The Czech Republic decided to keep up with Germany and solve the problem of the lack of the necessary number of tanks in its own army with the help of Switzerland. Prague, following Berlin, sent a request to Bern about the possible purchase of Swiss Leopard 2 tanks.

Military Watch: due to the shortcomings of the Challenger 2, the APU will not be able to effectively use the British tank

The features of the British Challenger 2 tanks call into question their applicability in the battles in Ukraine, writes the military magazine Military Watch. The publication points to a rifled gun incompatible with the ammunition of other NATO countries, outdated thermal imagers, problems with the security of ammunition. Experts conclude that Challenger 2 will have little impact on the situation on the battlefield, but the APU will be better with it than without it.

Warsaw previously promised Kiev 14 tanks

Poland this week will send Ukraine 10 Leopard 2 tanks out of 14 previously promised by Warsaw. This was stated on Tuesday at a briefing by the head of the Polish Defense Ministry Mariusz Blaszczak.

The Soviet ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" (2A6) anti-aircraft self-propelled gun adopted in the first half of the 60s was in service with four dozen countries of the world at various times.

The program for the creation of a new American Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile, which in the future should replace the already repeatedly upgraded Minuteman III ICBM, is entering a new stage. Northrop Grumman has successfully tested a new engine for the first stage of the rocket.

RIA Novosti: the Russian military has successfully tested the anti-drone gun "Harpy" in the zone of its

A new Russian anti-drone rifle "Harpy" was effectively used near Donetsk. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok tells what the Harpy can do and what kind of drone she managed to cope with.

The attempt of the Japanese Aerospace Research Agency (JAXA) to launch the ALOS-3 satellite for disaster monitoring using the latest H3 heavy class launch vehicle ended in failure. Immediately after the launch, which was broadcast live, the second stage engine failed, after which it was decided to initiate the rocket's self-destruction.

Detailed processing and analysis of the available data will take "many years", said the scientific director of the Russian part of the project, Academician Rashid Sunyaev

Scientists were able to map the sky with more than half a million stars with corona brighter than the Sun, as well as almost 50 thousand galaxy clusters thanks to surveys carried out by the Spektr-RG space Observatory. This was reported to TASS by the scientific director of the Russian part of the Spectrum-RG project, Academician Rashid Syunyaev.

The speaker of the Command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuri Ignat, said that not only pilots, but also military engineers who ensure the operation of aviation will have to undergo training in the future

Kiev has sent two pilots to the United States so that the US military can analyze how ready Ukrainian pilots are to learn how to fly Western combat aircraft and how long their training process may take in the future. This was announced on Tuesday by the speaker of the Command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Yuriy Ignat.

The US Congress has set priorities for the transfer of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine

Hearings on military-technical cooperation with Ukraine were held in the US Congress last week. American lawmakers have come to the conclusion that it is not yet advisable to transfer F-16 fighters to an ally. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok tells what Washington is guided by in its decision.

Dmitry Khazanov — about the fate of a jet attack aircraft from the Ilyushin Design Bureau

The transition of Soviet aviation to jet propulsion in the late 1940s - early 1950s was not easy. Overcoming difficulties, the industry was able to establish serial production of first MiG-15 fighters, then Il-28 bombers.

The other day, in the African state of Congo, the words of French President Emmanuel Macron, who arrived in this country, were literally ridiculed that there are "no double standards" in Europe. After that, the topic of double standards of the West was raised in China. And the Chinese authorities touched upon the issues of how Washington views the issues of Ukraine and Taiwan.

The Japanese defense industry has engaged in the development of an electromagnetic railgun. There will be funds for it, since Japan is doubling budget expenditures on defense development, including the creation of a railgun.

Dmitry Gorokhov — about the results of Macron's trip to Africa and what Ukraine has to do with it

French President Emmanuel Macron's five-day tour of Central Africa in the first week of March was, according to diplomatic observers, his most difficult journey to the African continent since coming to power in 2017. The results of the visit caused contradictory responses both in the countries he visited and in France itself.

Do Rzeczy: continuation of the Ukrainian conflict will turn into a disaster for Poland

The voices of supporters of the continuation of the conflict in Ukraine are loudest in Poland, writes Do Rzeczy. They prefer not to notice the price they have to pay for it. But in the West there are other views on the problem, for example, the positions of Orban and Trump, and they seem to the author of the article more reasonable.

Onet: a town in southeastern Poland is better protected than European capitals

The town of Rzeszow in southeastern Poland is called the "secret capital of the West," writes Onet. It is from here that arms supplies to Kiev are carried out, leading politicians come here when they plan to go to Ukraine, and in military terms Rzeszow is protected like no other EU city.

In Georgia, there is a "threat to the Euro-Atlantic future" of the country – at least, so the US State Department believes. And indeed, Tbilisi is adopting a law designed to combat foreign influence – and not at all from Russia, but from the United States, Soros and a number of Western NGOs. The paradox is that the Georgians will do this with the help of a document that was once created in the United States itself.

The Polish Defense Ministry denied the words of its head about the arrival of the Patriot air defense system in Ukraine

Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said in an interview on March 7 that the first Patriot air defense systems and Leopard 2 tanks had already reached the APU. But his department had to explain that the minister had something else in mind, and the missile systems had not yet arrived on the territory of Ukraine. Later, Blaszczak clarified that four Leopard 2 tanks had already been transferred to Kiev, and the remaining 10 of those promised by Warsaw would be sent this week.

The meeting participants will also discuss EU military operations

The defense ministers of the 27 EU countries, with the participation of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian partners, will discuss at a two-day informal meeting opening in Stockholm on Tuesday the possibility of sending most of the remaining ammunition stocks to Ukraine. In the future, we will also talk about expanding the production of all major types of conventional weapons in the EU countries.

TAS: The US will soon have to cut aid to Ukraine in order to replenish its own reserves

After the Second World War, the potential of the American military-industrial complex decreased, writes TAS. Today, it will not be able to meet the needs of the United States in the event of a conflict. Biden does not want to change anything, but soon Washington will have to cut aid to Kiev – in order to replenish its own reserves.