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May 21 marks the day of the Pacific Fleet

292 years ago, during the reign of Empress Anna Ioannovna, the Senate established the Okhotsk Military Port - the first permanent naval unit of Russia in the Far East. This was the first stage of the emergence of naval forces in the region, which later became the Pacific Fleet. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok talks about the current state of the TOP.

The US stated that in the coming months it will determine with the allies the timing of the transfer of the F-16 to Ukraine

The United States will discuss with its allies in the coming months which countries and when they will deliver F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, said Assistant to the US President for National Security Jake Sullivan. According to the American authorities, "right now the time has not yet come for F-16s on the battlefield," but they will be needed in the future. The Washington Post newspaper notes that Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was the "main force" in the White House seeking the transfer of tanks and F-16s to Ukraine.

Launches of anti-aircraft guided missiles by the Ukrainian Patriot air defense system could be carried out by diverting interference

Patriot anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) lost all 32 missiles while trying to shoot down the Russian hypersonic missile "Dagger". In this tone, Military Watch Magazine (MWM) writes about it. Why the SAM began to fire at false air objects one by one, having spent all the missiles, the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

As reported yesterday in the Pentagon, the administration of US President Joe Biden will send Ukraine a new package of military assistance for $ 325 million. According to political analyst Malek Dudakov, the real amount of aid to Kiev is not as great as it seems, since its cost is overestimated by the American military-industrial complex dozens of times.

The Belarusian military is taking measures after the incidents in the Bryansk region

Fighter aircraft and air defense forces of the Republic of Belarus (RB) have been put on high alert. Minsk explained the adoption of these measures by "incidents in the Bryansk region", namely the crash of several Russian manned aircraft of different classes on May 12-13.

Kiev will also be supplied with three ARTHUR radars used to detect enemy artillery

Norway will transfer three radar stations (radars) and eight long-range multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) to Ukraine. The deliveries are carried out in close cooperation with the UK, the Norwegian government said in a press release published on Thursday.

The Pentagon said that the damaged Patriot system was repaired and put back into operation in Ukraine

The Patriot anti-aircraft missile system damaged in Ukraine as a result of a Russian strike has been restored. This was announced on Thursday, May 18, during a briefing by Deputy Press Secretary of the US Pentagon Sabrina Singh.

An interesting historical fact from the times of friendship between the USA and the Russian Federation [in the 1990s]. GDLS [General Dynamics Land Systems] proposed to integrate the Arena active protection system into M1A2 Abrams with the assistance of the Russian Design Bureau KBM [Engineering Design Bureau]. GDLS planned to sell the Arena to the Turkish army and the US Army, depending on the approval of the US government.

On May 18, 2023, the Israeli company Elbit Systems announced that the Ministries of Defense of the Netherlands and Israel signed an intergovernmental agreement on the acquisition by the Dutch Army of 20 combat vehicles produced by Elbit Systems of the PULS (Precise & Universal Launching System) ground-based modular multi-caliber missile system. The value of the contract, concluded for a five-year period, is $ 305 million, including the supply of guided missiles.

The Ministry of Defense has published footage of the launch of a Tornado-C rocket at a target in the zone of its

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed footage of the launch of a multiple launch rocket system "Tornado-S" at a target during a special military operation. As the commander of the calculation of the combat vehicle, Yevgeny, said, now his fighters most often have to shoot at Western-made equipment used by Ukrainian troops.

New samples of Belarusian military equipment are presented at the XI International Exhibition of Weapons and Military Equipment "MILEX-2023". Below is information about some of them in the presentation of the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus.

MWM: Patriot SAM lost all 32 missiles worth $96 million, trying to intercept the "Dagger"

Patriot anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) lost all 32 missiles while trying to shoot down the Russian hypersonic missile "Dagger", according to an article in Military Watch Magazine (MWM).

The Ukrainian army will soon receive eight additional MLRS and three counter-battery radars, the supply of equipment is being prepared by Norway together with the UK. This is reported by the press service of the Norwegian Ministry of Defense.

19FortyFive: the predicted "success" of the Ukrainian "counteroffensive" turned out to be a disappointment

Western media in vain inflated the Ukrainian "counteroffensive", predicting it "inevitable success," writes 19FortyFive. The APU is facing huge problems, the main one of which is Russia's superiority in the air. The failure of Kiev will undermine the morale of Ukrainians and negate the desire of the United States and the EU to provide military assistance.

NDP: with the deployment of nuclear weapons on the territory of Poland, its security will be in the hands of the United States

Poland is ready to participate in NATO's nuclear deterrence plans and deploy nuclear weapons on its territory, writes NDP. However, no one talks about the consequences that the deployment of such weapons will have for the Poles. And they are very serious.

The Serbian company EDePro has developed a new 122-mm NURS, called G-2000, which offers greater accuracy and twice the range of fire compared to the original BM-21 Grad MLRS ammunition. This missile was demonstrated at the FEINDEF 2023 arms exhibition in Madrid.

Público: Ukraine has become the "enterprise of the century" for arms manufacturers

The Spanish military exhibition FEINDEF showed that the conflict in Ukraine has become the "enterprise of the century" for arms manufacturers, writes Público. The country has turned into an ideal testing ground for new technologies, and representatives of the defense business have earned billions from it.

The US Department of Defense announced that it does not object to the supply of F-16 fighters to Ukraine by other countries. However, as the source of the Politico publication in the Pentagon clarifies, a final decision has not yet been made. About the plans of Kiev's allies — in the material of RIA Novosti.

International columnist Kim Myung-chol pointed out that the United States and its allies are trying to "turn Ukraine into a testing ground for their weapons"

Representatives of the international community who share the principles of justice should come out in support of the "victory of Russia" in the situation around Ukraine. Such an appeal was made by international columnist Kim Myung-chol in a material published by the Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA).

Patriot anti-aircraft missile system in Kiev has demonstrated its inability to defend itself, military experts say

On May 17, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of the American Patriot air defense complex in Kiev by a high-precision strike of the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system. The multifunctional radar of the complex and several launchers were hit. How the destruction of one of the most modern American air defense and missile defense systems turned out to be possible, Izvestia was dealt with together with a military expert, the founder of the Military Russia portal Dmitry Kornev.