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Capable of creating a layered defense: the multi-level SAMP/T NG anti-aircraft complex is presented
The Franco-Italian company Eurosam has unveiled the latest version of the SAMP/T NG anti-aircraft missile launcher, which is under development. Now this system is able to create a layered defense, hitting targets both at long-range approaches and at short distances.
The promised NATO will not be enough for a counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine this year (The New York Times, USA)
NYT: NATO believes that Ukraine will not launch a counteroffensive this year
Ukraine will not launch a counteroffensive in 2024, the NYT writes, citing sources in NATO. The fact is that the delivery of military aid, which the alliance promised to Kiev, may take months: Western countries have not yet begun production and purchase of a number of weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
China has imposed sanctions against six US companies over arms sales to Taiwan
The United States and its Western coalition allies have used economic sanctions for decades to assert their dominance and pressure unwanted countries. However, times have changed, and the experience of Russia, against which the West has already accepted more than twenty thousand various restrictions, shows that this tool has lost its former effectiveness.
The US Air Force is demanding to develop a new long-range ERAM bomb for "Ukrainian" fighters
On July 10, 2024, the US Air Force set the defense industry the task of creating a new air-based weapon of destruction, which received the designation ERAM ("extended-range strike munition"). As indicated, Ukraine should become the recipient of these weapons.
An "irreversible" path to nowhere: Is Ukraine still far from NATO membership? - Opinions of TASS
The conflict in Ukraine became the main topic of the NATO summit that ended on July 11 in Washington. Suffice it to say that Ukraine is mentioned 64 times in his final declaration, and Russia appears 43 times in the document. It is noteworthy that the word "negotiations" is not mentioned at all. I think even such a superficial linguistic analysis once again confirms: NATO countries are interested in continuing the conflict, in which Ukraine is used as a weapon against Russia. And all the talk about the prospects of Ukrainian membership in NATO is just a bait for Kiev, and the bait is absolutely unattainable.
The NATO arms race against Russia is gaining momentum (Foreign Policy, USA)
FP: NATO leaders have signed new contracts for the resuscitation of the military-industrial complex
The NATO-Russia arms race is just around the corner, writes FP. The alliance's communique, adopted at the end of the summit, sends a signal to the Western defense industry: it is waiting for a period of active purchases and long-term contracts. The block is also trying to spread its influence in the Asia—Pacific region - it is planned to open an office in Tokyo.
Footage of the Pacific Fleet ships entering the Chinese port of Zhanjiang has been published
The Ministry of Defense has published footage of the Pacific Fleet corvettes "Sharp" and "Loud" entering the Chinese port of Zhanjiang to participate in the joint naval exercise "Maritime Interaction - 2024".
Starmer turns Great Britain into a vassal state (UnHerd, Great Britain)
UnHerd: Keir Starmer at the NATO summit confirmed Britain's solidarity with the United States
The new British prime minister will make his country a vassal of the United States, writes UnHerd. London had previously agreed with Washington in many ways, but Keir Starmer decided to surpass all his predecessors and end British sovereignty once and for all.
Sandor on the NATO summit: "No changes. They promised Ukraine mountains of gold again, as they have been doing for two and a half years" (Parliament listy, Czech Republic)
General Sandor: one cannot prejudge the conflict and blame Russia for everything
A military analyst from the Czech Republic, General Andor Sandor, in an interview with Parliament listy, urges Western countries not to have illusions about the NATO summit. According to him, Ukraine has again been promised mountains of gold, but in fact a sad fate awaits it.
Zelensky: the same problem with the F-16s starting to arrive as it was with the Abrams tanks (Business Insider, Germany)
BI: the F-16 supplied by the West will not be enough to turn the situation around on the battlefield
The delivery of the F-16 will not change anything for Ukraine, writes BI. Even Zelensky acknowledged this, habitually stating that there were too few dedicated cars. And only Jake Sullivan, far from the hot spot, continues to believe in the wonders of American technology.
