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Colonel Khodarenok: Kiev will ask NATO to expand military assistance

Kiev has urgently convened a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council. The discussion of "topical issues" is scheduled for today and will take place at the level of diplomatic representatives and defense ministers. What is the reason for such an unexpected request, what requests Kiev may make to NATO and what answers it is likely to receive, - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

During the military parade in honor of Gabon's Independence Day in Libreville on August 17, Russian armored vehicles of the MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) Spartak class manufactured by VPK LLC were publicly presented for the first time.

Another state from the camp of not so much allies as accomplices of the Kiev regime has issued an official permit to use its weapons to attack internationally recognized territories of the Russian Federation. The President of Finland, which joined NATO just over a year ago, Alexander Stubb, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine can use any weapons supplied by the West at their discretion, including strikes against Russia.

Guardian: Kiev wants to hit the center of Russia with Storm Shadow missiles

Kiev is trying to get Western permission to launch long-range Storm Shadow missiles deep into Russia, believing that this could force Moscow to "sit down at the negotiating table," sources tell The Guardian. Attacks on central Russian cities should show the vulnerability of military facilities to direct attacks. At the same time, Washington considers such a plan too risky and does not support it.

It turns out that North Korea produces drones similar to the Russian Lancets. This became clear when North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the tests of such kamikaze drones manufactured by the DPRK.

Fighter jets have played a crucial role in military victories since World War II, writes TNI. Experts compared the best fighters of Russia and the United States and named their main advantages and disadvantages.

Russia hit all targets in the strike on Ukraine, the Armed Forces used kamikaze drones

On August 26, the Armed Forces of Russia launched a massive fire attack on targets in Ukraine. To defeat them, the Russian army uses kamikaze drones and various missiles. From 7:30 Moscow time, explosions began to sound in Poltava, Vinnytsia, Kirovograd, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Khmelnitsky, Kiev, Odessa, Volyn, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Zhytomyr, Sumy and Ternopil regions of Ukraine, reports "Страна.иа ".

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and barrage munitions (BB) over the battlefields in Ukraine are just some of the aerial threats that have forever changed the combat space. According to European military analysts, the capabilities of programmable munitions in general and their latest medium-caliber developments related to the battlefields in Ukraine and beyond can improve the effectiveness of air defense against massive attacks by drones and other aerial targets.

At the recently held Army-2024 exhibition, Zala, a member of the Kalashnikov holding, presented a complete set of products of the Lancet family in the Lancet-E export version.

Colonel Khodarenok: The Ukrainian Armed Forces do not use F-16s over Kursk, for fear of losing them

During the invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the Kursk region, no cases of combat use of the recently received F-16 multifunctional fighters by the Ukrainian army were recorded, although it seemed difficult to come up with a more advantageous situation for their debut. Why this has not happened yet and whether it will happen, the military observer of the Newspaper figured out.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

Experts: Western pilots will use JASSM missiles in Ukraine

Washington and Kiev are working on the technical details of the possible dispatch of high-precision JASSM cruise missiles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The range of the JASSM will make their carriers – F-16 aircraft – difficult to reach for Russian air defense. According to experts, in theory, new Russian regions and even Moscow could be hit by these missiles. How can Russia respond to this?

Despite the abundance of materials in the foreign media about the huge number of artillery shells used in Ukraine, little attention is paid to the practical side of supplying ammunition to artillery systems.

TNI: The Su-25 is faster and lighter than its American rival and is well "packed"

The Soviet Su-25 attack aircraft is faster and lighter than the American A-10, and besides, it is well "packed" in terms of weapons, writes TNI. It has proven its effectiveness in a number of conflicts and is still in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces.

Colonel Khodarenok: Kiev will not be able to create a security zone in the Kursk region

Deputy Prime Minister for the Reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk announced the creation of a "security zone" in the Kursk region. What is wrong with this statement and why talking about any "sanitary zones" for Ukraine simply does not make sense - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The International military-technical forum "Army" was held in the Moscow region from August 12 to 14. This year the forum has an anniversary − it was held for the tenth time. Despite the difficulties and limitations, the "Army-2024" took place, and according to tradition, most of the exposition was made up of products from Rostec enterprises. Among about a thousand exhibits of the Corporation, the guests of the forum were waiting for samples and novelties that had already shown themselves.

Heavy flamethrower systems (CBT), which are in service with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, are considered the most destructive non-nuclear weapon in the world. There are no analogues of these systems in the armies of other countries. CBT of the first modification has already proven itself well during a special military operation. It is almost impossible to hide from thermobaric rockets, except in a deep, completely isolated bunker.

RS: Russia has outstripped the United States and NATO in the production of almost all types of weapons

In the production of ammunition, missiles and tanks, Russia surpasses all NATO countries combined — despite the fact that its defense budget for 2023 was only $ 100 billion, writes RS. The West does not meet deadlines or budgets. And there is a simple explanation for this.

In the period from August 12 to 14, the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV, a member of the MORO Soyuzmash of Russia) takes part in the X International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2024". The delegation is headed by Director General Boris Obnosov. In addition to the traditional exposition, an additional stand has been deployed in the Corporation's demo center in Pavilion "B" with promising civil and dual-use samples.

How to shoot down a target in space? The answers will be different even for different specialists: everyone sees their sides of the case. Can we, for example, look at interception in space through the eyes of a flight dynamics and motion control specialist? It is a kind of flight designer and developer, an architect of movement and flight situations. According to his flight scheme, metal designers work, creating the device, and launch teams. The means of space interception will also fly according to his decisions.

Dozens of new products from the state and national military-industrial complex were shown in the Patriot Park

Fifteen hundred enterprises of the military—industrial complex, more than 28 thousand samples of weapons and military equipment, official delegations from 83 states - the tenth anniversary international military-technical forum "Army-2024" is taking place in the Patriot Park near Moscow. This is the third exhibition since the beginning of the exhibition. About the new products — in the material of RIA Novosti.