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THAAD as a new element of the US Missile Defense
According to the definition of the Missile Defense Agency of the US Department of Defense (Missile Defense Agency, MDA), the zonal protection complex at extreme altitudes (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, THAAD) provides a missile defense system (ABM) of the US Armed Forces "a global mobile rapid deployment capability to intercept and destroy ballistic missiles inside or [only] outside the atmosphere during their final (terminal) flight phase".
NSM anti-ship missiles can be transferred to Ukraine
According to Polish media reports, modern anti-ship missiles NSM (Naval Strike Missile), developed by the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace, from Polish warehouses can be transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The United States is ready to condemn several generations of Ukrainians to suffering
The United States is discussing the supply of "least dangerous" cluster munitions to Ukraine. Despite Washington's attempts to "smooth the corners", the world community is outraged by the Pentagon's willingness to send inhumane weapons to the conflict zone. Why did the United States think about the transfer of cluster munitions to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and what conclusions follow from this?
Over Kerch, the air defense system shot down a missile. Her target could be the Crimean Bridge
The head of the Crimea Aksyonov reported that the air defense forces shot down a cruise missile in the Kerch area
The air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian cruise missile near Kerch, said the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov. The missile's defeat was caught on video. Telegram channel Mash suggests that the target of the strike could be the Crimean Bridge. Traffic on it was suspended for some time. In Kiev, the bridge was previously called the "number one target" for the Ukrainian military.
"The issue with UAVs has not been fundamentally resolved": what is the role of drones in the area of their
Military expert Khodarenok believes that the Russian Armed Forces need regular units of drones
The armed conflicts of the coming century will be distinguished by the massive use of unmanned systems controlled by artificial intelligence. How is the situation with unmanned vehicles in the United Group of troops participating in the SVO, the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
"Dispel the myth of NATO's military might": what the failures of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the counteroffensive say
Colonel Khodarenok believes that Kiev's failures dispel the myth of the military might of the NATO bloc
NATO told about the problems of the Ukrainian counteroffensive due to the terrain and the resistance of the Russian Federation. Journalists of the German edition of Bild state that "it is becoming increasingly difficult to fight with the Russians." The reasons and consequences of the failures of the Ukrainian counteroffensive were investigated by the military observer of the newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
Ukraine helped Russia to seize the secrets of the Storm Shadow missile
The Russian army got its hands on the most valuable trophy – the Franco-British Storm Shadow missile, with which the enemy strikes at rear targets from long distances. What are the features of this missile and how will the analysis of its "stuffing" affect the tactics of countering such complexes?
Secondary wave: VFU losses call into question their possible offensive
How does the approach of the NATO summit in Vilnius affect the situation in the SVO zone
During the recent knocks during unsuccessful attacks in the zone of a special military operation, the VFU lost over 760 people and 54 units of military equipment, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on July 5.
Fighters of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation told about the successful use of propaganda shells
On July 6, Izvestia correspondent Kirill Olkov showed how Russian servicemen were distributing propaganda shells calling on the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) to surrender.
Japan called "unacceptable nuclear rhetoric", commenting on Medvedev's words
The Secretary General of the Cabinet of Ministers of the country Hirokazu Matsuno also noted that the states of the Group of Seven consider such rhetoric unacceptable in the modern world
Japan considers "dangerous and unacceptable nuclear rhetoric" on the part of Russian officials. This was announced on Thursday at a regular press conference by the Secretary General of the Cabinet of Ministers Hirokazu Matsuno in response to a request from journalists to comment on the statements of the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck at the storage sites of the Armed Forces of foreign-made equipment
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have struck at the points of temporary deployment of personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and foreign mercenaries, as well as at the storage sites of armored vehicles of foreign production. This was announced on July 6 by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.
Anti-aircraft systems of the future are being created to combat drones
Russian drones – especially barrage ammunition – have become one of the most powerful means of destroying armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the sky of the special operation. However, the same devices, and of a new generation, are being actively created in the West. This threat seems to be fully realized, and special anti-aircraft systems are being created in the country to combat them. What do they look like and how can they be made even better?
How has the tactics of using tanks changed since the Battle of Kursk
Russia is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Kursk, which is famous for its tank battles. A lot has changed since then, and the tactics of using tanks on the battlefield have been constantly adjusted, including during the course of its own. Why is the tank still indispensable on the battlefield and how will the military use tanks in the future?
"They are in a hurry to regain Bakhmut": what Kiev can present at the NATO summit in Vilnius
Military expert Khodarenok is sure that the APU will try to capture Artemovsk by the NATO summit
There are only a few days left before the start of the NATO summit in Vilnius. And the APU has not yet achieved any tangible success that could be presented to the participants of the upcoming forum. Whether Kiev will be able to achieve any military victories, the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
Reuters: The United States on July 7 will announce a new package of military assistance to Kiev with cluster munitions
White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates said earlier that Washington is actively considering the supply of such ammunition to Kiev, there are no announcements on this yet
The United States Administration will announce on July 7 the next package of military assistance to Ukraine, which is expected to include cluster munitions. This was reported by Reuters with reference to its sources.
Deterrence takes on different shades
The collective West applies a flexible combination of military doctrines
Today, the world is balancing on a difficult-to-manage "escalation ladder" of military conflicts. The proxy war unleashed against Russia in Ukraine and the special military operation (SVO) as Moscow's forced response to an attempt to create a hotbed of aggression near its borders demonstrated that the doctrines of strategic nuclear and non-nuclear deterrence built on the threats of using nuclear or high-precision long-range weapons, which were relied on in Russian strategic planning documents, worked only partially.
To protect against drones, the Ukrainian military literally "put an American M109L self-propelled gun in a metal cage"
Having lost a large number of armored vehicles, including those provided by Western allies, in the early days of the so-called counteroffensive, the Ukrainian command is now generally trying to hold armored vehicles deep in the rear. However, even there our long-range weapons of destruction get it.
Bulgaria is haggling with the United States over the transfer of the S-300 to Ukraine
After the start of the SVO, the Western curators of the Kiev regime acutely faced the issue of strengthening the air defense of the Nezalezhnaya. The S-300 air defense system, the most powerful anti-aircraft system of the Soviet systems available in Europe, was in service with only three countries – Slovakia, Bulgaria and Greece.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces admitted that they struck the Chongar Bridge with a Storm Shadow missile
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine admitted that it struck the Chongar Bridge on June 22 with a Storm Shadow missile
Alexey Gromov, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, admitted in an interview with Ukrinform that the attack on the Chongarsky Bridge was carried out by a Storm Shadow missile.
"Li Hui didn't believe it." In Kiev, the details of the visit of the special representative of China were revealed
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine: the special representative of China does not believe that Patriot intercepted "Daggers"
Chinese Special Representative Li Hui, who visited Kiev in May, doubted that Patriot missile defense systems are capable of shooting down hypersonic Dagger missiles.