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The logic of "NATO expansion to the north" has become even more obvious

The accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO does not bode well, it is a "new wave of madness" of the alliance. It will further strengthen Russia's geographical deterrence, and it will take a long time to deal with the consequences, writes Huanqiu Shibao.

The Kaliningrad region, bordering Poland and Lithuania, is of strategic importance to Russia and is a well-fortified fortress in the "heart" of NATO. One of the French periodicals writes about this.

A unique 180-meter dam may appear in China by 2024. It will be built using 3D printing and artificial intelligence, which will take over the management of the entire construction process of the structure. People will not take part in the construction.

Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec State Corporation, presented the company's annual report for 2021 to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Among the key achievements of the Corporation is an increase in consolidated revenue by 9.9% to 2.06 trillion rubles, as well as a significant increase in the production of civilian products – its share in sales reached 45.5%.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed footage of the combat work of the calculations of multifunctional unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) "Orlan-10" of the Western Military District, performing tasks during the Russian special military operation in the Donbass.

Greece has firmly decided to purchase American fifth-generation F-35 fighters, negotiations on the possible supply of aircraft will begin in the near future. This was stated by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

The Su-25 attack aircraft returned safely to the airfield after two Stinger portable air defense systems hit its engine.

The navigator of the aviation squadron of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation told about the case in the zone of the special operation in a television story.

The US Air Force announced the successful test of the AGM-183A hypersonic missile

In the USA, the AGM-183A hypersonic missile was successfully tested as part of the ARRW program. While the Pentagon is testing the development partially, checking the operation of the launch vehicle, without directing the warhead to any targets. Prior to that, the program was plagued by failures, such tests were not recognized as successful for more than a year.

Kaliningrad has become a real thorn for NATO

Kaliningrad became a nuclear outpost of Russia back in 2016, Mond notes. And although the newspaper notes the fear that the Russian enclave causes among the Balts, it follows from the text that the West is to blame for its militarization. All of Russia's steps to strengthen its defense were responses to NATO's actions in the region.

The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video with the destruction of armored vehicles of two Ukrainian mechanized battalions that tried to launch a counterattack on May 14.

A Ukrainian drone with valuable information was intercepted by the Russian Armed Forces (RF Armed Forces) near Kharkiv. Denis Kulaga, a correspondent of the Izvestia TV channel, reported this on May 17.

In their opinion, the United States is only at the beginning of the way to create such weapons, significantly lagging behind Russia

The United States is only at the beginning of the way to create hypersonic weapons, significantly lagging behind Russia.

Finland and Sweden officially apply to NATO on Wednesday. However, the Swedes made a reservation that they join the alliance purely formally, they refuse to host nuclear missiles and foreign military bases. Russia has already threatened both countries with diplomatic and military retaliatory measures, but will react to the approach of the North Atlantic Alliance to its northern borders differently than in the case of Ukraine.

The Polish Armed Forces will purchase Gladius unmanned systems, including reconnaissance UAVs, barrage ammunition, command and control systems, as well as relevant logistics and personnel training components. This was announced on May 6, 2022 by Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak. According to the minister, the package with a total cost of almost 426 million euros is primarily intended to equip Polish artillery regiments in the east of the country.

According to Indian media reports, a delegation of the Indian Defense Ministry will arrive in Brazil at the end of this month to explore the possibility of joint production and development of various types of weapons.

Samara enterprise of the United Engine Corporation Rostec "UEC-Kuznetsov" improves product quality by introducing robotic equipment for applying special hardening coatings to parts.

The five most dangerous fighters for the US Air Force today: from the Chinese J-20 to the Russian Su-35

Today, the superiority of American combat aircraft has been called into question, writes the magazine The Military Watch. The author of the article notes that the tactical and technical characteristics of Russian and Chinese fighters are steadily improving.

The Ministry of Defense has published video footage of the operation of the Orlan-10 drone as part of a military special operation in Ukraine. A small drone, as it turned out, has very good characteristics.

Every day, the official reports of the Ministry of Defense mention the destruction of control points of the Ukrainian armed forces. Why are strikes on headquarters of particular importance, which control points are we talking about, why are the main headquarters of Ukraine still intact – and in which case they will surely be destroyed en masse?

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian troops have already destroyed hundreds of enemy UAVs in Ukraine. The Russian army is also actively using drones. Right now, new modifications of drones are being tested during the battles, and some of their varieties have shown special effectiveness. Which UAVs proved to be the most useful during the special operation?