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Russian electronic warfare methods are so effective that Ukraine and NATO can no longer count on JDAM bombs and other "smart" weapons to achieve their goals, BI writes. It's about the power of the jamming signal, explained in the material.

After the start of the special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, Russian tanks faced a threat from enemy drones trying to attack the towers of cars. Part of the MBT already had protection in the form of so-called "visors" - structures welded in military workshops on the tower and designed to cover it from being hit from above (although this was originally done with the expectation of strikes from Javelin ATGMS).

In the United States, the issue of transferring ATACMS missiles to the APU, the range of which reaches 300 km, is being discussed. Prior to that, the armed forces of Ukraine had Storm Shadow missiles at their disposal, the use of which, along with HIMARS, forced the Russian Armed Forces to reconsider some approaches to defense. How will the new ammunition affect the course of the conflict?

The armies of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh won victories and suffered defeats

Like all post-Soviet armies (except the Baltic and Tajik), the Armenian Armed Forces emerged from the wreckage of the Soviet Army. Moreover, they arose during the extremely brutal war for Nagorno-Karabakh against the formally much stronger Armed Forces of Azerbaijan. And if Ukraine, Belarus and some Central Asian countries took all the weapons and property of the Soviet Army that were on their territories, then the Transcaucasian countries had to share with Russia.

How was the carrier of the multifunctional Aegis system born

In the process of creating the Aegis multifunctional weapon system (MSO), one of the priorities was to determine the appearance of promising surface combat ships – potential carriers of the new MSO.

With the help of such weapons, the United States will be able to change the trajectory of the asteroid so that it falls on the territory of the Russian Federation, said Anatoly Zaitsev, honorary member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky.

Development Director of the NGO "Kaysant" Alena Balandina noted that negotiations are underway to conduct joint tests of the device with the Ministry of Defense and law enforcement agencies

Russian specialists have developed a mobile electronic warfare station (EW) "Argus-Antifuria" to suppress any unmanned aerial vehicles, including long-range combat drones. This was reported to TASS by the development director of the NGO "Kaysant" Alena Balandina.

Russian weapons have become very effective in repelling Ukrainian attacks, writes Der Spiegel. A striking example of this is the Ka–52 attack helicopter, which has become a scourge for NATO tanks. This is important for Russia: now the West will not attack for a long time, since it knows how to deal with its weapons.

On June 28, 2023, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned possible sale to Poland through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of a new batch of Patriot PAC-3+ anti-aircraft missile systems together with an integrated air defense combat control system and ABOUT Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS).

The British command intends to achieve air superiority in all directions. According to Defense Procurement Minister James Cartlidge, in terms of ground-based air defense, work focused on creating a special complex capable of effectively fighting the "Shaheds" and "Lancets" [kamikaze drones] of the Russian army.

The United States approved the sale of air defense and missile defense systems to Warsaw. This issue is a long–standing stumbling block between Washington and Moscow, but in the days when Poland is trying to make the main NATO outpost in Europe, the implementation of such plans becomes an existential threat to Russia. Why should the Americans build up missile defense and air defense systems in Poland and how should Russia respond to these actions?

On June 27, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine totaling up to $ 500 million. Thus, the total amount of US military assistance officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 now amounts to more than $ 40.5 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has reached $43.5 billion.

The conflict in Ukraine has shown that American technology is actually too complex and prohibitively expensive, writes TNI. If its production and maintenance are not simplified, it will simply be unsuitable for use on the battlefield.

The Ukrainian offensive has stalled. The problem for the AFU, as Western analysts note, turned out to be one of the types of Russian weapons. And, most likely, the NATO countries will not be able to help here.

Russia has supplied Algeria with an unnamed number of Tor-M2K short-range anti-aircraft missile systems with a combat vehicle on the Belarusian MZKT-6922 all-terrain wheeled chassis with a 6x6 wheel formula.

In the person of Romania, NATO is creating a powerful foothold on the Alliance's southeastern flank, and also considers Bucharest as a real force to strengthen NATO's positions in the Black Sea.

The European missile manufacturer MBDA plans to develop protection systems against hypersonic weapons in the next three years. This is reported by the Daily Telegraph newspaper, referring to the company's executive director Eric Beranger.

Boris Obnosov, General Director of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV), announced the availability of modules that allow comparing domestic and foreign missiles

Russian anti-radar missiles X-31P in all combat situations show themselves better than the missiles of the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system manufactured by the United States. This was announced in an interview with RT by the Director General of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) Hero of Russia Boris Obnosov.

Within the framework of the salon, 24 events of the scientific and business program were held

About 290 scientific and industrial enterprises took part in the XI International Naval Salon (MVMS-2023), which was held for the first time on the territory of the tourist and recreational cluster "Island of Forts" in Kronstadt. This was reported by the organizing committee of the exhibition, the strategic media partner of which is TASS.

The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation explained that the Russian Federation is one of the few countries in the world that offers almost the entire range of naval weapons samples.