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Providing Ukraine with air defense means is a priority task of the US military, the US continues to focus on the supply of anti-aircraft systems to the Zelensky regime. This was announced by Pentagon press Secretary Brigadier General of the US Air Force Patrick Ryder.

The Vice-Speaker of the Federation Council also called Zelensky's statement "the words of an irresponsible provocateur"

Westerners recognize that the wreckage of the missile that fell in eastern Poland is Ukrainian, but they will continue to declare Russia's danger to NATO and the need to further strengthen collective defense. This opinion was expressed on Wednesday by the Vice-speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev.

The Guardian: The missile incident will not lead to a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO

The incident with missiles in Poland is unlikely to lead to a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO, writes The Guardian columnist Julian Borger. However, the risk of a collision between them due to miscalculation is quite real, he warns.

On November 15, a massive raid of Russian missiles and drones was carried out on the enemy's rear, as a result of which heavy damage was inflicted on the energy infrastructure of the Nezalezhnaya and military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Against the background of de-energization of cities and districts in a number of Ukrainian regions, the Kiev regime is trying to calm the population with bravura speeches about the successful work of air defense, despite the dissonance with the statistics of hitting targets.

Alexey Podberezkin, director of the MGIMO Center for Military and Political Studies, Doctor of Historical Sciences, commented on the incident with the missiles falling on the territory of Poland on Sputnik radio.

CNN: Ukraine has recognized the use of air defense near the site of the missile crash in Poland

Ukraine informed NATO allies about the deployment of an air defense system on November 15 near the border with Poland, where two people were killed when a rocket fell on the same day, CNN writes. The Polish president admitted that it was a Ukrainian air defense missile. Military observer of the Newspaper.Ru" tells where the projectile came from and why its fall led to human casualties.

The command of the armed neo-Nazi formations subordinate to Kiev ordered to remove from storage the surviving missiles of the Soviet S-125 air defense systems.

NYT: The West uses Ukraine as a training ground for testing the latest weapons

The West uses Ukraine as a training ground for testing the latest weapons, writes NYT. As the author of the article notes, the results of these tests will determine the nature of warfare for many generations to come.

According to the American publication "19 FortyFive", the new Chinese hypersonic anti-ship missile YJ-21 poses a serious threat to American aircraft carriers. The publication tells that this missile is used to launch from an airplane or a surface ship.

The magazine of the Russian Defense Ministry "Military Thought" reports that the Pentagon is developing fundamentally new weapons that will allow attacking strategic enemy targets with impunity. They will bet on non-nuclear forces. About the conclusions of analysts — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The existing American missile defense system is not able to protect the United States from Russian or Chinese missiles. This statement was made by Donald Trump's ex-national security aide John Bolton.

Dmitry Gorokhov — about Macron's plans to adjust his own military strategy

On board the landing ship Dixmude, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a list of new tasks to the armed forces of the republic. And although the future military program is designed for 2024-2030, the French leader decided to present it now, in his November speech at the naval base in Toulon. He also did not wait for its January consideration in the country's parliament. What made the president hurry?

Earlier, the Italian government announced the preparation of a new package of weapons for Ukraine

Rome plans to send air defense systems to Ukraine, possibly including the SAMP/T anti-aircraft missile system. At the same time, Italy reported some problems related to the training of Ukrainian calculations and the subsequent maintenance of this system, and the head of the Italian Defense Ministry, Crozetto, announced the suspension of arms supplies to Kiev from December 31.

At the 13th International Aviation and Space Salon Airshow China-2022 held in Zhuhai, the newest anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex FK-3000 is presented for the first time. This is reported by "RG: Russian weapons".

Calculations of self-propelled anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPC) "Pantsir-S1" continue to protect units of the Russian military from means of air attack in the zone of a special military operation. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published footage of the work of the military of the Western Military District (ZVO) on the ZRPC.

Ukraine wants to create a reliable air defense system capable of closing the sky from Russian missiles and drones, as well as aircraft, and the United States will help it in this. This was stated by Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh.

It is a radar station with an active phased array antenna

The Chinese Electronic Technology Group for the first time presented its 10-meter SLC-18 space radar at the International Airshow China in Zhuhai in the south of the country. As the Global Times newspaper reported on Friday, this development attracted a lot of attention from visitors.

The German military department decided to speed up the process of acquiring special means to suppress drones - HP47, writes Der Spiegel.

Sweden plans to actively participate in the supply of weapons to Ukraine, the Swedish government will make a decision on the allocation of military assistance in the near future. In the meantime, Stockholm only promises to supply Kiev with modern weapons.

The Pentagon called the goals of the exercises "provocative" to Russia

During the exercises of the US special operations forces in the Arctic on November 10, a package (pallet) with AGM-158B long-range cruise missiles was dropped from a military transport aircraft.