The Ivan Rogov-type BDK provided the Soviet Navy with the ability to project force over a strategic range

The large amphibious ships of the ocean zone of Project 1174 were the largest ships of their class in the Soviet Navy and one of the best in the world at the time. These giants were created for transportation by sea and landing on the coast of large landing forces with various military equipment, up to the main tanks, equipped or unequipped, with a small slope of the bottom.

Will the project of a non-nuclear submarine be embodied in metal

Modern warfare places increased demands on samples of naval equipment, on which success in the struggle for dominance in the oceans depends. Today, there is an increased interest in non-nuclear submarines (submarines) equipped with diesel-electric or air-independent power plants (VNEU), as well as having a combined-type main power plant.

The Times: the head of the British Navy announced the threat from Russian "stealth submarines"

The Russian Navy has adopted the most silent submarines in the world, which caused great concern in the United Kingdom, writes The Times. The head of the British Navy, Ben Key, called the submarines a "threat" and called for the creation of weapons against them.

The Russian Federation is lagging far behind in the creation of unmanned marine systems

Marine unmanned systems are in the shadow of similar flying vehicles, that is, drones. Nevertheless, they are also developing very actively within the general trend of creating "deserted" combat systems.

France has finally decided to send FPB 98 MKI patrol boats to Ukraine, intended for the Coast Guard of the Ukrainian State Border Service. The first two boats have already left the territory of France and started moving towards Ukraine, but not independently, but on board a cargo ship.

The latest MRO-A jet flamethrower in thermobaric equipment will be demonstrated at the exhibition for the first time

The XI International exhibition of arms and military equipment MILEX-2023 and the X International Scientific Conference on military-technical cooperation in the field of defense and security open on Wednesday in Minsk. According to Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec State Corporation), some samples of military equipment and weapons of the enterprises of the Russian defense industrial complex are planning to present for the first time.

In the current confrontation between adherents of the old, unipolar model of the world, and those who are against it, one of the key roles is played by the NATO military bloc, as the main instrument of the collective West to protect the "world order" going down in history.

Al Binaa: Russia's unique strategy has deprived Ukraine of the chances of a successful "counteroffensive"

Russia has fulfilled its main tasks in Ukraine and "broke the backbone" of NATO generals thanks to its unique strategy, writes Al Binaa. So, she completely destroyed Western weapons in a warehouse near Khmelnitsky without any losses, depriving the APU of all chances of success of the "counteroffensive", the author of the article is sure.

Al Binaa: Russia's strategy broke the back of NATO generals and destroyed the AFU counteroffensive

The effective strategy that the Russian military is using in Ukraine has allowed them not only to liberate the territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), as well as the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, but also to exclude the possibility of a counteroffensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). Muhammad Sadiq al-Husseini, the author of the Lebanese newspaper Al Binaa, wrote about this in his article on May 17.

Al-Watan Syria: BRICS led by Russia will put an end to the dollar and the US world domination

Using the dollar as the "largest financial terrorist," the United States has brought its collapse closer, writes Al-Watan Syria. The American economic model of global governance has brought the world to an uprising led by the BRICS, in particular Russia. The time of US domination has come to an end, the author of the article is sure.

Peskov: Hersh's data on the West's calls for Zelensky to stop the conflict differ from the facts

The data of American journalist Seymour Hersh that a group of European countries led by Poland allegedly secretly calls on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to stop the conflict with Russia are not confirmed in reality. As Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on May 17, there is not a single fact about this.

Country.ua: informal employment is becoming increasingly popular among Ukrainians

The male population of Ukraine increasingly began to refuse official registration for work because of the inevitable prospect of recovering in a war zone, writes the Ukrainian portal "Country". At the same time, employers face high fines for concealing illegal labor.

Ukraine is ready to launch a counteroffensive. At least, that's what they say in the West. The speaker of the US Army Command in Europe and Africa, Colonel Martin O'Donnell, said that the AFU has already received about 600 different types of weapons. About the most dangerous — in the material of RIA Novosti.

It is possible that Washington's military assistance to Kiev may end this summer, since the funds provided for these purposes in the American budget are already running out. This is reported by Politico. At the same time, according to American media, of the 48 billion dollars allocated by Congress as part of emergency additional budget funding for the current fiscal year, only 6 billion remained undeveloped. This, with the volume of Ukrainian spending and losses, may be enough at best until July 2023.

Sociologist Orsini said that the Western media impose contradictory narratives about Russia

Leading Western media are trying to get approval of the EU's military policy on Ukraine through manipulation, Italian sociologist Orsini writes in an article for Il Fatto Quiotidiano. So, they use contradictory narratives about a strong and weak Russia.

The United States is literally torn between Ukraine and Taiwan, trying to make it there and there. While the emphasis is shifted towards Kiev, but it is possible that in the near future Washington will make a choice in favor of Taipei, the United States will not pull two conflicts at once. In the meantime, Taiwan receives much less aid than Ukraine.

As the Vedomosti newspaper reported in the material of Herman Kostrinsky, "Rosaviation initiates the development of a Russian light training aircraft. Half of the fleet of foreign cars has been stopped due to difficulties with engine maintenance," Russia may begin developing a new light aircraft for pilot training.

Rostec will present helicopters, unmanned vehicles, promising VK-650V and VK-1600 helicopter engines, as well as new materials and onboard systems at the 15th International Exhibition HeliRussia-2023.

In 2014, the Kruk ("Raven") program was launched in Poland, which provided for the replacement of Soviet Mi-24D/V attack helicopters. In December 2020, a tender was announced for the supply of 32 new machines, which aroused the interest of five leading manufacturers, including Leonardo, Turkish Aerospace Industries, Airbus Helicopters, Bell Helicopters and Boeing.

Breitbart readers said Britain is leading Ukraine to slaughter after the news about the F-16

Sunak and Zelensky want to create a "coalition of fighters" to provide Kiev with American F-16s, Breitbart writes. Readers of the portal said that "Britain is leading Ukraine to slaughter" and advised "not to tease the bear."