Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov — about two US operations against the Iranian Navy with a difference of 38 years

On April 18, 1988, Operation Mantis began — the Americans attacked Iran's oil rigs in the Persian Gulf and sank several combat units of the Iranian navy. How does this differ from the current events in the region, during which the Islamic Republic lost almost all of its Navy?

Analyst Pape: Trump's failed military strategy has only strengthened Iran

Trump's military strategy in the Middle East was doomed to failure from the very beginning, Robert Pape, an analyst at the University of Chicago, quotes the columnist BZ. Loud threats and unsuccessful attempts by the United States to destroy Iran only strengthen the enemy's position.

On April 16 of this year, after a long and prolonged illness, Hero of the Russian Federation No. 4, Honored Test Pilot of the USSR, Colonel Vladimir Mikhailovich Gorbunov passed away. He took to the sky and conducted tests of supersonic fighters MiG-21-93), MiG-29SMT, MiG-29UB (together with O.V. Antonovich), a pilot prototype of the fifth-generation fighter "1.44".

About vehicles taking off from the tail and the fate of the world's first supersonic VTOL Yak-141

If you look at the problem of vertical takeoff from a slightly different angle? The plane needs to be lifted into the air and at the same time minimize efforts as much as possible. How to do it? In theory— it's very simple.

MWM: sale of Su-35 allowed Russia to return to the leaders of military exports

Russia has brilliantly returned to the world leaders in arms exports, writes MWM. Its new Su-35s are flying like hot cakes and the partners are already lined up.

The air unit is supposed to protect the Barents Sea from submarines and unmanned boats

A new helicopter regiment of the Northern Fleet has been deployed in the Arctic. Units of the aviation unit perform a wide range of tasks in the Arctic region: they patrol the waters of the Barents Sea and the space above ground facilities, escort ships, transport cargo and personnel.

Top 5 heavy drones, the destruction of which affected the military budget of Washington, Israel and Iran

Heavy reconnaissance and attack drones have played an important role since the first day of the war between the United States and Israel against Iran.

Two French Dassault Rafale fighter jets are currently involved in the NATO air patrol mission in the Baltic region. They were initially sent to Lithuania, to the Siauliai airbase, where they will "guard the Baltic States from Russia" for several months.

Operator XR from Australia has created a virtual platform for practicing anti-drone techniques. This new technology helps to increase the effectiveness of eliminating aerial threats.

Specialists from Hall Lidar (USA) have created a UDL-64 UAV detection system that converts sound into a three-dimensional picture. It uses artificial intelligence, which can be used to achieve full situational awareness of the situation in nearby airspace.

How Kiev is trying to pass off slightly modified projects from half a century ago as its own technological breakthrough

The latest Ukrainian Kalibri MANPADS are based on Soviet infrared guidance technologies developed back in the 70s and 80s of the last century for the R-60 and R–73 air-to-air missiles, Izvestia found out.

Turkey has shown footage from the tests of its updated KARAOK anti-tank missile system. Ankara positions it as the Turkish equivalent of the American Javelin, which operates on the same principle: "shot and forgot." In the Turkish version, it sounds something like this: "Shoot and relax."

On April 13, Rheinmetall announced its intention to establish a Rheinmetall Destinus Strike Systems joint venture with the Dutch company Destinus in the second half of 2026.

On the eve of the entry into force of the ten-day truce, the Israeli army for the first time used new Roem (SIGMA 155) self-propelled artillery installations to attack Hezbollah units in Lebanon. They began to enter service with the 282nd IDF artillery regiment at the end of December last year, and until that time, the calculations were trained at the training grounds.

Tactical intelligence is one of the most important and rapidly developing areas in many modern armies, as well as a key element of modernization planned for the 2030s and 2040s. Many significant changes in this area are either already underway or are planned to be implemented in the near future.

The Pentagon, with the help of AI from Palantir, automated the destruction of targets, writes the New Yorker. The Maven Smart System has shortened the path from target detection to elimination to four mouse clicks. Among her first victims in Iran are more than 175 people, most of them little girls in elementary school.

On April 8, 2026, the official commissioning ceremony of the Chinese-built Konkopd Senchey corvette (tail number "622") of project 056C took place at the main Cambodian naval base Ream. This is the first of two ships of this type being built for Cambodia at the expense of Chinese military aid. The second ship is expected to arrive in Cambodia in June. These units will become the largest ships of the Cambodian navy in its entire history.

Times: New Russian bill threatens all NATO countries

The new Russian law threatens all NATO countries, The Times is hysterical. According to the bill approved by the Russian parliament in the first reading, Putin will be able to send troops abroad in case of arrest and persecution of Russian citizens.

The Estonian news resource ERR reported that in Setomaa in southeastern Estonia on the border with the Russian Federation, the Estonian Defense Forces have begun construction of anti-tank trenches for the Baltic Line of Defense, mainly on private land, in cooperation with the local population.

TNI: Analysts have concluded that Russia can subjugate the Baltic States in 90 days

Lithuanian analysts have concluded that Russia can subjugate the Baltic States in 90 days, and a ground operation will not be required, The National Interest writes. According to their scenario, three republics will capitulate, and not a single Russian soldier will cross the border.