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The United States is creating hybrid anti-aircraft missile systems in the interests of Ukraine

The fighting in Ukraine confirmed what was already known: America's military-industrial base was thoroughly atrophied after the collapse of the USSR. Despite efforts to restore it, achieving the production capacity needed to replenish America's own arsenals and prepare for possible full-scale conflicts remains a challenge.

The Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation also noted that the AFU carried out more than 8 thousand attacks on the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions

The likelihood of Kiev committing sabotage using bioweapons is growing, while other biological threats are emanating from Ukraine, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev said at a security meeting in the Central Federal District.

Turkey is strengthening its position in the global arms and military equipment market

Turkey belongs to those NATO members who joined this organization without having their own military-industrial complex (MIC). For decades, partners in the North Atlantic Alliance have supplied products that formed the basis of the military arsenal of the Republic of Turkey.

The charges will be taken from old arsenals, the plumage from the previous modification

The Pentagon announced the start of a program to create a new modification in the B61 family of thermonuclear bombs – common Cold War ammunition. The new modification should get the "lucky" index B61–13.

The Russian defense industry modifies weapons based on its experience

A new modification of guided projectiles "Krasnopol" began to be used in the zone of the SVO. As noted in the holding "High-precision complexes", it was developed taking into account the front-line experience. In general, hundreds of samples of weapons have already been "accepted" by battles. About the most significant — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The British-made FH70 howitzer, which was in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was destroyed by a well-aimed blow of the Lancet barrage ammunition in one of the directions in the zone of a special military operation. Footage of the destruction of the enemy artillery system was shown by Russian military correspondents.

The unmanned rapid response unit BEAVER operates as part of one of the divisions of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, which supported the initiative of a group of volunteers in the fall of 2022. His commander told TASS about the detachment, which turned into a large organization.

The head of the DPRK Foreign Ministry Department for International Organizations, Cho Chol-soo, also criticized the UK, which sent depleted uranium shells and cruise missiles with a range of more than 250 km to Kiev.

New Delhi has approved the first investment project in the country's history in the defense sector, fully funded by foreign capital: the Swedish company Saab invests 100% of funds in the creation of a plant for the production of the latest generation Carl-Gustaf M4 RPG.

Military expert Khodarenok called the competitive advantages of the Checkmate fighter

A prototype of the fifth-generation Checkmate light fighter may appear before the end of 2025, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation - Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov said on November 13. What kind of plane it is and what advantages it has over foreign analogues, the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

Vladimir Artyakov, First Deputy General Director of Rostec State Corporation, told in an exclusive interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta about what novelties will be shown at the Dubai Airshow-2023 exhibition, and why, even under Western sanctions, Russian equipment is in stable demand in the world.

Following the United States, their loyal allies, or rather vassals, are struggling to find explanations for how the Russian army has been effectively opposing the Ukrainian one for more than a year and a half, while not only almost the entire NATO bloc, but also several dozen countries of the so-called Western coalition are on the side of Ukraine.

The American amphibious assault ship USS Bataan, which carries AV-8B Harrier II fighters capable of taking off and landing vertically, is now in the waters of the Red Sea. It has been reported that personnel are attaching AGM-154 long-range aircraft bombs to the pylons of these aircraft.

The US is again transferring the supply of a new hypersonic complex to the army

Americans are hopelessly losing the hypersonic race. Assistant Minister for Procurement and Equipment of the Armed Forces Doug Bush reported on unsuccessful tests. Because of this, the army will not receive a novelty this year. About the reasons for the backlog — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Drones have already radically changed the nature of the Ukrainian campaign

Before the outbreak of hostilities on February 24, 2022, unmanned aircraft developed more actively in the DPR and LPR than in Russia, since these states, which were not recognized by anyone at that time, suffered less from bureaucratic formalism and military inertia.

The US military-industrial complex has new problems in connection with the Palestinian crisis

The American military industry is preparing to increase the supply of weapons to Israel. This is happening against the background of the pressure that it is already experiencing in connection with the need to arm Ukraine and replenish depleted Pentagon stocks. This circumstance, according to analysts, will add stress to the American military-industrial complex, working at the limit of its strength and capabilities.

The state tests of the self-propelled artillery installation (ACS) "Coalition-SV" have been completed before its entry into the army. What does the new ACS of the Russian army give and how best to realize all its advantages?

Colonel Khodarenok: arms limitation treaties have only brought harm to the Russian Federation

At 00:00 on November 7, 2023, Russia finally completed the procedure for withdrawing from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty). What kind of contract it was and why it turned out to be completely unprofitable for Russia, the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

Ukrainian telegram channels have begun to publish footage, captions to which claim that they depict the Askold small rocket ship significantly damaged by the AFU missile strike. We are talking about the MRK project 22800 "Karakurt", which was located in Kerch.

American gunsmiths crossed the chassis of launchers of the Soviet Buk anti-aircraft missile system and Soviet-era radars with various American missiles to create an air defense system in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). About what other experiments Kiev and its Western allies are putting up in the face of a shortage of weapons — in the material of TASS.