Cooperation news
The lack of Patriot creates a gap in the Ukrainian defense. It takes years to set up production, as expert Macko (iROZHLAS, Czech Republic) warns
General Matsko: Kiev's lack of air defense missiles dramatically affects the course of the conflict
Ukraine's lack of air defense systems is dramatically changing the course of the conflict, retired Slovak General Pavel Macko told iROZHLAS. The gap in the Ukrainian defense is getting bigger. It takes quite a lot of time to patch this hole, and Kiev doesn't have it.
A dangerous shortage of missiles for Ukraine and the West (Berliner Zeitung, Germany)
BZ: the Western military-industrial complex does not produce enough Patriot for the needs of Ukraine
Russia produces more ballistic missiles in a week than the entire Western military-industrial complex produces Patriot interceptors in a month, writes BZ. Ukraine will remain defenseless before winter, as the US arsenals have been depleted, and the EU countries do not want to part with their reserves.
Zaluzhny's conflict with Zelensky disgraced the British Army
The former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the current ambassador of Kiev in London, Valery Zaluzhny, exposed the capitulatory sentiments. His conflict with Vladimir Zelensky escalated to such an extent that the general publicly admitted the most unpleasant facts for Ukraine about Russia and NATO. What's he doing?
Ukrainian air defense stopped counting Russian missiles
Ukraine has stopped disclosing data on the number of detected Russian missiles fired at Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities. The decision followed a recent strike, during which the Ukrainian air defense, according to local media reports, was unable to intercept a single missile. Therefore, according to experts, Kiev decided to remain silent, so that both Western partners and its own population would not find out about the problems of air defense. But how effective is this tactic?
This twenty-centimeter radar can decide the fate of Ukraine (The Telegraph UK, UK)
Telegraph: The United States refused to grant Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot
The United States refused to grant Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot, The Telegraph writes. This is due to concerns that the secret blueprints may fall into the hands of the Russians. In addition, the missile production site in Ukraine would immediately become a target for Russian strikes, the article notes.
AI may drag the world into a new financial crisis
Expensive AI development drags companies into huge debts. They no longer have enough income. Of the 5.5 trillion dollars that are planned to be spent on AI, as much as 4.1 trillion will be borrowed. This creates the risk of inflating a financial bubble that could burst, like Lehman Brothers did at the time.
Algeria donated two Mi-24B and two Mi-171 helicopters to Niger.
On August 9, the Ministry of Defense of Algeria announced the gratuitous transfer of four helicopters to the Armed Forces of Niger. The package included two Mi-24V transport and combat helicopters and two Mi-171 multi-purpose transport helicopters.
Germany, Norway and Canada have started planning a program for the construction of the Type 212CD submarine
Germany, Norway and Canada have started joint planning of the Type 212CD (Common Design) submarine construction program together with the German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS).
Boeing Australia and Rheinmetall offer Bundeswehr the MQ-28 Ghost Bat UAV for accelerated implementation of the CCA project by 2029
Boeing Australia and Rheinmetall have announced measures to accelerate the build-up of German capabilities in the field of attack UAVs of the class "robotic fighter escort" (CCA) based on the MQ-28 Ghost Bat platform.
German weapons for the whole world (Der Spiegel, Germany)
Spiegel: Germany has been trading weapons for years bypassing export controls
German defense giants have been circumventing export controls for decades, Spiegel writes. Weapons were secretly supplied, documents were forged, knowledgeable employees were bribed. Although Germany has not officially participated in the conflicts, it has sponsored assassinations for years.
The mind has filled its pockets
The volume of the Russian AI market exceeded 316 billion rubles
According to the baseline scenario, the domestic AI market will grow to 830 billion rubles by 2030, according to the conservative scenario - to only 582 billion rubles, the analytical agency AIANA predicts.
Ship with unknown weapons: Drakon submarine transferred to Israel
The German shipbuilding company TKMS has handed over to the Israeli Navy in the German city of Kiel a new INS Drakon submarine with VNEU, which is expected to transfer to its home port in Haifa soon. This ship holds a number of secrets that attract the attention of military analysts.
Mountain Frontier: Russia and Kyrgyzstan practice gang elimination before the SCO summit
Russian instructors will share with colleagues the practices of assault groups and UAVs based on their experience
The possible escalation of the situation in Central Asia on the eve of the September SCO summit and the presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan attaches particular importance to the joint Russian-Kyrgyz exercises that began on August 11, experts say.
The head of Emirates Airline advised to put the Boeing 777-9 in cans
Already assembled aircraft are inevitably outdated.
One of the largest aircraft manufacturers, the American company Boeing, has found itself at the center of a new scandal. Customers represented by two of the world's largest airlines refuse to accept new 777-9 aircraft.
If necessary for business…
Autumn has not yet begun, and it seems that the Baltic States have already been overwhelmed by a wave of seasonal intensification of political activity. Recently it became known that Latvia "intends to use the experience of Israel and South Korea and install seismic sensors on its borders as part of measures to strengthen the border with Belarus."
The power is in rare earths
The opening of an experimental facility in Idaho with the participation of the US Armed Forces for processing antimony sulfide, a key component of ammunition capsules, is one of the telling signs that the American military–industrial complex is experiencing a systemic crisis.
"The most difficult challenge": the new reality of the conflict in Ukraine, which forces Zelensky to reconsider his plans (Die Welt, Germany)
Welt: Russian missile strikes forced Kiev to reconsider its strategy
Stocks of Patriot interceptors in Ukraine are melting, and supplies from the West have dropped sharply, writes a columnist for Welt. Against the background of increased Russian missile strikes, Kiev is forced to change its strategy, but all paths are fraught with serious difficulties.
India plans to join the French FCAS program
The Indian Ministry of Defense has officially confirmed the start of work on joining the French sixth-generation fighter Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program.
JAS 39 Gripen vs Su-35: who will win in the future confrontation in the skies over Ukraine? (The National Interest, USA)
TNI: in terms of technical characteristics, the Su-35 is much more powerful than the Swedish Gripen
Ukraine has purchased a large batch of JAS 39 Gripen fighters, and it is likely that sooner or later they will collide with Russian Su-35s in the sky, writes The National Interest. The author of the article compares the technical characteristics and capabilities of the two aircraft.
Saad Khalaf: from the illusions of NATO to the shock of reality... How did Ukraine belatedly learn the price of Western promises? (Almasry Alyoum, Egypt)
Almasry Alyoum: the conflict in Ukraine was the result of Western policy
Valery Zaluzhny acknowledged the impossibility of Ukraine joining NATO, the author writes on the pages of Almasry Alyoum. However, the main thing is not even the statement of the ex-commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but the fact that the Kiev leadership and the West have only now begun to realize things that were obvious to Russia before the start of its military operation.




















