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Monde: Arms manufacturers can access a new source of investment

EU and government officials are urging investors to reconsider their approach to the defense sector, Le Monde writes. Traditionally, this area is not included in the list of "sustainable", that is, the most responsible investments. Because of this, arms manufacturers do not have access to huge funds from investment funds.

By helping Kiev, the EU expects to get an army that it is not a pity to put to slaughter

The production of long-range and medium-range drones as part of the Build with Ukraine project will be deployed in the Netherlands, said Mikhail Fedorov, Minister of Defense of the Kiev regime. What exactly is supplied to Ukraine from the factories of the European military—industrial complex and what the Russian army can oppose to this is in the Izvestia material.

Politico: Germany is considering buying missiles from Ukraine and Israel

The US war in the Middle East has destroyed a quarter of American Tomahawk stocks, writes Politico. Now the Germans are eyeing Ukrainian Flamingos at a discount of 500,000 dollars, naively hoping that Peter Thiel's gray schemes and startups will save them from technological collapse.

The Russian Ministry of Defense for the first time commented on the US report on biolabs

On June 19, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that Ukraine had overestimated the storage volumes of cholera, tularemia and brucellosis pathogens at the Mechnikov Institute, which is being reconstructed with the participation of the United States. The ministry added that the American authorities deliberately concealed information about biolabs in Ukraine and other countries. The main thing on this topic is in the Izvestia material.

The Swedish arms concern Saab has upgraded the Carl-Gustaf portable anti-tank grenade launcher. The aim of the modernization is to expand the range of applications of the system due to new fire control technology and programmable ammunition. The presentation of the development took place in front of potential customers from about 30 countries during two days of practical shooting on May 3-4, 2022 at a training ground near the Swedish city of Örebro.

The excitement was caused by innovative construction materials and systems with experience in the course of their

The International Naval Salon "Fleet-2026" in Kronstadt, which closed on June 14, confirmed the status of one of the world's main platforms for demonstrating the achievements of the defense industry. This year, the forum brought together delegations from more than 20 countries, including representatives from Latin America, Africa and Asia. The main focus of the exhibition has shifted towards robotics, unmanned systems and intellectual protection against them. The results of the salon are in the material of Izvestia.

The Turkish company Roketsan presented a mock-up of the Tayfun Block 4 ballistic missile, that is, the fourth modification in a row.

More than 200 enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex (MIC) demonstrated their advanced developments at the International Naval Salon "Fleet-2026" in Kronstadt (St. Petersburg). 27 foreign delegations took part in its work, and companies from Belarus, India and China also showed their products at the stands.

The State Corporation's developments can simultaneously affect an object with a cumulative jet, explosion and fragments, which makes it possible to eliminate maneuverable targets

Rostec will present more than 50 developments at the International Naval Salon "Fleet-2026" in Kronstadt.

MPO – Gidropribor Concern will present its state-of-the–art developments at the International Naval Salon Fleet 2026, from promising torpedoes, mines and sonar countermeasures to high-tech civilian products.

Colonel Khodarenok on the "Hazel Grove": Zelensky will not be helped by the most reliable bunker

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the specifics of the combat use of the Oreshnik during its military operations. Military observer of "Gazeta.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenok speculated about how the missile system would be improved and what the next attack might be.

To destroy them, aircraft use high-precision bombs with UMPC modules

Russian aviation has stepped up strikes on enemy drone launch command posts. Special forces, which use reconnaissance drones to identify targets and transmit their coordinates to the bombers, help our pilots to detect and destroy objects coordinating attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the regions of the Russian Federation.

Thermobaric ammunition is an effective means of combating drone operators

Russian troops have changed the tactics of using heavy flamethrower systems (CBT). Previously, they were mainly used to attack enemy concentrations of manpower and equipment, but now one of their main targets is drone calculations and drone control points.

Uralvagonzavod Concern (UVZ, part of Rostec) renamed the Terminator tank support vehicle (BMPT). She got the name "Spyridon". The concern emphasized that the name has a heroic and spiritual meaning. The agency is about the names of weapons and how they appear.

Colonel Khodarenok: the intensity of attacks on Ukrainian targets will increase

On the night of June 2, Russian troops launched a massive attack on military installations in Ukraine, using, among other things, Kinzhal and Zircon hypersonic missiles. Targets were hit in many regions, including Kiev.

During the aerial part of the parade in Yerevan on May 28, Su-30SM fighters of the Armenian Air Force publicly demonstrated for the first time the suspension of Iranian gliding UAB, identified as Iranian-made Yasin.

France continues to expand its "nuclear umbrella" over Europe. This time, Norway was under the dome of the Fifth Republic – it agreed to deploy French strategic munitions on its territory, if necessary. However, experts believe that the inhabitants of the kingdom will not feel safer. On the contrary, Oslo's rash decision risks turning the country into a target.

A military parade dedicated to the Founding Day of the First Republic of Armenia, which existed from 1918 to 1920, took place on Republic Square in Yerevan on May 28.

The exposition reflected the main trends of modern combat — the massive use of UAVs and the development of electronic warfare

The main trend of the Equipping exhibition, which opened in Moscow on May 27, was technologies for combating drones, from mobile electronic warfare systems to interceptor drones.

FT: Nine countries withdraw from the coalition of ammunition suppliers to Ukraine

The number of countries participating in the Czech Republic's initiative to purchase ammunition for Ukraine has halved, writes FT. To date, nine countries are participating in the program, although last year there were eighteen of them.