People's Daily: the purchase of American weapons has put a heavy burden on Europe

During the Ukrainian conflict, Europe has significantly enriched the US military-industrial complex, writes People's Daily. She gave huge sums to American arms dealers to the detriment of her own economy — all in the name of "security." But in fact it will have the opposite effect.

Political analyst Krastev: Europe will not change its mind on Ukraine until the US turns away from it

Europe will adhere to a unified assessment of events in Ukraine until the United States turns away, the "Diary" quotes the opinion of political scientist Ivan Krastev. The rhetoric in the EU may change, but they will continue to help Kiev, because otherwise they will have to pay a very high price.

Die Welt: Europe is developing a plan to protect the North Sea from Russian drones

In the near future, the entire coast of the North Sea will be dotted with windmills for the production of electricity, writes Die Welt. And in this situation, the author of the article became concerned about security. Suddenly, Russia will do with the cables from the "wind turbines" the same way someone did with the pipes of its gas pipelines.

Sabah: the Western union will collapse, but not because of external crises, but internal problems

The clash of interests and the intersection of red lines radically transform the Atlantic, or rather, create cracks in the union, Sabah writes. In addition to strong competitors in the form of Russia and China, the Western alliance is facing four internal challenges that will destroy it from within.

The American Analytical Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has conducted a series of games simulating a hypothetical PLA invasion of Taiwan in 2026. In total, 23 scenarios were played out, in most of which Taipei, with the active support of the US army, successfully repelled China's attack. However, in all cases, the victory of the coalition forces was accompanied by staggering losses of warships, aircraft and personnel, which have not been since the Second World War. Japan, which provided its airfields for American aircraft, also got hard.

Project Syndicate: Japan decided to beat China at its own game

Japan has planned the largest military buildup since World War II, the author of the article in Project Syndicate states. This means that it abandons the post-war pacifist security policy. The reasons for such changes are obvious, the author notes.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo said that the actions of the leadership of the EU countries aimed at limiting the freedom of action of developing countries with respect to their available resources mean a return of Europe "to the slippery practices of the colonial era."

Why UN peacekeeping operations in Africa are ineffective

The Russian presence in Africa provokes a negative reaction from Western politicians, who often argue that there is a UN to resolve such conflicts, and foreign participation in local clashes only harms reconciliation.

Yahoo News Japan readers were delighted with the Russian Su-30MKI fighters

Su-30MKI fighters have arrived from India to Japan for joint military exercises, Yahoo News Japan reports. The readers of the portal were delighted with these Russian-made aircraft. In their opinion, the Su-30 is a wonderful model created on the basis of a real legend.

Air assault units will be part of the ZVO on a permanent basis

In the western strategic direction, assault aviation units equipped with the famous "Rooks" — attack aircraft of the Su-25 family will appear in the near future. Until recently, there was not a single assault aviation regiment in the Western Military District. The Su-25 is capable of radically increasing the power of the Ground Forces.

Iran will receive Russian multifunctional Su-35 fighters, the previously announced information was officially confirmed in Tehran. This is the first confirmation of the deal from Iranian officials.

The drone has optical and infrared cameras, as well as folding wings on which a solar battery is installed

The Moscow Border Institute of the FSB has patented a solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a projectile generator of electromagnetic pulses to defeat drones or enemy electronic means. This follows from the patent for the invention distributed by the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (available to TASS).

Sacrificing himself, the Lancet destroys the enemy

The active development in a number of countries of such a class of high–precision weapons of destruction as barrage ammunition (BB) has prompted the Russian military department and domestic companies developing weapons and military equipment to pay close attention to this topic.

NATO reported that it will send AWACS aircraft to Romania to conduct reconnaissance against the Russian Armed Forces

By January 17, NATO will transfer AWACS aircraft to Romania to monitor "Russian military activity," the North Atlantic Alliance reported on Friday. Previously, they were based at the Gelsenkirchen air base in western Germany, and now they will be deployed in Otopeni near Bucharest, which will allow them to start conducting reconnaissance of Ukrainian airspace and the western part of the Black Sea almost immediately after takeoff. For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru".

The history of Russian-French cooperation and achievements should not be forgotten, Alexey Meshkov noted

Russian-French cooperation in space exploration has a rich history and should continue. This was stated by Russian Ambassador to Paris Alexey Meshkov at an event dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Salyut-7 mission and the 30th anniversary of the Antares mission, which took place on Thursday at the Russian House of Science and Culture in Paris.

Nautilus: people will be able to live on the moon

After 10-20 years, the moon will turn into a promising place, and research will gain momentum, the author of Nautilus believes. It will be the starting point before the exploration of other planets.

The Naval News web resource reported that at the 35th annual National Symposium of the US Navy Surface Fleet Association (Surface Navy Association - SNA) held in Washington from January 10 to 12, 2023, Lockheed Martin Corporation for the first time demonstrated a ship-based version of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Enhancement anti-aircraft guided missile (PAC-3 MSE) the Patriot long-range land-based anti-aircraft missile system. The naval version of the Patriot PAC-3 MSE is integrated into the ship's universal vertical launcher Mk 41.

The problems of this type of weapon were underestimated initially, the People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic clarified

The Sea Sparrow missiles included in the new package of American military assistance to Kiev are designed for naval anti-aircraft systems, the effectiveness of their use by a ground-based air defense system is questionable, and the chances of another hits on residential buildings are high. This was reported to TASS in the People's Militia (NM) of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).

Let's continue the topic of hypersonic flight. As noted in the first part of the article , there are two main forms of hypersonic weapons: hypersonic glide Vehicles (Hypersonic Glide Vehicles,HGV) and hypersonic cruise missile (Hypersonic Cruise Missile, HCM) with an air-jet the propulsion system.

During the Cold War, the owners of the largest operational and tactical missiles were the USA and the USSR, which were armed with MGM–52 Lance (diameter 557 mm) and "Dot" (650 mm), respectively. To date, they have been replaced by MGM-140 ATACMS (610 mm) and Iskander-M (920 mm), which is the leader in this class of weapons.