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Special Operation of Russia: operations of Russian UAVs
The material is the final part of the article "Lessons learned from the conflict in Ukraine – UAV operations, options and trends". The author is David Saw– an analyst at European Security & Defense.
American edition: F-35 fighters transferred to Europe faced the problem of detecting Russian S-300 air defense systems
American fifth-generation F-35 fighters are not always able to detect Russian air defense systems, despite the presence of special equipment. Such a problem was faced by the pilots of the US Air Force, who were transferred together with the planes to Europe to patrol the airspace near the Russian and Belarusian borders. This is written by AirForceTimes.
Production has been destroyed, but there are missiles: what is known about the "Thunder-2", which was shot down by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
The Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian air defense for the first time shot down a new Ukrainian missile "Thunder-2"
The Ukrainian tactical missile "Thunder-2" was shot down by Russian air defense forces in the special operation zone. This is the first time that the Ministry of Defense has reported the interception of this missile. It was developed and produced at the Dnepropetrovsk Yuzhmash plant. In September and November, massive strikes were inflicted on this enterprise, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the destruction of the Grom-2 and Tochka-U production workshops.
The Emirates produce their own drones and price others
Americans promise, Israelis bargain, Serbs cooperate
Long-term negotiations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the purchase of American MQ-9B Sea Guardian drones are at an advanced stage, the heads of the manufacturing company General Atomics said at the IDEX arms exhibition in Abu Dhabi.
The US Army is creating a single integrated air defense system-IBCS missile defense
The US Army intends to improve the management of troops by improving its radar detection of both ground and air targets. Thus, the integrated combat control system for air defense and missile defense (IBCS), developed by the American military-industrial company Northrop Grumman, as stated, will allow in real time to repel an enemy attack.
The regional grouping of the troops of the Union State will be reinforced with nuclear weapons
The "exploding bomb effect" was caused in some circles by the statement of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin about the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) on the territory of Belarus, which he made on March 25 during an interview on the channel "Russia 24".
The fighting in the Donbas has become an "exam" for the "Tors"
In modern armed conflicts, anti-aircraft missile systems of the Tor family have repeatedly shown high efficiency in the fight against a variety of means of enemy air attack. However, the real "exam" for the Russian "Tors" was the fighting against the NATO military armada in the Donbas.
An increase in the country's defense budget and the purchase of new types of weapons is a necessity of time and new threats that have appeared
The dynamically developing military-political situation around the Republic of Belarus forces the country's leadership to react harshly to all its changes. As Alexander Lukashenko noted at a meeting with the country's power bloc on March 21, today the Western countries and Ukraine have created the highest level of external threats for Belarus, which forces them to pay the closest attention to internal threats. "We need to be ready for any events. Therefore, the issues of countering external and internal threats should be under special control today," the President stressed.
The Ukrainian military published a photo of the French Crotale NG air defense system supplied to the AFU
The first documentary evidence of the delivery of French Crotale NG anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine has appeared on the Internet. The Ukrainian military published a corresponding photo of the French air defense system.
Sweden will transfer tanks, howitzers "Archer" and SAM "Hawk" to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
According to the decision published by the Swedish Parliament on March 23, the government of the country has been granted the right to make decisions on the transfer of military equipment to Ukraine and the sale of artillery systems to the UK.
"Phantoms" vs. "MiGs"
The air war over Vietnam did not reveal a winner
Of the four components of the Vietnam War, two became the most noticeable to an outside observer. At the same time, one of them, "mutinous", was, and remains, not quite adequately evaluated.
The punishing sword in the hands of Russia
On the expanded formulation of the concept of "retaliatory strike"
The logic of the global hybrid war forces a decisive revision of the usual formulations of "aggression", "accomplice of aggression", strategies and tactics of retaliatory strikes against the forces opposing Russia. The time for unpunished hybrid nastiness has expired, the consequences for such forces are becoming inescapable.
How a united Germany squandered its military power
The arsenals of the GDR And the FRG were at one time very rich
During the Cold War, Soviet propaganda constantly accused the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) of revanchism, attributing to it a desire to "recoup" for the defeat of the Nazi Third Reich and regain lost lands in the east.
Commander of the US Air Force in Europe on the role of aviation in the fighting in Ukraine
The American magazine "Air & Space Forces Magazine" in Chris Gordon's article "Lack of Airpower in Ukraine Proves the Value of Air Superiority, NATO Air Boss Says" ("The lack of air power in Ukraine proves the value of air superiority, said the head of the NATO Air Force") published interesting remarks about the role of military aviation in combat operations on Ukraine, made by the Commander of the US Air Force in Europe and Africa and the NATO Joint Aviation Command, General James B. Hecker, at a conference organized by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies of the US Air Force and Space Forces Association in Washington on March 22, 2023.
Switzerland disposes of Rapier anti-aircraft missile systems
As the Kommersant newspaper reported in the material by Alexey Tarkhanov, "Switzerland will break the Rapier better." The country has abandoned the scheme for the supply of missile systems to Ukraine," Switzerland is preparing to destroy the British-made Rapier anti-aircraft missile systems that have been decommissioned.
The air defense of Ukraine was strengthened by Polish anti-aircraft self-propelled guns ZSU-23-4 "Shilka"
Poland has supplied Ukraine with an unnamed number of ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, Ukrainian resources report the appearance of anti-aircraft guns in the Polish army's characteristic colors.
In the south of China, air defense and PLA Air Force exercises were held to counter attacks by stealth fighters against ground targets
The air defense units of the People's Liberation Army of China, together with the PLA Air Force, are practicing tactics of protection against the actions of invisible fighters. As a conditional enemy, the Chinese army uses J-20 fighters, which are supposed to simulate attacks by American F-35 aircraft.
The Serbian Army is organizing the largest exhibition of weapons and military equipment in the country's history
In honor of the Day of the Armed Forces of Serbia on April 22, 2023, the Ministry of Defense of the country is organizing the largest exhibition of weapons and military equipment used by the Serbian army in its history. The Serbian press writes about this, referring to information from the military department.
Germany supplied Ukraine with armored vehicles, machine guns and drone detection systems
Spare parts for Leopard 2 tanks and Marder infantry fighting vehicles were also sent
Over the past week, Germany has handed over to Ukraine three armored Dachs excavators, 70 MG3 machine guns, spare parts for Leopard 2 tanks and Marder infantry fighting vehicles, as well as 30 drone detection systems. This is stated in the updated list of weapons supplied to Kiev, published on Friday on the website of the German government.
Some details of the attack on American bases in Syria have emerged: Iranian missiles and drones "loaded" the US NASAMS air defense system, eventually breaking through the air defense
Missile strikes on US military bases in the area of Syria's largest hydrocarbon deposits are one of the main topics for the Western world today. The topic turned out to be so serious that it shifted even the Ukrainian conflict from the front pages of the Western media, for which billions of dollars are allocated for military and information pumping.
