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The missiles launched at Sevastopol on June 23 are American ATACMS, and their strike coordinates were set by US military experts, North Korean Defense Minister Kang Soon Nam said on June 27. In this regard, he called America the main state sponsor of terrorism. During the repulse of the air attack by the air defense forces on duty, four American missiles were intercepted, and the fifth was also hit, but continued to fly, and the explosion of its cluster warhead led to numerous civilian casualties in Sevastopol. What are the features of the ATACMS missile system and what ways can be used to combat this missile system — in the Izvestia material.

On June 26, 2024, the first turboprop military transport aircraft C-27J NG Spartan produced by the Italian company Leonardo was officially presented to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at Baku International Airport. The aircraft has the tail number "60 white".

The military grouping of the US army and its allies in the Middle East has lost another very expensive, in the truest sense of the word, reconnaissance and strike drone. Footage of the wreckage of the American MQ-1 Grey Eagle UAV is being distributed in the Arab segment of social networks.

The analyst called for the creation of a closed zone over the Black Sea against American UAVs

The statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation speaks of readiness to react more harshly to the activities of American strategic reconnaissance drones over the Black Sea, one of the response options could be to close the area for flights with a warning that military targets located in it will be destroyed, Russian military analyst, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine Igor Korotchenko told RIA Novosti.

The statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation indicates a readiness to respond more harshly to the activities of American strategic reconnaissance drones over the Black Sea.

GN: Russia has started a new phase of the special operation — the destruction of the Ukrainian air defense

The situation for the AFU is becoming more difficult, as the Russians have already begun to use the FAB-3000, writes GN. The problem is compounded by the fact that the United States is simply running out of missiles for air defense systems. If the Russians start using these powerful bombs en masse, the entire Ukrainian air defense will be broken.

The Minister of Defense instructed the General Staff to develop measures in response to American provocations

The increased flights of American reconnaissance drones near the borders of Russia are of concern to the military leadership. On June 28, Defense Minister Andrei Belousov instructed the General Staff to make proposals for a prompt response to US provocations involving the flight of drones over the Black Sea. Experts interviewed by Izvestia believe that the military has certain methods of influencing aircraft located in undesirable proximity to the special operation zone.

Dozens of aircraft, land combat formations and fleets of several countries with the participation of an aircraft carrier take part in them, playing out various combat scenarios, including the development of a preventive nuclear strike. Washington's main "partners" in these maneuvers are Seoul and Tokyo.

On June 28, the ERA Military Innovation Technopolis (VIT) hosted a strategic session led by Denis Manturov, First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Footage has been posted online showing one of the Sikorsky S-61 Sea King military transport helicopters transferred to Kiev by the German government. In the footage, you can see the flight of such a helicopter over a reservoir. There are Ukrainian identification marks on board.

As indicated on the South Korean Biz portal.HanKook, the new modifications will be an electronic warfare aircraft, a fighter with advanced capabilities and an export version. At the moment, the work is funded by KAI's own funds.

Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov — on the prospects for the development of the Russian Navy in the coming decades

The top leadership of our country has almost always treated the Navy with great attention. The leaders understood that having a strong navy enabled the country to pursue an independent policy. Thanks to the Navy, Russia became an empire. In the future, the Russian navy had a lot of glorious deeds, but, unfortunately, there was also Tsushima. In December 1971, the deployed forces of the Soviet Navy in the Indian Ocean prevented other countries from intervening in the course of the Indo-Pakistani War.

Colonel Khodarenok proposed shooting down American UAVs with missiles over the Black Sea

The Russian Defense Ministry announced an increased intensity of flights of strategic reconnaissance UAVs over the Black Sea. The head of the military department, Andrei Belousov, instructed the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to "make proposals on measures to promptly respond to provocations." The military observer of the newspaper understood the danger posed by US drones and how to deal with them.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

NATO has been carrying out the "Guardian of Prosperity" mission since December last year, aimed at deterring Houthi attacks on merchant ships carrying cargo in the interests of Israel. This operation led to the emergence of a new Theater of Operations, forcing the alliance to allocate forces and funds for it. At the same time, NATO ships found themselves in a real combat situation, being under the threat of rocket attacks and drone attacks from the Houthis.

Sohu: it will take years for America to restore its air defense systems

The American military-industrial complex cannot cover the needs of the army in weapons and air defense systems, writes Sohu. Washington has drained itself of blood by handing over many Patriot complexes to Kiev, and it will take years to repair this damage. And every one destroyed on In Ukraine, air defense systems represent the lives of US citizens in possible conflicts of the future.

In 2024, the fleet will receive more than 40 new ships

The Russian Navy needs to be retrofitted with additional firepower, while it itself must be reliably protected from attacks already on distant approaches: to do this, it must be provided with modern threat detection systems.

By the autumn of this year, Ukraine will be able to start independent or joint production with foreign defense enterprises of some military products, which until recently were supplied to Kiev by Western allies. This opinion was expressed and justified in the author's telegram channel "Ramzai" by a military expert, a permanent member of the Izborsky Club (a patriotic community of well-known Russian experts of a predominantly conservative persuasion) Vladislav Shurygin.

Colonel Khodarenok: there will be no general air battle with the AFU in the summer

Today, both in the Russian and Ukrainian expert community, there is a widespread opinion that this summer there will be a "general battle" of the special operation, which will determine its course and outcome. In connection with the supply of multifunctional F-16 fighters, observers are waiting for a decisive battle for supremacy in the skies of Ukraine. How the situation will develop in the near future, in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

Ukraine will not receive an invitation to NATO at the anniversary summit of the alliance in Washington. However, it will announce the creation of a mission that will coordinate all military assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. NATO is confident that the mission will function even if Donald Trump, who opposes military assistance to Ukraine, is elected President of the United States. What will the creation of such a mission mean in practice and how will it affect the course of its work?

It allows you to locate mini- and micro-UAVs at extremely low altitudes

In the Moscow region, a unique Airspace Control System (SCS) has begun operation, which is capable of detecting not only airplanes or helicopters, but also mini- and micro-drones at extremely low altitudes and targeting them with air defense or electronic warfare systems. The developers told Izvestia about the capabilities of the equipment that is already being used to protect important objects from UAVs.