On Friday, the Kostroma Military Academy of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection named after Marshal of the Soviet Union S. K. Timoshenko held solemn events dedicated to the 90th anniversary of its formation.

The Russian Ambassador to the United States noted that Washington "really does not like" the Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle and the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile.

A terrible "Sarmatian". Will the Russians use it and where?

Russian missile systems are a deterrent, but if they remain so, Russia will lose the remnants of its former authority, the author of Al Mayadeen believes. He names the place where the new "Sarmat" should be applied.

Putin's Secret suitcase, capable of causing nuclear Armageddon and destroying the West

The Daily Express writes about Putin's "secret suitcase", which is capable of causing nuclear Armageddon. According to the author of the article, the Russian leader has a reason to look there every day. But the readers of the newspaper have a different opinion on this matter.

An attempt to catch up with Russia in the field of hypersound could turn into a financial disaster for the United States

The Agency for Advanced Research Projects of the US Department of Defense (DARPA) announced the completion of preliminary tests of weapons with a hypersonic ramjet engine (GPVRD). The agency also announced that hypersonic weapons will be developed not only for air carriers, but also for sea and land. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok figured out why it was necessary.

On May 12, 2022, a short video was distributed on Ukrainian social networks with a ground-based launcher used by the armed forces of Ukraine for the first time to launch British MBDA Brimstone guided missiles. In the video from the launcher, a salvo of three Brimstone missiles is fired at short intervals. The launcher itself is made in a camouflaged awning body of a conventional commercial truck (it is possible that the Gazelle GAS).

The delivery of British high-precision Brimstone missiles to Ukraine received another confirmation, this time in the form of a demonstration of a ground installation for launching these very missiles. The corresponding video began to be distributed in Ukrainian public on Thursday, May 12.

Why does Kiev need Swedish anti-aircraft guns from World War II

In the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to a number of Western and Ukrainian media, there were anti-aircraft automatic guns Bofors L60, developed in 1932 by the Swedish company AB Bofors. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok figured out how these guns could be used during the armed conflict in Ukraine.

Germany does not exclude the supply to Ukraine of IRIS-T SLM medium-range air defense systems developed by the German company Diehl. The issue is being considered by the Federal Security Council of Germany. This is reported by Bild with reference to its own sources.

US congressmen wanted to reveal "one of the greatest secrets of our time", for this purpose, on May 17, for the first time in several decades, open hearings will be held on cases of the appearance of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). This is reported by TASS.

Elon Musk's space company is sometimes jokingly called pyrotechnic — so often its products explode during tests. A couple of recent incidents at the test site in the city of McGregor only confirm this glory. The fans of cosmonautics did not have time to set up an online broadcast from this location, as they captured two explosions in a row with an interval of only tens of hours.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States believes that anti-Russian sanctions have not affected the work of the ISS, but have created difficulties for Americans working in Russia.

The project of the S7 group of companies, within which it was supposed to create a light launch vehicle, has been frozen, part of the team of designers and developers is likely to be reduced. This was reported to N + 1 by one of the project engineers. The press service of the S7 company did not answer N + 1's questions.

The United Engine Corporation has completed a program of bench tests of the first prototype PD-8 engine. The operability of the engine and its systems, the main parameters laid down in the terms of reference, the correctness of design decisions have been confirmed. This was reported in the press service of Rostec Group.

The functionality of the Russian drone "Orlan-10" has reached a new qualitative level. Now the domestic drone can not only conduct surveillance and reconnaissance, but also inflict fire damage to automotive equipment, mortar crews, as well as enemy manpower.

There is more and more evidence on the web of how the effectiveness of the use of MANPADS against the aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Donbas and on the territory of Ukraine controlled by the Kiev regime has decreased.

The Tu-22M3 bomber launched a hypersonic missile

The captured chief of staff of the 36th Brigade of the Ukrainian Marine Corps, Colonel Dmitry Kormyankov, said that if the marines had left the Mariupol Azovmash plant earlier, more lives would have been saved. The colonel made this statement after he surrendered to the forces of the People's militia of the DPR and LPR. It is significant that at the same time, the release of civilians held by the national battalion "Azov" (banned in the Russian Federation) from the territory of the enterprise began.

The ground test training complex (aviation) NITKA in the Crimean Saks will remain the only complex for training naval aviation pilots, the use of the new complex in Yeysk is not planned. This was reported by a source in the Russian defense industry.

The Pentagon is considering the option of reducing the Armed Forces and this is not due to lack of funding, the United States is once again faced with the unwillingness of young people to serve in the American army. This is reported by The Washington Examiner.

In case of war, the French army will have enough ammunition for a maximum of four days. This is how things are in the most powerful Armed Forces in Europe.