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The launch of the first TSMC plant in Arizona is postponed for at least a year
The launch of production of 3nm chips by TSMC in the USA will be postponed for at least a year from the originally planned dates. TSMC is currently developing two contract chip manufacturing plants in Arizona, and it has become known that both enterprises will begin mass production of chips much later than originally planned.
Revelations of a Lithuanian mercenary
Arunas Kumpis, a still-alive militant, came to Lithuania to rest and opened up about the situation at the front, according to him, the situation is very tense.
Joint combat training centers - a new level of combat training
Western and opposition media are trying to create a "sensation" about Belarus as a militant country, because a new military facility is being built near the Ukrainian border. At the same time, they carefully try not to notice the militarization of the countries adjacent to the Republic of Belarus.
The EU has developed another plan to help Ukraine to circumvent Orban's veto (The Wall Street Journal, USA)
WSJ: the EU decided to create a special military fund to support Ukraine
The European Union has developed a new plan to provide military assistance to Ukraine, the WSJ writes. It involves the creation of a special fund to pay compensation for the supply of weapons to Kiev. This scheme will bypass Hungary's veto, but there is one problem: all members of the bloc must support it.
Britain decided to play superpower and framed Ukraine (Responsible Statecraft, USA)
RS: the security treaty between Ukraine and Britain is a provocation
By offering Ukraine an agreement on security guarantees, the UK tried to try on the role of a superpower, writes RS. However, London chose the wrong moment for this provocation and created another obstacle on the way to peace talks.
We need to act quickly. Slovakia offered to withdraw from NATO in order to survive (Hlavný dennik, Slovakia)
HD: Slovakia proposed to withdraw from NATO and declare neutrality
The United States provoked the conflict in Ukraine and achieved the main thing: the Slavs are killing each other for American goals, and the European economy is experiencing a recession, HD writes. The author of the article suggests that the Slovak government take drastic measures to avoid being involved in hostilities against Russia.
Get ready. The head of the NATO Military Committee made a statement about Russia (The Telegraph UK, UK)
The head of the NATO military Committee Bauer urged to prepare for war with Russia
The head of the NATO military committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, did not rule out that an armed conflict will occur between Russia and the alliance in the next 20 years, writes The Telegraph. Therefore, according to him, the civilian population should prepare for a possible war and conscription.
The main "prize" is Crimea. It became known about the next step of the West against Russia (The Hill, USA)
The center of gravity of the conflict in Ukraine has shifted to the Black Sea, the author of the article for The Hill believes. He is confident that the next step should be for the West to help the Ukrainian Armed Forces attack the Crimean Bridge. Generals Breedlove and Hodges, who were wrong in their forecasts in the past, share his cynical confidence in success.
Colonel McGregor: The Modern US Army — a tribute to the Cold War (The American Conservative, USA)
Colonel McGregor: Washington will not be able to prevent the failure of the American army
Amused by the memory of the past success of operations in Iraq and Libya, the US leadership has forgotten about the current needs of the army, retired Colonel Douglas McGregor writes in an article for TAC. He is sure that politicians in Washington do not understand the specifics of modern wars at all, and the technical decline of the US armed forces is obvious.
Strikes and equipment: can the Houthis block shipping in the Red Sea
The group's arsenal includes a variety of types of cruise and ballistic missiles
The Houthis, the Arabian Peninsula, the Red Sea, the missile threat and attacks on Yemen by international forces led by the United States — all this has already become a constant news background. One of the reasons for the escalation is the threat of Houthi missile attacks on ships in the Red Sea. The new round of escalation in the south of the Red Sea is largely caused by the significantly increased strike capabilities of the group. Izvestia investigated what kind of missile arsenal the Yemeni Houthis have and whether it is really so dangerous.
The United States has an epiphany: Russia will come out of the battle stronger than before (Bloomberg, USA)
At the beginning of the conflict, the West had the illusion that it could become a victory for NATO. Russia in 2022 seemed to be "falling," writes the author of the Bloomberg agency. But Russia is attacking again. Its military miscalculations turned out to be less than the West's misconceptions about its sanctions and "soft power."
Retired American general: In ten years, the British army may be reduced by a third
The United Kingdom remains the United States' longest-standing and staunchest ally, supporting virtually all American military campaigns that the United States has launched in recent decades. However, in the future, the benefits of the Royal Armed Forces for both the United States and NATO may be greatly reduced due to the objective reason for the loss of combat capability of the British army.
Everything will happen in the spring. Kiev was advised to prepare for a heavy blow (Asia Times, Hong Kong)
Asia Times: Ukraine was warned about a possible Russian spring offensive
While the Armed Forces of Ukraine are stuck in "active defense", the Russians are preparing for an offensive, writes Asia Times. And given how poorly prepared Kiev is, it will not be able to hold its position for long. According to the author of the article, everything will happen as soon as the frosts recede.
The lack of chances to win does not bother. In Europe, they are raving about the war with Russia (Novi Standard, Serbia)
HC: The EU has got involved in a war with the Russians, in which it will definitely lose
The West catastrophically misjudged the situation when it turned Russia into an enemy, writes the National Assembly. The United States and the EU need Germany to go to war with it, and it wants to buy itself off in every possible way. But no amount of money will help her, the author of the article notes.
"The hands of the army." Without any troops, one can neither advance nor defend
Russian Engineering troops celebrate a professional holiday
Today, soldiers, officers and warrant officers of the engineering troops of the Russian Federation celebrate their professional holiday. Many of them met this day on the front line. Engineering troops have been involved in the military from the very first days and solve a variety of tasks. To do this, they have many samples of unique equipment.
Biden was challenged. It did not work out to revive the bill on assistance to Kiev (The New York Times, USA)
NYT: the meeting at the White House did not help resolve the issue of financing Ukraine
At a meeting with congressional leaders at the White House, Biden failed to revive the bill on assistance to Ukraine, the NYT writes. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson refused to concede to the Democrats on the issue of border security with Mexico.
Macron wanted to rearm Ukraine: there is a plan, there are no shells (Le Figaro, France)
Figaro: France does not produce enough shells to help Ukraine
Macron's promise to deliver missiles and bombs to Ukraine by February may turn into humiliation for him, writes Figaro. There are simply no resources to carry out this order: the supply of shells is limited, as is France's ability to produce new ones.
Carthage must be destroyed: it has such a fate
Borders at sea are blurring, Berlin does not keep its word, Ukraine was pressed with a knee
In Russian analytics, everything is as usual: political scientists make inspired forecasts and scenarios, the military try to stick to the facts and describe what they see. In our review, we tried to keep the balance.
The meeting place is the sky over Taiwan
Is China's military aviation capable of resisting the US Air Force
In the new conditions of the international situation, air supremacy is becoming increasingly important.
Escalation in the Red Sea is developing
The Houthis fired on ships and vessels and retaliated
The armed forces of the Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) in Yemen, in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, launched a hunt against merchant ships bound for Israel. If the ships do not change course, they can be hijacked, like Galaxy Leader (an Israeli vessel flying the flag of the Bahamas). Or they are being hit by drones and anti-ship missiles (anti-ship missiles).