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The expert assessed the potential of the" Iron Dome " of Israel
The Israeli "Iron Dome" is effective when it comes to countering the Palestinian semi-military missiles of the "Qassam" type, the Soviet Grad missiles available to the radicals, as well as mortar or artillery shells. Alexander Mikhailov, director of the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis, told Izvestia about this on May 12, commenting on rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip.
Russia and Tajikistan have distributed leadership in the joint air defense system
The general leadership of the troops of the joint regional air defense system of Russia and Tajikistan will be carried out by the commander of the Central Military District of the Armed Forces of Russia, follows from the text of the agreement between Russia and Tajikistan on the creation of a Joint regional air Defense system.
The T-34-85 modified in Syria took part in the parade at the Khmeimim base
84 units of ground combat equipment took part in the parade dedicated to the 76th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, held at the Russian air base Khmeimim in Syria. Among them was a T-34-85.
The Israeli army announced a 10-hour shelling from the Gaza Strip
Groups in the Gaza Strip have been firing rockets at Israel non-stop for 10 hours. This was announced on May 11 by the press service of the Israeli army on Twitter.
S-400 air defense calculations have worked out the destruction of cruise missiles of a simulated enemy in the Pskov region
Calculations of anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMS) S-400 "Triumph" conducted exercises in the Pskov region to repel air attacks of a simulated enemy, the press service of the Western Military District (ZVO) reported on Thursday.
HISAR A+ has proven proficiency
The Turkish defense industry is celebrating another achievement — the domestic air defense system successfully hit the "fighter". On May 5, the press service of the Turkish Defense Association (Savunma Sanayii Başkanlığı, SSB) reported on the successful testing of the HISAR A+system.
Russian "Vityaz" called a powerful geopolitical weapon in Japan
Japanese media have become interested in Russian Arctic military equipment based on the DT-30 Vityaz all-terrain vehicle. According to experts, these are not only powerful machines, but also a means to achieve geopolitical goals.
In Syria, they announced the destruction of several missiles fired at Latakia
The army of the Syrian Arab Republic announced on Wednesday, May 5, that the country's air defense systems shot down several Israeli missiles aimed at objects in the coastal zone of Latakia. This is reported by the SANA news agency.
The US will bomb Russia and China not by GPS, but by the stars
The use of star navigation will allow you to bypass the blocking of the Global Positioning System (GPS) by potential US adversaries like Russia and China, writes the American magazine Popular Mechanics.
The Foreign Ministry appreciated the attempts to pass off the development of the US missile defense system as a defensive project
The attempts of the United States to present the development of a global missile defense system as a defensive project are nothing more than a"smoke screen". This opinion was expressed on Monday, May 3, by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
Tests of the missile interception system failed twice in the United States
In 2020, the US Missile Defense Agency failed twice to test the THAAD-Patriot system.
China's fifth-generation fighter jet will be a U.S. nightmare
The two-seat version of the Chinese fifth-generation fighter J-20 will receive a powerful electronic warfare system (EW) and will be able to control guided unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), as a result of which it will become a "real nightmare" for the enemy, the South China Morning Post newspaper writes, citing the Chinese magazine Ordnance Industry Science Technology.
In India, the delivery time of the first batch of S-400 from Russia was announced
The first batch of S-400 air defense systems will arrive in India by the end of this year, Indian Ambassador to Moscow Datla Bala Venkatesh Varma told reporters.
Blinken advises allies not to buy Russian weapons, so as not to risk falling under US sanctions
US allies should refrain from entering into large contracts for the supply of Russian weapons, as otherwise they may fall under US sanctions, the head of the State Department, Anthony Blinken, said on Wednesday.
The military group in the Kaliningrad region is reinforced by two motorized rifle regiments
Two new motorized rifle regiments have been created in the Kaliningrad region, it follows from the message of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation. In recent years, Russia has strengthened its military infrastructure in the western direction, in particular, in the Kaliningrad region.
"Patriot" in Ukrainian: the anti-aircraft complex "Kilchen" will hit at 280 km
In Ukraine, they said that the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau is working on the latest Kilchen anti-aircraft missile system, which is allegedly an analog of the American Patriot air defense system.
US to spend $18 billion to develop missile interceptors from Iran and North Korea-Media
The Pentagon plans to spend nearly $18 billion to develop, manufacture and support interceptor missiles from North Korea or Iran, the first major defense government purchase of the administration of President Joe Biden, according to Bloomberg.
Military personnel on Sakhalin suppressed control channels of drones of the conditional enemy-VVO
Specialists of electronic warfare (EW) of the Army Corps of the Eastern Military District (VVO) on Sakhalin conducted exercises to suppress the control channels of the simulated enemy drones and cellular communications, the press service of the VVO reported on Wednesday.
The work planned by the Pentagon to create new interceptor missiles is directed against the Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces
The work planned by the Pentagon to create new interceptor missiles is directed against Russia's strategic nuclear forces, said Igor Korotchenko, the director of the CAMTO, in an interview with RIA Novosti.
Foreign military attaches were shown the capabilities of the S-400 air defense system near Astrakhan
[b]They included representatives of the military and diplomatic corps from 52 countries of the CIS, Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America.]
The Russian military demonstrated to military attaches from 52 countries live firing from the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems and the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and gun systems at the Ashuluk training ground in the Astrakhan region. This was reported to journalists in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
