Aviation news
Pakistan Air Force received Chinese J-10CE fighters
On March 11, during an official ceremony with the participation of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, the first six Chinese-made J-10C fighters were accepted into the Pakistan Air Force. The aircraft participating in the ceremony were armed with PL-10 and PL-15, as far as can be seen.
Five topical issues related to the special operation in Ukraine
Mercenaries from all over the world are coming to Ukraine to fight. Can we handle tens of thousands of professionals?
It's true, mercenaries are going to Ukraine. But some are already returning. Briton Jason Hague had enough of a day of fighting to reconsider his attitude to his choice: first he was hit by the Russian Aerospace Forces near Gostomel airport, then the SBU found him in the woods and captured a 34-year-old fighter (Iraq veteran!) they interrogated and beat him for three hours, suspecting that he was a Russian spy. And when they sorted it out and released him, Haig immediately rushed to Poland, and from there home.
The Ukrainian operation destroys the reputation of "Bayraktars"
Long before the Russian special operation, Ukrainian politicians and the military declared that the Turkish Bayraktar drones would give them a powerful weapon against the "aggressor country". Ukraine started purchasing these UAVs after Azerbaijan's victory in the second Karabakh war – it was then that these drones had a brilliant reputation. Why are the Bayraktars almost powerless now?
What is the United States hiding in Poland behind another information screen?
The US and UK authorities have turned the territory of Poland into a "logistics hub" for transporting weapons and militants to Ukraine. Such a statement was made on March 4 by representatives of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.
What Boeing was counting on, abandoning the Russian titan
After the start of the Russian operation on Ukrainian territory, the American aircraft manufacturer Boeing announced the suspension of the purchase of titanium in Russia, the closure of technical departments in Moscow and Kiev, as well as the termination of the supply of its spare parts to airlines from the Russian Federation.
"Poland did not want to help Ukraine, but to earn money. It shocked the USA"
Why Washington refused to transfer Polish MiG-29 aircraft to Kiev
Poland has declared its readiness to transfer all its MiG-29 fighters to the United States so that they can go to help Ukraine from an American air base in Germany. The US rejected this initiative. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the meaning of this proposal is and why Warsaw was refused
The United States was developing a scheme for the spread of killer viruses in Ukraine
Our military continues to analyze the materials received from employees of Ukrainian biological laboratories about the secret military biological activities of the United States on the territory of Ukraine.
Soviet fighters struck a blow to the unity of NATO and the European Union
A grandiose international scandal is breaking out inside the European Union and NATO, and the reason for it is the fate of the old Soviet MiG-29 fighters. Ukraine demands to give her these machines, which are, in particular, in service with Poland. Why is it that even the United States strongly opposes the implementation of this idea?
Ukraine received 17,000 anti-tank weapons from the United States and other countries in six days
The American newspaper "The New York Times" writes about a large-scale operation launched by the United States and its allies to deliver military aid to Ukraine. The data and estimates given in the material will be left entirely on the conscience of the authors of the article.
The Russian military reported a high-precision weapon strike on the airfield of the Ukrainian Air Force near Zhytomyr
The Russian Defense Ministry announced the decommissioning of the Ukrainian Air Force airfield near Zhytomyr and taking control of one of the quarters of the port city of Mariupol.
The military showed how the latest Ka-52 attack helicopters are used against the AFU
The so-called "silence regime" and the provision of security corridors for the exit of civilians from Kiev, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Mariupol did not completely stop the actions of the Russian Armed Forces. In other areas, they continued to carry out the tasks of a special military operation in Ukraine.
MWM: S-500 is a killer of American fighters
Military Watch Magazine (USA): Is the S-500 the killer of the F-35 and F-22? The factor of increasing the combat effectiveness of the Russian air defense
This Russian air defense system has no equal in the world. The launch range is three times longer than that of its closest competitors - THAAD and Patriot, writes MWM. We are talking about the S-500, which was created as a weapon capable of destroying targets such as fighters. However, with a small caveat, the author of the article writes.
Trophy — in action: the LNR militia is preparing to take Severodonetsk
The fighting is taking place a few kilometers from the most important Ukrainian defense hub
The main fighting in the LPR is unfolding near Severodonetsk. On March 6, the advancing troops approached it by 7 km and took the city and neighboring settlements into a semi-circle.
Air support: the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed combat-ready aircraft in Ukraine
Against this background, the nationalists again disrupted the humanitarian exit of civilians from Mariupol
On March 6, Ukrainian armed formations once again thwarted an attempt to withdraw civilians from the encircled Mariupol.
The US State Department has allowed NATO countries to supply fighter jets to Ukraine
The day after Zelensky's Saturday address to the US Congress, in which he asked Kiev to provide combat aircraft, the US State Department allowed NATO countries to supply fighter jets to Ukraine. This decision was announced by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken when asked whether the authorities of Poland, a member of the North Atlantic Alliance, are allowed to send their planes to Kiev.
"If an Alligator gets its tail shot off, it won't fall"
Experts named the advantages of the Ka-52 helicopter, which is used in the operation in Ukraine
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed video footage of combat use during a special operation in Ukraine of Ka-52 Alligator attack two-seater helicopters. The footage shows a pair of helicopters destroying targets hidden behind trees. According to the Ministry of Defense, these are "armored vehicles of Ukrainian nationalists", and helicopters use "anti-tank guided missiles" to defeat them.
TNI: Russian multiple launch rocket systems are the best in the world
The National Interest (USA): America should be afraid of Russian rocket artillery
The author, a well-known American weapons specialist, recognizes the exceptional advantages of Russian rocket artillery on the pages of the National Interest magazine. He tells the story of this type of weapons, rooted in the period before the Great Patriotic War.
TNI: the era of unipolarity for the United States ended in a resounding failure
The National Interest (USA): Will America be able to adapt to the era of multipolarity?
TNI writes that the unipolar world has sunk into oblivion. America must adapt to the new conditions, otherwise it will turn into an ordinary world power that will not withstand the pressure of China and Russia.
We finally found out the cost of producing SLS and Orion. And she's wild. Arstechnica
Someone finally said out loud about the real price
NASA Inspector General Paul Martin acted as an independent expert on the activities of the space agency. For most of his tenure as Inspector General, since his appointment in 2009, Martin has overseen NASA's development of the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft.
The British about the Russian Air Force. Conclusion
We continue (part I ) the publication of the reflections of the experts of the British publishing group Shephardmedia on the current state of the Russian Air Force. [Explanations of IVi are given in square brackets]
