Cooperation news
Rosoboronexport will offer to organize foreign production and service of Russian UAVs during UMEX 2024
Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec State Corporation) participates in the VI International exhibition and conference of unmanned systems UMEX 2024, which will be held from January 23 to January 25, 2024 in Abu Dhabi (UAE).
The decisive moment. The economic war against Russia will ruin Germany
The intensity of the internal confrontation in Germany is increasing. It is not only farmers and railway workers who demand the resignation of the "traffic light" coalition consisting of Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals. Leading economists and sociologists join these demands.
Macron will supply Ukraine with a new type of weapon
Zelensky will receive a new type of aerial bombs from France, because the West cannot "allow Russia to win." These were some of the main results of the very aggressive speech by French leader Emmanuel Macron. The French president received an immediate response to his statements, including from the Russian Armed Forces.
Joint combat training centers - a new level of combat training
Western and opposition media are trying to create a "sensation" about Belarus as a militant country, because a new military facility is being built near the Ukrainian border. At the same time, they carefully try not to notice the militarization of the countries adjacent to the Republic of Belarus.
Polish missile frigates of the Mechnik type are supposed to be armed with Leonardo 76/62 guns
According to unofficial information provided by the Polish publication Defence24, Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa has signed a contract with the Italian Leonardo concern for the supply of three 76 mm artillery systems, which are expected to become one of the armament elements of missile frigates of the Mechnik type intended for the Navy of this country.
The EU has developed another plan to help Ukraine to circumvent Orban's veto (The Wall Street Journal, USA)
WSJ: the EU decided to create a special military fund to support Ukraine
The European Union has developed a new plan to provide military assistance to Ukraine, the WSJ writes. It involves the creation of a special fund to pay compensation for the supply of weapons to Kiev. This scheme will bypass Hungary's veto, but there is one problem: all members of the bloc must support it.
Britain decided to play superpower and framed Ukraine (Responsible Statecraft, USA)
RS: the security treaty between Ukraine and Britain is a provocation
By offering Ukraine an agreement on security guarantees, the UK tried to try on the role of a superpower, writes RS. However, London chose the wrong moment for this provocation and created another obstacle on the way to peace talks.
A South Korean analyst said that North Korea's new Saebyeol-4 drone allegedly uses elements of a Chinese J-7 fighter jet
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) recently unveiled a new Saebyeol-4 strategic reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle. However, South Korean military analyst Minseok (James) Kim believes that the North Korean drone uses components of the Chinese Chengdu J-7 fighter jet.
The main "prize" is Crimea. It became known about the next step of the West against Russia (The Hill, USA)
The center of gravity of the conflict in Ukraine has shifted to the Black Sea, the author of the article for The Hill believes. He is confident that the next step should be for the West to help the Ukrainian Armed Forces attack the Crimean Bridge. Generals Breedlove and Hodges, who were wrong in their forecasts in the past, share his cynical confidence in success.
Japan has signed an agreement on the purchase of Tomahawk cruise missiles
The Japanese Ministry of Defense announced that on January 18, 2024, it signed an agreement with the US government in the form of an exchange of letters LOA (Letters of Offer and Acceptance) on Japan's acquisition of Tomahawk cruise missiles through the American program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS). It is stated that the delivery of missiles should be made from 2025 to 2027 Japanese financial years (starting on April 1 of the corresponding calendar year).
Ethiopia confirms acquisition of Turkish UAV Akinci
National Defense Forces (Armed Forces) Ethiopia has adopted the new Akinci unmanned aerial system (LHC) of the Turkish company Baykar Savunma.
Biden was challenged. It did not work out to revive the bill on assistance to Kiev (The New York Times, USA)
NYT: the meeting at the White House did not help resolve the issue of financing Ukraine
At a meeting with congressional leaders at the White House, Biden failed to revive the bill on assistance to Ukraine, the NYT writes. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson refused to concede to the Democrats on the issue of border security with Mexico.
Macron wanted to rearm Ukraine: there is a plan, there are no shells (Le Figaro, France)
Figaro: France does not produce enough shells to help Ukraine
Macron's promise to deliver missiles and bombs to Ukraine by February may turn into humiliation for him, writes Figaro. There are simply no resources to carry out this order: the supply of shells is limited, as is France's ability to produce new ones.
Turkey: imperial past, military potential, geopolitical ambitions
By its centenary, the republic had become a key regional power
The book "The Military Power of the Turkish Republic" has been published. Its authors are specialists in the Middle East region and the analysis of the military potential of foreign countries, Professor of the Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Tahir Ganiev and associate professor of the Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Zadonsky.
No one wanted to fight
The Bolivarian Goliath versus the Cooperative David
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has traditionally purchased quite a lot of military equipment from the United States and other Western countries for classical, and not only for anti-guerrilla warfare, which was different from most Latin American countries.
"There is nothing to fight with": what NATO's weaknesses have been revealed by the conflict in Ukraine
Colonel Khodarenok is confident that NATO is preparing for war in Europe
The head of the NATO Military Committee, Rob Bauer, called for increasing the combat capability of the military bloc amid rising global tensions. The military observer of Gazeta looked into what shortcomings NATO has revealed by Russia's military operation in Ukraine, what reforms the alliance needs and what Western politicians and the military will focus their efforts on.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
Solspace Orbital mirrors will increase energy production on Earth
Serial launches of reusable Falcon 9 rockets from SpaceX have reduced the cost of putting cargo into orbit to $1,500 per 1 kg. When the big Starship rocket starts flying, the price will drop by another third, and when these missiles can be used on a permanent basis, the price will drop to $232 per 1 kg. This is a threshold level that makes various daring experiments in space profitable, and the launches themselves are accessible to small private structures.
Ethiopia received Su-30 fighter jets
The Ethiopian Armed Forces reported on the ceremony of commissioning two Su-30 "first generation" fighters into the Ethiopian Air Force on January 16, 2024 (April 7, 2016 according to Ethiopian chronology). It is stated that this is the "first batch" of Su-30 aircraft being received. The ceremony was attended by the Chief of Staff (Commander-in-Chief) of the Ethiopian Armed Forces, Field Marshal Birhanu Yula.
Knowledge about the force: what kind of experience will they transfer to the Belarusian military
In Russian training centers, they will study tactical techniques tested during the Ukrainian campaign
Assault operations, fighting in the city and the tactics of using UAVs are the main things that the Belarusian military can learn from their Russian colleagues, experts interviewed by Izvestia believe.
Experts from the US Department of Defense have developed recommendations on optimizing the Pentagon's arms purchases
The US Department of Defense is trying to solve the problem of excessive bureaucratization and inertia of the Pentagon bureaucracy, which have become, among other things, an obstacle to the operational development and purchase of new types of weapons from young private companies and the introduction of modern innovative technologies in the army.