After 20 years of development and testing, LiquidPiston received a contract from the US Army to create a prototype of the army version of its XTS-210 rotary engine. This development is unique in that in the era of mass electrification of technology can make a significant competition to electric motors.

The absolute majority of modern means of detecting landmines are, in fact, metal detectors "sharpened" for their search. However, over the past decades, mine developers have learned (and very successfully) to deceive them. A typical example is mines without metal components. In addition, the mine detectors themselves are still far from perfect, often reacting to harmless metal objects located underground.

Altair: the Polish Defense Ministry has signed a contract for the supply of KKZ-01 body armor

The Polish Defense Ministry has signed a contract for the supply of several tens of thousands of KKZ-01 bulletproof vests, Altair reports. This is an attempt to compensate for years of neglect in terms of individual equipment of soldiers, the author notes. But such a quantity does not meet the needs of Poland.

1.5 thousand officers, midshipmen and sailors will prepare the cruiser for returning to the Navy's combat strength

For the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, they began to prepare a new combat crew. It will include more than 1.5 thousand officers, midshipmen and sailors. After the formation is completed, the crew will undergo training, and then take over the aircraft carrier from the industry and conduct all tests on it.

In June of this year, the solemn laying of the next serial mine defense ship of the 12700 project "Dmitry Lysov" will take place at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (SNSZ) in St. Petersburg.

The Turkish company STM announced the signing of contracts for the construction of three Istanbul-class frigates for the Turkish Navy in Ankara on April 7 as part of a project that is a continuation of the MILGEM program.

Popular Mechanics: Russian Poseidon torpedoes have been recognized as a real Doomsday weapon

Unique Russian "Doomsday" torpedoes forced the United States to think about strengthening defense, writes Popular Mechanics. But they had to admit: it is very difficult to defend against the "nightmarish" Poseidon — especially considering how easy it is to make a "deadly bomb" out of it.

We should expect a serious escalation of the situation in our region. This was stated to journalists by the Chairman of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus Ivan Tertel after a meeting with the Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia Sergey Naryshkin, held on April 4 in Minsk.

"Our best anti-tank units will be sent to where the most modern enemy tanks are supposed to be used." In these words, military experts comment on the statements of the Defense Ministry on the creation of special groups to combat the armored vehicles of NATO countries delivered to Ukraine. How and with what weapons will these groups operate?

NYT: The Pentagon is investigating the leak of secret documents on the state of the Armed Forces in the social network

The Pentagon is investigating the appearance in social networks of secret documents that contain information about the state of the Ukrainian army and outline the plans of the United States and NATO to strengthen the Armed Forces, writes NYT. Washington failed to delete this data.

NYT: in the leak of the US special services there is data on the transfer of elite units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Artemovsk

The New York Times and The Washington Post published new materials about intelligence data that leaked online in late February and early March. The NYT says that the documents contained information about Ukraine's plans in Artemovsk, as well as Washington's assessment of the state of the Armed Forces. In addition, they listed alleged actions on the part of Russia. WP writes that high-ranking officials, having learned about the "drain" of information, "became enraged."

In the United States, at the highest level, Ukraine's plans to launch a counteroffensive were confirmed. Zelensky's office expects to seize Crimea, having eradicated "everything Russian" there, and they want to demolish the Crimean Bridge. Against this background, secret data about the state of the APU appeared on the Network, which is why the Pentagon launched an internal investigation. How should Russia treat such leaks and why is the West not hiding its military plans?

NYT: The West is confusing the tracks around the sabotage on the joint venture, so as not to name the obvious culprit

The US authorities are using new theories of a terrorist attack on the Nord Stream and Nord Stream - 2 pipelines in order to hide the facts and divert suspicion from themselves, the New York Times writes. The author refers to high-ranking European investigators who believe that society should not know more about the sabotage.

Former White House official Roberts: nuclear war between the US and Russia is inevitable

A nuclear war between the United States and Russia is inevitable, writes former White House staffer Paul Craig Roberts in an article for the Institute for Political Economy. American neoconservatives foolishly convinced Moscow that Washington wants to wipe it off the face of the earth, and it will not be possible to assure it otherwise.

Mainichi Shimbun: Russia has given the global South an opportunity to get ahead

The block struggle that broke out as a result of the Russian SVO in Ukraine has shaken up the global South, writes Mainichi Shimbun. In an effort to avoid "side effects", he took advantage of the weakness of the West and began to build a world order in the center of which China and India are able to resolve the conflict.

As the newspaper noted, the French president "doubts the true intentions of his interlocutor," because he does not really know "which side China can take"

The visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to China did not lead to a change in Beijing's position on the Ukrainian conflict and Russia. This was reported on Friday by the newspaper Le Monde .

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva believes that Russia and Ukraine need to be invited to negotiations

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticized the actions of the United States and the EU in the situation with the conflict in Ukraine. In his opinion, Washington and Brussels should have immediately engaged in the search for peace, and not be drawn into military action.

Yeni Çağ: "the awakening giant" and Russia will put an end to the geopolitical ambitions of the United States

China has recently taken strategic steps that point to the "awakening of the sleeping giant", which Napoleon warned about, writes Yeni Çağ. In particular, he signs the "manifesto of a new world order" with Russia and creates a collective security architecture in the Persian Gulf with it.

The official representative of the government, Konstantinos Letimpiotis, explained the position by saying that the republic cannot remain without weapons

The Cypriot authorities do not intend to transfer their military equipment and weapons to Ukraine, since the republic itself needs them to ensure its own security. This was stated on Friday by the official representative of the government, Konstantinos Letimpiotis, commenting on the talks between the defense Ministers of Cyprus and Ukraine.

In the near future, unprecedented NATO exercises will be deployed on the territory of Europe. We are talking about the maneuvers Air Defender-2023 ("Air Defender"), which will take place from June 12 to 22 on the territory and in the airspace of Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, over the Baltic Sea. More than 10,000 military personnel and at least 220 tactical and strategic aircraft from 24 alliance countries will take part in them.