Sweden and Finland have opened a Scandinavian front against Russia
Milliyet: in the future, the United States and Canada may join the military alliance of the Scandinavian countries
Sweden and Finland show by all means that they are against Russia, Milliyet writes. It was not enough for them to apply to NATO. Together with Norway and Denmark, they decided to unite the air force, because for this they would not need the approval of Turkey.
The Western press writes about the growing presence of military products from Turkey on the world market
Turkey has increased its revenues from defense exports to other countries by 42% only from 2020 to 2021. This is reported by CNBC, commenting on Ankara's far-reaching plans to develop its military-industrial complex and increase its global influence.
It became known that the engine of another American F-35 aircraft was out of order a few years before the crash of the fighter in Texas
As it became known to the American edition of Defense News, back in March 2020, that is, three years before the story of the failure of the engine of the F-35 fighter aircraft in Texas, the engine of this type of aircraft failed before pre-sale tests.
For the first time, a guided missile was launched from a marine drone in Turkey
For the first time, exercises were conducted in Turkey with a marine drone armed with a guided cruise missile. The MARLIN marine drone entered a given area of the water area, took a position for a rocket launch, after which the rocket was launched at a given target.
Starlink and GPS analogues will appear on the Moon, but not from SpaceX
The next two decades promise a real boom in flights to the Earth's natural satellite. All these missions will require a reliable infrastructure for orientation in space and on the lunar surface, as well as data transmission. Lockheed Martin is going to capitalize on such promising needs: she has registered a "daughter" who will create solutions similar to terrestrial satellite Internet and navigation.
Development of a long-range version of the PrSM missile in the USA
The American online publication "Breaking Defense" in the material Ashley Roque "Army taps teams to build a new Precision Strike Missile for targets beyond 1,000 km. The development program carries a new name, the Long Range Maneuverable Fires missile, and includes a new form factor and propulsion system" ("The US Army identifies developers to create a new Precision Strike Missile to hit targets at a distance of more than 1000 km.
Russia has found an effective way to stop the eternal provocations of NATO
GT: the more NATO puts pressure on Russia, the more powerful Moscow's counterattack will be
The West does not cease to test Russia's patience, GT writes. He creates new threats to her security and arranges endless provocations on Ukraine. However, Moscow has found a way to respond — and its counterattack will have a tremendous impact on NATO countries.
North Korean nuclear warheads
According to the official North Korean report, on March 27, 2023, the leader of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un, visited the DPRK Nuclear Weapons Institute. The materials from this visit showed a nuclear warhead developed in the DPRK.
The first Russian mobile bunker on wheels was sent to the special operation zone
The size of shelters ranges from 2.5 to 6 m
The first copy of the Russian mobile bunker on wheels, designed to protect the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, was sent to the zone of a special military operation (SVO). This was reported to TASS by the director of the company "Dorgeotech" Alexey Devyatilov.
Belgian research reactor tests fuel from low-enriched uranium
Three fuel assemblies with low enriched uranium (LEU) have been successfully tested at the Belgian research reactor BR2. The Belgian Center for Nuclear Research (SCK-CEN) plans to completely switch the reactor from using highly enriched uranium (HEU) in 2026.
The alignment of forces in The Arctic is changing. Russia noticed this and took action
Huanqiu shibao: Russia has opened up new opportunities in the Arctic thanks to the break with the West
The rupture of relations between Russia and the West has also affected the situation in The Arctic, writes "Huanqiu shibao". Moscow has realized that traditional mechanisms of cooperation in a region dominated by NATO members are useless. She decided to shift the focus, and this opened up new perspectives for her.
Problems with the construction of the main nuclear icebreaker "Russia" project 10510
As the Kommersant newspaper reported in the material of Tatiana Dyatel and Dmitry Kozlov, "Russia" does not give up. The price and timing of the release of a nuclear icebreaker may change," the cost of building a super-powerful nuclear icebreaker "Russia" of project 10510 (LK-120YA, cipher "Leader"), previously amounting to 128 billion rubles, may increase by 40-60%, and the timing of its construction may shift to the right.
The US Navy plans to reopen four previously closed dry docks for submarine repairs due to seismic hazards
The US Navy plans to reopen four dry docks for submarine repairs located at shipyards in Washington State. This is reported by the military analytical magazine Defense News. The first dock will start working in April, the second — in May, and the third is planned to start using in June this year.
Alexander Mikheev: Russian defense industry enterprises did not break any export contracts in 2022
Director General of Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec Group), Deputy Chairman of Soyuzmash of Russia Alexander Mikheev took part in an expanded meeting of the Bureau of the Union of Machine Builders and the Association "League of Assistance to Defense Enterprises" on March 27.
Rosoboronexport took part in the meeting of the SOYUZMASH Bureau of Russia
Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec State Corporation, President of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia, and Alexander Mikheev, Head of Rosoboronexport and Deputy Chairman of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia, took part in an expanded meeting of the Bureau of the Union of Machine Builders and the Association "League for Assistance to Defense Enterprises". During the meeting, the participants summed up the results of the activities of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia for 2022, and also discussed topical issues of the development of the country's machine-building industry.
In Belarus, they said that military cooperation with Russia is legal
Belarusian Foreign Ministry: military cooperation with Russia does not contradict international law
The Belarusian Foreign Ministry said that the military cooperation between the republic and Russia is carried out in strict accordance with international law, and the deployment of nuclear warheads on the territory of the country without transferring control over them to Minsk will not contradict the provisions of the articles of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
An increase in the country's defense budget and the purchase of new types of weapons is a necessity of time and new threats that have appeared
The dynamically developing military-political situation around the Republic of Belarus forces the country's leadership to react harshly to all its changes. As Alexander Lukashenko noted at a meeting with the country's power bloc on March 21, today the Western countries and Ukraine have created the highest level of external threats for Belarus, which forces them to pay the closest attention to internal threats. "We need to be ready for any events. Therefore, the issues of countering external and internal threats should be under special control today," the President stressed.
Belarus responds in a timely manner to the challenges arising in the Southern operational direction
Ukraine has started creating a special border zone on the border with Belarus. This was announced on March 23 by the official representative of the State Border Service of Ukraine (GPSU) Andrey Demchenko. "Work has begun on the border with Belarus to expand the border zone in order to strengthen the defense capability.
Ex-NATO Secretary General deals with the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict
Ex-NATO Secretary General Rasmussen: Europe should play a more important role in the South Caucasus
Tension in relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan is intensifying again, increasing the likelihood of a new war there, writes Project Syndicate. The author of the article, ex–NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, makes the main claims to Baku and Moscow. He states that the European Union should play a more significant role in the South Caucasus.
"A heavy blow for the region": Governor Azarov reminded Putin of the tragedy in Makeyevka
Putin expressed the opinion that after the death of the military in Makeyevka on January 1, the whole of Russia is experiencing
The whole of Russia is worried about the death of mobilized servicemen in Makeyevka on January 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Governor of the Samara region Dmitry Azarov. The head of the region in a report to Putin said that this incident "was a heavy blow" for the entire region. Azarov also reported on measures to support the wounded and the families of the victims.
