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Experts explained the meaning of the Russian Armed Forces firing drills in the Kuril Islands

More than a thousand servicemen of the Eastern Military District (VVO) are conducting training firing from artillery guns and anti-tank missile systems on the Kuril Islands, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out why Russia is conducting exercises in the Kuril Islands right now.

The ban on "Boeing" and "Airbases" will make you remember the Soviet experience

Russia will be able to cope with the painful sanctions of the United States and the European Union in the field of civil aviation and will ultimately benefit greatly from import substitution, URA said in an interview.EN Head of the State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade Vladimir Gutenev.

Military expert Andrey Frolov — on how the Ukrainian military-industrial potential has changed during the Russian operation

On March 31, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Alexey Arestovich made a remarkable statement. According to him, "They [Russia] have practically destroyed our military industry, in many ways. And in many ways they finish off the civilian." Let's try to consider how this corresponds to reality.

Washington, London and Berlin announced new arms supplies to Ukraine. This time we are talking about tanks, armored vehicles and anti-ship missiles. In this regard, the Federation Council stated the need for Moscow to take a decisive position on the supply of weapons to the conflict zone. How much will Western supplies strengthen the AFU and complicate Russia's special operation?

Russia destroyed the fuel storage facilities of the Kremenchug oil refinery with high-precision weapons. This is the last of the large oil refineries operating on the territory of Ukraine. In addition, military airfields in Poltava and Dnepropetrovsk were destroyed. Even if there is a strategic fuel reserve, the Ukrainian army will soon not be able to properly operate heavy equipment, which will affect the ability of the military to fight.

MAI Design Engineer - on the method of improving the performance of aerodynamic surfaces "Balancing and controllability": MAI design engineer - on the methodology for improving the performance of aerodynamic surfaces.

The newspaper "Kommersant" under the heading "There cannot be a low-cost airline in such a situation." The ex-head of Pobeda, Andrey Kalmykov, about his resignation, sanctions and ticket prices," published an interesting interview with the former CEO of the low-cost airline Pobeda (part of the Aeroflot group) Andrey Kalmykov on the prospects for the existence of Russian civil aviation in the conditions of total Western sanctions imposed against it.

Russia is ready to massively use missiles that have no analogues

Mass use of high-precision weapons is becoming one of the main trends of the Russian Armed Forces. Its use began from the first minutes of the special operation in Ukraine. And if at first these were infrastructure facilities, now we are talking about well-protected ammunition depots and area targets.

About the US nuclear policy in the new conditions

At the very beginning of March 2022, the US Congressional Research Service published a report "Russia's Nuclear Weapons: doctrinal foundations, organization of troops and modernization". The head of the team of authors of this document was Amy F. Wolf, a nuclear weapons specialist and consultant to the US Department of State and the US Department of Defense.

Development of Chinese fighter aircraft

The basis of the PLA Air Force (as well as all the air forces of the main military powers in the world) are fighters and fighter-bombers ("Through the thorns to the fifth generation", "HBO", 25.02.22). Naturally, they are part of the aviation of all five regional commands and all three fleets of the Chinese Armed Forces.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers should join the ranks of the Polish Army in the coming years, and even more Poles should undergo special military training. For all this, Warsaw allocates unprecedented money for the country. Of course, what is happening is explained by the events in Ukraine, but this is only the outer part of the iceberg. In fact, Polish ambitions go much further.

Mi-28 attack helicopters destroyed armored vehicles of the Ukrainian army with guided missiles. The combat operation of these rotorcraft in Ukraine was shown by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Mi-28 attack helicopters successfully perform combat missions in Ukraine. These highly maneuverable rotorcraft, created according to the concept of an "air tank", perform a wide range of tasks.

The Malaysian Air Force received the first CN-235-220M military transport aircraft, converted into a version of the MSA (Maritime Surveillance Aircraft) maritime reconnaissance aircraft.

The Russian-French company PowerJet, which produces SaM146 engines for the Superjet 100 aircraft, has stopped their maintenance and repair due to sanctions, a source close to the aviation industry told Interfax.

Persons involved in the creation of biological weapons components in Ukraine have been identified, said Igor Konashenkov, an official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry.

In Soviet times, being a place of storage of nuclear ammunition, "Object 711" was cut down in rocks at a depth of several tens of meters.

The NASA federal budget plan for fiscal year 2023 does not provide for the further continuation of the SOFIA flying stratospheric observatory and the closure of the project in 2023. Such a decision was made due to the high cost of the annual maintenance of the project and the insufficient level of scientific productivity, according to the website Space.com .

The journey from nuclear missiles to cyberwar planning took seventy years

After World War II, Washington completely abandoned its previously characteristic foreign policy self-isolation (more precisely, "closure" within the Western Hemisphere).

Evolution of the "Crocodile with a propeller"

The combat effectiveness of the Russian army aviation, repeatedly demonstrated during the special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, as a rule, does not require confirmation. But especially vivid emotions are caused by the actions of a veteran of Afghanistan, Transnistria, Abkhazia, Chechnya, Georgia and Syria – the Mi-24 attack helicopter, nicknamed "Crocodile".

On March 24, the French company Dassault Aviation announced the signing ceremony in Athens for the purchase of six additional Rafale fighters.