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Hypersonic weapons of the USA – suitcase without handle
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 record of aircraft loading has been broken": the US Navy is testing the concept of light aircraft carriers
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.
Hyundai has announced its decision to engage in hybrid hydrogen aviation
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.
"For ambush attacks." What will the US arm the Ukrainian army with
Washington plans to transfer to Kiev a large batch of Switchblade unmanned aerial vehicles ("Switchblade"). Small-sized drones belong to the class of barrage ammunition, it is an effective weapon at the tactical level. But the Russian army has something to answer.
The United States has transferred a squadron of F/A-18C Hornet fighter-bombers to Poland
A squadron of American fighter-bombers F/A-18C Hornet of the Marine Corps has arrived at the air base in the Polish city of Lask, the Command of the US Air Force in Europe announced on Monday.
The US State Department approved the potential sale of F-16 C/D Block 70 fighter jets to Bulgaria
The Bulgarian Air Force may be replenished with American fourth-generation fighters in the near future, the US State Department has approved the possible sale of eight F-16 C/D Block 70 fighters to Sofia. This was reported by the Office for Security Cooperation of the US Department of Defense.
The answer to the "Dagger": the US secretly tested a hypersonic missile
CNN: The US hid the successful test of a hypersonic missile
The United States successfully tested a hypersonic missile in mid-March, CNN reported, citing a representative of the Ministry of Defense. Then the President of the United States Joe Biden was going to go to Europe for the NATO, G7 and EU summits, so the fact of the tests was hidden from the public for two weeks to avoid increasing tensions with Russia.
"This weapon does not kill, but burns out the electronics of enemy equipment"
What is unconventional weapons and whether they exist in Russia
The Russian army will soon be provided with unconventional types of weapons, including directed energy weapons, kinetic weapons, as well as control systems using artificial intelligence and robotic complexes. This was told to President Vladimir Putin by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, who is responsible for the military-industrial complex. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what it means.
"Deadly military aid": anti-tank Switchblade-600 will appear in Ukraine
The USA decided to supply Ukraine with advanced Switchblade kamikaze drones
The Pentagon plans to order and send to Ukraine 10 kamikaze Switchblade drones of the latest model, armed with anti-tank warheads, Bloomberg reports, citing sources. It is assumed that they will complement the previously announced deliveries of a less powerful version of drones.
TAI has delivered another batch of UAVs to the Turkish Navy Command
The Turkish Defense Ministry has published photos from the acceptance ceremony by the command of the country's Navy of three new UAVs, including two Anka-S UAVs and one Aksungur manufactured by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).
Republic of Korea to purchase heavy-duty military transport aircraft
The Defense Procurement Programs Agency of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Korea (DAPA) announced the launch of a project for the purchase of heavy-duty military transport aircraft.
Ka-52 pilots ejected from a downed helicopter for the first time in the world
The pilots of the Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter, shot down during a special operation in Ukraine, were able to eject from a rotorcraft for the first time in the world. The helicopter pilots were not injured and, having landed, engaged in battle with the enemy.
MW: Mali preferred Russian combat helicopters to Western troops
Two new combat helicopters have entered service with the army of the African Republic of Mali. The vehicles are designed to fight terrorist groups in the desert areas of the country.
The Czech Republic is actively supplying Ukraine with weapons and is not going to stop
Lidovky (Czech Republic): what weapons are we sending to Ukrainians? All these are proven types, starting with machine guns and ending with anti-aircraft systems
The Czech Republic has allocated more than a billion crowns for weapons for Ukrainians, Lidovsky writes. Pictures have already appeared on social networks, from which it is clear which technique is used in battles. Deliveries are made at the request of NATO.
"Cloudy hypersound". What's wrong with the American answer to "Dagger"
Why the US conducted tests of a hypersonic missile secretly
The United States tested a hypersonic missile in mid-March, but did not announce launches, CNN reported. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the secrecy is connected with and how the US programs in the field of hypersonic weapons are developing.
The Ministry of Defense showed the destruction of the Ukrainian Bayraktar by the Russian Tor air defense system
The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage of the destruction of the Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicle by Ukrainian nationalists using the tactical anti-aircraft missile system Tor.
It is reported that 20 air targets were detected during combat duty. As a result of the competent actions of the calculation of the anti-aircraft missile system "Tor" under the command of Sergei Pachepka, all targets were taken for escort and destroyed.
The Ministry of Defense reported on new powerful strikes on military facilities of Ukraine
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on new powerful strikes on military facilities in Ukraine. Contrary to rumors spread by the Kiev regime and Western media that the Russian army is running out of stocks of high-precision weapons, the use of such weapons during a special military operation is only increasing.
Nuclear aircraft carriers of the US Navy are slowly ordering Ukraine to live for a long time
In the States, they believe that the war with Russia is on the threshold, and the Pentagon has almost no combat-ready "floating airfields" for it
Since Turkey closed the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits to warships of all non-Black Sea states with the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine, the 6th Fleet of the US Navy did the only thing left in its power to get as close as possible to the battlefields.
What weapons did Russia use for the first time in Ukraine
Russia has attracted all types and kinds of armed forces to the military special operation in Ukraine, with the exception of the "nuclear triad". Both time-tested weapons and brand-new ones are used. About what the Russian army is fighting with — in the material of RIA Novosti.
Collapse of the Ukrainian defense industry and fuel sector: statistics of destroyed military plants and refineries of Ukraine since February 24
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, independent Ukraine retained control over all Soviet enterprises of the military-industrial complex located on the territory of the Ukrainian SSR. For thirty post-Soviet years, the policy of Ukrainian leaders and an incredibly high level of corruption have led to the shutdown and termination of the existence of many enterprises of the "defense industry", which the Ukrainian state inherited from the Soviet era.
