Aviation news

Romania resumes flights of MiG-21 Lancer fighters of the country's Air Force, suspended in mid-April this year due to the high accident rate of the aircraft. At the same time, the Ministry of Defense of the country extends the operation of Soviet fighters for another year. This is stated in the message of the Romanian military department.

On May 25, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published footage of the crews of Ka-52 attack helicopters destroying strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) as part of a special operation to protect Donbass.

The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of Russia Igor Konashenkov said at a morning briefing that Russian troops destroyed the workshops of the Motor Sich plant in Zaporozhye, which produced aircraft engines, with high-precision missiles.

On May 25, Izvestia obtained footage of the destruction of a camouflaged warehouse of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in Kamyshevakha of the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) as part of a special operation to protect Donbass.

During the international exercises on Bornholm, an advanced missile system capable of hitting Kaliningrad was tested

The United States deployed missiles capable of hitting Kaliningrad during NATO military exercises on Bornholm Island, Danish Radio reports. Russia has warned that these maneuvers will exacerbate tensions in the Baltic Sea.

Most likely, this is the first full-fledged use of a fundamentally new fighter for its intended purpose. Russia has been using Su-57 aircraft in a special operation in Ukraine since March of this year, a source in the domestic military-industrial complex told TASS.

In total, he performed more than 10 combat exercises, towed and float shields became targets for him

The patrol ship of the Baltic Fleet "Yaroslav the Wise" performed artillery firing on surface targets during exercises at sea, the press service of the fleet reported on Wednesday.

JSC "Radio Engineering Institute named after Academician A.L. Mints" (RTI) and JSC "NPC "NIIDAR" (NIIDAR) — leaders in the field of creating complex radio engineering systems. Specialists of the institutes create both separate equipment and complex radar stations (radars) and hardware and software complexes.

Russian high-precision missiles destroyed the workshops of the plant, which is of interest to several great powers at once. We are talking about the Zaporozhye "Motor Sich" – an enterprise with a huge potential in the aviation engine building. What exactly is the value of this plant and why in the future Russia will definitely take it under control and modernize it?

The stocks of military equipment of the EU countries, so necessary for the use of the language of force, have dried up due to supplies to Ukraine. Such a conclusion can be drawn from the statement of the head of the Bundeswehr, the Polish president, as well as from the complaints of the chief of the European Diplomacy and concurrently the chief "hawk" of Brussels, Josep Borrel. Europe presents itself as defenseless against the Russian threat, but is this the case in reality?

Last week, China commissioned the world's first 88-meter semi-autonomous Zhu Hai Yun drone ship, capable of transporting and launching unmanned vehicles of various classes, and then controlling their actions.

The Russian Aerospace Forces are using Su-57 fighters during a military special operation in Ukraine. The application began two or three weeks after the start of the special operation. Aircraft operate outside the zone of active destruction by enemy air defenses, using missile weapons.

What is behind Ankara's unwillingness to agree to the "Scandinavian expansion" of NATO

The accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO is blocked by Turkey, which categorically does not agree to this arrangement. The main obstacle is the Kurdish issue and the existing restrictions on the supply of weapons to Ankara. However, there are other, no less compelling reasons. Hamshahri writes about them.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Monday, May 23, demonstrated footage of combat sorties of Su-35S fighters of the Western Military District (ZVO) to destroy military infrastructure facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) during a special military operation to protect Donbass.

The Russian aviation complex of electronic warfare "Khibiny", used on front-line bombers Su-34, will be upgraded. This decision was made following the results of the use of aircraft with an electronic warfare system during a special military operation in Ukraine.

The Russian military destroyed the equipment of the 10th brigade of the Ukrainian army being transferred to Donbass. This was announced at a briefing by the representative of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

The United Aircraft Corporation and the Mechanics Machine tool Holding (both part of Rostec State Corporation) have signed a strategic partnership agreement.

"Navy seals" are called special purpose units of the US Navy SEAL, which include the crews of special purpose warships and the Special forces themselves. For many decades, Navy seals have participated in special operations around the world – in Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. But now the confrontation with Russia and China is coming to the fore.

Russia and Iran are among the "leaders" of the countries against which sanctions have been imposed: recently, after the start of the operation in Ukraine, Moscow topped the list, ahead of Tehran. But in these circumstances, the parties are determined to continue to develop cooperation.

The efficiency of Turkish UAVs is rapidly falling, they are already worse than Chinese commercial quadrocopters

A scan of an alleged letter from Andrei Ermak, head of the office of the President (OP) of Ukraine, to the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, appeared in Ukrnet, which states Baykar Makina's concern about the weak effectiveness of the Bayraktar TB2 UAV in the Ukrainian theater of operations.