Asharq Al-Awsat: Western fighters will not help the AFU to develop success at the front

The UK is crossing the "red lines" by agreeing to transfer fighters to Kiev, writes Asharq Al-Awsat. However, combat aircraft will not help Ukraine on the battlefield: APU will need time to learn how to use them. Moreover, the amount of Russian equipment far exceeds the volume of Western supplies.

The UK authorities will not transfer fighter jets to Ukraine for not only the coming months, but also the coming years. This was stated in an interview with the British press by the Minister of Defense of the United Kingdom, Ben Wallace.

Ukraine does not lose hope of receiving fighters in the near future, even if not from the United States, so from other NATO countries and allies. Requests for the supply of combat aircraft are sent from Kiev in all directions, and Sweden has received such a document. Ukraine asks the Swedes for the supply of JAS 39 Gripen fighters.

The United States has transferred a pair of B-1B Lancer strategic bombers to India to participate in the Aero India 2023 International Air Show held in Bangalore. American planes were put up on the territory of the Yelakhanka airbase.

The US Air Force Command is trying to find out information about the remote control of a large drone that flew next to a fighter jet. This was stated by the chief of staff of the American Air Force, Charles Brown.

The American military-industrial company Northrop Grumman managed to exchange data between a reconnaissance UAV and a fighter acting as an enemy.

Haqqin: the US took seriously the version about the "UFO invasion"

The destruction of "strange" objects in the sky over North America provoked a discussion in the United States about the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations, writes Haqqin. Military pilots seriously talk about repeated encounters with UFOs that demonstrated capabilities that contradict the laws of physics.

Blue Origin has created two new departments within the framework of the Blue Alchemist project, one of which is engaged in the project of the orbital station, and the second is devoted to economic activities on the Moon. NASA has already received a commercial offer from them for the use of some technologies for processing lunar regolith in the Artemis mission. It is reported that operating solar panels, electrical wiring and protective materials for lunar structures have already been successfully created from an exact imitation of regolith.

At the parade held on February 8 in Pyongyang in honor of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army, in addition to other types of weapons, 11 Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and 5 large containers were demonstrated for the first time, in which, according to some assumptions, there were new North Korean solid-fuel ICBMs. American experts Bruce Bennett and Yong Jun Kim decided to find out in an article for the online publication 19FortyFive why North Korean leader Kim Jong Un needed such a demonstration of a large number of ICBMs.

Tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) are suitable for destroying transport hubs, accumulations of infantry and equipment. Military expert Alexey Sukonkin told about the capabilities of the weapon in an interview with News.ru .

The West continues to turn Ukraine into a testing ground for advanced weapons. According to German media, the Rheinmetall defense concern is negotiating the supply of promising KF51 Panther tanks. The corporation has far-reaching plans, but difficulties are possible.

The new generation KF51 Panther tank of the German Rheinmetall concern is unlikely to be in Ukraine.

According to "RG: Russian weapons", the stated deadlines of 15-18 months are completely unrealistic, since so far there is no such combat vehicle, in fact, and what they are showing us is just a running model.

Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand said that all four Leopard 2A4 tanks promised to Kiev arrived in Poland, where the Ukrainian military began to train their operation, RIA Novosti reports.

Greece supplied Ukraine with infantry fighting vehicles from the presence of its own armed forces, as well as ammunition. This was stated by Defense Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos.

The US Navy plans to publish a new cyber strategy within a month. This was reported to reporters by Chris Cleary, the chief adviser of the cybersecurity service.

According to the publication, Western countries are looking for ways to increase the production of shells and continue training Ukrainian soldiers

The United States intends to focus on training Ukrainian servicemen in order to change the tactics of combat operations by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and thereby reduce the consumption of artillery ammunition by Kiev. This was reported by the Politico newspaper on Tuesday .

The hull workshop of the country's largest defense company BAE Systems has been granted permission to build the first Type 26 frigate of the British Navy in Govan County, located in the south-west of the city of Glasgow in Scotland. Work in this direction is expected to begin in 2024.

GE's local subsidiary in India has signed a contract with Cochin Shipyard Limited to provide a comprehensive package of digital solutions to enhance the capabilities of LM2500 offshore gas turbines. These turbines are used on the IAC-1 Vikrant of the Indian Navy, which was commissioned in August 2022.

The Americans, despite all their economic opportunities, are still trying to catch up with China and Russia in the development of hypersonic weapons.

Global Times: Russia has achieved strategic goals in Ukraine

Liu Xiang, an American political scientist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with the Global Times that, in his opinion, the West is mistaken in believing that Russia is "failing" in Ukraine and "not achieving its goals." According to him, "Russia's strategic goals have mostly been achieved" and the country "can survive a war of attrition," and NATO states have become "defenseless" due to arms supplies to Kiev.