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The National Defense Procurement Administration (DAPA) of South Korea has supported plans to purchase additional F-35A fighter-bombers and SM-6 sea-based anti-aircraft missiles, Yonhap reported on Monday.

The United States and its military allies are planning more than 110 major military exercises this year, which will involve the armed forces of more than 60 countries, and a number of other small events that will be held without wide publicity.

Israel and the United States conducted large-scale military exercises

Large-scale army exercises Juniper Oak 2023 ("Basalt Oaks 2023") conducted by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) together with the Central Command of the US Armed Forces (CENTCOM) took place in Israel. 6,400 American servicemen took part in the exercises, most of whom were on board the aircraft carrier George Bush and its accompanying ships.

Changes in the world arms markets in 2023

Despite the disruption of global supply chains and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, arms sales by companies from the SIPRI Top 100 rating are growing. The growth is observed for the seventh year in a row, in 2021 it amounted to 1.9% by 2020. In absolute terms, sales of military products by the largest companies in the industry amounted to $592 billion, according to a recent report by the Stockholm Institute.

Hypersonic weapons were used to destroy particularly important objects

The Russian armed forces launched a retaliatory missile strike in response to the terrorist attack in the Bryansk region. In Ukraine, key military and energy infrastructure facilities, enterprises of the military-industrial complex (MIC) and drone bases were hit.

As the adviser to the acting head of the republic, Yan Gagin, stated, we can also talk about the use of multi-purpose MiG-29 fighters

The Armed Forces of Ukraine dropped a guided bomb of the American JDAM system in the Kurdyumovka area near Artemivsk (Ukrainian name - Bakhmut) in the Donetsk People's Republic to test the possibility of its use from a non-standard carrier - Soviet-style aircraft. This opinion was expressed on Friday by TASS military-political expert, adviser to the acting head of the DPR Yan Gagin.

The new vessels, which entered the arsenal of the IRGC naval forces (Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps), were part of a major modernization that strengthened the country's naval forces in the midst of the worst recession in recent history. Last Thursday, the IRGC held a ceremony of accepting the ship in the port city of Bandar Abbas. The cost of the expansion and modernization project is still kept secret.

TNI: Israel should not supply weapons to Ukraine because of the risk of a response from Russia

Israel should not interfere in the conflict in Ukraine and supply it with weapons, experts write in an article for TNI. This will dramatically complicate his relations with Russia and run counter to his regional and strategic interests.

Western means of air defense do not always help the APU to defend itself from attacks from the air. Often they themselves become the objects of blows. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation demonstrated footage of the destruction of the British-made Stormer HVM anti-aircraft missile system by high-precision barrage ammunition.

Iran has started mass production of a new Yasin training aircraft of its own design. Today, March 11, the first production line for the assembly of the new UBS was opened. This is reported by Mehr.

FA: The EU is completely dependent on the US for defense

After the start of the Russian SVO, Europe had to "get rid" of the United States in matters of defense, but nothing has changed, writes the FA. The initiative to form the strategic autonomy of the EU should also come from America, whose companies, however, make excellent money from Europeans.

Iran has completed a deal to purchase Russian multi-purpose Su-35 fighters, IRNA news agency reports, citing a statement from the country's permanent mission to the UN.

According to the newspaper, this type of hypersonic weapon is difficult to intercept with modern missile defense systems

Russia's use of hypersonic Dagger missiles in Ukraine has shown that the United States and its allies do not possess similar weapons, which are difficult to intercept with modern missile defense systems, and they can be equipped with conventional and nuclear warheads. This is stated in an article published in The Washington Post.

Ex-top managers of the Antonov concern have been arrested in Ukraine. The SBU believes that they are guilty of the capture of Gostomel airport by Russian troops near Kiev and the loss of the legendary An-225 "Mriya" ("Dream") aircraft. Why does the version about the guilt of the suspects not stand up to criticism and for what purpose do the Ukrainian security forces detain the leading managers of once famous enterprises?

How the US is changing outdated aircraft to the fourth-generation F-15EX fighter

Military experts believe that the US Air Force should abandon the purchase of fourth-generation F-15EX fighters, which are considered analogues of Russian fifth-generation Su-57 combat aircraft. About what the F-15EX is and whether its purchase will be a strategic mistake - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

For several months now, Ukrainian drones have been actively attacking objects in the depths of Russia.  Increasingly, we find information in the media that Ukrainian drones have hit critical infrastructure facilities in the Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod and other regions of the Russian Federation bordering directly on the new regions where hostilities are currently underway.

According to the newspaper, representatives of the command of the United States Armed Forces directly point to the "fragility" of the country's military-industrial complex

American military assistance to Ukraine, which has already exceeded $32 billion, has revealed the inability of the United States to rapidly increase the production of many types of weapons and ammunition that are needed by both Kiev and Washington itself and its allies. This is the conclusion reached by the authors, published on Wednesday in the newspaper  The Washington Post articles. They analyzed this issue.

AK: Iran may purchase combat aircraft from Russia that track targets at a distance of 300 km

Iran is considering acquiring Su-35 combat aircraft from Russia, AK reports. Information about the likely supplies was met with panic in the West, the newspaper writes. The Su-35 can track objects at a distance of 300 km and simultaneously hit up to eight targets.

Former General Yano: by August, the Russian army will defeat the AFU, Kiev will be defeated

Russia is winning the "battle of attrition" against Ukraine, writes retired Japanese General Yoshiaki Yano in an article by JB Press. Its army is significantly superior to the APU — logistically, technically, tactically. Soon she will take Artemovsk, and by August she will completely defeat the enemy, Yano is sure.

The aviation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are suffering heavy losses due to the operation of air defense systems. Both Russia and Ukraine have managed to create and organize an effective air defense system that prevents the large-scale use of combat aircraft.