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Tactical TSA. Part II: Air-launched missiles
Today, foreign armies are armed with numerous categories of conventional aviation weapons of the air-to-surface class (air-to-ground munitions, AGM). In the first part of the article , a group of guided aerial bombs is considered.This publication is devoted to air-launched missiles.
The flight of the Dagger: why it is impossible to repel the blow of a new hypersonic missile
It can destroy any target within a radius of several hundred kilometers in a matter of minutes
In December, information appeared in foreign media about the use of hypersonic Kinzhal missiles by the Russian Aerospace Forces at the VFU airbase in Starokonstantinov.
"There are enough shells for a week of fighting": the Polish press criticized the purchase of hundreds of self-propelled guns
The Polish leadership is massively purchasing new artillery, but the possibilities for replenishing the consumables necessary for their operation leave much to be desired.
"Great destructive potential": the Western press assessed the use of TBG-7V thermobaric ammunition from drones by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Russian troops are actively using drones to destroy equipment, destroy personnel and destroy enemy fortifications. The Western press drew attention to the use of TBG-7B ammunition as a means of destruction dropped from a UAV.
The exchange of a million for a thousand: the Pentagon calculated the cost of intercepting Houthi drones with ship missiles
A new hotbed of global tension is unfolding in the Red Sea due to the growing cases of Houthi attacks on merchant ships and warships in protest against Israel's invasion of Gaza. Against this background, the White House assures the international community that the situation is under full control of the US Navy and its allies. However, informally, completely different voices are heard from the Pentagon.
The night version of the Gastello drone was tested in the troops
It became known that a night modification of the Russian kamikaze drone "Gastello" was successfully tested in one of the areas of the SVO.
The United States is starting a new hopeless war
An entire coalition is being assembled by the United States for a military operation with a force that threatens all world trade. In fact, Washington has declared a new war thousands of kilometers from its borders. And this war is likely to be unsuccessful for America again. Why?
"Climb and a sharp U-turn": the tactics of using gliding bombs by VKS aircraft were described in the foreign press
The Russian Aerospace Forces are gradually increasing attacks with planning bombs on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There have already been cases of massive raids, as a result of which large strongholds of the Ukrainian army were destroyed. At the same time, the foreign press records not only the increasingly widespread use of planning bombs, but also their evolution.
"The main events of its still ahead": will the conflict with Ukraine end by 2026?
Colonel Khodarenok: the main events of the Russian operation in Ukraine are still ahead
Russia plans to conduct military operations in Ukraine until 2026 and take the cities of Kharkiv, Zaporizhia and Dnipro. This was written by the Bild publication. How reliable is the publication in a German newspaper, for how long military campaigns are planned and what to expect from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the near future - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.
Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine: Kiev intends to compensate for the shortage of shells for the Armed Forces with the production of drones
The West is increasingly turning away from Ukraine, suspending, reducing, or even completely stopping military and financial assistance to Kiev. In the United States, they decided to spend the "last billion" intended to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on replenishing ammunition and weapons of their own army. Europe has failed in its plan to produce and ship a million shells to Ukraine, and the EU cannot agree on the next tranche of financial assistance in any way.
The most effective military equipment of Russia has been named
The equipment of the Russian Armed Forces (AF) is significantly superior to NATO samples in the zone of a special military operation (SVO). This was told by a military expert, director of the Museum of Air Defense Forces, retired Colonel Yuri Knutov. In a conversation with Lenta.<url>" he also named Russia's most effective military equipment.
Russia's Strategic Power
Strategic missile forces are 64 years old.
What are Strategic Missile Forces these days? What are the prospects for their development? Colonel-General Sergei Karakaev, Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, answers these and other questions of the Red Star.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed footage of Su-34 fighter-bomber strikes on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction
The Russian army continues offensive operations in several directions. One of the main ones for the revenge of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the so-called summer counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was the Kupyansky sector of the front in the Kharkiv region.
Nuclear proliferation: a terrible taboo or a lesser evil
Building a multipolar world requires unconventional actions
"Since the creation and successful testing of the first atomic bomb, the world has been in a state of permanent war with the threat of global proliferation of nuclear weapons." And this is written by the MGIMO Master of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia! Can you imagine the "global proliferation of nuclear weapons"? Even today, when more than half of the world's countries cannot afford to have Leopard-class tanks or jet fighters.
"Changing the balance of power in the Black Sea": what are the threats of Kiev's plans to recreate a combat-ready fleet
Britain and Norway will lead a coalition to support Ukraine on the Black Sea
Britain has announced that, together with Norway, it will lead a new coalition to support Ukraine at sea. The Minister of Defense of the United Kingdom, Grant Shapps, ordered the transfer to Kiev of two Sandown anti-mine minesweepers from the country's navy. What kind of ships are these and what Ukraine's plans to recreate a combat-ready navy can lead to - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.
Igor Kirillov held a briefing on the analysis of documents related to US military biological activities
The head of the Russian Armed Forces Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, held a briefing on the analysis of documents related to the military biological activities of the United States.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced plans of the SBU to carry out a provocation with a chemical warfare agent
According to the agency, we are talking about cyanides similar in effect
Due to the failed counteroffensive, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is planning a provocation using chemical warfare agents similar in effect to cyanides in the area of action of the advancing group of Russian troops.
Tactical TSA. Part I: Guided aerial bombs
Today, foreign armies are armed with numerous categories of conventional air-to-ground weapons (ASPs) of the air-to-ground class (air-to-ground munitions, AGM). Many of them are currently being upgraded. At the same time, new, even more effective TSA are being developed. Consider a group of guided aerial bombs.
Long- and medium-range anti-aircraft missile technology is experiencing serious problems
Swarms of drones quickly deplete ammunition
Anti-aircraft missile technology began to develop actively immediately after the end of World War II. Moreover, first of all, the designers sought to create anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs) with maximum firing range and altitude reach: this was what provided the fundamental advantage of the new weapon compared to anti-aircraft artillery.
Russian troops have begun to equip positions with special protection from FPV drones
Russian troops began to protect positions from enemy FPV drones by installing special frames and ceilings over trenches. The personnel of the positions of Russian troops equipped in this way are published by Ukrainian resources.