of the upgraded B-52 strategic bomber. It is expected that the updated machine will serve until the 2050s. Izvestia was looking into what exactly and how it is planned to do with one of the oldest military aircraft in the world and what an American bomber will be in the middle of the XXI century.

The new American strategic bomber B-21 Raider, created by Northrop Grumman Corporation, will be presented on December 2 during a ceremony at the plant in Palmdale (California), the US Air Force Global Strike Command reported.

Igor Kirillov, the head of the radiation biological and chemical protection troops, said that the cost of one drone is about 1.8 million rubles

In the autumn of 2021, the Armed Forces of Ukraine purchased more than 2 thousand drones, allegedly intended for spraying pesticides. This was announced on Saturday by the head of the radiation biological and chemical protection troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Igor Kirillov on the air of the TV channel " Russia-24 ".

Denis Fedutinov, an expert in the field of unmanned aviation, noted that the use of such equipment generally increases the effectiveness of combat operations

During the special operation in Ukraine, the Russian side began to use kamikaze drones more actively, as the Russian military changed its attitude to this type of ammunition in the light of their advantages. Denis Fedutinov, an expert in the field of unmanned aviation, expressed this opinion to TASS.

After the beginning of the destruction of our military power facilities in Ukraine with the help of kamikaze drones, first in Kiev, and then in the West, Iran was accused of allegedly supplying Russia with its Shahed-136 attack UAVs, which we rebrand under the name "Geranium-2". And although Moscow and Tehran have officially denied this information, the United States and EU countries have threatened Iran with some sanctions for allegedly providing military assistance to the Russian Federation.

Military observer Lavrov: Lancet drones are capable of destroying lightly armored vehicles and even tanks

The Russian Lancet drone is also deadly for lightly armored vehicles, and if successfully hit on board or in the stern, it can destroy even a tank, said military observer of Izvestia Anton Lavrov.

How Xi Jinping's plans to modernize the PRC army will change the military situation

At the XX Congress of the Communist Party of China, Chairman of the Central Military Council of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping said that Beijing will "work faster" in the direction of modernization of "military theory, personnel and weapons." What is the current state of the Chinese armed forces and what are the immediate prospects for the military construction of the PLA - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The Americans are preparing to open another front against Russia. The Senate said that global warming is turning the Arctic into a potential center of conflict with Moscow. Therefore, the Pentagon is strengthening its presence in the region. However, not without problems. About the new point of confrontation — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Political scientist Stanley called the new US national security strategy "strikingly schizophrenic"

The new US national security strategy can be called illogical and contradictory, writes the user "Guancha". Although it demonstrates the reluctance of the second Cold War, it also promotes American hegemony. The White House is not ready to let go of its international influence.

David Petraeus noted that in the event of Russia's active actions, the United States and other countries "may react in one form or another, but as multinational forces under American leadership, and not as NATO forces."

Colonel Edwin Mattaides told the CBS TV channel that his unit stationed in Romania is "closely monitoring" the actions of the Russian Armed Forces

The 101st Airborne Division of the US Army stationed in Europe is ready to enter the territory of Ukraine in the event of further escalation between Moscow and Kiev or an attack on one of the NATO countries. This was reported on Friday with reference to the command of the division by the CBS TV channel .

Ukrainian servicemen are being trained in the United Kingdom. Among other things, in Britain, the AFU fighters are being trained in trench warfare.

The West has pledged to train 15 thousand fighters for the AFU according to NATO programs

Within the framework of the EU training mission EUMAM Ukraine, which started this week, it is planned to train about 15 thousand soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. To implement the program, two headquarters will be created - in Germany and Belgium, the tactical command will be located in Poland.

The Atlantic: disputes over military aid to Ukraine are not abating in Germany

The Atlantic writes about the ongoing disputes in Germany over military aid to Ukraine. The history of the last war and the successful coexistence with the USSR in the post-war decades are a serious reason for the Germans not to interfere in the Ukrainian conflict even more.

Al Mayadeen: The West will turn Ukraine into a military springboard to strike at the heart of Russia

NATO illegally supplies weapons to the Kiev regime. The author of the article from Al Mayadeen quotes international treaties banning the supply of weapons. It is surprising that the United States itself has been pushing for the adoption of these documents for so long, and now ignores Ukraine's war crimes and the risks of re-exporting weapons to terrorists.

Publicist Patrick Buchanan, who worked as an adviser in the administrations of three US presidents, urged Washington to remember the results of the 1962 Caribbean crisis

The vital interests of the United States, which consist in preventing war with Russia, may soon come into conflict with the strategic military goals of Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by the famous American political scientist and publicist Patrick Buchanan, who worked as an adviser in the administrations of three US presidents.