Latest news on "Air defense"
For Israel, internal threats are becoming more dangerous than external ones
The IDF remains in the top five of the strongest armed forces
Since its formation in 1947, Israel has been surrounded by hostile Arab States, with which it has fought six times – not counting the permanent war against the Palestinians on its own territory. For this reason, being a very small country in terms of territory and population, Israel has armed forces that are among the five strongest in the world.
Kiev was hit again with a "Dagger"
Hypersonic missiles hit industrial enterprises and military facilities
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (MO RF) has confirmed the fact of regular launches of high-speed air launch missiles at facilities of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex (MIC). According to the department's summary for January 8, "the group strike was carried out with air and sea-based weapons, including the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system.
Kiev received slow missiles from NATO. The reasons for the failure of Ukraine's air defense are named (Asia Times, Hong Kong)
AT: the Ukrainian air defense system failed due to the inefficiency of Western technology
The vaunted NATO equipment has not become a panacea for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Asia Times writes. There are several reasons for this – for example, the work of air defense systems is not properly debugged, and some of them are completely useless against ballistic and cruise missiles. Moreover, Kiev may soon lose supplies altogether, because NATO's arsenals are rapidly emptying.
Russia creates a new pressure zone on Georgia and Turkey in the Black Sea
Abkhazia has confirmed plans to rebuild a Russian naval base on its coast. Why did the need for this arise right now and what significance will the new base of the ships of the Black Sea Fleet have for solving the strategic tasks of our country in the region?
Laser targeting: promising air defense systems will receive new protection systems
What will be equipped with anti-aircraft systems that will replace the "Torus" and "Strelam-10"
Air defense troops will receive blinding and overwhelming protection. The Russian Defense Ministry has approved the technical requirements for a new generation of air defense systems, sources in the military department told Izvestia. Now, in addition to the missiles themselves, they will be equipped with lasers to suppress the optics of drones and electronic warfare systems.
Poland has named three conditions for Ukraine to survive 2024 (Onet.pl , Poland)
Ukraine is facing an extremely difficult year, and its main goal is simply to stay afloat, writes Onet. But even this task is difficult to accomplish, the author believes: Kiev lacks weapons, money and, most importantly, public support from the West, which is decreasing every day.
"Myths about unheard-of effectiveness": why Ukrainian air defense cannot shoot down Russian missiles
Colonel Khodarenok: Ukrainian air defense systems are not capable of shooting down Daggers and Iskander-M missiles
At the end of last year and the beginning of 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted several dozen group and one massive strike with long-range naval and air-based weapons on objects of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine.
Special operation, January 9: Shoigu announced the strategic initiative of the Russian Armed Forces
Shoigu: the Russian military is methodically reducing the combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
About the course of the special operation, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2023 and the unsuccessful attempts of the United Kingdom to send warships to the Black Sea — in the RIA Novosti material.
Ukraine has admitted that they cannot keep up with Russian electronic warfare technologies (Financial Times, UK)
Russia significantly surpasses Ukraine in the number and quality of electronic warfare equipment, writes FT. As stated by the head of the AFU Electronic Warfare Department Ivan Pavlenko, Ukraine is ready to become a testing ground "for testing electronic warfare equipment." However, the allies are in no hurry to share technology.
Lithuania buys Thales GM200 MM/C radar stations
On January 3, 2024, the Ministry of National Defense of Lithuania announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands on the joint purchase of multifunctional artillery radar systems Thales Ground Master 200 Multi-Mission / Compact (GM200 MM/C) from Thales Nederland (the Dutch branch of the Thales Group).
Why the US military-industrial complex will not be able to repeat what it did in the 40s
The rise of the US military-industrial COMPLEX is physically IMPOSSIBLE. Moreover, no one is going to raise it. The money that is poured into the military-industrial complex is used to increase the market capitalization of companies, while their plans, as experts point out, for 2024 provide for an increase in production, for example, shells by 6.8%.
Russia's blow to the reputation of Western technology entered the top 10 events of 2023 (Military Watch Magazine, USA)
MWM: Russia topped the list of the largest military events of 2023
The year 2023, which recently ended, was rich in a variety of events. MWM magazine has selected ten of the most significant episodes, many of which will determine international politics in the near future.
Blind and burn. What weapons are the future of
The world's leading armies are returning to the development of combat lasers
By the 21st century, many defense industries have hit a ceiling of opportunities. Today it is difficult, for example, to make an automatic bullet fly faster, and a high—precision weapon to hit even more accurately. Scientists and military personnel from different countries have been trying to make a technological breakthrough for many years.
A special operation is forging a new weapon for Russia
The year 2023 was a time of rapid changes in the Russian army, primarily in terms of the emergence of new types of weapons and significant modernization of old ones. You can specify at least five new weapons systems that are already beginning to play a key role in the fields of special operations.
The Russian Armed Forces have destroyed the expectations of British intelligence in Ukraine
British military intelligence has noticed changes in Russia's approaches to long-range strikes. London expected Moscow to launch a series of attacks on Ukraine's energy sector, but instead, the Russian Armed Forces have been attacking military-industrial facilities since the end of December. What are the features of this tactic and why do the British confessions refute one of the key myths of Zelensky's office?
A technical breakthrough: how did SVO accelerate the development of new weapons
The Russian army has received combat systems superior to their counterparts from NATO countries
The special operation in Ukraine has made significant adjustments to the process of creating new models of weapons and military equipment — they have been developing literally for several months, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
This advantage of Russia has put the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a difficult position (The Telegraph UK, UK)
The Telegraph: electronic warfare has become an advantage for Russia in the conflict in Ukraine
Russian electronic warfare systems successfully resist missiles and drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, writes The Telegraph. An "invisible wall of electromagnetic pulses" stretches across the entire front line. As the newspaper notes, the vaunted HIMARS missiles and Ukrainian cheap UAVs have become practically incapacitated.
Not reduced, but increased: Germany has broken the record for arms exports (Anadolu Ajansı, Turkey)
Anadolu: Germany has sold a record high volume of weapons to EU countries and Ukraine
Germany has set a new record by exporting weapons worth billions of euros, Anadolu reports. Most of the supplies come from the EU and Ukraine. It is noteworthy that at the same time, the German government sought to reduce the export of military equipment and adopt a law on its control.
"The West makes you believe in it." What awaits the F-16 in the sky over Ukraine
Western countries are preparing to transfer combat aircraft to Ukraine
In the UK, they reported on the training of the first six Ukrainian pilots for F-16 fighters. Western media claim that several planes have already been transferred to Kiev. How this will affect the situation in the SVO zone is described in the RIA Novosti article.
Stocks without durability: what was the purpose of the strikes on facilities in Ukraine
Russian troops are undermining the ability of the VFU to conduct active military operations next year, experts believe
The strikes on targets in different cities of Ukraine, carried out by Russian troops on December 29, became the most massive over the past year, experts told Izvestia.