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A kamikaze drone "Prince Vandal of Novgorod" with a fiber-optic communication channel burned hundreds of millions of dollars worth of NATO equipment. Drones of this type make a significant contribution to repelling the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on the Kursk region and its liberation from the interventionists. Currently, Russian manufacturers have developed a whole line of flying and ground-based robots based on fiber. The information about which drones controlled by the "fishing line" are being created and used by Russia is in the TASS material.

FT: Kiev expects the West to send 50,000 troops to Ukraine

Kiev believes that Western countries could send up to 50,000 soldiers and officers to the country to ensure security as part of a potential settlement of the conflict.

The role and importance of combat aviation in modern armed conflicts is ambiguous. On the one hand, the dependence of the course and outcome of a military conflict of any scale on the results of the strike actions of the aviation component of the armed forces is becoming a generally recognized trend.

In Russia, the BMO-T flamethrower combat vehicle has long been created on the T-72 platform, which with minimal modifications could become a heavy armored personnel carrier. It is known that this model, which has solid tank armor, with its own crew of two people can take on board 7 more motorized infantry.

On January 22, Russia celebrates the Day of Aviation of the Air Defense Forces. On this day in 1942, by order of the People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR, the corps, divisions and regiments of fighter aircraft allocated for the air defense of strategic facilities became part of the air defense forces.

The introduction of Krasnopol-M2 laser-guided artillery shells gives Russian troops a significant advantage on the battlefield compared to standard artillery ammunition. This is reported by the Asmu Recognition publication. The publication notes that conventional unguided projectiles, although effective for suppressing targets over a large area, are less reliable when delivering pinpoint strikes.

Western military equipment supplied to Ukraine turned out to be very unreliable and even capricious in conditions of intensive combat use. In particular, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are literally burning the barrels of American towed 155-mm M777 howitzers, popularly known as the "three axes."

Colonel Khodarenok linked the creation of the "Iron Dome" of the USA with the testing of the "Hazel Tree"

Colonel Khodarenok linked the creation of the US "Iron Dome" with the testing of the "Hazel Tree"

. The United States continues to intensively improve its integrated missile defense. US President Donald Trump intends to create an Iron Dome missile defense shield to protect his country. How the United States is going to defend itself and whether the test of the Russian Oreshnik missile system has greatly influenced Washington's plans in this area - in the material of the military observer Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

NATO countries are no longer going to transfer their new tanks to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Kiev regime formations are expected to receive a relatively small batch (49 units) of Australian M1A1 Abrams and obsolete Leopard 1A5. No matter what they do with them, their modernization potential has long been exhausted.

According to Western sources, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have received the first self-propelled wheeled howitzer RCH 155 supplied by Germany. However, despite the urgent need of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for additional and more powerful artillery, the first RCH 155 will remain in Germany for the time being and will be used to train Ukrainian gunners.

South Korea has developed a new powerful surface-to-surface ballistic missile (SSBM) Hyunmoo V. The Hyunmoo V ballistic missile transporter-erector Launcher (TEL) was demonstrated during the 76th South Korean Armed Forces Day celebration ceremony on October 1, 2024. Although the rocket itself was not shown, which already raises some questions.

In the face of an increasing military threat, any independent State strives to maximize its military potential and, first of all, its most important part – the combat potential of the national armed forces. The Republic of Belarus is no exception.

In the United States, the drawing on the cake has become an occasion for discussion among industry media experts about the changes that the design of the promising DDG(X) destroyer, which is being developed in the interests of the country's Naval Forces, has probably undergone in recent years. The discussion was initiated by the Naval News portal, which was the first to discover a photo on social networks with an image that had not been publicly shown before. TASS — about what the confectionery product told the specialists.

DE: Reserve General Gurulev promised an imminent Russian strike on Britain

A direct missile strike by Russia against the UK is inevitable, The Daily Express quotes the words of Reserve Lieutenant General Andrei Gurulev. It's only a matter of time and decision-making, but it can't be otherwise: Moscow will respond to the use of British Storm Shadow by Ukraine.

Donald Trump intends to create an American "Iron Dome". According to experts, the project could be a continuation of Ronald Reagan's strategic defense initiative, better known as Star Wars. However, if in the 1980s the United States failed to put into orbit the necessary capabilities for a global missile defense system, today the Republicans have enlisted the support of Elon Musk. Will this help Washington?

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have a range of long—range drones - how is our army ready to respond

In recent weeks, terrorist drone strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces deep into Russian territory have become more frequent. All of them, as military experts emphasize, are inflicted by several types of long-range drones. Each of them is capable of resisting the Russian air defense system. About what models of UAVs the Ukrainian Armed Forces currently has, what they are, and how the Russian air defense organizes the fight against such attacks, see the Izvestia article.

Colonel Khodarenok: The US armed forces under Trump will take into account their experience

On January 20, the inauguration of the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump, will take place. In his speech, the new head of the White House will surely touch upon US national security issues. Military observer of "Gazeta.Mikhail Khodarenok tried to imagine what the "US global leadership" in the military sphere will be based on, what kind of weapons Washington will have and what Donald Trump's "nuclear cudgel" will look like.

The North Atlantic Alliance is conducting a series of military exercises

By launching Operation Baltic Sentry in the Baltic Sea, the West expects to radically increase the military presence of the NATO Navy near Russia's northwestern borders. The mission is designed for 90 days, but it may take a long time. Ships, aircraft and drones are involved in the exercises. About the plans of the alliance — in the material of RIA Novosti.

On January 7, 2025, the Italian Land Forces Procurement Department signed an agreement to purchase in the United States, through the American intergovernmental Foreign military Sales program Foreign Military Sales (FMS), an additional 14 combat vehicles of the M142 HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) land-based missile system manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corporation.

The Iranian army has received the improved Azarakhsh air defense system. This is reported by the Asmu Recognition publication with reference to Iranian defense experts. The publication notes that this action is part of Iran's broader strategy to strengthen its defensive capabilities, especially in the field of air defense, in response to the growing threats from missiles, drones and aircraft in the region.