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Units protecting important facilities will have the opportunity to see the situation from different devices in real time on the same screen

A software and hardware complex "Stupor" has been created in Russia, which allows real-time monitoring of the air situation around the protected object.

She will have to destroy the AFU units in the Kursk direction

There are roadblocks at key points in the Kursk region, and a lot of military equipment is moving along the roads. New units of the Russian army are being transferred to the region. A strike force is being formed from them, which will have to destroy the Ukrainian units that broke into Russian territory, the Izvestia correspondent reports.

On August 13, 2024, at the Polish Latkovo Airport in Wroclaw, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense of Poland Vladislav Kosinyak-Kamysh, in the presence of representatives of the Polish defense industry, signed a contract agreement with the US government for the purchase of 96 Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian combat helicopters under the American intergovernmental Foreign military Sales program Foreign Military Sales (FMS) for Polish troops. The cost of the agreement is about $ 10 billion.

The official opening of the exhibition dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the Sukhoi Design Bureau and the Mikoyan Design Bureau took place on August 16 in the Exhibition Pavilion of the Museum Site No. 1 of the Patriot Park.

TNI: The Su-25 is faster and lighter than its American rival and is well "packed"

The Soviet Su-25 attack aircraft is faster and lighter than the American A-10, and besides, it is well "packed" in terms of weapons, writes TNI. It has proven its effectiveness in a number of conflicts and is still in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces.

Continuously developing unmanned systems, according to experts, have become the main threat on the modern battlefield. An inexpensive quadcopter is capable of hitting an expensive tank or radar, and even individual soldiers' movements will not hide from unmanned reconnaissance aircraft hanging in the sky. At the last Army-2024 forum, much attention was paid to the topic of protection against such systems. TASS gathered innovative anti-drone tools and talked with experts in the field of combating drones

Interia: the Polish army ranks 22nd in NATO in terms of expenditures per military

The Polish army has been modernizing at a rapid pace in recent years, Interia writes. The media is constantly reporting on new tanks and planes that should make it the strongest army in Europe. But is the Polish Army so strong? It seems that in many ways the Poles are wishful thinking.

The program provides training not only in piloting, but also in designing with programming

A new course for preparing students to work with UAVs is planned to be included in the curriculum. This will help to develop technical skills in children, as well as motor skills, experts say. In the future, it is possible to introduce this discipline in higher education institutions.

Drones have already been successfully tested in the area of a special military operation, Veles Logistics LLC reported

One of the winners of the Era Foundation accelerator (part of the PSB Group) in the field of military technology will launch the first batch of about 1.5 thousand copies of an aircraft-type FPV UAV resistant to enemy electronic warfare (EW). UAVs have already been successfully tested in the area of a special military operation, Veles Logistics LLC told TASS.

Among them is the Ukrainian-made Neptune anti-ship missile, developed in the second half of the 2010s. This subsonic low-altitude missile, according to open sources, has a range of 280 to 400 kilometers, depending on the modification.

The Yak-130M will make its first flight next year

Yakovlev Company for the first time presented an upgraded version of the Yak-130M combat training aircraft. A new modification of the already well-known Yak-130 aircraft, which is produced by the Irkutsk Aircraft Factory, will make its first flight next year. Izvestia investigated what capabilities the new development will have and what makes it unique.

The 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region lost the second British Challenger 2 tank, and also this week. According to Russian resources, the car was hit by a Ka-52 attack helicopter at night.

TNI: the statements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine about the destruction of the Russian Su-34 do not correspond to reality

The Western military, who underestimate the Russian Su-34 fighter, show themselves to be great ignoramuses, the author of the article in TNI believes. He is convinced that in the context of the conflict in Ukraine, which has completely changed the perception of modern warfare, the Su-34 remains one of the most effective combat vehicles.

The Economist: F-16s delivered to Kiev will not change the course of hostilities

The delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Kiev turned out to be fraught with a whole string of problems, writes The Economist. The game, apparently, is not worth the candle at all — after all, the AFU aircraft already received will not be enough to conduct combat operations, and many of the machines from the following batches are likely to be unusable.

Experts: Western pilots will use JASSM missiles in Ukraine

Washington and Kiev are working on the technical details of the possible dispatch of high-precision JASSM cruise missiles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The range of the JASSM will make their carriers – F-16 aircraft – difficult to reach for Russian air defense. According to experts, in theory, new Russian regions and even Moscow could be hit by these missiles. How can Russia respond to this?

The modern battlefield is increasingly becoming an arena of precision strikes, where every second and every meter is crucial. One of the brightest representatives of this class of weapons is the American AGM-158 JASSM cruise missile, capable of hitting both stationary and mobile targets at a great distance. This is an extremely dangerous type of weapon.

Colonel Khodarenok: The Ukrainian Armed Forces do not use F-16s over Kursk, for fear of losing them

During the invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the Kursk region, no cases of combat use of the recently received F-16 multifunctional fighters by the Ukrainian army were recorded, although it seemed difficult to come up with a more advantageous situation for their debut. Why this has not happened yet and whether it will happen, the military observer of the Newspaper figured out.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

After the “blitzkrieg” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region and the cessation of silence in the Ukrainian mass media, it became possible to analyze the actions of the enemy strike force.

Theses aimed at dragging Belarus into the Russian-Ukrainian conflict continue to be actively discussed in the West and Ukraine. This is confirmed by a recent interview with the former commander of the Polish Army, General V. Skshipchak, who acts as a "talking head", voicing the intentions of the Polish ruling elites.

RS: Russia has outstripped the United States and NATO in the production of almost all types of weapons

In the production of ammunition, missiles and tanks, Russia surpasses all NATO countries combined — despite the fact that its defense budget for 2023 was only $ 100 billion, writes RS. The West does not meet deadlines or budgets. And there is a simple explanation for this.