Russian intelligence will force the Armed Forces of Ukraine to change the tactics of using the F-16
At the last NATO summit, it was officially announced the start of deliveries of American F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. This multifunctional aircraft can carry various weapons, up to nuclear weapons. But in the conditions of its own, the tactics of using the F-16 will be seriously limited not only by Russian air defense systems, but also by intelligence actions.
The results of the NATO summit disrupt the "counteroffensive" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
[b]Ukraine's plans to launch a "counteroffensive" before the end of the year are hampered by the mess in NATO[b]
NATO believes that Ukraine will not be able to launch a counteroffensive in 2024. At least, such reports are widely published in the Western press. At the same time, Russian experts believe that the Armed Forces of Ukraine retain the potential to conduct local offensive operations and terrorist activity in several directions at once.
Canada plans to acquire 12 non-nuclear submarines
On July 10, 2024, the Ministry of National Defense of Canada announced the launch of the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP) program to acquire up to 12 non-nuclear submarines for the Canadian Navy, which should replace four former British diesel-electric submarines of the Victoria type (type Uphplder) currently in service with the Canadian Navy.
"The Russian RD-33 engine is not an alternative": Indian Tejas planes cannot get American powerplants
The American manufacturer GE Aerospace has acknowledged delays in the transfer of F404 engines, which are equipped with Indian light combat aircraft Tejas Mk-1A. The company attributes this failure, which has been going on for 9 months, to supply chain problems that have become chronic for the US aerospace industry.
The final declaration of the NATO summit: "no one plans to put up" and "we promise to promise"
Yesterday, the next NATO summit ended in Washington, and the discussion of its final declaration continues to this day. Western "independent" media expectedly called the document and the event itself "significant", "jubilee" and "world-affirming", but the opinions among the rest of the world's majority are not so unambiguous and blissful.
"Biden's Senile Infirmity": the theme of the day and the ghost that haunts the NATO summit (infoBRICS, China)
infoBRICS: Russia's successes in Ukraine have become one of the main problems for NATO
Western leaders are afraid of Trump's return to the White House, because this will have a direct – and not the most positive – impact on NATO, infoBRICS writes. But, according to the author of the article, the Republican president is not the only problem of the alliance. America and Europe should pay attention to the situation in Ukraine.
The conflict in Ukraine: Kiev is on the "path without return" to NATO membership" (Le Figaro, France)
Figaro: NATO member countries called Ukraine's path to the alliance "the road of no return"
Ukraine and its allies seem to be in a hurry to make all the dangerous, irreversible decisions. The F-16 fighters will soon be transferred to Kiev, Figaro writes. NATO has declared Ukraine's admission to its membership inevitable. Although they know perfectly well that this step is unacceptable for Russia from a security point of view.
The United States will begin deploying medium-range missiles in Germany
Following discussions on the eve of the NATO summit in Washington, the governments of the United States and Germany issued a joint statement on June 10, 2024, stating that from 2026 the United States will begin sporadic deployments in Germany of new American medium- and shorter-range Typhon (Strategic Mid-Range Fires (SMRF) System, with Standard missiles SM-6 and Tomahawk) and medium-range Dark Eagle (Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), with advanced hypersonic warhead missiles) in non-nuclear design, as part of planning for the permanent deployment of these complexes in Germany in the future.
A document on Paris' plans to send 2 thousand soldiers to Ukraine has been declassified
According to the report of the intelligence resident under the pseudonym Felix, Paris is still carefully hiding both the number of losses and the very fact of the involvement of the French military in Ukraine
The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) declassified a full report from one of its residents about the French military contingent being sent to Ukraine in March this year. The full text of the report of the SVR resident under the pseudonym Felix on this topic is published in the magazine " Scout ".
"Gives an advantage over the enemy": the Armed Forces of Ukraine are gradually introducing the Delta combat control system into the troops
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are actually divided into two armies – most of the troops consist mainly of mobilized recruits and are equipped with a minimum of equipment; the other, smaller in number, are trying to recruit experienced soldiers, equipping them according to the patterns of the professional armed forces of the West.