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The armed forces of the Russian Federation have destroyed more than 400 drones and up to 1,900 tanks and other armored vehicles since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, Major General Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, said on Thursday.

According to the Greek resource Ekathimerini, the US administration has appealed to the government of Cyprus with a request for the possibility of transferring to Ukraine the Russian-made air defense systems available in the country's Armed Forces, including the Tor-M1 air defense system, S-300 air defense systems, T-80U, BMP-3 and Mi-35 attack helicopters.

Haber7 (Turkey): The US gave the green light to the sale of F-16 to Turkey

The State Department has approved a plan to sell F-16 fighter jets to Ankara, as this step "meets the interests of Washington," Haber7 reports. Readers of the publication are wondering why they are trying to sell junk and where the interests of Turkey itself are reflected in this deal.

Barrage ammunition in military conflicts

Analyzing the special military operation in Ukraine, many experts focus on the unjustifiably low use of barrage ammunition (BB).

Kiev has requested the supply of Su-25 attack aircraft from Washington

Despite the high density of air defense fire, aviation is actively used by all parties to the conflict in Ukraine. In the six weeks that have passed since the beginning of the special military operation of the Russian troops to protect Donbass, there has not been a single day when downed planes, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) did not appear in the reports of the Russian Defense Ministry, the People's Militia of the Luhansk and Donetsk Republics, as well as the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

Dmitry Litovkin — about the modernization of the Mi-24P, which has repeatedly proven itself in combat

40-year-old Mi-24P machines are returning to service. In military circles, they are called "Crocodile" — helicopters built according to an airplane scheme, armored and extremely dangerous because of their striking capabilities.

Russia has named the planes on which Russians will fly after the resource of foreign Boeing and Airbus is exhausted. In addition to the Sukhoi Superjet-100, these will be long-haul Tu-214 and Il-96. Why were these planes chosen, will Russia be able to produce them, and why have they been uninteresting to Russian airlines so far?

The American company Rocket Lab has announced that during the next mission of the Electron rocket, which is scheduled for the second half of April, it will try to catch the first stage with the help of a helicopter for the first time. During the fall, the stage will release a parachute, which will reduce its speed, catch it right in flight and deliver it to shore, bypassing the flooding into the ocean. In the future, specialists will study the stage to determine whether it is possible to launch it again.

The White House has requested $813 billion for military spending

The United States Department of Defense may receive $773 billion in military spending in fiscal year 2023 (starting October 1). Together with the funds allocated to the Ministry of Energy for nuclear weapons, the total amount of US military spending may amount to $ 813.3 billion, according to the draft budget submitted by the White House on March 28.

Ukraine was going to use Turkish drones to deliver chemical and biological weapons

Kiev considered the use of Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles (translated from Turkish – "Flag Bearer", as well as the surname of the head of the manufacturing company) as technical means of delivery and use of biological weapons.

Production of Tu-214 long-haul narrow-body aircraft has been launched in Russia. This was announced to TASS on the sidelines of the forum-exhibition "State Order" by the head of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Yuri Slyusar.

On April 5, 2022, at the location of the 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade named after Tadeusz Kosciuszko of the Polish Army in Warsaw, Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak signed an intergovernmental agreement between the United States and Poland in the form of an exchange of letters of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) through the American program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) on the acquisition of 250 main tanks M1A2 SEP v.3 Abrams. On the American side, the agreement was signed by US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.