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Iran and China are armed with Russian S-400 air defense systems, and this is of concern to the United States. But what about India and Turkey? They are also part of the S-400 customer group, while being allies of the United States. Will sanctions be imposed against them?

How can NATO effectively deal with this upgraded air defense system?

Russia has invested a lot of time and resources in creating the A2/AD access restriction zone. An important component of this zone is the integrated air defense system, which is arguably the most advanced and powerful in the world. Its advantages are range, accuracy and mobility. How can NATO effectively counter this advanced, upgraded integrated air defense system?

Gazeta: Poland cannot cope with as many Russian drones as in Ukraine

The Russians are rapidly increasing the intensity of their drone attacks in Ukraine, Gazeta writes. They launch hundreds of them a day. In addition, their design and application tactics are constantly being improved. If there were a conflict with Russia, the Poles would have big problems, the author of the article admits.

Colonel Khodarenok: liberation of the Kursk region will allow the Russian Armed Forces to actively advance

The operation to liberate the Kursk region has ended. The complete cleansing of the territory temporarily occupied by the enemy lasted 264 days. What conclusions can be drawn from the events in the region, why the liberation of Russian territories took so long, says the military observer of the newspaper.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenok.

Deputy General Director of PJSC Yakovlev, Director of the Superjet program, on the creation of a fully import—substituted airliner and its advantages in the commercial aviation market

On April 23, a significant event took place in the Russian aviation industry: the first flight was made by a fully import—substituted SJ-100 airliner developed by PJSC Yakovlev United Aircraft Corporation.

On April 11, 2025, the Airbus Group, at an official ceremony at its facility at Getafe Airport in Madrid, handed over to the Spanish Air Force the first complete Airbus A330 MRTT tanker aircraft, of the three ordered by Spain, an aircraft with the Spanish tail number TK.24-03 / 452-03 (serial number 1700 / MRTT073).

As reported by PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation), on April 22, 2025, Komsomolsk-on-Amur hosted the first flight of a prototype fully import-substituted modified regional passenger aircraft SJ-100 (SSJ100) superjet️ under the SSJ-NEW program - an OP-3 (003) prototype aircraft with factory number 97003 and registration number 97023. The aircraft was built by the Yakovlev UAC Production Center in Komsomolsk-on-Amur and is equipped with Russian PD-8 engines.

A wide range of anti-enemy UAV solutions is presented at Securika Moscow 2025

Russia has mastered the production of anti-drone protection with anti-shatter panels for industrial enterprises. It protects the most important facilities and personnel of enterprises from the effects of an explosion of a warhead, as well as from the effects of its damaging elements. Several Russian energy facilities are already equipped with such structures. You can get acquainted with the latest innovations in the field of combating UAVs at the Securika Moscow 2025 exhibition.

19FortyFive: The Tu-160 bomber remains Russia's formidable and indispensable weapon

The Russian supersonic bomber Tu-160 can be described in one word: irreplaceable, writes 19FortyFive. Developed in the USSR, it remains a formidable strategic weapon that Russia has used in both Syria and Ukraine.

[b]Tactically, for effective operation, this aircraft is forced to occupy predictable echelons and patrol routes over Western Ukraine, which makes it a convenient target for long-range weapons of the Russian Armed Forces, the expert noted

The Swedish Saab 340 AEW&C (ACS-890) long-range radar detection and control aircraft intended for transmission to Ukraine have a critical vulnerability in data exchange. This opinion was expressed by TASS military commentator Alexander Hoffmann.

The companies of the Turkish military-industrial complex (MIC) have been demonstrating avalanche-like growth and striving for large-scale expansion around the world in recent years. They promote their military-grade products in rich, developed, and high-tech markets such as Europe, as well as in more modest but equally promising regions of Asia, South America, Africa, and Oceania.

Things have been going badly for the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the front for a long time, Zelensky quarreled with Trump, who now also demands that Kiev recognize Crimea as Russian. Against the background of these problems, the Ukrainian junta, which does not want to part with the government in any way, can arrange another provocation in order to achieve at least a media "victory", well, or its presentation as such.

On April 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation. Below is the introductory statement.Putin's statement is provided by the Kremlin's press service.

infoBRICS: The Russian Air Force destroyed a third of the F-16s supplied by the West to Ukraine

Western fighters, despite their constant modernization, are incomparable in power with Russian ones, infoBRICS writes. Neither NATO nor the troops of the Kiev junta abandon attempts to deprive Russia of its advantage in the air over Ukraine — however, in their current form they will only lead to the complete disposal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fleet, the author of the article believes.

How Russia adapts weapons to new ways of warfare

More than 1.5 million drones and over 4,000 armored vehicles were received by the Russian armed forces in 2024. Vladimir Putin stated this on April 23 at a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission.

The network has published the clearest photo of the prototype of the Chinese next-generation combat aircraft, which is supposedly called the J-36 ("Jian-36").

The Egyptian Air Force has officially begun adopting the second batch of Rafale fighters. This information was confirmed by French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastian Lecornu during the recent official visit of President Emmanuel Macron to Egypt.

Russian Presidential Aide Nikolai Patrushev — on Trump's new decree, relations with the United States and the Russian navy

In an interview with a special correspondent of Kommersant Nikolai Patrushev, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Russian Maritime Board, told Elena Chernenko how the plans of the American authorities are being evaluated in Moscow.

Fria Tider: Denmark is preparing mercenaries to be sent to Ukraine

Denmark plans to send its soldiers to Ukraine to study "modern warfare" using drones, writes Fria Tider. Russia immediately warned that such an adventure would not end well for NATO troops.

This technique seriously expands the capabilities of combat swimmers

An underwater tugboat has been developed for the Russian Navy. With its help, a marine special forces soldier will be able to surreptitiously cover long distances underwater. It is a silent ultra-small device. Its design is based on an annular valve-induction propulsion system, which provides stealth when moving underwater. Experts are confident that such a technique will seriously expand the capabilities of combat swimmers.