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"Poland will now be much more circumspect in making decisions about pulling together forces at the border with Belarus." In such words, experts explain Vladimir Putin's sensational statement about his readiness to deploy Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus. Europe's reaction is paradoxical: for some reason, the EU is not at all concerned about American nuclear weapons on its territory.

The air war over Vietnam did not reveal a winner

Of the four components of the Vietnam War, two became the most noticeable to an outside observer. At the same time, one of them, "mutinous", was, and remains, not quite adequately evaluated.

On the expanded formulation of the concept of "retaliatory strike"

The logic of the global hybrid war forces a decisive revision of the usual formulations of "aggression", "accomplice of aggression", strategies and tactics of retaliatory strikes against the forces opposing Russia. The time for unpunished hybrid nastiness has expired, the consequences for such forces are becoming inescapable.

Military reform: the experience of an overseas enemy

The next reform of the armed forces initiated in Russia involuntarily forces us to pay attention to how such problems are viewed "over the hill".

Fleets of two Pacific archipelagos conduct joint exercises

Philippine President Bongbonga Marcos and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida signed an agreement on cooperation between the defense departments of the two countries. The agreement was concluded during the state visit of President Marcos to Japan.

The arsenals of the GDR And the FRG were at one time very rich

During the Cold War, Soviet propaganda constantly accused the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) of revanchism, attributing to it a desire to "recoup" for the defeat of the Nazi Third Reich and regain lost lands in the east.

Development of the 5th generation South Korean fighter: problems and achievements

The KF-21 Boramae is a South Korean program for the development of an advanced multi–purpose fighter of the 4++ generation for the Republic of Korea Air Force and the Indonesian Air Force.

How the military "ecosystem" for MLRS was created

During the last year during a special military operation (SVO) in the theater of operations (Theater of Operations) multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) of the M270 MLRS type, built on a tracked chassis, are actively used.

Guided aircraft gliding bombs pose a special threat, since they are able to fly far and the aircraft launching them do not fall into the zone of destruction of air defense means. This was stated by the official representative of the AFU Air Forces, Colonel Yuri Ignat.

The air defense units of the People's Liberation Army of China, together with the PLA Air Force, are practicing tactics of protection against the actions of invisible fighters. As a conditional enemy, the Chinese army uses J-20 fighters, which are supposed to simulate attacks by American F-35 aircraft.

In honor of the Day of the Armed Forces of Serbia on April 22, 2023, the Ministry of Defense of the country is organizing the largest exhibition of weapons and military equipment used by the Serbian army in its history. The Serbian press writes about this, referring to information from the military department.

The first three turboprop training aircraft Grob-120TP (G-120TP) of the German company Grob Aircraft SE were delivered to Sweden under a contract dated May 5, 2021.

According to Yle, the Finnish Air Force will need them until then

Finland, most likely, will not be able to supply Ukraine with F/A-18 Hornet fighters until 2026, since the republic's Air Force needs them. This was announced on Friday by the Yle broadcasting company .

The Head of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the General Director of Rostec State Corporation Sergey Chemezov visited the Kazan Helicopter and Kazan Aviation Plants, assessing the pace of production activity.

The newest American aircraft carrier of the Gerald R. Ford type, the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), will be transferred to the US Navy a year later than planned. This is reported by USNI News with reference to the plans of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII).

The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) of Russia called the transfer of MiG-29 aircraft by Slovakia to Ukraine an unfriendly step and a violation of international obligations.

The flight range of the Russian rescue drone SeaDroneME has been increased six times. This was reported to TASS by the representative of the SkyStream organization Irakli Khazalia.

VA: the British sent Challenger tanks to Ukraine and were left with almost no heavy equipment

What's going on with the British army? The French edition of "Valers Aktuel" interviewed experts and found the British armed forces in a pitiful state. There are not enough tanks, because they were sent to Ukraine. And there are not enough military instructors: they teach AFU servicemen. And there is no time to think about yourself directly.

The United States continues to implement a program to create hypersonic weapons, striving to catch up with Russia and China in this component. The US Air Force conducted regular tests of a prototype of the latest hypersonic air-to-ground missile, created under the ARRW (Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon) program.

According to Defense News, the US Navy presented to Congress a short list of wishes that they would like to see in the military budget for 2024.