Aviation news
Izvestia showed a video of the destruction of the AFU boat by the kamikaze drone "Ghoul"
A Russian kamikaze drone "Ghoul" destroyed a boat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) near the Antonovsky Bridge in the Kherson region. The relevant footage appeared at the disposal of Izvestia on July 19.
Born to Fly: how military pilots are trained
The military aviation is not only strong in body and spirit, but also ready for large amounts of knowledge and the most difficult training. For example, the training of a highly professional fighter pilot in Russia lasts 7-8 years and costs the state an average of $ 5 million. Modern developments and technologies make it possible to reduce these labor costs. Interactive automated learning systems are used for this purpose.
SVO has depleted Western air defense reserves for Ukraine
Vladimir Zelensky said that Ukrainian air defense systems cannot cope with Russian missiles, and requested new weapons from Western countries. Similar words followed after a series of strikes by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the ports of Odessa and Nikolaev. Will air defense supplies from NATO countries correct the situation?
By the end of the year, another 1400 km of quantum network will be built in Russia
Such a connection has almost absolute cryptographic protection. Potential consumers — banks, mobile operators and large companies
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said that it is planned to build new sections of the quantum network with a length of more than 1400 km.
The United States provides Ukraine with a new $1.3 billion military aid package
It is planned to send four NASAMS short- and medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems, ammunition and means for mine clearance to Kiev
The US authorities are allocating another $ 1.3 billion package of military assistance to Ukraine, Kiev plans to provide four short- and medium-range NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs), ammunition and means for mine clearance. This is stated in a Pentagon statement released on Wednesday.
They knocked on the batteries: a new tactic was used against the VFU artillery
And Vladimir Putin instructed the Defense Ministry to respond to the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge
The Russian army has used a new tactic of counter-battery warfare in the zone of its own, sources told Izvestia.
The Czech Republic, in a frenzy of rabid Russophobia, is carrying out an accelerated modernization of the country's armed forces
The leadership of the Czech Republic takes an extremely rabid Russophobic position, which in its madness is off the scale and often even exceeds the level of Russophobia in the Baltic countries.
Mikhail Mishustin: despite the sanctions pressure, the financing of the needs of the SVO has been carried out in full
On July 18, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin held a videoconference meeting of the Coordinating Council to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, other troops, military formations and bodies.
Three ways to answer Kiev for the terror against the Crimean Bridge
Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised that Russia will respond to the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge. And despite the fact that a specific plan of measures is still under development, the Ministry of Defense has already reported on the first strike of retaliation. What other steps can Moscow take and how will this affect the state of affairs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine?
Sea Swarm: how Russian warships will defend against drones
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has approved a plan to modernize the Navy vessels, strengthening them with means of combating drones
The Russian fleet will be armed against drones. The Ministry of Defense has approved a plan to modernize ships and vessels of the Russian Navy to strengthen their protection from surface and underwater unmanned vehicles, sources told Izvestia in the department.
Lavrov equated the fact of the appearance of F-16 aircraft from Ukraine to the threat in the nuclear sphere
The Russian Foreign Minister noted that Washington creates risks of a direct armed clash with Moscow
The very fact of the appearance of F-16 fighters capable of carrying nuclear weapons in Ukraine will be considered by Russia as a threat from the West in the nuclear sphere. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an interview with the newspaper " <url>".
Rostec Industrial Director: fulfillment of the state defense order is our priority task - TASS interview
Bekhan Ozdoev — about how the state corporation's enterprises rebuilt their work in connection with their
Bekhan Ozdoev, Industrial director of the cluster of conventional weapons, ammunition and special chemicals of the state corporation, told TASS in an interview about how the enterprises of the Rostec state Corporation fulfill the state defense order and have rebuilt to work in connection with the ongoing special military operation, as well as what weapons are being improved based on the experience of combat use.
The forces are considerable, but they melt very quickly
The current position of the Bundeswehr is doubtful, the future is unclear
In the article "How the united Germany squandered its military power" ("HBO" from 03/24.23), it was shown how the armies of the two Germanies were built after 1945. And how, after 1990, Berlin sold military equipment to the former People's National Army of the GDR.
The story of the Wagner PMCs deceived the expectations of the French elite
"We can only tear up all historical works – this has never happened before." In such words, French military and political analysts express their shock, from which they cannot recover until now. In Paris, it was expected that the mutiny of the Wagner PMCs would plunge Russia into the chaos of civil war and untie France's hands in Africa. Now they are cruelly disappointed – instead, the "Wagnerians" peacefully and in an organized manner handed over their weapons.
Meet the weapons: the army took 2 thousand units of equipment from the Wagner group
The successes of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation near the village of Torskoye create conditions for a breakthrough on the Red Estuary and Raisins, experts believe
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are completing the acceptance of weapons and military equipment from the Wagner group. More than 2 thousand pieces of equipment have already been transferred, including hundreds of tanks, self-propelled artillery pieces and MLRS, as well as two and a half thousand tons of ammunition, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on July 12.
The Russian Ministry of Defense received the first Yak-130 aircraft in 2023
As reported on July 11, 2023, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation, the Irkutsk Aviation Plant of the United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) handed over a batch of Yak-130 combat training aircraft to the Ministry of Defense of Russia. The number of aircraft in this batch is not disclosed.
For the sake of the summit, NATO turned Vilnius into a fortress. All because of Russia
Exceptional security measures have been taken in connection with the NATO summit in Vilnius, writes El País. Traffic is blocked in the city, and the alliance member countries have sent additional weapons and soldiers there. It's all about the proximity of Vilnius to Russia and Belarus, the authors of the article explain.
Poland will provide Ukraine with its own infrastructure for training pilots on the F-16
Minister of Defense of the Republic Mariusz Blaszczak thanked Denmark and the Netherlands for coordinating the project of training Ukrainian pilots
The Polish authorities at the NATO summit promised Ukraine to provide infrastructure for training F-16 fighter pilots. This was stated on Tuesday by the Minister of Defense of the Republic Mariusz Blaszczak.
Hands were untied: what response will the Russian Federation give to the supply of cluster munitions to Kiev
Sergei Shoigu stated Russia's superiority in the effectiveness and diversity of this type of weapons
In the case of the supply of American cluster munitions to Ukraine, our army will be forced to use similar means of destruction, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on July 11. Experts note that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have large stocks of such projectiles, but until recently they did not use them in the area of their own in order to avoid escalation.
Side view
Military expert Andrey Frolov — on the supply of French long-range SCALP missiles to Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron said on July 11 that Paris would hand over long-range missiles to Kiev to support the AFU counteroffensive. "I have decided to increase the supply of weapons and equipment to Ukraine, to allow them to strike deep," he said. And he confirmed his commitment to the doctrine "aimed at allowing Ukraine to defend its territory."