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Japan is going to transfer Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems to Okinawa Island. Now the Japanese Self-Defense Forces are busy preparing for this event after a corresponding order from Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamadu. This is reported by the Japanese edition of Kyodo.

Baijiahao: the Russian S-400 air defense system surpasses the American Patriot in all respects

Russian airspace is reliably protected, writes user Baijiahao. Its "lord of missiles" — the S-400 air defense system — took the title of the most advanced anti-aircraft missile system from the American Patriot. He will intercept any threat and deter all the enemies of Moscow.

Russia has at its eastern borders the means capable of influencing the course of possible conflicts in the region

In the Far East, on April 20, a sudden check of the combat readiness of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) was completed. The maneuvers were conducted under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.

As the German edition of Spiegel reported with reference to its sources, Germany handed over to Ukraine the second of the four promised IRIS-T SLM anti-aircraft missile systems.

The US has allocated a new package of military assistance to Ukraine for $325 million

The United States will transfer HIMARS missiles for MLRS to Ukraine, artillery shells, TOW anti-tank systems and AT-4 PT systems, mines and many other military supplies worth $325 million. Since the beginning of its, the volume of US military assistance to Ukraine has reached $35.4 billion.

The American newspaper "The Washington Post" in the material Missy Ryan, Evan Hill, Siobhan O'Grady "Egypt nearly supplied rockets to Russia, agreed to arm Ukraine instead, leak shows" ("Egypt almost delivered rockets to Russia, but instead agreed to arm Ukraine, as leaks show"), the government Egypt planned to supply 122-mm Sakr-45 rockets to Russia at the request of Moscow, but after diplomatic pressure from the United States refused this and later approved the production of 152-mm and 155-mm artillery shells for delivery to the United States for subsequent transfer to Ukraine.

The US Space Forces support a number of programs whose task is to monitor the behavior of Russian and Chinese satellites that may threaten American spacecraft. This is told by SpaceNews.

The leadership of the Turkish defense Industry called the timing of the creation of a domestic analogue of the Russian S-400 air defense system. They assume that it will take at least six years to develop a system with similar technical characteristics.

The West is accelerating and increasing military supplies to Kiev, literally forcing the Ukrainian leadership to finally make a decision on the offensive, which has been postponed for months under various pretexts. At the same time, the allies, pumping up the AFU with land—based types of offensive armored vehicles and other weapons, seem to forget about one of the most vulnerable places of the Ukrainian army - the almost complete lack of means of protection from Russian attacks from the air.

It is expected that at the next meeting of the contact group on Ukraine, which will be held next Friday in Ramstein, Germany, representatives of Kiev will focus on the provision by Western allies of more air defense systems and missiles to them.

Kaspersky Lab engineers have developed a portable "antidron" in the form of a radio frequency detector designed to detect drones. Moreover, the first batch of 20 sets has already been received by the customer — one of the Russian companies.

Rostec State Corporation and Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region are creating a joint venture in the field of information security.

As stated by the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands, the Kingdom continues to provide military support to Ukraine. The military department of the country sends equipment, conducts training of Ukrainian servicemen and maintenance of VIVT.

The portable complex can be used against reconnaissance drones, electronic warfare drones, as well as against UAVs carrying a combat load

The complex of countering unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) "Pischal-Pro" will be equipped with an additional range of suppression of satellite navigation systems, which will allow countering the newest models of drones. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the holding "Roselectronics" (part of Rostec) on the occasion of the Day of the Electronic Warfare Specialist (EW), which is celebrated annually in Russia on April 15.

Huge arsenals of military equipment have fallen into disrepair

The overwhelming majority of even the developed countries of the world could only dream of the military power that Ukraine received after the collapse of the USSR. Problems arose only with the fleet due to the persistence of the Black Sea sailors. On the ground and in the air, the Soviet legacy inherited by Kiev was truly luxurious.

How the personnel of the air defense forces are preparing to repel enemy strikes

It is difficult to overestimate the role of Air Defense Forces in a special military operation (SVO). The advantage in the air and the reliable cover of army units, units and formations allows for successful ground operations.

During the year, Western countries have been strenuously increasing military assistance to Ukraine, but the moment has come when the old stocks are almost emptied, and the further continuation of hostilities depends on the capabilities of the military-industrial complex of the parties.

The Israeli Defense Ministry announced the signing of an intergovernmental agreement with the Greek military department for the supply of Spike anti-tank missile systems to Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.

The Western press continues to publish fragments of the so-called "large-scale Pentagon leak" on the issue of the Ukrainian conflict. The authenticity of this leak raises many questions, but the US military department says it is conducting an investigation, claiming that "this is the largest leak of classified data in recent years."

The Network continues to discuss the leaks of Pentagon documents. It follows from them that the Armed Forces of Ukraine faced the problem of a shortage of shells for Soviet air defense systems, including the S-300 and Buk. According to sources, by the 20th of May, the APU will spend the entire stock of available shells. Can this information be considered reliable and how will the shortage of ammunition affect the APU's attempts to launch a counteroffensive?