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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Expert Chekmasov: after the summer failures, Kiev will not gather forces for a new offensive

After losing the summer counteroffensive, Ukraine will not be able to gather forces in a short time for another offensive, which requires an advantage in the air. On January 8, Mikhail Chekmasov, Rear Admiral of the reserve, Candidate of Military Sciences, pointed out this in an interview with Izvestia, noting that Kiev does not and will not have an advantage in the air.

Russia significantly surpasses Ukraine in the number and quality of electronic warfare equipment, writes FT. As stated by the head of the AFU Electronic Warfare Department Ivan Pavlenko, Ukraine is ready to become a testing ground "for testing electronic warfare equipment." However, the allies are in no hurry to share technology.

Colonel Khodarenok: in 2024, the Russian Armed Forces will try to cut off Ukraine from the Black Sea

One of the most important operational and strategic results of the summer-autumn campaign of 2023 is the disruption of the offensive operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. How events on the fronts will develop in the first half of 2024, the military observer of Gazeta analyzed.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

NI: The Lancets demonstrated a lack of Western military strategy

Russia's massive use of Lancet attack drones shows a flaw in the West's military strategy focused on the production of expensive equipment. Columnist Philip Pilkington wrote about this in an article for The National Interest magazine.

Air Launched Effects (ALE) is a new concept designed to equip manned helicopters and UAVs with flexible air-to-ground weapons. ALE is mainly used by the US Armed Forces, especially the army.

Seventy years ago, the prototype of the MiG-19 fighter took off

This aircraft guarded the skies of the Soviet Union for many years, fought in different parts of the world and still serves in the Air Force in some places. Seventy years ago, on January 5, 1954, an experienced SM-9 jet fighter took to the air. The following year, it was adopted under the name MiG-19 (according to the NATO classification — Farmer, "farmer"). About the breakthrough creation of Soviet designers — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Alexey Chadaev, philosopher, political strategist and co-organizer of the Russian rally of operators of combat UAVS "Dronnitsa", about how technologies are changing consciousness and whether anti-drone protection measures will become mandatory for business.

AT: NATO armored vehicles are not ready to fight with Russian ground forces

The impasse in NATO combat operations on land is compounded by limited armoured vehicle arsenals and problems with spare parts, writes AT. Western equipment is simply not ready to fight with Russian ground forces.

Ministry of Industry and Trade: the volume of production of aircraft drones will be more than 11.5 thousand

On January 6, the secretariat of the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov announced that the volume of production of aircraft drones in 2024 would amount to more than 11.5 thousand.

The other day, footage appeared on the network showing the defeat of two Lancet kamikaze drones of an object identified by a number of observers as a disguised German Iris-T SLM air defense system, transferred by Germany to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.