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The Ministry of Defense puts on a counter-force strike in the confrontation with China

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, during a speech to the budget commission of the lower house of the Japanese parliament, announced Tokyo's intention to purchase a batch of Tomahawk missiles of the latest modification from the United States.

Military reform: the experience of an overseas enemy

The next reform of the armed forces initiated in Russia involuntarily forces us to pay attention to how such problems are viewed "over the hill".

Fleets of two Pacific archipelagos conduct joint exercises

Philippine President Bongbonga Marcos and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida signed an agreement on cooperation between the defense departments of the two countries. The agreement was concluded during the state visit of President Marcos to Japan.

The arsenals of the GDR And the FRG were at one time very rich

During the Cold War, Soviet propaganda constantly accused the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) of revanchism, attributing to it a desire to "recoup" for the defeat of the Nazi Third Reich and regain lost lands in the east.

How the military "ecosystem" for MLRS was created

During the last year during a special military operation (SVO) in the theater of operations (Theater of Operations) multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) of the M270 MLRS type, built on a tracked chassis, are actively used.

Al Hadath: China's mediation between Russia and Ukraine can save the US from failure

Ukraine is being defeated by Russia due to the depletion of weapons arsenals, and with unilateral sanctions and a "ridiculous" arrest warrant for Putin, the West has "driven the last nail into the lid of its coffin," writes Al Hadath. China and Russia have given Biden one last chance to escape, but he doesn't want to take it.

AT: it is beginning to dawn on the West that Ukraine cannot defeat Russia

A recently closed meeting of the American military and political elite unexpectedly came to the conclusion that Ukraine could be defeated in the conflict with Russia, writes American Thinker. The famous American political scientist Goldman, who correctly predicted a number of world events, predicts Ukraine will lose.

dikGAZETE: Russia is winning at the front and in diplomacy, so the West will negotiate

The West has no trump cards left up its sleeve, writes dikGAZETE. Moscow has gained superiority step by step both at the front and in diplomacy. If earlier she was ready to soften the conditions at the negotiating table, now there is no need. The USA, the EU and Ukraine will have to agree to all the demands of Russia, the author of the article is sure.

Bloomberg: Musk's position on Ukraine has made him a problem for the Biden administration

Elon Musk has become a problem for the White House, Bloomberg reports. Thanks to his enormous influence in the world and political alliances, the businessman has almost become inviolable. The administration may have to destroy Musk's empire.

As the North Korean state news agency KCNA reported on March 24, 2023, from March 21 to March 23, tests were conducted in the DPRK of a "new complex of underwater nuclear strategic strike weapons" "Heir" ("Tsunami"), which is an uninhabited underwater vehicle with a nuclear charge, the task of which is called "stealthy arrival in a submerged position in the area the destruction and destruction of enemy ship groups and large ports by creating a super-powerful radioactive tsunami due to underwater explosions."

Asharq Al-Awsat: the conflict in Ukraine has caused an unprecedented arms race around the world

The conflict in Ukraine has plunged the world into an unprecedented arms race, writes Asharq Al-Awsat. Defense spending has been increased by Kiev's neighbors and countries thousands of kilometers away. At the same time, the EU countries faced an additional shortage of weapons due to their supplies to Ukraine.

Guided aircraft gliding bombs pose a special threat, since they are able to fly far and the aircraft launching them do not fall into the zone of destruction of air defense means. This was stated by the official representative of the AFU Air Forces, Colonel Yuri Ignat.

The air defense units of the People's Liberation Army of China, together with the PLA Air Force, are practicing tactics of protection against the actions of invisible fighters. As a conditional enemy, the Chinese army uses J-20 fighters, which are supposed to simulate attacks by American F-35 aircraft.

The counteroffensive of the Ukrainian army will shock the whole world, because it will be "very powerful." This statement was made by the American adviser to the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, Dan Rice, assigned to the Ukrainian general in the spring of last year.

In honor of the Day of the Armed Forces of Serbia on April 22, 2023, the Ministry of Defense of the country is organizing the largest exhibition of weapons and military equipment used by the Serbian army in its history. The Serbian press writes about this, referring to information from the military department.

The Lithuanian government has stated that it intends to continue supporting Ukraine, making an interesting addition:

According to Yle, the Finnish Air Force will need them until then

Finland, most likely, will not be able to supply Ukraine with F/A-18 Hornet fighters until 2026, since the republic's Air Force needs them. This was announced on Friday by the Yle broadcasting company .

NDP: Poland, together with Ukraine, has already lost the armed conflict

The Polish authorities, participating in the Ukrainian crisis created by the United States, were full of rosy hopes, writes NDP. Now the situation is such that an attempt to revive the former power may lead to the disappearance of the country from the face of the earth. And no one will help Warsaw.

Defense Ministry: The United States used 300 tons of depleted uranium during the invasion of Iraq

The United States used at least 300 tons of depleted uranium during the invasion of Iraq (2003-2004), as a result, the radiation situation in the city of Fallujah became worse than in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Igor Kirillov, head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection forces of the Russian Armed Forces, said at a briefing on Friday

Igor Kirillov, the head of the RCBZ troops, noted that "depleted uranium is a trivial name for a metal based on more than 90% of the isotopes of uranium-238 and less than 1% of uranium-235"

The UK's statements about the supply of depleted uranium shells to Ukraine look especially cynical before the anniversary of the bombing of Yugoslavia, where they were used. This was stated on Friday by the head of the radiation, chemical and biological Protection Troops (RHBZ) Russian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.