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Seoul has given Moscow a choice between the two Koreas

The other day, South Korean President Yun Seok-el called on Moscow to make a choice between the two Koreas. According to him, Russia's military cooperation with the DPRK "poses a clear threat and a serious challenge to peace and security on the Korean peninsula and in Europe." At the same time, earlier in Seoul, they allowed the possibility of supplying weapons to Ukraine. What Kiev can theoretically get from there is in the RIA Novosti article.

At the site of the congress of the right forces of Latin America, held in Brazil, a representative of the Argentine government announced an important decision by the country's authorities.

According to the French edition of Intelligence Online, the secret Saint-Louis Institute, under the jurisdiction of the Ministries of Defense of France and Germany, is studying the combat experience of the military conflict in Ukraine to introduce the latest unmanned aerial vehicles, interception systems and artificial intelligence into the development.

In defense against drones, gunners rely on speed and anti-drone guns

The offensive of the troops of the Center group in the Avdiivka direction continues with powerful artillery fire support. At the same time, the activity of the enemy's barrel and rocket artillery continues to decrease, and gradually kamikaze drones become its main means of destruction. Izvestia correspondents have learned how Russian Msta-S self-propelled howitzers work and how they are protected from drones.

Iveco Defense Vehicle has announced the signing of a contract with the Brazilian Air Defense Command for the supply of 420 light multipurpose armored vehicles LMV-BR 2 with a 4x4 wheel formula over 10 years.

NI: the loss of the M270 MLRS was a serious blow to the APU

Russian troops destroyed the M270 MLRS supplied by the West to Ukraine, writes NI. The loss of this installation is extremely painful for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since it is very effective in combat — but at the same time, the number of units of this weapon in Kiev is extremely limited.

The Indian company Armoured Vehicle Nigam Limited (AVNL) intends to license the production of the 4x4 K-53949 Typhoon-K armored vehicle of the MRAP type developed by the Russian company Remdiesel.

The Indian organization DRDO (an approximate analogue of Rostec) presented the first images of a sample of the Zorawar light tank. Its development is carried out in cooperation with the defense concern Larsen & Toubro (L&T). Currently, the new combat model is undergoing factory tests.

One of them is the Tulpar multi-purpose tracked vehicle, equipped with a turret from the Italian company Leonardo with a 120 mm cannon. It is designed to perform various missions, from conducting reconnaissance to providing direct fire support. The modular design of the Tulpar allows the integration of various weapon systems and a variety of equipment, providing flexibility in various combat scenarios.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published footage showing the combat use of the Scorpion-M1 ground-based automated multifunctional remote-controlled platform by specialists of the Russian Hawks UAV detachment as part of the "Southern" grouping of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Rostec State Corporation will present about 50 advanced developments at the International Industrial Exhibition Innoprom-2024 in Yekaterinburg. The key objects will be a full-size hybrid power plant demonstrator (HSU) and a mock-up of the first domestic industrial high-power gas turbine GTD-110M manufactured by the United Engine Corporation.

The American tank was destroyed with the first shot

The destruction of the American Abrams tank with a single shot of a high—precision Krasnopol projectile is far from an ordinary case. This is how an enemy car was shot down in the Avdiivka direction. The gunners of the Central Military District coped brilliantly with the task. As it was, the correspondent of Izvestia was told by the calculation of the self-propelled gun of the Center group.

The National Guard of Ukraine has received the first batch of new Novator-2 armored vehicles (Nowator 2 or Kamrat-M). The developer of the armored vehicle is the Ukrainian private company "Ukrainian Armored Vehicles" (Ukrainian Bronetechnika), registered in Kiev, known in the West as Ukrainian Armor. For the first time, a prototype of the vehicle was presented to the leadership of the National Guard of Ukraine in 2017, and in November 2019, the Armed Forces of Ukraine received the first 40 Novator armored vehicles.

The Kiev regime may stage armed provocations, experts believe

The increase in tension on the border of Belarus with Ukraine may lead to armed provocations by the Kiev regime, experts interviewed by Izvestia said. At the same time, in their opinion, the AFU simply does not have enough forces for full-scale military operations in this direction. On Monday, Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the concentration of Ukrainian troops on the border a cause for concern for Moscow.

Reflections on the "probable" participation of the Belarusian armed forces in the conflict in Ukraine, or in general about the "Belarusian threat", continue to appear periodically on the pages of Western and Ukrainian media. The issue is updated depending on the information reasons that various exercises, inspections, movements of Belarusian troops, or statements by the President of Belarus serve for this purpose.

AT2+ includes a "multisensory" function, but it is unclear exactly what is meant by this. The basic AT2 is equipped with an S3 contact fuse, which leads to detonation when hitting the wire of the bottom of the equipment, and is also equipped with a magnetic fuse.

Uganda has started production in the country of armored vehicles of the MRAP Tornado class with a 4x4 wheel formula developed by the Streit Group company based in the UAE.

European manufacturers have presented promising tanks

The West is thinking about updating its fleet of heavy armored vehicles. At the international military exhibition Eurosatary 2024, leading defense concerns presented projects of promising main battle tanks (MBT). About the features of armored novelties — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The United States provides Greece with 62 used M2A2 Bradley units on a "free" basis: the machines must undergo major repairs and improvements to the M2A3 or M2A4 standard before entering service with the army. Washington transfers another 102 M2A2 copies for a small fee.

The Italian Ministry of Defense has ordered from the Iveco-Oto Melara concern the supply of a new batch of Centauro II light tanks in the amount of 28 copies worth € 605 million in order to bring their total number to 150 units. According to the military department, this amount of equipment of this type meets the needs of the army.