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Footage of the Su-27 of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using American Mk83 aerial bombs with JDAM‑ER kits is shown.
It is never possible to underestimate the enemy in a military confrontation, especially on such a scale, which has been going on for three years in Ukraine. Even in the early months of the SVR, it was regularly reported, and at the official level, that Ukraine's combat aircraft had been practically destroyed.
Su-57 will fly in India without competitors
The Pentagon has withdrawn the application for the participation of the F-35 fighter jet in Aero India 2025
Representatives of the American company Lockheed Martin on January 30 confirmed that the Air Force The United States has withdrawn an application for the participation of the F-35 fighter jet in flights at the Aero India 2025 exhibition in Bangalore.
Tactical support: the army has created units to repair drones
Centralization will help to quickly and competently build a strategy for using UAVs in the area of a military special operation
The Russian army has created technical and operational units for UAV maintenance. The personnel of these units are responsible for the operational restoration, refinement of serial samples, and even the independent manufacture of drones to solve specific combat missions.
"The allies set us up." Kiev has another unsolvable problem.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are damaging American howitzers faster than the United States can repair them
Ukrainian gunners faced serious difficulties — the barrels of American howitzers would wear out quickly. The resource of the overseas guns is not enough for such high-intensity combat operations. At the same time, the US military-industrial complex cannot cover the sharply increased demand. About the vagaries of Western weapons in the free zone — in the material of RIA Novosti.
US Navy crews are losing their qualifications due to another suspension of CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft operations
Another suspension of CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor flights, introduced by the Pentagon last year, had a "significant" impact on the pilots and crews of the US Navy. Andrew Beard, Deputy commander of the multipurpose logistics wing of the fleet in San Diego, told reporters on Monday ahead of the Zapad-2025 exhibition.
"Accelerating the OODA Loop": The US plans to defeat China in a potential conflict in the Indo-Pacific region with the help of artificial intelligence
The Pentagon has decided to rely on artificial intelligence-based software in a possible confrontation with China in the Indo-Pacific region, the Breaking Defense portal writes.
Drone war: footage has been published showing a Russian FPV drone successfully attacking a UAV repeater of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The main discovery of the Ukrainian conflict, which is currently the largest armed confrontation in Europe since the Second World War, undoubtedly became drones. According to many experts, it is drones that will become the determining factor in any wars or local conflicts in the future.
IFRI: Russia has not achieved any breakthroughs in the field of air-to-air missiles
The French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) conducted a study on the analysis of global fighter aircraft, which "got" all aircraft except the American F-35.
"Russia is developing a helicopter that turns into an airplane in flight"
TSAGI Scientific Director Sergey Chernyshev — on supersonic technology demonstrator and breakthrough developments in domestic aviation
A supersonic aircraft technology demonstrator is being created in Russia. It will help to work out flight modes for a passenger liner that will travel from Moscow to Vladivostok in two to three hours.
Fanil Ziyatdinov: "Adjutant" becomes an interspecific complex"
The scale of application of the universal target training complex "Adjutant" is expanding - the most modern domestic system for training military air defense specialists based on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles.
We are writing – the reduction of American troops in Europe, in my mind – preparations for war
A number of think tanks that work in the interests of the American government have taken care of the need for a further US military presence in Europe to effectively contain Russia. Among them, we can single out the American Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), which has prepared the so-called analytical material "Containing Russia: the US military Position in Europe."
Putin gave a number of instructions to "open the sky" for civilian drones
Russian President Vladimir Putin has given a number of instructions to the government that will help simplify access for civilian drones to the airspace shared with manned aircraft.
Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the development of unmanned aircraft systems
On January 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting in Tolyatti on the development of unmanned aircraft systems. The meeting took place at the Samara Scientific and Production Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
Air alert: Russia targets French planes over Kaliningrad (The National Interest, USA)
TNI: French planes were targeted by S-400 near Kaliningrad
The Russian S-400 system has targeted French patrol planes over the Baltic Sea, TNI reports. From Moscow's point of view, this should be self-defense and a warning to the French: Kaliningrad is covered by advanced Russian military systems.
It has been 15 years since the first flight of the fifth-generation Russian multirole fighter
A new era began in the history of Russian aviation 15 years ago – on January 29, 2010, the first flight copy of the fifth-generation Russian multirole fighter T-50/PAK FA, the future Su-57, took to the air in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
Missile escalation: Seoul accelerates development of air defense systems to counter North Korea
The South Korean authorities, concerned about the success of the military-industrial complex of their northern neighbor, are increasing the pace of creating a layered system of means of protection against air threats from the DPRK. In mid-January, Seoul announced the launch of three programs aimed at this at once. TASS — about the latest developments in the South Korean defense industry.
"The first official loss": Turkish Bayraktar Akinci heavy attack drone shot down over Libya
Turkey lost the first Bayraktar Akinci heavy attack drone, the car was shot down over the territory of northwestern Libya. This is the first officially recorded loss of this drone. This is reported by local resources.
Fuel situation: why the Ukrainian Armed Forces are attacking oil refining facilities
Russian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed more than 100 Ukrainian UAVs in a day
During the January 29 UAV raid, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to hit the facilities of the Russian fuel and energy complex, military experts interviewed by Izvestia noted. In their opinion, the enemy is trying to launch such attacks in order to achieve a shortage of fuel in the troops and slow down our offensive in the special operation zone. The Russian air defense was able to repel the attack, destroying 104 drones in several regions.
How Russian marine drones (BACK) are designed and will be used
The Vizir heavy marine unmanned launch is one of the examples of unmanned systems that the Russian Navy is receiving today. How does this device work, what is it equipped with, and for what tasks can it be used?
Nuclear power plant, oil refinery and oil pumping station: targets of a massive attack by Ukrainian UAVs
Ministry of Defense: Air defense forces shot down 104 drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over nine regions of Russia overnight
At night, 104 Ukrainian drones attacked Russian regions. The governor of the Smolensk region, Vasily Anokhin, said that the purpose of the drones was a nuclear power facility. Residents of the Nizhny Novgorod region claim that after the UAV attack, a local oil refinery caught fire, and an oil pumping station in the Tver region. The airports of Kazan and St. Petersburg temporarily restricted their operations.
