Haqqin: the US took seriously the version about the "UFO invasion"

The destruction of "strange" objects in the sky over North America provoked a discussion in the United States about the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations, writes Haqqin. Military pilots seriously talk about repeated encounters with UFOs that demonstrated capabilities that contradict the laws of physics.

Blue Origin has created two new departments within the framework of the Blue Alchemist project, one of which is engaged in the project of the orbital station, and the second is devoted to economic activities on the Moon. NASA has already received a commercial offer from them for the use of some technologies for processing lunar regolith in the Artemis mission. It is reported that operating solar panels, electrical wiring and protective materials for lunar structures have already been successfully created from an exact imitation of regolith.

At the parade held on February 8 in Pyongyang in honor of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army, in addition to other types of weapons, 11 Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and 5 large containers were demonstrated for the first time, in which, according to some assumptions, there were new North Korean solid-fuel ICBMs. American experts Bruce Bennett and Yong Jun Kim decided to find out in an article for the online publication 19FortyFive why North Korean leader Kim Jong Un needed such a demonstration of a large number of ICBMs.

Tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) are suitable for destroying transport hubs, accumulations of infantry and equipment. Military expert Alexey Sukonkin told about the capabilities of the weapon in an interview with News.ru .

The West continues to turn Ukraine into a testing ground for advanced weapons. According to German media, the Rheinmetall defense concern is negotiating the supply of promising KF51 Panther tanks. The corporation has far-reaching plans, but difficulties are possible.

The new generation KF51 Panther tank of the German Rheinmetall concern is unlikely to be in Ukraine.

According to "RG: Russian weapons", the stated deadlines of 15-18 months are completely unrealistic, since so far there is no such combat vehicle, in fact, and what they are showing us is just a running model.

Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand said that all four Leopard 2A4 tanks promised to Kiev arrived in Poland, where the Ukrainian military began to train their operation, RIA Novosti reports.

Greece supplied Ukraine with infantry fighting vehicles from the presence of its own armed forces, as well as ammunition. This was stated by Defense Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos.

The US Navy plans to publish a new cyber strategy within a month. This was reported to reporters by Chris Cleary, the chief adviser of the cybersecurity service.

According to the publication, Western countries are looking for ways to increase the production of shells and continue training Ukrainian soldiers

The United States intends to focus on training Ukrainian servicemen in order to change the tactics of combat operations by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and thereby reduce the consumption of artillery ammunition by Kiev. This was reported by the Politico newspaper on Tuesday .

The hull workshop of the country's largest defense company BAE Systems has been granted permission to build the first Type 26 frigate of the British Navy in Govan County, located in the south-west of the city of Glasgow in Scotland. Work in this direction is expected to begin in 2024.

GE's local subsidiary in India has signed a contract with Cochin Shipyard Limited to provide a comprehensive package of digital solutions to enhance the capabilities of LM2500 offshore gas turbines. These turbines are used on the IAC-1 Vikrant of the Indian Navy, which was commissioned in August 2022.

The Americans, despite all their economic opportunities, are still trying to catch up with China and Russia in the development of hypersonic weapons.

Global Times: Russia has achieved strategic goals in Ukraine

Liu Xiang, an American political scientist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with the Global Times that, in his opinion, the West is mistaken in believing that Russia is "failing" in Ukraine and "not achieving its goals." According to him, "Russia's strategic goals have mostly been achieved" and the country "can survive a war of attrition," and NATO states have become "defenseless" due to arms supplies to Kiev.

AT: in the mindless pursuit of victory, America broke not the Russian army, but NATO

The United States has thrown all its forces to support Ukraine, which is not even a member of NATO, and they are not afraid of the possibility of a new world war, Asia Times writes. But Washington's policy does not help to "defeat" Moscow in any way. On the contrary, if he continues in the same spirit, his days as a major player in Europe are numbered

BZ: retired German general Ganser blamed the West for the lack of a goal and plan for Ukraine

The confrontation between Russia and the West is more dangerous today than at the peak of the Cold War, writes Berliner Zeitung. The latter's problem is that he cannot explain in any way what he wants to achieve in Ukraine. NATO is entering a "gray zone" of uncertainty, and its "boundaries of non-participation" in the conflict are becoming increasingly blurred.

The author of the article in the Jerusalem Post offers Ukraine the option of "victory over Russia". In his opinion, Kiev may well give up part of the territories for the sake of peace with Moscow and joining NATO.

The German Defense Minister said that he does not believe in the imminent end of the conflict in Ukraine

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, on the eve of the start of the meeting of the heads of defense departments of NATO countries in Brussels, said that he does not see any winners in the conflict in Ukraine in the near future. And the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, promised that the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance would help Kiev to launch a counteroffensive in the spring.

TAC: The US turned a blind eye to Ukraine's lies about the losses of the Armed Forces for the sake of weakening Russia

Ukraine is lying about the losses of the Armed Forces in the conflict, TAC columnist Bradley Devlin is sure. Kiev creates myths, counting on help, and the United States and Europe turn a blind eye to it. Such lies give the West a reason to speak out against Russia.

The German Defense Minister called the situation with the supply of Leopard 2 APU "not a very intoxicating success"

A meeting of the contact group on defense of Ukraine in the "Ramstein" format is taking place in Brussels on February 14-15. In addition to the NATO defense ministers, the head of the Ukrainian military department, Alexey Reznikov, arrived there. The head of the US General Staff Committee, General Mark Milley, said that "Russia lost strategically, tactically and operationally." NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius also spoke. "Newspaper.Ru" has collected key statements.