Latest news on "Air defense"
Chinese analogues of "Dagger" and "Zircon" were shown on video
The command of the Chinese Navy for the first time published footage of the launch of a new hypersonic cruise missile by the Type 055 destroyer.
The UK intends to supply the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the Starstrik air defense system
According to the British media, the UK will transfer armored self-propelled launchers of the Starstrik short-range air defense system to Ukraine.
"British anti-aircraft guns will not help Ukraine. This is PR, not support"
Experts explained why the British authorities announced the supply of Stormer HVM armored cars to Kiev
The British government plans to transfer Stormer armored cars equipped with a portable anti-aircraft missile system (MANPADS) Starstreak to Ukraine. This was reported by several British media with reference to government sources. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out how this complex works and why the APU needs it.
The Baltic Fleet patrol ship fired back from the "Dagger" during the tests
The crew of the Baltic Fleet patrol ship "Undaunted" carried out combat missile firing in the naval ranges of the fleet off the coast of the Kaliningrad region as part of the tests.
Norway has transferred Mistral portable anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine
On April 20, 2022, the Norwegian Ministry of Defense announced that it had sent portable French-made MBDA Mistral anti-aircraft missile systems to the Government of Ukraine as military assistance from the storage of the Norwegian armed forces. It is stated that about 100 missiles and a "small number" of Mistral launchers have been sent, which "have already been taken out of Norway."
Why the United States recognized the dangerous tests of anti-satellite weapons
A political scientist and a military expert explained why Washington needs a moratorium on PSO tests
The US authorities announced their refusal to test anti-satellite weapons. This was announced by American Vice President Kamala Harris at the Vandenberg Air Force Base. She added that Moscow and Beijing should do the same. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the meaning of Washington's initiative is.
In the USA, they told about the giant Chinese radar watching Japan
In the Chinese province of Shandong, a giant radar was built aimed towards Japan, which allows you to observe the launches of ballistic missiles, says the American edition of Defense News, referring to satellite images obtained in February by Maxar Technologies.
1260 objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in a few hours
Over the past few days, the daily reports of the Russian Defense Ministry have increasingly mentioned settlements located near the contact line in the Donetsk direction. Popasnaya, Balakleya, Novomayorskoye, Barvenkovo.
Britain will deliver Starstreak self-propelled sams based on Stormer armored personnel carrier to Ukraine
Britain intends to significantly increase the air defense potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by supplying Kiev with self-propelled anti-aircraft systems. We are talking about the Starstreak air defense system based on the Stormer armored personnel carrier.
Without crossing the boundaries
Military expert Dmitry Kornev — how Russia will be able to strengthen the western borders in the event of Sweden and Finland joining NATO
Since March 2022, discussions have been going on in Finland and Sweden about renouncing neutral status and joining the North Atlantic Alliance. On April 11, The Times newspaper reported, citing sources, that both states intend to apply this summer.
Serbia announced plans to combine the Chinese FK-3 air defense systems and the Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense systems into one network
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.
Armored personnel carriers from the 1960s and mines from the 1950s. What kind of weapons are the US sending to Ukraine
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 purpose of "Iskander" was prompted by intelligence
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.
Rust in exchange for money
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.
Neural networks on the battlefield
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?
The Celestial Empire looks after the heavens
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.
The Defense Ministry announced the destruction of the Ukrainian Mi-8 after the shelling on the territory of the Russian Federation
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: the Mi-8 helicopter that attacked the village of Klimovo in the Bryansk region was shot down
The Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter, which on April 14 participated in the shelling of the settlement of Klimovo in the Bryansk region. This was stated on Friday, April 15, by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov.
The US Missile Defense Agency announced the start of testing of the Polish Aegis Ashore missile defense system
The United States has announced the start of tests of the missile defense system located at the base in the Polish Redzikovo. As follows from the reports of the US Missile Defense Agency, the US has completed the construction of the US Aegis Ashore missile defense complex in Poland.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation prevented an attempt by nationalists to hit the Kakhovskaya HPP with a missile strike
On the morning of April 15, the Russian armed forces prevented an attempt by Ukrainian nationalists to launch a missile strike to defeat the Kakhovskaya HPP named after P.S. Neporozhny. This was announced by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.
In Russia, they told about the reaction of the Baltic Fleet to NATO exercises
The Baltic Fleet forces will monitor the actions of NATO ships that entered the Baltic Sea to participate in the exercises. The former commander of the Baltic Fleet, Admiral Vladimir Valuev, told RIA Novosti about the reaction of the Russian fleet.
