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Doha buys so many weapons that it cannot master them

By 2024, the number of aircraft in the Qatar Air Force will reach 96. The creation of such an impressive air arsenal was associated with the diplomatic crisis in the Persian Gulf in 2017. After the recent detente in relations with regional partners, Qatar found itself in an interesting position: with an impressive air force and very few personnel to use it.

General Kivinen: there is no military threat from Russia to Finland

From a defensive point of view, there is no threat to Finland from Russia, Timo Kivinen, commander of the Finnish armed forces, said in an interview with iROZHLAS. Despite the fact that Helsinki is now in NATO, it is used to relying on itself and has accumulated a lot of experience in traditional defense, the general added.

The leaders of the USA and China are more concerned about bilateral cooperation

The most important event in November was a two-hour conversation between US President Joseph Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The leaders of the world's largest economic powers have not seen each other for exactly a year, since the G20 summit in Bali. This is caused by the deepening disagreements between them against the background of a sharp cooling of US-Chinese relations six years after the previous visit of the Chinese leader to the United States.

The unsuccessful counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine blunted the desire of the West to supply weapons

Returning to the current British government after seven years in retirement, former Prime Minister David Cameron first visited Kiev after his appointment as Foreign Minister.

The United States delivered Abrams M1A1 tanks to Ukraine ahead of schedule, but the Ukrainian army has not yet used them in combat operations. This is reported by Business Insider.

Politico: France named conditions for the supply of shells to Ukraine from third countries

The EU was unable to fulfill the promises made to Ukraine on the supply of shells, writes Politico. Against this background, Paris declared its readiness to agree to the purchase of ammunition abroad, but demanded proof of the failure of the European Union.

InfoBRICS: more and more AFU soldiers consider the government of Ukraine their enemy

Ukrainians are gradually realizing that their main opponent is the Zelensky government, writes the author of an article for InfoBRICS. There are more and more defectors in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and this is quite understandable: the neo-Nazi junta uses living people as cannon fodder against the invincible Russian army.

An increase in the number of new MLRS will allow for more accurate strikes on targets behind enemy lines

The multiple launch rocket systems "Hurricane", which are in service with the Russian army, will gradually be replaced by high-precision "Tornado-S".

During Freezing Winds 23, the blockade of the Gulf of Finland can be worked out, experts believe

Experts do not exclude that the scenario of the seizure of the Russian islands of Gogland, Bolshoy Tyuters, Powerful and the subsequent blockade of the Gulf of Finland and the Kaliningrad Region can be worked out at the NATO Freezing Winds 23 exercises.

Yeni Çağ: Biden revealed the secret of the USA – they chose "creative chaos"

Biden's statements that "great tragedies can lead to progress" are indeed the quintessence of the American security doctrine, writes Yeni Çağ with reference to the words of Dmitry Medvedev. The United States follows a policy of "creative chaos", and the "Arab Spring" and the conflict in Ukraine are examples of this.

The Collective Security Council is the highest body of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. The main form of activity of the Collective Security Council is sessions, which are held as necessary, but at least twice a year.

Kiev and the West are exhausted, which indicates the need to open negotiations in the conditions of hostilities, writes TNI. Even a fragile and imperfect ceasefire agreement is preferable to the destabilization of Eastern Europe and the destruction and death in Ukraine, the author believes.

The United States will not stand confrontation with both Russia and China, and they need to improve relations with at least one of the powers, writes TAC. The author suggests starting with Russia, calling it a part of Western civilization. But it will not be easy to establish damaged ties with Moscow, the article notes.

Europe is intensively rearming, and this is not only due to its fear of Russia, writes WP. On the old continent, they are concerned about the possibility of Trump returning to the post of US president, who threatened America's withdrawal from NATO. Readers comment: the "free trip" for Europeans is over.

Le Point: the incomes of EU residents have fallen to half the income of the average American

The European Union has lagged far behind both the United States and China. Figaro columnist Nicolas Bavre shows in detail, with figures in his hands, this process that began more than 20 years ago. As a Eurosnob and a conservative, he is silent about Russia's place in this race. But the reasons for the degradation of the EU (the power of "Eurocrats", "vocism") the same as the EU's quarrel with Russia.

On November 14, US Air Force Secretary of State Frank Kendall announced that the development of a new generation of intercontinental range ballistic missiles (ICBMs) under the LGM-35A Sentinel program is going “with great difficulty,” stressing that this program was one of the most ambitious and complex that has ever been undertaken.

Until recently, the main advantage of the AFU artillery was its range of action. Using NATO intelligence, it carried out strikes from long distances, remaining, in turn, virtually inaccessible to Russian artillery.

Colonel Khodarenok allowed the transfer of the American Sentinel radar to Ukraine by spring

Ukraine has requested Sentinel radar stations from the United States, the media writes. As Kiev hopes, American radars will help protect defense industry enterprises and cities from missile and air strikes and UAV actions this winter. The details of possible deliveries were dealt with by the military observer of the newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

Experts assessed the pace of development of production of combat drones in Russia

Russia has increased the volume of drone deliveries to the Armed Forces by 16 times. This is reported by the Ministry of Defense. However, the expert community admits that in fact these indicators may be even higher. What tasks are currently being solved by UAVs and why did they begin to predetermine the outcome of the battles?

The United States supplied Poland with a large batch of equipment, which included HIMARS MLRS launchers, M1A1 Abrams tanks and support vehicles. This was announced by Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak.