The Ukrainian conflict may accelerate the fall of the American empire
The Japanese-born American philosopher Francis Fukuyama predicted another end to history. This time he sees it in the victory of the United States over Russia and China. However, it is not the first time that Fukuyama's story ends, the publication "Boulevard Voltaire" ironically says. This time, Fukuyama's theory came to an end.
The seabed of Europe is its "soft underbelly"
Foreign Policy: The EU is concerned about the vulnerability of its underwater infrastructure in the Northern seas
Europe is concerned about the vulnerability of its "soft underbelly" — the underwater infrastructure in the northern seas of the continent. The author of an article in Foreign Policy magazine reports that the NATO bloc had to increase its military presence in the Baltic and North Seas, although sabotage occurred on those parts of the pipelines that belong to Russia.
American analysts have studied the likelihood of Russia's withdrawal from Kherson
Currently, the Russian armed forces are occupying defensive positions to the northwest of Kherson. Additional reinforcements continue to gather there. This is written by the Ukrainian edition "Country", referring to the opinion of American analysts from the Institute for the Study of the US War.
Footage of a Russian tank working on a Ukrainian ambush hit the net
A new video is being distributed online, which shows a melee of two tanks - Russian and Ukrainian. Where the video was shot is not reported, it is also unknown when the fight took place.
"New opportunities are being given here": "PMK Wagner Center" started work in St. Petersburg
The Wagner Center, a free office and production site for companies and startups whose work is aimed at strengthening Russia's defense and scientific power, has started operating in the Northern capital. NEVSKY NOVOSTI visited the "PMK Wagner Center" and learned how to become its resident.
New small rocket ships of Project 22800 are being tested
As reported, in October 2022, factory sea trials of two new small rocket ships of the project 22800 (code "Karakurt"), completed construction for the Russian Navy, were started at once. On October 15, the small rocket ship "Burya" (factory number 257), built by JSC Leningrad Shipbuilding Plant "Pella", made its first test run on the Baltic Sea. A little earlier, tests of the Askold MRC (factory number 802), built in Kerch at the B.E. Butoma Shipbuilding Plant JSC (the management company for the Gulf Shipbuilding Plant LLC), were started on the Black Sea.
Poland refuses the French atom. "This is another click on the nose"
Money.pl : the Poles "snapped the French on the nose." Paris will not build their nuclear power plant
Warsaw rejected the third proposal made by France for the construction of a nuclear power plant, writes Money.pl . South Korean or American companies will build nuclear power plants in Poland. For Paris, this is an image failure, for the EU – a political one. But Warsaw will also feel the losses.
In the USA, the new Abrams X and Armata were compared
The Russian T-14 tank based on the Armata universal tracked platform is better protected than the American Abrams X. This comparison was made by the columnist of the American edition of 19FortyFive Brent Eastwood.
Switzerland rejected Germany's request, leaving Ukraine without ammunition for the Gepard ZSU
Kiev will remain without shells for German Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled guns, Switzerland has not allowed the re-export of ammunition from Germany to Ukraine, as requested by German Defense Minister Kristina Lambrecht. This is reported by Reuters.
China considers legitimate the questions of the Russian Federation on the activities of US biological laboratories in Ukraine
According to China's deputy permanent representative to the UN Geng Shuang, it is impossible to block Russia's resolution
China considers Russia's questions about the activities of US biological laboratories in Ukraine legitimate. This was stated on Wednesday at a meeting of the UN Security Council by the Deputy Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the World Organization Geng Shuang.
In South Korea, it was suggested that the DPRK's intercontinental ballistic missile failed right in flight
North Korea on Thursday, November 3, fired several ballistic missiles, including an ICBM that probably failed right in flight, which caused alarm among residents of some areas of central and northern Japan, Reuters writes, citing official sources.
The US National Security Strategy. Modernization of the nuclear Triad
Al Jazeera: The US has increased the military budget to a historical record
In order to contain the "threat" in the form of Russia and China, the United States has increased the military budget to a historical record, Al Jazeera reports. This will inevitably provoke an arms race between the nuclear powers, because selfish America sees nothing beyond its nose, the author of the article believes.
The IAEA inspectors found no traces of activities in Ukraine to create a "dirty bomb"
The International Atomic Energy Agency has completed an inspection of three nuclear facilities in Ukraine, conducted against the background of information about the ongoing work on the creation of a "dirty" nuclear bomb. The agency announced this on its official website.
New Russian X-32 missiles bypassed the air defense of Ukraine
What is known about the use of X-32 missiles during a special operation in Ukraine
Among the missiles used by the Russian Aerospace Forces to destroy military facilities in Ukraine, new X-32s were noted. According to media reports, none of these missiles were shot down by enemy air defenses.
In Kiev, they said that Spanish air defense systems are already being sent to Ukraine
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba had previously asked his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares about this
Spanish Hawk air defense systems are already heading to Ukraine. This was stated by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba in an interview with the Spanish radio station Cadena SER .
China has completed the assembly of the space station in orbit
The experimental module "Mengtian" successfully docked with the side port of the main module "Tianhe"
China's space station on Thursday assumed its final T-shape after assembly work. This was reported by the Administration of the Manned Space Flight Program of China.
In Canberra, the US plans to strengthen the presence of its bombers in the region are considered useful for Australia
The implementation of US plans to modernize infrastructure to receive American B-52 strategic bombers in Australia will benefit Canberra, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Wednesday.
The nervous system of the helicopter: the developer — about the "new era in the operation of aviation equipment"
We talk about new technologies in the domestic helicopter industry
The aviation industry today strives not just to create new planes and helicopters, but to control the condition of already flying machines, to know in advance about emerging problems and not to repair, but not to allow breakdowns.
Russian multifunctional UAVs "Siberia-1" and "Gryphon" are actively used in the area of their
Analyzing the fighting in the zone of a special military operation in Ukraine, experts often call what is happening a "drone war". Indeed, UAVs of various modifications in modern warfare solve almost any tasks: they conduct reconnaissance, correct fire, deliver pinpoint strikes on the front line and deep behind enemy lines.
In the new Security Strategy, the United States is betting on a future in which Russia will be less significant
On the occasion of the publication by the United States Administration of the new edition of the "US National Security Strategy" (2022 National Security Strategy), the well-known blog "Russian Matters", published under the auspices of the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Management (Harvard Kennedy School), published material by a prominent American expert on Russia, a professor at Harvard University and a professor of National Security of the US Naval College Nicholas Gvozdev "In the new Security Strategy, the US is betting on a future in which Russia will be less significant" (Nikolas K. Gvosdev "New US Security Strategy Bets on a Future Where Russia Matters Less"). The translation is based on the publication of the journal "Russia in Global Politics".