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Military expert Leonkov: robotic platforms on their own have different purposes

The Estonian robotic platform THeMIS UGV from Milrem Robotics, which the Russian Armed Forces (AF) destroyed for the first time in the zone of a special military operation (SVO), is a universal complex made on the principle of a tracked track, military expert Alexey Leonkov said. In a conversation with Lenta.<url>" he told us what such platforms can be used for and whether it is difficult to destroy them.

The mass production of three-ton FAB-3000 bombs began in the Russian Federation in February 2024

Russia has established mass production of three-ton high-explosive aircraft bombs FAB-3000. Their release in a new volume has been launched since February 2024. This was announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The reconstruction of the Dnieper Flotilla will give Russia access to the right bank of the river

The Dnieper River Flotilla and a brigade of river boats have been formed in Russia. This was stated by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. At one time, such a flotilla made a great contribution to the victory in the Great Patriotic War. Its reconstruction is called a significant factor for victory in the SVO, since access to the right bank of the Dnieper can bring down the enemy's defenses.

Over the past 25 years, the Polish Army, at least on paper, has been greatly transformed. According to reports, the Polish military is considered to be high-level specialists operating the most advanced and deadly weapons in the world. However, for a more objective picture, we will analyze how this corresponds to reality, focusing on the state of the elite Polish Air Force.

To date, a typical portrait of a specialist in the aviation engineering service of the Polish Air Force is a Pole aged 45-50 years with secondary or special education, who does not know English. Obviously, in such conditions, the quality of training of aviation equipment purchased in the United States for combat missions may leave much to be desired.

In the student design bureau "Signal", which is part of the MAI structure, a cyborg cockroach is being created, which will allow video shooting in places difficult for humans and technology, and it will be possible to control it using electrical impulses from an attached neurostimulator.

Special forces soldiers got to the Abrams shot down near Avdiivka and shot a video from inside

Russian intelligence officers and special forces soldiers were able to get to the Abrams tank shot down in the village of Berdych near Avdiivka and remove it from the inside. Footage of the combat vehicle was published on March 20 by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

General Skshipchak called the Estonian Narva the weakest place in the NATO defense

If Russian tanks stand on the bridge over Narva, the residents will open the gates to the city for them, General Waldemar Skshipchak said in an interview with RMF FM. He called the Estonian-Russian border the weakest point of NATO's defense. The military told about other painful points of the alliance.

On March 20, a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces: the army is preparing to participate in the toughest conflicts

The French army is preparing to participate in the toughest conflicts. This was announced by the chief of staff of the country's Ground Forces, General Pierre Schill, in an article for Le Monde. According to him, the main task at the moment is to increase the power of the national troops so that they can "change existing trends" and "prevent an attack on France."

Defense Ministry: Russian soldiers destroyed the fourth Abrams tank

The Russian armed forces have already shot down and burned dozens of German Leopard tanks of various modifications and several British Challenger 2.

Based in Colorado (USA), Radia has introduced the concept of a giant Windrunner transport aircraft for transporting equally large loads — for example, wind turbine blades. The fact is that for some offshore turbines they reach a length of more than 140 m, which completely eliminates the possibility of delivering them to the installation site by land.

The Northern Sea Route has become the main goal of the United States in the region, experts say

NATO troops, having landed in Norway, will try to repeat the experience of Russian paratroopers during the Arctic Edge exercises, which started on March 18, experts told Izvestia. About 250 people will take part in the maneuvers, 150 of them from the US division, created recently as part of the strengthening of the American armed forces in the North. According to experts, the training has two goals — practical testing of possible combat options in the Arctic zone and demonstration of the alliance's impact on the Russian Northern Sea Route.

The submarine forces of the Russian Navy will be replenished with four new submarines in 2024

In 2024, the submarine forces of the Russian Navy will be replenished with four new submarines at once: two nuclear submarines Prince Pozharsky (Borey-A project) and Arkhangelsk (Yasen-M project), as well as the latest diesel Varshavyanka for the Pacific Fleet Yakutsk and the second serial Lada In parallel, Russian engineers do not stop developing new promising designs.

On March 19, celebrations in honor of the Day of the Submariner will be held at all bases of the submarine forces of the Russian Navy (Navy). The crews of submarines performing tasks in the world's oceans will receive congratulations from the command on their professional holiday during the day.

Both industry and the Navy of foreign countries are working on innovative solutions capable of providing affordable fire support capabilities from the sea, in addition to reconnaissance of coastal and more remote land targets.

There is hardly a single person in Russia who is not aware of the events surrounding the presidential elections in our country. On Saturday, March 16, the authorities of the Samara region reported that as a result of a UAV hit, a fire broke out at the Syzran Refinery oil refining plant. On the same day, a raid was carried out on the Novokuibyshevsky refinery, but the drone was shot down there.

Algeria has received four of the latest WJ-700 Falcon unmanned aerial vehicles developed by the Chinese state-owned company China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC).

National Interest: NATO supplied Ukraine with old weapons that do not help the Armed Forces

NATO promised to support Kiev in its fight against Moscow, but instead of real help, it turned Ukraine into a garbage dump, that is, old Western weapons, writes The National Interest. According to the author of the article, the defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is already very close, and the West is only delaying the inevitable.

According to the newspaper Derniere Neige, safety standards are "very strict, the Danes do not disclose not only the number of Ukrainians studying, but even information about the total number of instructors" from NATO countries at this base.