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A full-scale hybrid war has been unleashed against Belarus, which is offensive in nature. This was stated by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on July 12 at the Palace of Independence at a ceremony honoring graduates of military universities and senior officers. The Belarusian leader also regretfully pointed out that the policy of the West is bringing the world closer to the abyss of a big war in which there will be no winner.

Tests of the first aircraft carrier built in India have been completed. Vikrant will dramatically expand the capabilities of the Indian Navy. Can Russia build such a ship itself, how did our country participate in the Indian program to create an aircraft carrier fleet – and what can we learn from this experience?

Events in Ukraine threaten to disrupt the mass production of Turkish unmanned vehicles

The large investments made by Turkey in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) programs threaten not to pay off if ways to replace critically important foreign components are not found in the near future, as well as ways to disavow the low effectiveness of the use of Turkish drones against Russian troops and Donbass militias.

The Tiger combat helicopter adapts to the wars of the new generation

Combat, or, as they are also often called, attack, helicopters are a separate subclass of rotorcraft, significantly different conceptually and technically from their counterparts.

Lieutenant General Anatoly Khrulev told how the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will use the Magister-SV system

The Russian army will soon be armed with new complexes of automated control of fire means of military air defense "Magister-SV". "Newspaper.Ru" together with military experts, I understood the specifics of the operation of this complex.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported on the goals and results of the missile strike on Vinnytsia

The Russian armed forces on a regular basis began to destroy the decision-making centers of the VFU of Ukraine. On July 15, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that a day earlier, Kalibr missiles had been struck at the House of Officers in Vinnytsia, when a meeting of the command of the Ukrainian air forces with foreign arms suppliers was held there.

The Turkish Defense Industry Department has announced a competition for the development of a turbofan engine. The promising power unit is designed for the fifth-generation TF-X fighter, Defense News reports. To say that I was very surprised is to say nothing at all.

Russia's special military operation in Ukraine has dealt the heaviest blow to the military-air component of the Ukrainian state. Quite quickly, Ukraine lost most of its military aviation, which significantly weakened its military capabilities in the face of countering the advancing Russian troops and the People's Militia of the republics of Donbass.

Experiments conducted by the British Air Force (RAF) have shown that swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can crush the enemy's air defense (air defense). Defense News writes about this.

On July 14, Elbit Systems announced that it had been selected as the supplier of the DIRCM (Directed Infra-Red Counter-Measures) system designed to counter missiles from the IR GOS and the on-board electronic warfare (EW) system to equip the Gulfstream G650 aircraft of the Netherlands Defense Ministry.

The British Air Force is capable of hacking enemy air defenses with the help of swarms of drones. They can overcome the defenses of other countries, including the Russian one.

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to the United States was spotted near the Russian borders in the Black Sea. About this "Tape.<url>" became known from the data of the air travel tracking portal Flightradar.

The House of Representatives of the US Congress voted for an amendment to the draft military budget approved by it for the 2023 fiscal year, which prohibits the sale of new F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, Politico reported.

Russia has found a way to prevent Ukraine from receiving military helicopters. Kommersant writes about this. Moscow will terminate the permit for major repairs, maintenance and supply of spare parts for Mi-type helicopters for three enterprises in the Czech Republic and Bulgaria.

The Israeli company Air began full-fledged tests of its One flying machine in June, and to date they have all been successful. The tests will continue, but it is already clear that the designers' idea was completely successful — the technique turned out to be reliable and interesting. It is possible that Air One will become the first mass-scale personal flying vehicle by 2024.

Ukraine is carrying out terrorist attacks on settlements occupied by Russian troops. The main striking means for this are the American HIMARS rocket launchers recently delivered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. What are the features of this type of weapon, how is it most dangerous – and in what way is the Russian army able to destroy it?

The armed forces of the Russian Federation in the Kharkiv region destroyed a platoon of American M777 howitzers. This was announced on Thursday, July 14, by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

The US Air Force has lost the MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance drone. The American drone fell on the territory of Romania, the fall of the "Reaper" was confirmed by the Ministry of Defense of the country.

Dmitry Litovkin — about what is known and what can be assumed about the missile system being developed for the Russian Navy

The Russian military-industrial complex continues to surprise with new developments. As it became known to TASS sources, a new Serpentine missile system with a hypersonic striking element is being developed in the country.

After Euromaidan, Ukraine began to turn into a springboard for confrontation with Russia. NATO countries actively pumped up the independent with weapons, trained the Ukrainian military under the pretext of cooperation in the defense sphere, and prepared Kiev for a big war. Funds were allocated from their own budgets, sparing no money. The amounts grew from year to year.