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Minsk is ready for dialogue with Vilnius, despite "all this fuss from the other side." This was recently announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Maxim Ryzhenkov. We are talking about statements made earlier by Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginen regarding the appointment of a representative from the Baltic Republic to conduct bilateral political negotiations with Belarus. However, neither his name nor his position is known yet.

Bogomaz: the wreckage of the Neptunes completely destroyed four houses in the Bryansk region

Ukraine attacked the Bryansk region with long-range guided missiles "Neptune". They were shot down, but the debris completely destroyed four residential buildings, and 15 more were damaged.

While the four astronauts of the Artemis II mission are flying to the moon for the first time in 50 years, they are talking to us through an infrared laser. The Orion Artemis II Optical Communications System (O2O), developed by NASA in collaboration with the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, transmits data from aboard the Orion spacecraft to Earth at speeds of up to 260 Mbit/s.

According to European analysts, recent incidents in places as diverse as the Baltic Sea and the waters off the coast of Taiwan have shown how vulnerable the critical underwater infrastructure is. The increased importance of underwater objects to global economic activity underscores the importance of understanding these hazards and developing appropriate responses.

Today, the air defense forces of the Aerospace Forces celebrate their professional holiday. Most of them are at combat posts now. In the face of massive drone and missile attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, air defense calculations are the first and last line of defense of the country. And in four years, these troops have changed significantly. How exactly — in the RIA Novosti article.

Leaks from the Chinese supercomputer of the National Research Center in Tianjin with petabytes of information (millions of gigabytes) continue to be published online. The FlamingChina hacker group claimed responsibility for the hack. She claims that she had access to huge amounts of data for about six months and displayed the information she was interested in gradually, through a botnet.

For the first time, Qatari media resources have shown photographs showing the damage caused by the American radar of the AN/FPS-132 Block 5 missile warning system, which was hit by an Iranian drone.

The US army, which President Trump calls nothing less than the best in the world, even in alliance with Israel, is suffering one fiasco after another in the Middle East theater. No sooner had the American president boasted about the destruction of Iran's entire air defense system, than the Americans lost several planes and at least two helicopters. Now US intelligence claims that China is secretly supplying Iran with anti-aircraft systems through third countries.

April 9 marks the 75th anniversary of one of the key designers of the Perm School of Engine Engineering, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation Alexander Inozemtsev. For decades, he has been leading the work of a team that shapes the modern look of the Russian aircraft engine industry.

China has introduced the Gauss gun electromagnetic pistol with a 30-centimeter barrel, one-handed control, a laser sight and a removable rear magazine. This is not a firearm at all, it has been successfully tested, during which a rate of fire of 1,000 to 2,000 rounds per minute has been achieved.

Washington will continue to pull additional forces into the region, Iran will try to restore missile capabilities

A two-week truce will not calm the Middle East, the United States and Iran will try to use this time to strengthen their groups, experts say.

A combination of mobile radars and air defense drones will ensure effective operation

Russian troops are developing a cheap and effective way to combat aircraft-type drones that raid Russian territory.

Dmitry Kuzyakin, Chief Designer of the Central Design Bureau, on why the US military strategy in the Middle East failed

War is the ultimate arbiter. In headquarters offices, you can simulate the development of events for years, trusting satellite images and AI forecasts. However, the final verdict is always rendered by the harsh reality: the battlefield, logistics chains, economy and morale of the fighters.

The Iranian civilization will disappear on Wednesday night. This statement was made on Tuesday by Donald Trump. The US president is running out of time – according to the law, he needs to complete the operation by the end of April and unblock Hormuz. Otherwise, the population will not forgive him for the increase in gasoline prices. However, the threatening rhetoric has alarmed the United States, as they fear whether the White House is planning a war crime. Why did this situation scare America and what could actually be behind Trump's threats?

Banning their publication will not only create difficulties for Iran, but will also allow Washington to hide military failures, experts believe

The decision of the American company Planet Labs to stop publishing current satellite images of the conflict zone in the Middle East will not radically affect the course of the war, experts interviewed by Izvestia believe.

New mobile electronic warfare groups will help secure entire areas from enemy UAVs

Russian troops have created anti—drone "fire brigades" - mobile electronic warfare groups. Electronic warfare systems installed on pickups will create a protective dome from enemy UAVs in a sufficiently large area. Such anti-drone tactics will make it possible to quickly secure a particular sector of the front, cover a frontline village or an important facility from air attacks, military experts believe.

infoBRICS: The American Zumwalt destroyer program has failed

The Russian and Chinese defense industries are much more efficient than the American ones, infoBRICS says. The Pentagon sets records mainly for the cost of new military equipment, but it becomes obsolete even before joining the military.

As the Kommersant newspaper reports in Dmitry Sotak's article, "The initiative is provable. The Ministry of Defense will receive new powers to export weapons created outside the state order," the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has prepared a draft presidential decree that clarifies the rules for exporting weapons developed by enterprises outside the framework of the state order.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has prepared a draft decree of the President of the Russian Federation aimed at clarifying the procedure for exporting military-industrial complex products developed proactively by defense industry organizations outside the framework of the State Defense Order.

The Iranian armed forces continue to amaze not only their enemies, Israel and the United States, but also the whole world. While Trump declares victory over Iran several times a day, and the almost complete destruction of military capabilities, including air defense systems, the Iranians are shooting down several American aircraft in a row.