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Victory in a modern war will largely ensure superiority in the electromagnetic spectrum

The development and use in military affairs of communications and radar, as well as radar guidance systems of high-precision weapons, accompanied by the massive arrival of all these systems in the Air Force (Air Force) and air defense forces (air defense), led to the emergence of special weapons and technical means designed to counter them.

Radar MMS stated that the company's electric helicopters are more autonomous than quadrocopters

Electric drones of the Radar MMC Research and Production Enterprise are able to stay in the air 3-4 times longer than devices with a similar battery and payload capacity, due to the fact that they are helicopters, not quadrocopters, Ivan Antsev, executive director of the enterprise, told RIA Novosti during the Army-2022 forum last week.

With this publication we open a new topical topic of modern military research. Your attention is invited to an article recently published by the British resource shephardmedia.com . In his work "How faithful wingmen can improve the actions of next-generation fighters", the author, Gordon Arthur, consistently analyzes the state of affairs and the prospects for the implementation of the idea of joint combat use of manned aircraft and UAVs. [In the text, notes IVi are taken in square brackets]

Despite the development of a new strategic bomber B-21 Raider and plans for its introduction into the army, the US Air Force does not intend to abandon the "old man" B-2 Spirit. Northrop Grumman will continue to modernize its fleet of strategic bombers.

Tu-160 "White Swan": Is Russia "rebooting" its old bomber?

The United States and NATO are wary of this Russian strategic bomber, writes 19FortyFive. Many American aircraft can envy its characteristics. The news that Russia could triple its arsenal sent the West into a panic.

The Allied forces began to use reconnaissance drones more actively to adjust artillery during a special operation in Ukraine, at one of the sections of the Kharkiv direction, Russian special forces soldiers showed a RIA Novosti correspondent how to work with unmanned systems.

It is reported about a major deal for the supply of 250 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tanks of the latest modification, which Poland concluded with the American military-industrial corporation General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS). The company said that the contract worth $ 1.148 billion was concluded at the end of July, the deal was approved by the Pentagon. The first batches of vehicles will be delivered to the Polish army in early 2025.

There will be no Turkish Bayraktar attack drones in Russia, the Turkish company Baykar has completely excluded the supply of drones to the Russian army, preferring to do business with Ukraine. This was stated by the company's CEO Haluk Bayraktar in an interview with the BBC Russian service.

A little more than a month ago, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Gabe Camarillo stated that gaps in the arsenal of electronic warfare equipment of the US Armed Forces make him lose sleep. Now he expressed hope that this problem will be solved soon.

Defense Minister of the Baltic Republic Arvydas Anushauskas announced that Lithuania will purchase kamikaze drones from Poland

Lithuania will purchase 37 Warmate kamikaze attack drones from Poland for their further transfer to Ukraine. This was announced on Friday by the Minister of Defense of the Baltic Republic Arvydas Anushauskas.

The warehouses of special equipment of the Syrian Research Center were damaged, said Oleg Egorov, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in the republic.

Kiev is trying to disrupt the visit of international observers to the station

On the eve of the upcoming visit of international observers, Ukrainian forces have intensified the shelling of the Zaporozhye NPP. From August 25 to August 26, the VFU launched an artillery strike on the station twice. They connected American M777 howitzers to the shelling of the NPP.

A new Russian strike fighter has just entered service: how effective is the MiG-31I hypersonic missile carrier?

Russia has announced the entry into service of a new strike fighter, writes MWM. He is equipped with "Daggers" and has already managed to take part in the fighting. It is reported that three new aircraft have been deployed in the Kaliningrad region – at the very borders with NATO.

The American B-2 Spirit strategic bomber successfully launched the AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) for the first time, which was previously stated to be capable of "reaching" Siberia. This is with reference to the company Northrop Grumman reports the publication The Drive.

Most likely, the Belarusian Su-30SM fighter has been converted into a nuclear weapon carrier, and not the Su-24 tactical front-line bomber. Thus, the American edition of The Drive commented on the statement of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on the conversion of the Su-24 for nuclear weapons.

The Japanese police will use drones and artificial intelligence technologies to protect the leaders of the "Big Seven", said the head of the Public Security Committee Koichi Tani.

Colonel Khodarenok explained why the APU will not be able to effectively use the Black Hornet UAV

The UK will provide Ukraine with an additional package of military assistance. The list of transferred weapons and military equipment includes microdrones-designators. This was stated by the outgoing Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson during his visit to Kiev. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok was looking into whether these drones would help the APU.

On August 25, 2022, the US Department of Defense Agency for Military Cooperation (Defense Security Cooperation Agency - DSCA) sent a notification to the US Congress about the possible sale of 40 Sikorsky (Lockheed Martin) UH-60M Black Hawk multi-purpose helicopters to Australia through the US program of intergovernmental Foreign Military Sales (FMS) at the request of the Australian government. This delivery is approved by the U.S. Department of State. The total cost of the proposed delivery will be $1.95 billion, including training and technical support packages.

The crews of the Su-25 assault aircraft carried out missile air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the units of the armed formations of Ukraine (VFU). The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Sunday, August 28, showed footage of the successful performance of combat missions by Russian servicemen.

Slovakia is withdrawing Soviet-made MiG-29 fighters from combat, and F-16 fighters of the Czech and Polish Air Forces will patrol the airspace of the republic. The corresponding agreement was signed by the premiers of the three countries on the eve.