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Washington undermines peace and stability east of Russia

Washington is intensifying the confrontation with China and is increasingly involving China's immediate neighbors, Tokyo and Seoul, in it. We are talking about direct military preparations, including the deployment of high-precision missile weapons. Why do South Korea and Japan agree to follow in the wake of aggressive American policy and for this they even go to the direct falsification of the events of history?

Colonel Khodarenok proposed to transfer air defense systems from Siberia to the Crimea

Adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak said that the West allowed Kiev to strike Crimea. The APU intends to destroy "everything Russian". Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok figured out which weapons of Ukraine could become a threat to the peninsula and what could be done to strengthen its defense.

The South Korean company Poongsan announced a significant achievement: a 155-mm extended-range projectile was created, which justified all the requirements of the country's Defense Ministry.

According to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, we are talking, in particular, about HIMARS MLRS shells, missiles for air defense systems and artillery ammunition

The United States Administration has included shells for HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, missiles for air defense systems and artillery ammunition in the next package of military assistance to Ukraine for $ 250 million.

Satellite photos have been posted online showing vehicles deployed in the area of Jorhat Airport from the S-400 anti-aircraft complex purchased by India from Russia.

Colonel Khodarenok is sure that the AFU will not be helped by overloading the military strategy

Western media write about the "reset" of the AFU strategy with the assistance of NATO after the failure of the counteroffensive. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok explains what advice Western experts could give to the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny and what the change in the nature of the fighting of Ukraine for Russia will turn out to be.

"Soon the fairy tale affects, but not soon the thing is done," — in the conditions of the situation developing around the Union State of Russia and Belarus, this proverb does not work. This is especially noticeable if the issue concerns the military security of each of the subjects and the state association as a whole.

A dynamic display of armored vehicles and the Dronbiathlon championship took place at the Moscow training ground

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" completed its work on August 20. First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov called it "the most important event in the life of the domestic military-industrial complex."

Anti-aircraft artillery has not yet said the last word

Today, a serious problem arises before ground-based air defense: the enemy is able to achieve its oversaturation through the mass use of unmanned aerial vehicles (including very cheap and small-sized ones), as well as high-precision weapons (air-to-surface missiles and guided aerial bombs), a significant part of which can be launched from beyond the reach of even the most long-range anti-aircraft guided missiles.

How interceptor planes gained weight to fight high-altitude bombers

According to the results of air battles during a special military operation, the Su-35S and MiG-31, belonging to the heavy class, are the most effective fighters. Their maximum take–off weight exceeds 30 tons, the power plant is represented by a pair of dual-circuit turbojet engines with an afterburner, the main armament is air-to-air missiles with a range of up to 300 km.

The former Empire wisely tames its warlike spirit

Spain has a rich military history, though not very victorious. It is enough to recall the Invincible armada, which was defeated not even by the British fleet (it simply did not exist then), but by a "team of pirates" led by Francis Drake.

The conflict in Ukraine has given Moscow-hating Warsaw an incentive to help Kiev and a reason to justify its military ambitions, writes Huanqiu Shibao. Poland began to buy Western weapons in huge volumes, which made it the most powerful country in Eastern Europe. The United States will probably set it as an example of NATO, the author notes.

Photos of the first 2K12 "Cube" anti-aircraft missile system (SAM), which the Czech Republic handed over for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), are being distributed in Ukrainian Telegram channels.

The object that the militants used to launch drones was hit

On August 25, the forces of the Russian Navy struck an object of the Ukrainian port infrastructure, which was used in the interests of the VFU, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

The decision of the Greek government to decommission reliable and effective Russian air defense systems "Tor-M1" and "Osa-AKM" with their possible further transfer to Ukraine is criminal and adventurous.

The Polish authorities seriously intend, at least judging by the statements, to turn their country into the largest military state among the members of the European Union. Warsaw has repeatedly announced and, as far as possible, is implementing plans to increase the size of the national army and large-scale purchases of various types of weapons. Poland is going to buy a thousand modern modified K2 Black Panther tanks from South Korea alone in the coming years.

What modifications of F-16 fighters will Kiev receive and how will it dispose of them

Several European countries have announced their decision to supply Ukraine with multi-purpose F-16 Fighting Falcon ("Fighting Falcon") fighters.

Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, also stressed that the failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive is due, among other things, to the fact that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are now receiving everything necessary for successful combat operations.

Experts: Russia's air defense needs a short-range defensive triad

A laser cannon was successfully tested in Russia. It is noted that with the help of the installation, it is possible to hit drones of both aircraft and quadrocopter type. What are the features of such developments, how are similar tasks solved in other countries and how can lasers simplify the protection of residential areas from possible enemy attacks?

Colonel Khodarenok: modern air defense systems simply shoot down S-200 APU missiles

On the night of August 25, over the territory of the Kaluga region, the S-200VM missile system (presumably 5B28) was hit in flight by anti-aircraft missile units of the VKS of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Why Kiev uses modified S-200 missiles to attack Russian targets and how Russian air defense systems shoot down such targets - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.