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Russia has tested a new ballistic missile. Brits: it's disturbing

The British newspaper Daily Mail told about the test of a new intercontinental missile "Sarmat". Some readers of the tabloid found this news disturbing and called on the British government to reconsider its priorities in the field of defense.

"Russia's victory in Ukraine cannot be allowed," German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said. It would seem that what difference does it make to Germany and the EU, and even to the West as a whole, who will win in this confrontation? However, there are at least five reasons why Russia's victory in the special operation will essentially mean the end of the West that we all know today.

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin called the tests of the new Russian intercontinental ballistic missile "Sarmat" a gift to NATO.

A video of the test launch of the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile has been published. The footage shows how the Sarmat launches from an underground mine, flames escape from its engines, and smoke clouds rise around the rocket. After that, the rocket quickly picks up speed and disappears into the clouds.

At the Plesetsk cosmodrome, a successful launch of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile was carried out from a mine installation as part of state tests, the Russian Defense Ministry said. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

The launch of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is the first in the state test program. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

They noted that the flight tests made it possible to assess the correctness of the schematic design and technical solutions that were laid down when creating the Sarmat missile system. After the completion of the test program of this promising heavy-class missile with a separable head, the Sarmat complex will enter service with the Strategic Missile Forces.

The Russian nuclear icebreaker Ural of project 22220 of the Arctic type will be commissioned by the end of 2022. This was announced by the Deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia Alexey Besprozvannykh during a speech at the Federation Council, RIA Novosti reports.

The command of the Chinese Navy for the first time published footage of the launch of a new hypersonic cruise missile by the Type 055 destroyer.

The Global Times, an English-language version of Huanqiu Shibao, paid attention to the situation on the Korean peninsula. Recently, as you know, the DPRK has become very active in terms of testing new ballistic missiles and tactical weapons. The missile launches, carried out on the instructions of the country's leader Kim Jong–un, alarm the closest neighbors and potential opponents of the DPRK - South Korea and Japan.

Russia believes that NATO creates a "risk of unintended clashes" in the Arctic region

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that NATO's activity in the Arctic could lead to "the risk of unintended collisions." This is how Moscow reacted to the NATO exercise Cold Response 2022 ("Cold Response"), the naval part of which was held in the Norwegian Sea. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the specifics of the Arctic confrontation between Russia and NATO.

According to foreign sources, the new nuclear ballistic missile of the US Air Force intercontinental range received the official designation "Sentinel" ( Northrop Grumman LGM-35A Sentinel ). Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall approved this name for the system that is to modernize the intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) of the US nuclear triad.

On the eve of the Central News Agency of North Korea published photos from the tests of a new type of tactical guided weapons. Pyongyang's state media reported that the weekend launches are of "great importance" for improving this type of missile.

Three conclusions from the Russian-Ukrainian conflict

There is no use from the UN, and NATO has turned into a hydra that is at war with itself, writes American Thinker. According to the author of the article, the West needs a new leader to provide Ukraine with weapons and "punish" Russia along with other "rogue states".

As the DPRK Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA) reported on April 17, 2022, the leader of the DPRK, Comrade Kim Jong-un, was present at the "test firing of a new tactical guided weapon," and it is emphasized that it can be equipped with nuclear weapons.

The Baltic Sea will lose its nuclear-free status if the Finns and Swedes still decide to join NATO. This was stated in the Russian Security Council. Military experts warn that our ground forces, combat aviation and air defense will have to strengthen the border near St. Petersburg, and some of our nuclear missiles will be re-aimed at Helsinki and Stockholm. Do Finnish and Swedish politicians really want to live in the status of potential targets?

The special operation emphasized the role of precision weapons

The United States and Britain have today retargeted their commercial satellite systems Starlink and OneWeb to collect intelligence information in the interests of the armed formations of Ukraine. A plan is being hatched to disconnect Russia from the GPS system. How can all this, coupled with the ban on the import of software (software), affect the performance of combat missions by our troops in the combat zone, the production of high-precision weapons by the defense industry?

The IAEA will not have access to the data from the surveillance cameras until an agreement is reached in Vienna on the INP

Iran has moved the production of uranium enrichment centrifuges to a more reliable location about a year after the act of sabotage at the facility in Karaj, said Behrouz Kamalvandi, a representative of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

The British newspaper "The Guardian" called the NATO military exercises "Ascending Griffin" recently held at the Lithuanian military base Pabrade, about 30 km from the border with Belarus, a "dress rehearsal of the confrontation between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance." It should be noted that these maneuvers were accompanied by loud statements by Baltic and Polish political functionaries demanding that the NATO leadership increase the alliance's contingent on its territory.  

Anti-nuclear shelters are already ordered by the middle class, as the builder says

The conflict in Ukraine scared the Czechs so much that they thought about their safety, writes iDnes. They have awakened a huge interest in the construction of underground shelters. In addition, people buy suitcases with things "as a last resort." There are masks, filters, suits, dosimeters, sleeping bags, water filters and all sorts of things for survival.

What place does Russia occupy today, 61 years after the launch of man into space, in terms of space achievements? Against the background of the successes of Elon Musk, it may seem that it is not so significant anymore. However, one unnoticed news of recent days proves the opposite. What are we talking about and what advantages will this give to Russian space satellites?