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The Polish Ministry of Defense ordered 486 MLRS M142 HIMARS
Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak has approved a framework agreement for the purchase of components of the M142 HIMARS MLRS launcher for HOMAR-A systems.
Estonia and Latvia will purchase IRIS-T SLM air defense systems from Germany in the amount of 400 million euros
On September 11, the heads of the Estonian and Latvian Defense Ministries Hanno Pevkur and Inara Murniece signed an agreement in Germany on the purchase of IRIS-T SLM medium-range air defense systems worth almost 400 million euros.
The American TV channel told about the production of false targets by Rinat Akhmetov's company - mock-ups of military equipment for the Armed Forces
Both on the front line and behind it, in the rear, false targets are of particular importance – high-quality mock-ups imitating tanks, artillery guns, rocket launchers, armored vehicles. The use of such false targets disorients the enemy and forces him to waste his ammunition, including expensive missiles.
Ammunition with uranium will not decide the outcome of the battle, but will poison the earth and people
What will happen after the use of the promised shells with uranium cores by the APU? Depleted uranium is a heavy element capable of destroying not only tanks, but also the environment, writes Der Spiegel. European experts are sounding the alarm and explaining the consequences of swallowing "uranium" dust.
The Polish Army will receive 290 new HOMAR-K MLRS based on the South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS system
The Polish Armed Forces will receive new HOMAR-K multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) in the amount of 290 units. They are the result of the joint work of the South Korean company Hanwha Aerospace and Polish military-industrial enterprises.
"It's far from the weather." Why Ukraine's counteroffensive will end in a month
Colonel Khodarenok: The APU will complete the counteroffensive due to lack of resources
The offensive operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is likely to end in the near future. According to the estimates of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milley, we can talk about 30-45 days.
The German Foreign Minister proposed to make an "umbrella" of air defense systems over the infrastructure of Ukraine
Before the approaching winter, a "defensive umbrella" of air and missile defense systems should be created over Ukraine's infrastructure facilities. This was stated by German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Sea Battle 2.0. Has Ukraine opened a new era of fighting at sea
Colonel Khodarenok urged to prepare for the massive use of marine drones
Recently, Ukraine has used unmanned boats against Russian ships, vessels and objects in the Black Sea. Observers in the West believe that this has begun a new era in the war on the seas and oceans. Whether this is really the case and whether it is worth talking about the departure of traditional naval battles into the past, the military observer of "Gazeta.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
Poland has ordered four more coastal mobile complexes with NSM missiles
On September 5, 2023, during the MSPO-2023 defense and industrial exhibition held in Kielce (Poland), Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak approved a contract with the Norwegian Kongsberg Group for the purchase of four additional coastal mobile anti-ship missile systems NSM CDS (Coastal Defense System) with NSM missiles for the Polish Navy. The contract value is about 8 billion zlotys with VAT (1.8 billion euros). This is the largest one-time contract in the history of Kongsberg.
Pirate fake: the APU boasted a version of the Soviet rocket for tanks
For the first time during the special operation, the Neobanderovites showed a tank guided missile (TUR) "Combat". It was used to load the T-64BM2 Bulat cannon
The US has warned that Russia's readiness to use nuclear weapons is not a bluff
The United States should avoid escalating the conflict with Russia over issues that are much more important for Moscow than for them, writes TAS. This is fraught with the use of nuclear weapons, and the Kremlin is not bluffing here, the author warns.
"They will be able to fight Russian UAVs and Iranian Shahed": Australia supplies the APU with new Slinger anti-aircraft guns
The Australian company Electro Optic Systems intends to supply a total of 160 Slinger anti-aircraft systems designed to combat drones for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The country of the maple leaf is fighting only across the oceans
Canadian Army: always in the shadows and on the pick-up
Geographically, Canada is almost a mirror image of Russia, located on the other side of the North Pole from it. The same huge territory, while also almost completely empty and frozen. The population also mostly lives along the southern border of the country.
The Black Sea asks for helicopters
Rotorcraft are needed to control shipping
A special military operation (SVO) for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine has been going on for more than a year and a half, including on the water expanses. Having announced the termination of the grain deal from July 18, Moscow undertook to establish strict control over shipping in the northwestern part of the Black Sea from midnight on July 20.
Russia has changed its tactics in Ukraine. The results were not long in coming
Russia has started to implement on Ukraine has new ways of using military equipment and has generally adjusted tactics, according to a WeChat user. She has made progress, he notes. The country's army has increased the effectiveness of its weapons, destroyed the first Challenger 2 and prepared to exhaust the enemy as much as possible.
Izvestia showed the use of the 2M-3M naval artillery by the infantry
The fire at the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) under Ugledar is conducted from a paired 30-millimeter cannon. The car does not have a name yet — it was developed and created by the Marines of the 155th Brigade of the Pacific Fleet (TOF). An unusual weapon was shown by the correspondent of Izvestia Leonid Kitrar.
Rheinmetall Group supplied Ukraine with the first 35 mm anti-aircraft rounds of new production
On September 5, 2023, the German Rheinmetall AG Group announced the shipment to Ukraine of the first batch of 35-mm shots of its new production, manufactured for the Gepard 1A2 35-mm twin anti-aircraft self-propelled guns transferred to Ukraine by Germany.
There were shots of the use of the AFU ATGM "Combat" tank T-64BM2 "Bulat"
Ukrainian formations use anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) "Kombat" at the front. The relevant footage has recently appeared on the Internet, they are published by a number of domestic Telegram channels.
At the International Defense Exhibition, the Polish Armed Forces presented upgraded M1A1 Abrams, Leopard 2 2PL tanks and Korean K2 Black Panther MBT
The annual International Defense Industry Exhibition MSPO, considered the largest and most representative in Eastern Europe, is being held in the Polish city of Kielce from September 5 to 9. At it, the Polish Armed Forces, whose leadership has repeatedly stated its intention to create the largest modern army on the continent, tried to present the best samples of weapons and military equipment, both foreign and domestic production.
North Korean missile submarine launched
The DPRK officially announced that on September 6, 2023, a ceremony was held at the North Korean shipbuilding enterprise in Pondae (Sinpo) to launch a North Korean non-nuclear missile submarine that had been under construction there for a long time, called "Hero Kim Gun Ok" (tail number "841"). The ceremony, held in an unusual open mode for the DPRK, was attended by the leader of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un. The ship is officially named "the first submarine with nuclear offensive weapons."
