Foreign Affairs: The US should rethink its approach to military interventions

The US armed forces are poorly prepared to solve political problems in other countries, writes Foreign Affairs. They are able to overthrow the current government, but they are not able to support the new government and achieve an end to internal conflicts.

The People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) and the Chinese people should be fully prepared for a possible large-scale war. This was stated by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the annual meeting of the parliament, Foreign Affairs magazine reports.

Americans promise, Israelis bargain, Serbs cooperate

Long-term negotiations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the purchase of American MQ-9B Sea Guardian drones are at an advanced stage, the heads of the manufacturing company General Atomics said at the IDEX arms exhibition in Abu Dhabi.

Roselectronics has created a stealth material for aircraft that absorbs 95% of radar radiation

Prototypes of the latest stealth material for aircraft have been created in Russia, the Rostec State Corporation reported.

The US Army intends to improve the management of troops by improving its radar detection of both ground and air targets. Thus, the integrated combat control system for air defense and missile defense (IBCS), developed by the American military-industrial company Northrop Grumman, as stated, will allow in real time to repel an enemy attack.

The Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian air defense for the first time shot down a new Ukrainian missile "Thunder-2"

The Ukrainian tactical missile "Thunder-2" was shot down by Russian air defense forces in the special operation zone. This is the first time that the Ministry of Defense has reported the interception of this missile. It was developed and produced at the Dnepropetrovsk Yuzhmash plant. In September and November, massive strikes were inflicted on this enterprise, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the destruction of the Grom-2 and Tochka-U production workshops.

The American press writes that the US military department is disappointed by a series of failures during the tests of the AGM-183A ARRW hypersonic missile from Lockheed Martin.

The Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation did not rule out the appearance of a Russian petition for a preemptive strike

MOSCOW, March 30. /tass/. The response to the transfer of American nuclear weapons to Ukraine may be a Russian "petition" for a preventive strike, said Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev.

The American authorities admit that they do not have the ability to somehow stop or slow down the development of China's nuclear potential. This was stated by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milli.

The Paper: London will send depleted uranium shells to Kiev to save tanks from disgrace

The UK has a rather weak artillery, writes The Paper. According to the author of the article, London fears that Ukraine will become aware of all the shortcomings of Challenger 2 tanks. Depleted uranium shells are what can save equipment from disgrace, he suggests.

Abu Dhabi is modernizing its intelligence services

Geopolitical changes in the Middle East (the so-called Arab Spring, the conflict in Yemen, the threat posed by the Iranian nuclear program, and other global events) have prompted the United Arab Emirates since the mid-2010s to take important steps to modernize its intelligence services.

"Systems with artificial intelligence... they can pose a serious danger to all mankind." This is a quote from a letter published on Wednesday by thousands of leading scientists engaged in the IT industry, signed by Elon Musk, among others. How is artificial intelligence able to turn our whole life around and why is it especially dangerous for Russia?

The American company Raytheon Technologies has completed the delivery of all 23 low-speed Joint Precision Approach and Landing Systems (JPAL) units for the US Navy ahead of schedule. The contract for the development and supply of equipment was concluded in 2019.

German shipbuilders have completely switched to submarines with an anaerobic installation

The Type 209 is formally retained in the product line of the marine department of the German concern ThyssenKrupp. However, there are no more orders from German shipbuilders for this very successful and the most perfect diesel-electric submarine project of all time.

On March 25 and 26, 2023, the answers of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to the questions of the author and co-host of the program "Moscow were shown on the television broadcast of VGTRK. Kremlin. Putin" by Pavel Zarubin, concerning the Russian special military operation in Ukraine and a number of other military and political issues. The recording of V. Putin's answers is of undoubted interest.

Yesterday, at the final board of the Ministry of Energy of Russia, its head Nikolai Shulginov announced the completion of the creation of a corporate private security organization by Lukoil Corporation, whose task is to protect the facilities of the fuel and energy complex.

The "exploding bomb effect" was caused in some circles by the statement of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin about the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) on the territory of Belarus, which he made on March 25 during an interview on the channel "Russia 24".

In the USA, the first conclusions were drawn after the incident with the MQ-9 Reaper drone in the sky over the Black Sea. Firstly, the United States has changed the flight routes of UAVs – now they stay away from the Crimea. Secondly, Washington refused to supply the MQ-9 Reaper for the APU. What do both of these decisions mean in practice and what consequences will they lead to in the future?

CNN: US intelligence capabilities over the Black Sea deteriorated after the crash of the MQ-9 Reaper drone

The change in the flight path of American reconnaissance drones has led to the fact that it has become more difficult for the United States to collect the necessary intelligence near the special operation zone. Washington made the decision to "move" the route 64 km from the border of Ukraine after the incident with the MQ-9 Reaper drone, which fell into the Black Sea on March 14.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that in the event of the loss of the settlement, the West and tired residents of Ukraine will begin to put pressure on him, calling for a compromise with Russia

Ukraine's loss of Artemivsk (the Ukrainian name is Bakhmut) will be a costly political defeat for Kiev rather than a tactical one. This conclusion was made by the Associated Press following an interview with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, the text of which it distributed on Wednesday.