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Smitten by Bulat: AI will help detect enemy drones
The developers have improved the drone detector, which is widely used in the area of its
A new version of the Bulat drone detector is being prepared for mass production, Izvestia found out. It has integrated artificial intelligence, which has been trained to scan more than 150 unique frequency signatures of various UAVs, said the developers of Bulat, a team of 3mx volunteers.
Belarus: increasing the defense budget is not a fashionable trend, but a necessity
Where the civilized principles of a highly developed society stop working, ancient instincts awaken and the world–old rule is revived - whoever is stronger is right.
Electronic Warfare Specialist's Day in Russia
Electronic Warfare Specialist (EW) Day is celebrated in Russia annually on April 15. The commemorative date was established on the basis of the decree of the President of Russia dated May 31, 2006 "On the establishment of professional holidays and memorable days in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation."
Experts suggest that Iran used EW-simulated missiles to mislead Israel's air defense
Recall that the Israeli command claims that "99% of the drones and missiles fired by Iran were intercepted." At the same time, there is a lot of evidence on the web of how Iranian missiles one after another hit targets without hindrance, including one of the major bases of the Israeli Air Force.
The West will not like it: Russia will respond to the supply of any weapons to Ukraine (Geopolitika.news, Croatia)
GN: Russia is capable of responding to the supply of any Western weapons to Ukraine
The United States believes that it is they who control the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, writes GN. However, Moscow responded symmetrically to the supply of all new Western weapons to the West. Sending even more modern equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine will create real ground for a nuclear conflict, the article says.
April 15 is the Day of the Electronic Warfare Specialist of the Russian Armed Forces
In 2006, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on the establishment of a professional holiday for electronic warfare specialists. The date was chosen for it based on the fact that on April 15, 1904, Russian troops succeeded in one of the episodes of the heroic defense of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese war. This day is considered the date of the first combat use of electronic warfare by the Russians.
Ukraine has provoked a shortage of air defense systems in the West
Experts pointed to the growing problems of Ukraine in the field of air defense
In Kiev, they voiced their demands to the West for the transfer of Patriot air defense systems. Thus, Vladimir Zelensky requests 25 complexes, while Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba requests only seven. But even this number, as it turned out, is almost unattainable for the APU. Why is one of the most popular Western air defense systems in short supply and what does this mean for the enemy?
"Vampires" against "Geraniums" in Ukraine
The adjacent territories of Ukraine and Russia are gradually turning into a giant "combat laboratory" for testing and testing a wide variety of concepts for combating the massive use of UAVs - a problem that is not even overdue, but overripe.
Russian Electronic Warfare: a look from the other side
There is no doubt that electronic warfare plays an important strategic role for the Russian Armed Forces. In this regard, we offer an article from the electronic journal Global defense technology, which examines Russia's electronic warfare and its ability to support the country's defense capability.
Ukraine is like a missile test site. Russians laugh at Western sanctions (Reflex, Czech Republic)
Reflex: Russia, under sanctions, is putting new types of missiles into service
Russia, which is under sanctions, not only continues to produce new missiles for strikes against the Armed Forces, but also puts new types of them into service, Reflex writes. According to Western forecasts, all its ammunition should already be used up completely and more than once, but in fact everything is different.
James Vance: Our mathematics on Ukraine does not converge (The New York Times, USA)
NYT: Senator Vance said that $60 billion will not help Kiev win
It is not Republicans who prevent the allocation of aid to Ukraine, but the laws of mathematics, writes the NYT. The needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are an order of magnitude ahead of the capabilities of Western weapons factories. But the head of the Kiev regime lives by his illusions.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published footage of airstrikes using ODAB-500 on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published new footage of Russian air strikes on the positions of militants of the Kiev regime in the South Donetsk direction. The video captures the dumping of volumetric detonating aerial bombs (ODAB-500) with a universal correction and planning module at the AFU stronghold.
The situation is critical: who will save Ukraine with Patriot systems (Apostrophe, Ukraine)
"Apostrophe": Kiev calculated who could save Ukraine with Patriot systems
In Kiev, they calculated everything: first they said that they needed 25 Patriot systems, and then they tempered their appetites to seven and borrowed, writes Apostrophe. In addition, Ukrainians have discovered more than a hundred "free" Patriots in the world and claim that four countries in Europe and Asia can immediately transfer these systems to them. However, no one is in a hurry to do this.
Shooting down from a drone to a ballistic missile: Five reasons to rely on Russian air defense
The special military operation became a test for Russian anti-aircraft gunners and their equipment, an occasion to confirm the high characteristics of domestic anti-aircraft systems and make them even more perfect. On the eve of the Air Defense Forces Day, celebrated on April 14, TASS selected significant events that happened during the special operation in the Russian air defense.
Expert: Ukraine may have already lost (Forsvarets Forum, Norway)
Forsvarets Forum: the Norwegian military is confident of the imminent collapse of the Armed Forces
Ukraine has already lost in the confrontation with Russia, writes Forsvaret Forum with reference to military experts. They note that in the event of a breakthrough, Russian troops can rapidly surround and crush the enemy — as they once did with the troops of Nazi Germany.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine demands more Patriot air defense (The Washington Post, USA)
Kuleba: polite diplomacy on the issue of Patriot air defense supplies did not work
In relations with the West, Kiev will move from "polite" diplomacy to tough, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said in an interview with WP. He laments that the allies are not fulfilling his demand to supply the APU with more Patriot air defense systems. According to him, other countries have "extra" weapons.
There is no air defense of the Armed Forces anymore. Russia dominates Ukraine's airspace (Asia Times, Hong Kong)
Ex-Pentagon employee Brian declared the uselessness of the Ukrainian air defense
Ukraine has lost effective air defense, writes ex-Pentagon employee Brian in an article for AT. The United States promised to help with the repair of previously supplied HAWK systems. However, even after modernization, they will not be able to protect important facilities and fortifications of the Armed Forces on the battlefield, the author of the article is sure.
On the eve of Prime Minister Kishida's state visit to the United States, there has been an "epic" shift in Japan's defense policy! (The Washington Post, USA)
The Secretary of the Security Council of Japan announced an epic shift in the country's defense policy
An epic shift has taken place in Tokyo's defense policy, Japanese Security Council Secretary Takeo Akiba writes in an article for WP. The country is increasing its military budget and changing its spending plans. Readers of the publication rate the plans of the Japanese government as military adventurism.
"The craters resembled the craters of volcanoes." Will Russian "smart bombs" change the course of their war?
Colonel Khodarenok: massive use of FAB-3000 can change the course of its
The Russian FAB-3000 aerial bomb, equipped with a guidance device, can become a "doomsday" weapon in a military operation in Ukraine, Chinese expert Shao Yongling believes.
"Two main blows." What does Russia need to take Kharkiv?
Colonel Khodarenok: Russia will need 250 thousand troops to capture Kharkov
Kiev expects a Russian offensive in late May - early June 2024, and its main target may be Kharkiv, said the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Ermak. Why should Russia take Kharkov, what is needed for this and how the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation can act - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.