Aviation news
"Flying radars". In the USA, they admired the Russian A-50 aircraft (Military Watch Magazine, USA)
MWM: Russia uses A-50 aircraft more often to detect AFU fighters
Russia has become more likely to use A-50 long-range radar detection and control aircraft, which are "flying radars," writes MWM. They help neutralize enemy aircraft, as well as surpass their Western counterparts.
"To prevent Afghan shame." What can we expect from the United States after the strikes on Yemen?
Colonel Khodarenok: Biden will seek the complete defeat of the Houthis
On the night of January 12, the United States and its allies launched missile and air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.
The West was amazed by the power of Russian Mi-28N helicopters (Military Watch Magazine, USA)
MWM: the Russian army deployed Mi-28N helicopters in the Donetsk direction
The successful attack of Mi-28N helicopters in the Donetsk direction confirmed their advantages over Western equipment, writes MWM. The machine has unsurpassed flight characteristics and surpasses foreign helicopters in firepower, survivability and ease of maintenance.
"We have nothing to oppose Russia." Kiev has recognized a serious problem
The speaker of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ignat confirmed the shortage of anti-aircraft missiles
After a series of strikes on the military infrastructure in Kiev, it was publicly acknowledged that the Ukrainian air defense system, in fact, failed. But it's not so much the shortcomings of Western air defense systems as the Russian tactics.
RIA Novosti's choice: the main expectations of 2024 in the military sphere
In 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will continue a special military operation, the total number of troops will increase, the number of contractors will also increase, the formation of new military districts will continue, new intercontinental ballistic missiles and strategic bombers will enter service, the military-industrial complex will continue testing and developing the latest weapons.
For Israel, internal threats are becoming more dangerous than external ones
The IDF remains in the top five of the strongest armed forces
Since its formation in 1947, Israel has been surrounded by hostile Arab States, with which it has fought six times – not counting the permanent war against the Palestinians on its own territory. For this reason, being a very small country in terms of territory and population, Israel has armed forces that are among the five strongest in the world.
Aircraft carriers are like monarchs who reign but do not rule
"Where the King is going is a big secret"
During World War II, aircraft carriers intercepted the informal title of "kings of the oceans" from battleships. And they seem to keep it to this day. Americans were and still are at the head of this "kingdom".
Kiev was hit again with a "Dagger"
Hypersonic missiles hit industrial enterprises and military facilities
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (MO RF) has confirmed the fact of regular launches of high-speed air launch missiles at facilities of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex (MIC). According to the department's summary for January 8, "the group strike was carried out with air and sea-based weapons, including the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system.
Russia has shown its superiority to Ukraine: HIMARS is powerless (Atlantico, France)
The equipment transferred by NATO to the Zelensky regime turned out to have one drawback, writes the French website Atlantico. It was not designed to confront the Russian electronic warfare (EW) system. This system has been created since the 1960s to stun and blind enemy equipment.
The new Russian "Cube" drones have been called a nightmare for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. What kind of drones are these?
Drone expert Fedutinov: The UAV "Cube" is difficult to detect and shoot down
Russian unmanned aerial vehicles of the "Cube" type can become a real nightmare for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by the Newsweek portal. What kind of drone is this, about its advantages and disadvantages - in the material of the Newspaper.Ru».
Indonesia has contracted all 42 Dassault Rafale fighters
As reported by the French company Dassault Aviation, as part of the general contract signed by Indonesia in February 2022 for the purchase of 42 Dassault Rafale multipurpose fighters, on January 8, 2024, a firm contract for the third tranche of 18 Rafale aircraft entered into force, in addition to the six fighters ordered in the first tranche and 18 fighters contracted in the second the second tranche. Thus, Indonesia has so far contracted all 42 agreed Rafale aircraft.
To protect the national interests of the country in the World Ocean
Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, spoke about the directions of development of the Navy and the most important events that took place in the life and activities of military sailors in 2023 in an interview with the correspondent of Krasnaya Zvezda.
While diplomacy sleeps under a snow-covered blanket, the Belarusian military is on the alert
The aggressiveness of the foreign policy aspirations of the ruling elites of the countries of the collective West has finally acquired an absolutely open character in recent years. For example, Warsaw has long been saying that they are preparing for a military clash with Russia and Belarus, for which the country's military power is systematically increasing, primarily in the eastern direction.
And whose islands? The confrontation in the South Atlantic
A new round of confrontation between Argentina and the United Kingdom may lead to a change of flag over a little-known, but nevertheless important piece of land in the South Atlantic.
"As if the gates of hell had opened", the Ukrainian military told about the latest weapons of the Russian army
Russian planned aerial bombs cause significant losses to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). Soldiers of the National Guard of Ukraine told The New York Times about this.
Poland has named three conditions for Ukraine to survive 2024 (Onet.pl , Poland)
Ukraine is facing an extremely difficult year, and its main goal is simply to stay afloat, writes Onet. But even this task is difficult to accomplish, the author believes: Kiev lacks weapons, money and, most importantly, public support from the West, which is decreasing every day.
Priorities for the future. What will the Russian army be armed with in 2024
The Armed forces of the Russian Federation will receive new models of weapons in 2024
The special military operation greatly influenced the plans of the leadership of the Ministry of Defense to rearm the army. About which programs are now a priority — in the material of RIA Novosti.
Indonesia has refused to purchase used Mirage-2000-5 fighter jets
The Indonesian Air Force has abandoned plans to acquire Mirage-2000-5 fighters from the Qatar Air Force, and the released funds will be used to modernize/repair the fleet of Su-27/Su-30 and F-16 fighters.
"Myths about unheard-of effectiveness": why Ukrainian air defense cannot shoot down Russian missiles
Colonel Khodarenok: Ukrainian air defense systems are not capable of shooting down Daggers and Iskander-M missiles
At the end of last year and the beginning of 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted several dozen group and one massive strike with long-range naval and air-based weapons on objects of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine.
Special operation, January 9: Shoigu announced the strategic initiative of the Russian Armed Forces
Shoigu: the Russian military is methodically reducing the combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
About the course of the special operation, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2023 and the unsuccessful attempts of the United Kingdom to send warships to the Black Sea — in the RIA Novosti material.
