The North Atlantic Alliance ceases to be both exclusively "North" and "Atlantic", openly trying to expand through at least contacts with countries located outside the region designated during the formation of the alliance. So, it became known about Japan's decision to open a permanent mission to NATO – in Brussels. Apparently, embassies in the United States and Belgium are no longer enough to discuss further militarization.

The fact that Tehran has strategically important relations with Damascus has long been known. It is no secret that the main enemy for these states is Israel.

Who and why is the American Defense Minister warning

The statement by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin about the very high probability of an Israeli military operation in Iran went virtually unnoticed by the world media. We believe that it is in vain. When assessing the prospects for the development of events in the Middle East, this possibility should be taken into account for several reasons.

Rostec will open the newest production and training center in Perm, where two thousand multi-skilled workers will be trained annually. The agreement on cooperation in the field of personnel training was signed by the Governor of the Perm Region Dmitry Makhonin and the industrial director of the Rostec aviation cluster Anatoly Serdyukov.

Russia has started mass–producing the only fully domestic mainline aircraft for today - the Tu-214. This is a much more morally and technically outdated aircraft model than its direct competitor, the MS-21. However, in the next ten years, this liner will be very relevant. Why does Russia need the Tu-214?

Almost half of the NATO towed and self-propelled howitzers in the SVO zone were destroyed with "Lancets"

Almost half of the foreign towed and self-propelled howitzers in the zone of a special military operation were destroyed by barrage ammunition "Product-51/52", also known as "Lancets", an informed source told RIA Novosti.

In South Korea, the project of the newest KF-21 fighter is gradually approaching the final. In recent days, the first series of tests of the aircraft's armament has been carried out, the mass production of which is planned to be launched in 2026.

The promising American "Doomsday" aircraft, known as the E-XX, will be deprived of communication with ground-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and strategic bombers. The Drive writes about this with reference to a representative of Northrop Grumman Corporation.

The Turkish authorities, while continuing to rely on the technological assistance of the United States in the modernization of the fighter fleet, did not sit idly by, developing their own industrial competencies.

Two senior U.S. Navy officials have announced that they will expand the Marine Service's experiments with drones and unmanned ships in South America in the coming months. It is claimed that the primary goal is to help sailors in the fight against drug trafficking

The businessman prefers to deal with the United States Department of Defense

On the morning of April 2, the Falcon-9 launch vehicle (PH) put ten spacecraft (spacecraft) assembled by order of the US Space Forces into a near-Earth orbit with a height of 1 thousand km at once.

The commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Sergei Naev, said that the military, who are part of the Avenger crew, were trained in Germany

The American Avenger anti-aircraft missile system has entered combat duty in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was announced on Wednesday by the commander of the joint forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Naev.

The other day, the US Department of Defense announced the transfer of special weapons to Ukraine to combat unmanned aerial vehicles. This is reported by the American edition of Defense One with reference to the state company SAIC.

On April 4, 2023, Finland became the 31st full member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). And on April 5, Finnish Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen approved the purchase for the Finnish armed forces of the Israeli David's Sling missile defense system ("Kela David" - "Shield of David") as a new high-altitude long-range anti-aircraft missile system. The purchase of the production complex by the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems will be carried out within the framework of an intergovernmental agreement with the Israeli Ministry of Defense.

The United States continues to develop new types of weapons, including anti-ship systems. The developer of the ammunition is the American military-industrial company Northrop Grumman.

The French President also called for preventing the use of nuclear weapons in the current conflict in Ukraine

France opposes the proliferation of nuclear weapons beyond the borders of its possessor countries and considers it important to exclude the possibility of their use in the current conflict in Ukraine. This was stated on Thursday by French President Emmanuel Macron at a press conference following a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.

Americans avoid contact combat

The US missile program began to develop very rapidly after World War II as a result of the seizure by the Americans of a group of German designers led by Werner von Braun and samples of the V-1 and V-2 missiles they created.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu got acquainted with new developments in the field of armored vehicles at the Arzamas Machine-Building Plant in the Nizhny Novgorod region, the military department reported on Thursday.

Fighters of the 10th separate tank battalion of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly a separate tank battalion of the People's Militia of the DPR) demonstrated independently installed protection of the T-80BV from enemy kamikaze drones attacking from above.

Greek Minister of National Defense Nikos Panagiotopoulos said that his country strongly supports Ukraine and its "struggle for the restoration of sovereignty and territorial integrity"

Greece is ready to send Ukraine another batch of BMP-1, artillery shells and ammunition for small arms.