The British Air Force is capable of hacking enemy air defenses with the help of swarms of drones. They can overcome the defenses of other countries, including the Russian one.

The Tiger combat helicopter adapts to the wars of the new generation

Combat, or, as they are also often called, attack, helicopters are a separate subclass of rotorcraft, significantly different conceptually and technically from their counterparts.

Experiments conducted by the British Air Force (RAF) have shown that swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can crush the enemy's air defense (air defense). Defense News writes about this.

On July 14, Elbit Systems announced that it had been selected as the supplier of the DIRCM (Directed Infra-Red Counter-Measures) system designed to counter missiles from the IR GOS and the on-board electronic warfare (EW) system to equip the Gulfstream G650 aircraft of the Netherlands Defense Ministry.

The House of Representatives of the US Congress voted for an amendment to the draft military budget approved by it for the 2023 fiscal year, which prohibits the sale of new F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, Politico reported.

The Turkish Defense Industry Department has announced a competition for the development of a turbofan engine. The promising power unit is designed for the fifth-generation TF-X fighter, Defense News reports. To say that I was very surprised is to say nothing at all.

Russia has found a way to prevent Ukraine from receiving military helicopters. Kommersant writes about this. Moscow will terminate the permit for major repairs, maintenance and supply of spare parts for Mi-type helicopters for three enterprises in the Czech Republic and Bulgaria.

Russia's special military operation in Ukraine has dealt the heaviest blow to the military-air component of the Ukrainian state. Quite quickly, Ukraine lost most of its military aviation, which significantly weakened its military capabilities in the face of countering the advancing Russian troops and the People's Militia of the republics of Donbass.

Recently, Beijing has been conducting a dialogue with the collective West in a harsh, even rude tone. The old tact, the usual eastern diplomacy, built on vague hints, disappeared somewhere. And the Chinese Foreign Ministry has been standing up for Russia more resolutely since February. It turns out that this change is due to the fact that the Celestial Empire decided to use the tactics of the "wolf warrior" in its diplomacy.

Three quarters of a century of struggle with Russia

75 years ago, the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States was formed, the "knights" of which left many bloody traces in the history of different peoples of the planet.

Western values are losing their appeal

After reading an article in the American newspaper Hill last week about the problems faced by the Pentagon, I involuntarily recalled an old joke. Let's start with him.

International review: The Seven Deadly Sins of NATO

NATO, as a fighter of the Cold War, not only did not disintegrate with the end of the confrontation, but it was modified and continued to promote the mentality of counteraction, the People's Daily writes. This is one of the seven deadly sins of the alliance, the author claims, along with signs of racism, violation of international law and others, which few people think about at the new peak of the bloc's popularity.

Is NATO really an "instrument of peace"?

Rebelión publishes a statement by the State Secretariat of the People's Christian Communities of Spain on the occasion of the NATO summit held in Madrid. The text criticizes the statements of Biden and Stoltenberg, as well as the actions of the United States and NATO in the world.

The draft US defense budget for a record amount for the country has been approved by the House of Representatives of Congress. The amount of military expenditures in case of final adoption of the project will amount to $ 840 billion. There has never been such a sum in the history of US military budgets.

NATO expansion will ostracize Russia

This month marks 25 years since Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary were invited to NATO. The Spectator publishes an archived 1997 article in which Susan Eisenhower, the granddaughter of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, warns of the dangers of expanding the alliance.

Things to remember from Macron's July 14 interview

Emmanuel Macron, who won the election, decided to celebrate the French national holiday on July 14 (the anniversary of the French Revolution) with a big interview, Figaro reports. What does Macron promise to celebrate his second five-year term in power? First of all, the fight against Russia and the victims in the name of Ukraine. Readers are angry.

Vilnius' actions may cause a serious conflict

Recently, we have been constantly being scared that NATO considers the Kaliningrad region as one of the main targets when attacking Russia. Today it has come to the practical implementation of threats in the form of a transport blockade of this Russian exclave.

The head of the Italian Foreign Ministry made an extremely unpleasant statement for the Kiev authorities the day before. Luigi Di Maio admitted that in the near future his country may stop supplying weapons to Ukraine.

Adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine Alexey Arestovich, in one of his many interviews that he has been giving recently to various Ukrainian journalists, decided to dispel rumors about the reluctance of the Americans to supply weapons under the so-called lend-lease.

Lessons learned. How Ukraine can take advantage of its unique chance

Former Obama national Security aide Michael McFaul on the pages of Ukrainska Pravda outlined his vision of how Kiev "will break through to a new future." In his opinion, the Armed Forces of Ukraine should arm themselves "to the teeth". He called for rewriting history, strengthening propaganda and seeking to expand anti-Russian sanctions.