Highland Systems from the UAE, which introduced the small-sized Kronos submarine last year, is trying to push its product into the global arms market. She proposed using the submarine to meet military needs at the IDEX 2023 exhibition held in Abu Dhabi.

Bloomberg: Zelensky needs to establish contacts with Africa and Asia

Kiev should appeal to the "global South" with a request to help the Ukrainian army. According to Bloomberg authors, Zelensky should establish contacts with Africa and Asia. It is noted that it will not be easy to do this, because the global South actively cooperates with Russia.

On February 20, 2023, the Emirati state defense Industrial group EDGE Group announced that it had signed a contract worth 1 billion euros for the construction of small corvettes of the BR71 Mk II project for the Angolan Navy by the Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), a part of the group, in Abu Dhabi. The number of BR71 Mk II corvettes ordered by Angola has not been officially disclosed, but, according to a number of media reports, it is three units. These ships should become the most powerful units of the Angolan fleet.

The United States continues to talk more and more about the threat from China. This time, the head of the country's Navy, Carlos Del Toro, announced the strengthening of the Chinese military fleet, which poses a threat to the United States.

As reported, on the evening of February 21, 2023, the operation to withdraw the Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov heavy aircraft carrier project 11435 of the Russian Navy from the new dry dock of the 35 Ship Repair Plant branch of the Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center JSC (as part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC) in Murmansk was completed. After the ship was taken out of the dock, it was towed to the wall of the 35th ship repair plant to continue repair work.

Poland continues to build up its own armed forces by purchasing military equipment. The next batch of K9 Thunder self-propelled artillery units of South Korean production has been transferred to the Polish Ministry of Defense. This was announced by the country's Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak.

Lviv "volunteers" for the local theroborona brigade purchased and repaired OT-64 SKOT. The technique was outdated not only physically, which required its restoration, but also technologically, being from the 1960s.

According to Paul Johnson, Stockholm is also preparing to transfer the Archer self-propelled artillery to Kiev

The Swedish government will soon present a new package of military assistance to Ukraine. Defense Minister Paul Johnson does not rule out that Leopard tanks will be among the weapons and equipment being sent, the TT news agency reported on Thursday.

The Finnish government at a meeting on Thursday decided to send three Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, designed to mine the terrain, the state also undertakes their maintenance and training of personnel, the Yle portal reports.

El Mundo reports that the Prime Minister of the kingdom, Pedro Sanchez, also promised to explore the possibility of providing "air assistance" to Kiev

The Spanish government will study whether it will be able to send ten Leopard tanks to Ukraine instead of the six promised. This was announced on Thursday by the Prime Minister of the kingdom Pedro Sanchez during a visit to Kiev.

FP: the suspension of Russia's participation in the START III treaty does not mark the beginning of an arms race

Putin announced that Russia is suspending its participation in the START III treaty, writes Foreign Policy. However, Moscow has not withdrawn from the agreement and may return to it in the future. It is too early to talk about the beginning of a new arms race.

NYT: experts appreciated Putin's decision to suspend Russia's participation in the DSNV

Mutual nuclear inspections were stopped due to the pandemic, and then because of the armed conflict in Ukraine. But now the last nuclear agreement between Russia and the United States, START-3, is dying, and along with it, arms control may die, writes the NYT.

Al Jazeera: the suspension of Russia's participation in the DSNV-III indicates the beginning of an arms race

Russia announced the suspension of participation in the DSNV-III, the Al Jazeera website reports. This treaty provided for the mutual reduction of nuclear weapons by Moscow and Washington. However, now, against the background of the anti-Russian policy of the West, Putin is sending an important signal: do not threaten Russia.

Figaro: the last treaty that somehow ties the hands of two nuclear powers has been shaken

What will the suspension of Russia's participation in the Strategic Offensive Arms Treaty (STCW) bring? Figaro asks this question and gives the history of the problem. Readers react with a mixture of fright and irony. And one reminds us: Russian hypersonic missiles are not limited to old treaties.

For the Ukrainian armed forces in the West, the manufacture of inflatable models of military equipment has begun. If earlier in Kiev they tried to ridicule the use of inflatable "tanks, MLRS and SAMs" by the Russian army, now they themselves have come to the conclusion about the effectiveness of such means to mislead intelligence.

In an attempt to defeat Russia, a variety of weapons are being poisoned to Ukraine from all over Europe and often to the detriment of their own security.

The head of the Bureau of Military-political Analysis Alexander Mikhailov said that the radar "Tor-M2" allows you to detect and hit all types of drones

The Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) is capable of hitting drones and other complex aerial targets while on the move. This was announced by the head of the Bureau of Military and Political Analysis Alexander Mikhailov in a conversation with TASS at the international arms exhibition IDEX 2023.

Military expert Khodarenok named Russian complexes that can shoot down bombs JDAM-ER

The Pentagon said it would transfer "high-precision aviation ammunition" to Kiev as part of a $1.85 billion package announced on December 21. Bloomberg sources report that we are talking about high-precision JDAM-ER bombs that can hit targets up to 80 km. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok figured out how the use of such ammunition would complicate the fulfillment of its tasks and how the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation could neutralize the effect of using JDAM-ER.

It is expected that the University in 2035, together with the Agency for the Development of Professional Skills, will develop a list of professions for unmanned aviation

The field of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), which in the near future will require the training of tens of thousands of specialists annually, can become a high-tech area where methods of rapid and mass training of personnel will be practiced, including by attracting schoolchildren to the inventive environment. This opinion was expressed to TASS on Thursday by Vasily Tretyakov, advisor to the rector of the University 2035.

Military Watch magazine compared Russian, US and Chinese bombers

Military Watch Magazine compared the characteristics of the most dangerous bombers. Today, only three countries in the world have this class of combat aircraft.