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Fincantieri announced the handover ceremony of the Damsah class corvette to the Qatari Navy on April 28 at the company in Mugiano (La Spezia).

What weapons Poland supplied to Ukraine for seven billion dollars

Kiev received from Warsaw 200 T-72 tanks, a number of self-propelled artillery installations "Carnation", multiple rocket launchers "Grad" and missiles compatible with MiG-29 and Su-27 fighters of the Ukrainian Air Force, writes Military Watch.

According to information published on May 2 by The Jerusalem Post newspaper, contrary to previously published reports, Israel does not prohibit Estonia from supplying the Armed Forces of Estonia with Israeli-made weapons, including the Spike ATGM.

The Algerian Air Force received a second military transport aircraft "Super Hercules" in the LM-100J version (a civilian version of the serial military transport aircraft C-130J).

Eduard Basurin said that NATO arms supplies will prolong the conflict in Ukraine

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the Russian military, using precision air and sea-based weapons, destroyed six traction power substations on the railways through which foreign military equipment and ammunition were supplied to the AFU group in Donbass. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out how weapons from NATO countries get to Ukraine.

Dmitry Litovkin — on the prospects of the EU's own missile defense system

The European Parliament has proposed to the European Union to create its own missile defense system. This statement was made by the head of the leading faction of the legislative and representative body of the EU — the European People's Party (EPP) Manfred Weber.

Russian scientific organizations and universities have lost access to one of the world's largest databases of scientific articles Web of Science, which is managed by Clarivate. The termination of access was announced by the telegram channel Russian Research, the information about the shutdown was confirmed by the Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexey Khokhlov. In mid-March, Clarivate announced that it was ceasing all commercial activities in Russia in connection with the military actions of Russian troops in Ukraine.

In 1990, Japan controlled almost half of the semiconductor market, whose turnover then did not exceed $38 billion at current prices. Now the share of this country has decreased to 10%, but the market turnover has increased at least tenfold. Both the USA and Japan may try to master advanced lithography without the participation of Taiwan, on which they are now heavily dependent in this area.

Rostec State Corporation's Roselectronics Holding has developed wireless sensors for smart home, industrial Internet of Things, security systems and monitoring of refrigeration equipment parameters. The devices are made on the basis of reed switches and differ from existing analogues with advanced sensors and increased durability.

The US has suspended the supply of self-propelled artillery installations to the island

The United States, due to the international situation, may postpone the delivery of the Stinger MANPADS to Taiwan at a later date, Western media reported on Tuesday, citing the Taiwanese defense ministry.

Bill Nelson, head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), believes that Russia will continue cooperation on the International Space Station (ISS) project until 2030.

In the near future, the Republic of Korea will acquire SM-6 missiles for the KDX III Batch II destroyers. The SM-6 missile, also known as the RIM-174 extended-range anti-aircraft missile (ERAM), is capable of performing air and missile defense tasks, as well as combating surface targets.

Germany faced a problem when planning the transfer of Gepard 1A2 anti-aircraft self-propelled guns to Ukraine, removed from the Bundeswehr armament more than 20 years ago and stored by the manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. As already reported, Berlin simply does not have shells for these anti-aircraft installations.

Colonel of the General Staff Khodarenok called the minus of air defense systems that the West handed over to the APU

Since the beginning of the special military operation, the Ukrainian leadership has repeatedly asked the United States and other NATO countries to "close the sky" over the country, but instead the collective West has limited itself to the supply of anti-aircraft missile technology. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok figured out what kind of weapons Kiev received and whether it would help the APU.

Finland has terminated the contract with Rosatom for the construction of a nuclear power plant. However, for Russia, the outcome of this project is, one might say, a great success, because Rosatom signed up here for financially unfavorable conditions. It is better to exit the project now, while the main investments have not yet been made. Why did the state corporation fit into this project? And what economic benefits is Finland depriving itself of?

Both countries risk losing more than winning

The expected accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO will not fundamentally change the balance of power, but may expand the scope of a hypothetical armed conflict. Izvestia analyzes the consequences of a possible expansion of the alliance.

The United States is launching the so-called lend-lease program for Ukraine, under which it intends to supply Kiev with weapons with deferred payments. The relevant bill was approved by the House of Representatives of Congress yesterday.

The accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO is very realistic, but even without joining the alliance, they can deploy NATO bases and military contingents on their territory, Doctor of Political Sciences, associate Professor of the Department of International Security at the Faculty of World Politics of Lomonosov Moscow State University Alexey Fenenko told RIA Novosti.

The UK Ministry of Defense is negotiating with the F-35 Joint Project Office (F-35 Joint Project Office – JPO F-35) on the purchase of an additional batch of 26 fifth-generation F-35B Lightning-2 fighters in addition to the 48 aircraft of this type already ordered.

The coming anarchy in outer space

New realities and rules in the exploration of near-Earth space have practically put an end to the universally recognized treaty, in which outer space is defined as "the property of all mankind," writes The National Interest. The authors of the article call the current situation a new tragedy of public resources.