Latest news on "Air defense"
The Polish edition published the flight plan of the Ukrainian S-300 SAM missile in the direction of Poland
The Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza presented a diagram that demonstrates the flight path of the Ukrainian S-300 air defense missile that fell on the territory of Poland. As a result of the fall of the rocket, we recall, two people were killed - according to official Polish data.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine received Hawk air defense systems
The Ukrainian military is already using foreign NASAMS and Iris-T air defense systems in combat operations. Now the Armed Forces of Ukraine have received Hawk air defense systems from abroad.
The Russian ambassador to the United States announced Kiev's attempts to provoke a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO
According to Anatoly Antonov, Moscow would not have initiated a special military operation if Washington and its allies had not turned Ukraine against the Russian Federation for decades
The Ukrainian authorities are trying to provoke a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO. This was stated by the Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov in a comment published on Friday to the magazine Nesweek .
The missile strike on Poland reflects the growing split in the West
Global Times: the strike on Poland has exacerbated the differences between Washington and Kiev
The United States tried to convince its European NATO partners as soon as possible that Ukraine, not Russia, launched the missile. Zelensky denied everything to the last, writes Global Times. In Europe and America, fatigue is growing from the protracted conflict without hope for peace talks.
Dutch MH17 crash trial discarded inconvenient evidence
On Thursday, a Dutch court issued a verdict in the case of the crash of flight MH17 near Donetsk in July 2014. According to the court's decision, the Malaysian Boeing was shot down by the DPR militia. The commander of one of the detachments Igor Girkin (Strelkov) and two of his subordinates were sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia. However, in Russia, the conclusions of the court in The Hague were called biased and politicized, pointing out all the inconsistencies in the case of the crash of the airliner.
Space Hunters, Orbital Killers
Anti-satellite weapons are developing rapidly
In October, 65 years have passed since the day when Sputnik-1 (code designation PS-1 - from "simplest satellite") was launched into near-Earth orbit on a Soviet carrier rocket, created on the basis of the R–7 intercontinental ballistic missile, the famous "seven". The spacecraft (spacecraft), whose name has become a household name, made a global furore, forcing the whole planet to talk about itself.
Beijing solves its weapons problems on its own
The output of Chinese weapons is increasing both by orders of the PLA and for export
An analysis of Chinese military-technical publications shows that by 2010 China was able to provide its own production of almost a full range of nomenclature of weapons and military equipment (IWT). The few exceptions were heavy military transport aircraft (VTS) and tanker aircraft based on them, medium transport helicopters, certain types of deck-based helicopters.
A private threat is hanging in the air
Will overseas aviation PMCs appear in the sky over Ukraine
The collective West's supply of weapons to Ukraine does not yet apply to aviation. One of the reasons is that modern aviation technology is simply too expensive. Another reason is that it will be difficult and long for Ukrainian pilots to retrain for Western aircraft. Moreover, the Ukrainian Air Force is already experiencing a clear shortage of flight personnel.
Foreign Minister of Ukraine: NASAMS air defense systems have confirmed their effectiveness, it's time for Patriot
While the Kiev authorities are recording the next destruction of military and energy facilities as a result of Russian rocket attacks, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba reported to his American counterpart on the effective use of NASAMS air defense systems. Kuleba said that during a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, he told him that now it was definitely "time" for Patriot complexes.
Court in the Netherlands: We found that in 2014, the Boeing was shot down from the Buk air defense system from the territory not controlled by Kiev
Today in Amsterdam, after more than two years of hearings, the court delivers its verdict in the case of the Boeing shot down in the sky over Donbass in 2014.
Will not destroy a single missile. Poland pointed out the weakness of the air defense system
Expert Pekarski: Polish air defense could not prevent the missile from falling in Przevodow
The Polish air defense has great opportunities to monitor what arrives in the country's airspace, defense expert Michal Pekarski told GW. The situation is worse with the defeat of targets. Warsaw will receive modern Patriot and CAMM anti-aircraft systems only within ten years.
NATO angered Zelensky's statement about the fall of missiles in Poland
FT: NATO declared a loss of confidence in Ukraine because of Zelensky's words
Dissatisfaction with Zelensky's behavior is growing in NATO, writes FT. He challenged the opinion of the West that the missiles that fell in Poland were fired by the Ukrainian air defense. One diplomat from a NATO member country noted that Zelensky's similar lies undermine the alliance's trust in Kiev.
The US said that the missile incident in Poland will not be the only one
CNN: a special operation could easily escalate into a large-scale conflict with NATO
The threat of escalation of the Ukrainian conflict was from the very beginning, but the fall of missiles in Poland showed how quickly this can happen, writes the author of the article for CNN. He is sure that similar incidents will happen again in the future.
Goals achieved: Russian missiles knocked out critical infrastructure of Ukraine
How will this affect the situation in the area of its holding
All the missiles fired during the massive strike on November 15 hit exactly the designated targets. This was announced the next day by the Russian Defense Ministry. The purpose of the precision strikes was the military control system of Ukraine and related energy facilities.
The MIM-23 Hawk air defense systems supplied to Ukraine are very vulnerable
The United States and NATO countries are trying to strengthen the air defense forces of the Kiev puppet regime. As noted by "RG: Russian weapons", the old anti-aircraft systems inherited by Ukraine from the Soviet Army have long since exhausted their resource and often miss and hit various civilian ground objects during use.
"And so it was not very..." The military expert gave a version of the incident in Poland
Alexey Podberezkin, director of the MGIMO Center for Military and Political Studies, Doctor of Historical Sciences, commented on the incident with the missiles falling on the territory of Poland on Sputnik radio.
"Went to self-destruct." Where did the rocket that killed two people in Poland come from
CNN: Ukraine has recognized the use of air defense near the site of the missile crash in Poland
Ukraine informed NATO allies about the deployment of an air defense system on November 15 near the border with Poland, where two people were killed when a rocket fell on the same day, CNN writes. The Polish president admitted that it was a Ukrainian air defense missile. Military observer of the Newspaper.Ru" tells where the projectile came from and why its fall led to human casualties.
Beijing keeps the best troops closer to Russia
The Northern Command of the PLA includes the strongest army group
As a result of the 2017 military reform, the Shenyang Military District and part of the Jinan Military District of the PLA turned into the Northern Command (Northern Combat Command Zone, SC) with headquarters in Shenyang. His area of responsibility includes the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the provinces of Shandong, Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang.
The Ukrainian missile defense system failed to destroy the Russian cruise missile, and it continued its flight
On November 15, a massive raid of Russian missiles and drones was carried out on the enemy's rear, as a result of which heavy damage was inflicted on the energy infrastructure of the Nezalezhnaya and military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Against the background of de-energization of cities and districts in a number of Ukrainian regions, the Kiev regime is trying to calm the population with bravura speeches about the successful work of air defense, despite the dissonance with the statistics of hitting targets.
NATO will not go to war with Russia because of the missiles that fell in Poland
The Guardian: The missile incident will not lead to a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO
The incident with missiles in Poland is unlikely to lead to a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO, writes The Guardian columnist Julian Borger. However, the risk of a collision between them due to miscalculation is quite real, he warns.