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The New York Times (USA): Europe redistributes expenses amid a special operation

The Russian special operation in Ukraine is forcing Europe and the United States to restructure their spending and prepare for threats that seemed to be in the past, writes The New York Times. The author of the article tells what money will be spent on in the West now.

Why and how London will supply the APU with AS-90 self-propelled guns

The list of weapons supplied by the UK to Ukraine can be supplemented with 155-mm self-propelled artillery units (ACS) AS-90 Braveheart ("Brave Heart"). The plans of the British government were reported, with reference to its own sources, by The Times newspaper. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the AS-90 is and what they can give to the Ukrainian army.

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong): attempts by Russia and China to lead the world away from the US dollar are doomed to failure

The dominance of the dollar has gradually begun to weaken, but its complete fall is still far away, writes SCMP. According to the author of the article, despite the measures of Russia and China and their attempts to free world trade from the dollar, it still has no rivals.

Xinhua (China): how American arms dealers made a fortune by taking advantage of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine

Despite the fact that the United States talks about the importance of restoring peace in Ukraine, the American military-industrial complex earns billions from this conflict. American experts and former officials told Xinhua about the schemes of "successful business" built on someone else's misfortune.

The Malaysian Air Force received the first CN-235-220M military transport aircraft, converted into a version of the MSA (Maritime Surveillance Aircraft) maritime reconnaissance aircraft.

A Russian-American crew returning from the ISS landed in Kazakhstan

Three ISS crew members returned to Earth - two Russians and one American. The current descent took place against the background of a sharp deterioration in relations between Russia and the United States, which is why the NASA astronaut will have to get home by a roundabout way around Russian territory.

The Russian-French company PowerJet, which produces SaM146 engines for the Superjet 100 aircraft, has stopped their maintenance and repair due to sanctions, a source close to the aviation industry told Interfax.

Electric cars in Russia and lithium fever in the world

Against the background of the special military operation of the Russian army in Ukraine, Russia came under numerous sanctions mainly from Western countries, which exposed the country's significant dependence on imports in the field of high technologies of a number of industries.

The British Sky Sabre air defense system is sent to Poland

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace announced that the Sky Sabre air defense system will be deployed in Poland. It also includes the ZUR CAMM. Similar missiles are being considered in the Polish Narev program. Wallace announced the deployment of the Sky Sabre system in Poland during a joint press conference with the head of the Polish Ministry of Defense Mariusz Blaszczak. Together with Sky Sabre, about 100 soldiers (SAM personnel and a security platoon) will go to Poland.

Ukraine crisis: Sanctions against Russia demonstrate the power of the dollar turned into a weapon (South China Morning Post, Hong Kong)

The United States and its allies have unleashed a proxy war with sanctions and assistance to Ukraine, writes SCMP. According to one of the experts, the main lesson of the current crisis is not related to Moscow and Kiev, but lies in the fact that the United States has shown that the most powerful weapon in the world is the dollar.

On March 24, the French company Dassault Aviation announced the signing ceremony in Athens for the purchase of six additional Rafale fighters.

The decision was expected for those who have been following the company's activities for a long time. But even many cosmonautics fans who didn't delve too deeply into SpaceX's development strategy were taken by surprise by this news. Production of Dragon ships has been completed, and now all flights will be carried out on an already created fleet of four reusable passenger capsules.

The military-industrial complex (MIC) of Russia practically does not experience dependence on foreign supplies, he said in a conversation with Lenta.ru" military political scientist, Associate Professor of the Department of Politics and Sociology of the Russian University of Economics Plekhanova Alexander Perendzhiev. He added that a small shortage of components can be compensated by supplies from China.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed with the Inspector General of the German Armed Forces Eberhard Zorn the possibility of purchasing the Arrow-3 missile defense system from Israel.

Military Watch Magazine (USA): Ukraine asks NATO for used tanks. Here's what she can get - from Polish PT-91 to Bulgarian T-72M1

The Ukrainian request to NATO for 500 tanks is somewhat unusual, given that it has more than a thousand of them in reserve, and many of them are much more combat-ready than those currently on the front line, writes MWM. Apparently, this step of Kiev is dictated by political goals.

Military expert Andrey Frolov - about the big changes in the arms markets in connection with Russia's military operation in Ukraine

The Special Military Operation (SVO) of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine has not yet ended, but a number of conclusions can already be drawn from it. One of them has to do with the arms market, since both Russia and Ukraine are major players in it. Obviously, the year 2022 has brought serious changes, and this market will not be the same.

In accordance with the bilateral agreement on strategic defense cooperation concluded in September 2021, the Greek authorities signed two contracts with Naval Group for the supply of three FDI HN frigates (Belharra class).

On March 24, 2022, in Falera in the suburbs of Athens (Greece), in the presence of Greek Minister of National Defense Nicolas Panayiotopoulos and French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly, agreements were signed on the acquisition by Greece in France of three frigates of the new French type FDI (Frégates de Défense et d'Intervention, the option for Greece is designated FDI HN), with the option of another for one frigate, and six additional Dassault Rafale F4 series fighters. The total value of the contractual agreements is 4 billion euros, of which about 3 billion euros are frigates.

The next spacewalks of Russian cosmonauts will take place on April 20 and 28, as well as in May

Russian cosmonauts will conduct three spacewalks in April and May to integrate the European ERA manipulator into the Russian segment of the International Space Station, cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, who works on the ISS, said.

Traffic News (Japan): The Russian Sukhoi fighter is a high-tech aircraft that has amazed the whole world, and in particular Japan

At one time, Russia produced many masterpieces in the field of military aviation. One of them is considered to be a high-tech Sukhoi fighter, writes Yahoo News Japan. Japan even practically acquired it, but there were nuances.