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Serbia has confirmed receipt of the FK-3 anti-aircraft missile systems delivered by military transport planes of the PLA Air Force to Belgrade. The official display of the new SAMs will take place at the end of the month.

The problems associated with the pandemic have led to the fact that the United States is delaying the delivery of military equipment to Taiwan in the amount of $ 14.2 billion, which was ordered in the period starting from 2019.

On the eve of the Central News Agency of North Korea published photos from the tests of a new type of tactical guided weapons. Pyongyang's state media reported that the weekend launches are of "great importance" for improving this type of missile.

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have destroyed four warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) with ground-based Iskander missiles. This was announced on Monday, April 18, by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

The US military-industrial complex is enriching itself on the events around Ukraine. Protecting one's own hegemony with someone else's blood will continue to be actively used by the American authorities.

Three conclusions from the Russian-Ukrainian conflict

There is no use from the UN, and NATO has turned into a hydra that is at war with itself, writes American Thinker. According to the author of the article, the West needs a new leader to provide Ukraine with weapons and "punish" Russia along with other "rogue states".

A military expert assessed the equipment that the Pentagon supplies to the APU

CNN reported that Ukraine received "the first batch of weapons from the new package of military assistance from the United States." Earlier, American President Joe Biden announced his decision to provide military assistance to Kiev in the amount of $ 800 million. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok was figuring out what would be included in the American aid package.

The United States has transferred to Ukraine about a third of the stocks of FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile systems (ATGMs). Continued deliveries may reduce the number of ATGMs intended for the needs of the US military. In the publication of The Business Insider, they took care of reducing the stocks of complexes.

Bulgaria will not soon receive American F-16 fighters, the United States is delaying the delivery of aircraft for at least two years. We are talking about the first batch of eight fighters, paid for back in 2019.

"Planned, and without Putin. Admit it." Associate Professor Hmelar in a new way about Ukraine

Washington planned everything, and the Russian special operation in Ukraine only simplified everything for him, Slovak political analyst Eduard Chmelar said in an interview with Parlamentní listy. In his opinion, the current situation suits the United States more than Europe, which, after severing all ties with Russia, will fall into total dependence on America.

The Russian military warned about the bloody provocations that the Kiev regime, with the support of a number of Western countries, is preparing in the Zaporozhye, Mykolaiv, Odessa, Sumy and Kharkiv regions.

The head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, said that more than 70 mobile groups have been formed from the militants of nationalist battalions.

High-precision air-launched missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces struck the 124th Joint Logistics Support Center of the Command of the logistics forces of the Ukrainian troops, located in the Lviv region. According to the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, the strike was carried out on the morning of April 18.

Russian armored vehicles can withstand the impact of anti-tank grenade launchers even of new generations.

It became known that three rockets from the NLAW grenade launcher flew into our T-72BM, but the tank retained mobility and emerged victorious from a difficult battle.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Ukrainian military again launched a missile attack on a peaceful object. In the village of Tokmak, Zaporozhye region, "Dot-U", they destroyed a farm that cannot be restored.

Russia believes that NATO creates a "risk of unintended clashes" in the Arctic region

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that NATO's activity in the Arctic could lead to "the risk of unintended collisions." This is how Moscow reacted to the NATO exercise Cold Response 2022 ("Cold Response"), the naval part of which was held in the Norwegian Sea. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the specifics of the Arctic confrontation between Russia and NATO.

The operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces struck at the 84th military facilities of Ukraine. According to the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, Major General Igor Konashenkov, including in Dnepropetrovsk, a plant for repairing the head parts of tactical missiles "Tochka-U" was destroyed.

A garbage dump in the orbit of the planet threatens the development of astronautics

For half a century, people have become accustomed to the constant availability of communications, television broadcasting, satellite navigation, information about weather conditions and other benefits of civilization. Benefits that, oddly enough, may be limited in the next 25-30 years.

Helping Kiev, the West massively writes off unnecessary weapons

Long-range Kalibr cruise missiles destroyed the S-300 division, delivered from Europe, hidden in a hangar. According to the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov, four S-300 launchers and up to 25 personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit.

The special operation emphasized the role of precision weapons

The United States and Britain have today retargeted their commercial satellite systems Starlink and OneWeb to collect intelligence information in the interests of the armed formations of Ukraine. A plan is being hatched to disconnect Russia from the GPS system. How can all this, coupled with the ban on the import of software (software), affect the performance of combat missions by our troops in the combat zone, the production of high-precision weapons by the defense industry?

China is preparing for a high-tech war in the air

The composition and structure of the PLA ground air defense is extremely highly classified. This is especially true of the part of it that is part of the Air Force. Therefore, the data given below are largely approximate.