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Experts told why AUKUS announced the development of hypersonic weapons

The United States, Great Britain and Australia - members of the AUKUS military partnership, which was established in 2021 - have agreed to cooperate in the development of hypersonic weapons. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what contribution each of the countries can make to hypersonic cooperation and why they need it.

The General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation, Yuri Slyusar, in an interview with the Rossiya 24 channel, told about the current stages of work on the Superjet and MS-21 projects, how the import substitution program is being implemented in the aviation industry, and called the challenges facing the Russian aviation industry in the new conditions.

Missile strikes against specific targets and counteraction to attempts to establish an air bridge from Mariupol have been intensified

The specifics of the missile strikes of the last three days on the military infrastructure of Ukraine practically leaves no doubt about the preparation of active actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the republican armies of Donbass against the largest Ukrainian group, which continues to occupy the most fortified territory in 8 years of conflict between Donetsk-Gulyai-Pole-Slavyansk-Lisichansk.

Especially for Army.ru A study has been prepared by Rustem Klupov, former head of Intelligence of the Russian Ground Forces, Hero of Russia, a direct participant in the armed conflicts of recent decades.

The transferred units from the Kiev and Chernihiv directions are called upon to help the LDPR units

The Russian Armed Forces continue to launch air and missile strikes on fuel storage bases and military facilities of Ukraine during a special operation. At the same time, no significant progress at the front was officially reported. Experts believe that regrouping continues before a decisive offensive against the AFU troops in the Donbass. Meanwhile, the National Defense Control Center raised the issue of the treatment of Russian servicemen in captivity. In addition, the Russian military department announced the upcoming provocations by the nationalists.

The armed forces of the Russian Federation have destroyed more than 400 drones and up to 1,900 tanks and other armored vehicles since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, Major General Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, said on Thursday.

According to the Greek resource Ekathimerini, the US administration has appealed to the government of Cyprus with a request for the possibility of transferring to Ukraine the Russian-made air defense systems available in the country's Armed Forces, including the Tor-M1 air defense system, S-300 air defense systems, T-80U, BMP-3 and Mi-35 attack helicopters.

Haber7 (Turkey): The US gave the green light to the sale of F-16 to Turkey

The State Department has approved a plan to sell F-16 fighter jets to Ankara, as this step "meets the interests of Washington," Haber7 reports. Readers of the publication are wondering why they are trying to sell junk and where the interests of Turkey itself are reflected in this deal.

Barrage ammunition in military conflicts

Analyzing the special military operation in Ukraine, many experts focus on the unjustifiably low use of barrage ammunition (BB).

Kiev has requested the supply of Su-25 attack aircraft from Washington

Despite the high density of air defense fire, aviation is actively used by all parties to the conflict in Ukraine. In the six weeks that have passed since the beginning of the special military operation of the Russian troops to protect Donbass, there has not been a single day when downed planes, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) did not appear in the reports of the Russian Defense Ministry, the People's Militia of the Luhansk and Donetsk Republics, as well as the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

Dmitry Litovkin — about the modernization of the Mi-24P, which has repeatedly proven itself in combat

40-year-old Mi-24P machines are returning to service. In military circles, they are called "Crocodile" — helicopters built according to an airplane scheme, armored and extremely dangerous because of their striking capabilities.

Russia has named the planes on which Russians will fly after the resource of foreign Boeing and Airbus is exhausted. In addition to the Sukhoi Superjet-100, these will be long-haul Tu-214 and Il-96. Why were these planes chosen, will Russia be able to produce them, and why have they been uninteresting to Russian airlines so far?

The American company Rocket Lab has announced that during the next mission of the Electron rocket, which is scheduled for the second half of April, it will try to catch the first stage with the help of a helicopter for the first time. During the fall, the stage will release a parachute, which will reduce its speed, catch it right in flight and deliver it to shore, bypassing the flooding into the ocean. In the future, specialists will study the stage to determine whether it is possible to launch it again.

The White House has requested $813 billion for military spending

The United States Department of Defense may receive $773 billion in military spending in fiscal year 2023 (starting October 1). Together with the funds allocated to the Ministry of Energy for nuclear weapons, the total amount of US military spending may amount to $ 813.3 billion, according to the draft budget submitted by the White House on March 28.

Ukraine was going to use Turkish drones to deliver chemical and biological weapons

Kiev considered the use of Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles (translated from Turkish – "Flag Bearer", as well as the surname of the head of the manufacturing company) as technical means of delivery and use of biological weapons.

Production of Tu-214 long-haul narrow-body aircraft has been launched in Russia. This was announced to TASS on the sidelines of the forum-exhibition "State Order" by the head of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Yuri Slyusar.

On April 5, 2022, at the location of the 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade named after Tadeusz Kosciuszko of the Polish Army in Warsaw, Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak signed an intergovernmental agreement between the United States and Poland in the form of an exchange of letters of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) through the American program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) on the acquisition of 250 main tanks M1A2 SEP v.3 Abrams. On the American side, the agreement was signed by US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski.

The Drive (USA): the newest hypersonic cruise missile of the USA made a secret test flight

The United States announced a successful test of hypersonic weapons, writes The Drive. But it's too early for Americans to rejoice, because such "successful tests" have been going on for more than ten years.

The American command hopes to form a fleet of light aircraft carriers that will complement the Ford-type giants with a displacement of over 100 thousand tons.

At the last Vertical Flight Society H2 Aero seminar, Hyundai presented its plans for the development of electric aviation in the near future. They emphasized that they already have a run-in technology of hydrogen power plants for vehicles. You just need to modify it and install it on aircraft.