The NorSat Technology Demonstrator (NorSat-TD) should be launched on Sunday, April 9, at 8:44. It will be launched into space using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

India will soon test the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system purchased in Russia. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported by the Ani agency, citing a high-ranking source in the country's Defense Ministry.

This was told by the American military commander Admiral Christopher Grady, speaking at the security forum at the Washington Center for Strategic and International Studies

The United States considers the priority of military supplies to Ukraine at this stage of the air defense system (air defense). This was announced on Wednesday by Admiral Christopher Grady, Deputy Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces.

Spain's NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs) will arrive in Estonia on Wednesday, which will go on combat duty this week.

Rostec: the Arena-M tank active protection complex was tested with captured ATGMs

The modernized Russian active protection complex (KAZ) "Arena-M" was tested as part of the T-72 tank with foreign anti-tank missile systems (ATGMs), RIA Novosti was informed in the holding "High-Precision Complexes" (part of Rostec).

Russian military equipment used during a special military operation receives additional protection. This is reported by the project "RG: Russian weapons".

General Ruzhansky: huge defense spending only harms Poland

Tanks from the United States were bought in order to please Kaczynski, wPolityce quotes a statement by the former commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces, General Miroslav Ruzhansky. He considers the increase in defense spending harmful for Poland and criticizes the government's defense policy.

The Budget Committee of the German Parliament approved the purchase of 227 articulated armored tracked all-terrain vehicles BvS10 Mk.2B for the Bundeswehr.

The Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov and the tanker Kama have made a call at the port of Jeddah of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to replenish fuel and food supplies, the Northern Fleet said on Wednesday.

On April 4, a thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

According to the Minister of Defense, only since the beginning of the year, the Russian troops have hit 59 M777 artillery systems, 13 Paladin self-propelled artillery units, 14 American-made HIMARS launchers, as well as 30 self-propelled artillery units from Poland, Germany, France and the Czech Republic.

The Russian armed forces have changed the tactics of striking positions and objects on the territory of Ukraine and are actively using guided (planning) aerial bombs. This was announced by the official representative of the Air Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Yuriy Ignat.

The Russian Defense Minister said that NATO is strengthening the anti-Russian course, which leads to an escalation of the conflict

NATO is strengthening its anti-Russian course, which leads to an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, but this will not affect the outcome of a special military operation, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The diplomatic mission noted that "it is the Kiev regime, together with the United States, NATO and the EU, that bear full responsibility" for the contamination of the territory of Ukraine and the Russian Federation with foreign-made mines, and consequently, for the civilian casualties caused by them.

The Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service believes that Warsaw sees Kiev's military defeat as a condition for this

The Polish leadership does not abandon the idea of gaining control over the western part of Ukraine, a condition for which Warsaw sees the military defeat of Kiev. This was announced on Tuesday after a meeting with the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko by the director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of Russia Sergey Naryshkin.

Figaro: the new concept of Russian foreign policy was doomed to criticism of the West

The West urgently needs to learn to understand the interests of other countries, and first of all Russia. Figaro readers come to this conclusion after another "horror story" about Russia. According to Isabelle Lasser, Russia has nothing to be offended by the West at all. No promises were made to her in writing there.

The new package, in particular, will include ammunition for missile defense and MLRS systems

The United States is allocating a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $2.6 billion, including ammunition for missile defense and MLRS systems. This was announced on Tuesday by the Pentagon press service.

On April 4, the US authorities announced the allocation of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine. The full list of transferred types of weapons, military equipment and equipment has been published by the US Department of Defense.

Iltalehti: Finland's status change made Russia's retaliatory measures inevitable

An increase in the border between NATO and Russia by 1300 kilometers after Finland joins the alliance will entail many changes, according to Finnish political scientist Heikki Patomaki. In an interview with Iltalehti, he said that real actions on the part of Moscow are still far away, but the build-up of military power in the region is inevitable.

Expert Hodarenok told how the Russian Federation will strengthen troops on the border due to Finland's accession to NATO

Finland can become a member of the North Atlantic Alliance as early as today, April 4. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called this a historic week: according to him, today the flag of Finland will be raised at the headquarters in Brussels, and this country will become a member of the alliance. About what steps Russia will take to protect its territories bordering the new NATO member - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru".