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The year 2024 is becoming the time for the start of mass production of devices for the largest satellite constellation in the history of Russia, the Sphere. How will this grouping be organized, what is its significance for citizens and businesses – and why is it one of the key elements of Russia's technological, economic, and even political sovereignty?

Which enemy combat vehicles have already been hit

The multifrequency communication system created by the developers of the Piranha FPV drone effectively proved itself in the area of its own, Izvestia found out.

ČA: the expansion of the conflict from Ukraine to Europe depends on the actions of NATO

There is a risk that the conflict with Ukraine will spread to the whole of Europe, writes ČA. This could happen if NATO decides to directly use conventional forces of individual member states against Russia. Such a development threatens the world with nuclear war.

The Telegraph: Taiwan is the only important issue for Biden

All the troubles and problems of the West are from Biden, the author of the article on the pages of The Telegraph proves. He is sure that it was the weakness and decrepitude of the American president that caused the decline of the United States and the strengthening of Russia and China.

NATO member countries and their partners have spent over $132 billion on assistance to the Armed Forces, said Igor Kostyukov, head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff

Since February 2022, the countries of the NATO bloc and their allies have transferred to Ukraine about 800 tanks, about 270 multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), 130 aircraft and helicopters, as well as over 30,000 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Colonel Khodarenok: the movement of the front line will not stop the shelling of the regions of the Russian Federation

Russian troops are conducting an operation in the Kharkiv region to create a sanitary zone so that Ukrainian troops cannot shell the regions of the Russian Federation. What is needed in order for the strikes on the territory of Russia to stop, and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation could advance at a speed of 15-20 km per day, the military observer of Gazeta figured out.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

The drone was also made lighter, and its flight time was increased by almost 20%, said a representative of the Unmanned Systems group of companies

The upgraded Supercam S350M unmanned aerial vehicle used in the special operation zone has become more resistant to electronic warfare (EW) The Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was announced to TASS by an official representative of the Unmanned Systems group of companies.

Rostec State Corporation will present advanced achievements in the field of aircraft and engine building, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals during the VIII Russian-Chinese EXPO in Harbin. The central place in the exhibition will be occupied by a mock-up of the first domestic high-power gas turbine GTD-110M. The unit will be demonstrated in China for the first time.

A group of American scientists is working to create reflectors that can redirect solar energy into shaded lunar craters. This will allow future colonizers to work smoothly with the resource necessary for life on the Moon — deposits of water ice, of which there are quite a lot in such craters.

General Skshipchak: NATO is helpless and does not know what to do with GPS interference

Polish General Waldemar Skshipczak honestly admitted that NATO is helpless and does not know what to do with GPS interference, WP writes. According to the military, what is happening is an element of the hybrid war that Russia is waging. As usual, he did not provide any evidence of this.

How do air defense units work in the special operation zone

Today, the activity of barrel artillery and manned aircraft on the line of contact is decreasing, but at the same time the enemy is constantly increasing the use of various types of UAVs: from small FPV attack drones to large reconnaissance aircraft-type UAVs.

During the NATO maneuvers in the Baltic States, the British Armed Forces received a strict warning from the command. Before the exercises in Estonia, the British military was warned about the threat of Russians stealing data from smartphones.

Footage has been posted online showing the development of drone swarm technology in the Chinese Army (PLA). The footage captures the synchronous and coordinated work of several hundred drones.

Al Mayadeen: Russia has determined the vector of development of military affairs around the world

There has been a real scientific breakthrough in military affairs, Al Mayadeen reports. It's about the active use of combat robots. The first models were developed in the last century, and the conflict in Ukraine provoked a qualitative leap in this direction. Today, Russia is successfully storming the enemy with just such weapons.

It can be used in assault operations and evacuation of the wounded

Russian engineers have developed a universal tracked platform that can perform both combat and transport tasks. With the help of a combat module, the device turns into a grenade launcher or a machine gun, which will be able to cover infantry when storming enemy positions. The platform can carry loads weighing up to a ton, evacuate the wounded. Its prototype has already been tested in the SVO zone. About what a promising development is — in the material of Izvestia.

We owe the victory in the Great Patriotic War not only to the courage of soldiers, partisans and home front workers. The equipment that entered the battlefield played a huge role. Powerful, reliable and unpretentious weapons, created in huge numbers by the defense industrial complex of the USSR, helped our people defeat the most dangerous enemy.

In the practice of using UAVs and fighting them, the world–old problem has surfaced - how to distinguish a "friend" from an "enemy"? While there were few drones, this was not too relevant. But as the battle formations become saturated with them, the problem becomes more acute.

Undoubtedly, the main and largest event was the parade on Red Square, which was attended by more than 9 thousand military personnel, over 70 units of military equipment and aviation.

How do the gunners support the assault troops' offensives

The success of offensive actions largely depends on the fire support of artillery — on how quickly and accurately the calculations of guns and multiple rocket launchers will complete the task. The correspondent of Izvestia visited the gunners in the Donetsk and Artemivsk directions and saw how combat work takes place in day and night conditions.

Russian interference is reported to seriously reduce the effectiveness of GPS-guided munitions supplied by the West. As a result, the US Air Force is purchasing additional homing heads (homing) to give the high-precision extended-range direct hit bombs (JDAM-ER) supplied to Ukraine the ability to hit GPS signal jammers. It is believed that this will turn one of the weapons most affected by this countermeasure into a means used to destroy it.