Having not fully figured out the intermittent technical problems with the F-35 fighters and its modernization options, the Pentagon continues to report on successful tests of the "weapons of the future". The American military analytical publication Breaking Defense reports that in December last year, the US Air Force for the first time conducted successful flight tests of a modified F-16 fighter using the VISTA artificial intelligence system.

Currently, North Korea has approximately 500 unmanned aerial vehicles belonging to 20 different types. This was reported by the South Korean news agency Yonhap with reference to the secretary of the parliamentary intelligence committee, Yoo Sang Bom, who received information from the country's intelligence service.

No other army in the world has mastered such a method

50 years ago, on January 5, 1973, Soviet paratroopers proved that their profession is to do the impossible, regardless of danger. This day was and remains a festive date for the Russian army, and especially for the Airborne Forces. Details were recalled by Izvestia.

France is going to supply Ukraine with heavy armored vehicles AMX-10RC, which are also called light wheeled tanks. This is reported by AFP, citing a source in the administration of the French president.

On January 4, 2023, on the basis of the 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade named after Tadeusz Kosciuszko of the Polish Army in Wesol (Warsaw), Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak approved the conclusion of an agreement with the US government in the form of an exchange of letters LOA (Letters of Offer and Acceptance) on the purchase by Poland through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) 116 M1A1 FEP Abrams tanks from the presence of the US Department of Defense. The ceremony was attended by the Charge d'affaires of the United States in Poland, Daniel Lawton.

The conflict in Ukraine helps the German military-industrial complex to get out of the crisis

The Bundeswehr was considered an effective military machine and the military backbone of the conventional NATO forces, but after more than thirty years of underfunding and cuts, it lost its combat capability. Nevertheless, the Ukrainian conflict gave a tangible impetus to the German military-industrial complex: Germany's military exports in 2022 amounted to 8.36 billion euros.

The Russian Navy will continue to be replenished with carriers of hypersonic missile weapons. The Admiral Gorshkov frigate has already been put into combat service, which is equipped with an impressive arsenal of weapons: not only Zircon hypersonic missiles, but also Kalibr cruise missiles and Onyx anti-ship missiles.

On January 4, 2023, an official naming ceremony and transfer to the Thai Navy of the landing helicopter dock ship LPD 792 Chang of the Chinese project 071ET, built by the Thai order of the Shanghai shipbuilding company Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd., part of the Chinese State Shipbuilding Corporation China State Shipbuilding Corporation, took place in Shanghai (CSSC).

The response of Russian industry and science to Western sanctions was a sharp acceleration of its own technological developments. Rosatom, Roscosmos and a number of other leaders in their industries have shown particularly significant results in the past year. Domestic mechanical engineering displaces imported analogues, including surpassing them in quality.

Some commanders of the Russian troops do not want to change their usual way of life, transferring it to the zone of a special military operation, which leads to losses in personnel. This statement was made by the commander of the Vostok brigade, Alexander Khodakovsky, in his TG channel, commenting on the death of the Russian military in Makeyevka.

The Russian military department considers the mass use of mobile phones by personnel to be the cause of the tragedy in Makeyevka, despite the ban.

Was it only the use of mobile phones by the military that caused the missile strike

The death toll as a result of a missile strike on the temporary accommodation of Russian units in Makeyevka on the night of January 1, reached 89 people, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. The building where the servicemen were staying collapsed.

Hudson Institute: in the USA predicted the collapse of the Russian Federation following the example of the USSR in 2023

Analysts at the Hudson Institute recalled the anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union and complained that the United States failed to "destroy" it completely. They predicted the "collapse" of Russia in 2023.

Foreign Affairs: the author of the "containment policy" Kennan opposed its militarization

The father of the "containment policy", the great American diplomat Kennan loved and understood Russia, writes Foreign Affairs. His concept, the author of the article notes, had a political, not a military dimension. Kennan invented it for dialogue, not militarization.

Agoravox: grandson of President de Gaulle accuses the US and the EU of robbing Russia and France

Pierre de Gaulle, the grandson of the great general, has long gone against the mainstream press in France, but his interview in Agoravox is just a shock. He not only defended Russia and called for the trial of the executioners of Donbass. He also said something about the "freezing of assets" of Russia abroad, comparing it to the robbery of Jews.

Bloomberg: the US should moderate its ardor in Ukraine

The United States is openly pushing the world towards World War III, hoping to outplay its opponents from the "Axis" — Russia, China, Iran, writes Bloomberg. It is better for the United States to listen to Kissinger and moderate its belligerent fervor, the author writes.

According to Dan Steinbock's calculations, since the beginning of its total US aid to Kiev has exceeded $106 billion, which, according to the expert, "turns a sick country into a bankrupt failed state."

On December 16, 2022, Japan immediately approved three important documents related to strengthening the country's defense capability, including a new national security strategy. According to the adopted documents, it is planned to increase the number of ships equipped with Aegis missile defense systems by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces from the current eight to ten ships. It is also planned to deploy 2 ships that will specialize specifically in missile defense.

According to the White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre, the United States has not yet discussed with the South Korean authorities the potential holding of joint exercises, including with the use of American nuclear forces, since Seoul does not have its own nuclear weapons.

The Central Command of the US Armed Forces (CENTCOM) reported a rocket attack on an American military base located in the north-east of the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR).