Aviation news
A military expert spoke about the features of the Lancet-3 kamikaze drones
Military expert Alexey Leonkov on Friday, February 18, in an interview with Izvestia, told about the features and advantages of the upgraded version of the Lancet-3 UAV.
Indonesian Armed Forces received the eighth Bell-412EPi helicopter
The Indonesian state-owned company PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) announced the transfer of the eighth of the nine ordered Bell-412EPi medium multipurpose helicopters to the Indonesian Army Aviation Command.
MiG-31 crews destroyed high-precision weapons of the "enemy"
Large-scale exercises are continuing in Siberia. So, in the final of the first stage, the pilots of the supersonic fighter-interceptors MiG-31BM destroyed the high-precision weapons of the "enemy" - cruise, anti-aircraft and aircraft guided missiles.
Russia has tested a deeply modernized Lancet-3 kamikaze drone in Syria
A new version of the Lancet-3 barrage ammunition was used on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic. It was equipped with one large X-shaped wing and an X-shaped tailplane.
The United States appreciated the appearance of Russian "Daggers" in Syria
Military Watch: Dagger complexes in Syria may close the Mediterranean Sea to NATO
Russian hypersonic missile systems X-47M2 "Dagger", recently transferred to Syria, can close the Mediterranean Sea for NATO. Thus, the American magazine Military Watch assessed the appearance of Tu-22M3 bombers and MiG-31K fighters at the Syrian Khmeimim airbase.
The US assessed the readiness of the Ukrainian MiG-29 for war
Forbes: the main problem of Ukrainian MiG-29 fighters is the lack of pilots
The MiG-29 is the most massive fighter of Ukraine, inherited by the country from the USSR. The readiness of Ukrainian combat aircraft for war was assessed by Forbes columnist David Ax.
Features of Russian kamikaze drones are named
Expert Leonkov named the features of the Lancet-3 barrage ammunition
The Russian Lancet-3 barrage munition, which was tested in Syria, will allow strikes against previously unknown targets. The features of the kamikaze drone were named by military expert Alexey Leonkov in an interview with Izvestia.
Russian marines at exercises in Belarus worked out the destruction of illegal armed formations - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
The units of the Marine Corps of the Eastern Military District (VVO) at the Russian-Belarusian exercises "Allied Determination-2022" worked out on Saturday the landing of a tactical air assault in order to prevent the withdrawal of illegal armed formations (IAF).
In the United States, they told about the F-35 forcing Russia to think
The National Interest: F-35 fighters can make Russia "think twice"
Transfer of fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters to the Air Force Base (Air Force) The US Spangdahl in Germany will not only strengthen the potential of NATO's collective defense, but also, if necessary, will allow these aircraft to be sent against the Russian army, says the American magazine The National Interest.
Representatives of the armies of Lithuania and Latvia will observe the exercises in Belarus
Representatives of the armed forces of Latvia and Lithuania have arrived in Belarus to observe the Belarusian-Russian exercise "Allied Resolve-2022", the Ministry of Defense of Belarus reported on Saturday.
The Security Council of Belarus rated the coherence of the Belarusian and Russian troops at the Allied Determination exercise as "excellent"
Secretary of State of the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich assessed the coherence of the Belarusian and Russian military taking part in the joint exercises "Allied Resolve-2022" with "excellent".
The Ministry of Defense showed launches of missiles "Kizhal", "Zircon" and "Kalibor" at strategic exercises
The Ministry of Defense has published footage from the exercises of the strategic deterrence forces, which were conducted under the leadership of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Vladimir Putin.
All the missiles in the strategic exercises led by Putin hit targets
The Presidents of Russia and Belarus have completed the observation of military exercises
All missile launches within the framework of the exercises of the strategic deterrence forces of the Russian Federation were successful, according to a statement on the Kremlin's website.
In the United States, they declared the "invisibility" of American submarines with old Russian equipment
Popular Mechanics: Russian technology can hardly "see" American submarines
Outdated Russian technology can hardly "see" modern American submarines, writes Popular Mechanics magazine.
Military attaches of 16 countries watched the final drawing of the Allied Resolve-2022 exercise
Military attaches of 16 countries watched the final drawing of the tactical episode of the exercise "Allied Resolve-2022" on Saturday, the Ministry of Defense of Belarus reported.
The forces of Russia and Belarus launched a counteroffensive against a conditional enemy during the exercises
At the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground in Belarus, during the main stage of practical actions at the joint exercises "Allied Resolve - 2022", the coalition group, after practicing actions in defense, launched a counteroffensive against a conditional enemy on Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
The Russian Defense Ministry showed launches of Dagger, Zircon and Yars
The launch of the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile was carried out from the positional area of the Plesetsk cosmodrome at the Kura test site
The Russian Defense Ministry showed footage from the exercises of the strategic deterrence forces, which are held under the leadership of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
The General Staff of the Russian Federation: the issue of sanctioning and massive use of strategic forces in a counter-strike has been worked out at the exercises
The exercises with strategic offensive forces have worked out the infliction of guaranteed defeat to the enemy, said the chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov.
The Dagger missile was tested in Syria
The Russian aviation missile system 9-A-7660 "Dagger" was tested in the Syrian Arab Republic. Earlier it became known that long-range Tu-22M3 bombers equipped with X-32 cruise missiles arrived there.
The exercises confirmed the defensive nature of the military doctrine of the Union State - Secretary of State Mezentsev
The Belarusian-Russian exercises "Allied Resolve - 2022" confirmed the defensive nature of the military doctrine of the Union State, said SG Secretary of State Dmitry Mezentsev, who on Saturday observed the exercises at the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground in Belarus.
