Structure and personnel news
Pyrotechnics case: who will be responsible for the explosion at the plant in Sergiev Posad
An emergency happened at the warehouse of a fireworks manufacturer who was declared bankrupt and disrupted supplies for the Ministry of Defense
It is not the first time that the company that rented a warehouse at the factory where the explosion occurred on August 9 has come to the attention of law enforcement agencies.
Airborne assault as a step in a career
Israeli paratroopers are the elite of the army and the state
The creator of the Israeli parachute units is considered to be Major Yoel Pelegi. He was a veteran of the Haganah, the underground Zionist military self–defense of Jewish settlements in Palestine. During the Second World War, Pelegi and more than 100 of his compatriots took a course at the British military parachute school.
Downed pilots: how the delivery of the F-16 to Kiev will change the battlefield
And what are these machines capable of in the hands of Ukrainian pilots
Deliveries of American F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters to Ukraine have been discussed for several months. It would seem that the decision has been made, and all disputes have ended, but there is still no clarity either on the timing of sending cars to Kiev, or on pilot training. Izvestia, together with a military expert, the founder of the Military Russia portal Dmitry Kornev, understood what these fighters are capable of in the conditions of a special military operation and what the Russian Aerospace Forces can oppose to them.
Speaker of the Air Forces of Ukraine: Training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighters will take up to six months
For more than a month, Kiev has been persistently begging NATO allies for the supply of modern fighters, stating that their presence in the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will certainly help to defeat the Russian army. So far, there is no consensus on this issue among Western allies, although there is talk that F-16 fighters may still be in Ukraine more and more often.
Putin signed a law on raising the military age
Putin signed a law on raising the military age to 30 years
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law that sets the draft age in Russia from 18 to 30 years, thus the upper threshold increases by three years, the document is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.
Merits of communication: a mobile operator is being created in Russia for government agencies
Will this improve the quality of the telecom services they use
In Russia, they are preparing to create a virtual mobile operator for the authorities. This was told to Izvestia by a source in government agencies and confirmed by an interlocutor close to the organization of the project. While it is at the stage of discussion and technical tests, they want to launch it on the basis of the state accident information system ERA-GLONASS.
"Cascade" of discoveries
Today Krasnodar Instrument Plant (KPZ) "Cascade" turns 50 years old. For half a century of work, the company has made a worthy contribution to the development of the country, ensuring the strengthening of its defense capability. Currently, Cascade continues to solve important tasks on which technological sovereignty, security and well-being of the state depend.
August 1 — The Day of the rear of the Armed Forces of Russia: how is the supply of the army
In Russia, every year on August 1, the Day of the Rear of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is celebrated — one of the oldest services, which is an integral part of the defense of the state. How the holiday appeared and who is congratulated on this date — in the material of Izvestia.
From the army and the war do not promise
Volunteers, mercenaries, legionnaires: different countries, different experiences
In Israel, the army is the most important social institution that really forms a citizen of the country. Both boys and girls are drafted into the IDF (Israel Defense Forces).
The Germans complained that the training of Ukrainians by NATO forces is in vain
The training of Ukrainian soldiers by NATO specialists is wasted, German experts infoBRICS cites. The problem is that fighters who have received Western training are subordinate to commanders who are not able to act according to the NATO model, which negates training efforts.
Boeing reported losses due to the long-suffering Starliner project
The second American manned and partially reusable spacecraft, the CST—100 Starliner, did not fly into orbit in April. The test mission with the crew on board once again failed, the launch was first postponed to July, and later postponed indefinitely.
Mass media: in Britain, more than 2 thousand Ukrainian special forces are being trained for AFU operations against the Russian Federation
According to the Sunday Express newspaper, the Ukrainian military is undergoing special training at the defense training center in Oakhampton
More than 2 thousand servicemen of special purpose units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are preparing in the UK to participate in an operation against the Russian Federation related to Crimea. This was reported by the Sunday Express newspaper, citing sources.
Western experts believe that the integration of F-16 fighters into the AFU will be a task for years
Also, an employee of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, Franz-Stefan Gadi, and the head of the Russian Armed Forces study program at the American Center for Naval Analysis, Michael Kofman, note that Ukrainian fighters lack coherence, which is why they cannot break through the Russian defense.
Polish analyst: Russophobes will lose their jobs at the next reboot
Russophobic propagandists will work only until the next "reset" between Russia and the West. This is the forecast of the publication Myśl Polska. And the fact that this reset will happen follows from the impracticability of the plans of the US and the EU. Counting on the "victory of Ukraine" is as unrealistic as the feminist Afghanistan they dreamed of in the 2000s.
Modern US Armed Forces
The Armed Forces of the United States (United States Armed Forces, U.S. Armed Forces) in the generally accepted sense is a state military organization that represents a set of types of armed forces and is designed to protect the freedom, state independence and territorial integrity of the United States of America, as well as to protect the interests of the country beyond its borders. Regular armed forces were created in the United States in 1775 by the decision of the Second Continental Congress to wage the War of Independence against Great Britain.
Yakovlev is a new brand of Irkut Corporation
Irkut Corporation of the United Aircraft Corporation announced its renaming, introducing a new brand – Yakovlev.
Moscow is preparing for the construction of an aviation "megacomplex"
In Moscow, within the framework of the deadlines previously announced by Rostec, a serious project for the construction of an industrial aviation "megacomplex" is being promoted, which is expected to become one of the largest production centers of such a plan with more than 13,000 employees.
Politico: The West has not yet reached an agreement on the training of AFU pilots to use the F-16
However, Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said that the training is planned to begin during the summer in Europe
Washington and its allies have not yet been able to finalize issues related to the training of Ukrainian pilots in the use of American F-16 fighter-bombers, because of this, Kiev's receipt of aircraft is delayed. This was reported on Tuesday by the American newspaper Politico .
The State Duma has tightened responsibility for violating the requirements of military registration
In particular, the State Duma adopted an amendment on fines of up to 30 thousand rubles for failure to appear on a summons to the military enlistment office
The State Duma adopted immediately in the second and third readings a bill on toughening responsibility for violating the requirements of military registration, which, among other things, provides for an increase to 30 thousand rubles in the fine for failure to appear on the summons to the military enlistment office.
The fight against Russia has knocked another Briton out of politics
British Defense Minister Ben Wallace confirmed his retirement from politics, although until recently he had been promised brilliant prospects. The APU and the President of Ukraine Zelensky owe a lot to this person. But the obsession to defeat Russia brought him personally to a fiasco, and the British army to ruin to the delight of all its numerous enemies.