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Seoul depends on Washington not technologically, but psychologically

Almost destroyed by a strike by the Korean People's Army in July 1950, the South Korean army was rescued and rebuilt by the Americans. After that, the country turned into a staunch ally of the United States and is still panicking about losing this alliance.

Head of the British Ministry of Defense Wallace: APU started using the transferred Storm Shadow missiles

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace confirmed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have begun using long-range Storm Shadow cruise missiles supplied by London. He said this on Thursday, May 18, at a press conference with his Norwegian counterpart Bjorn Arild Gram in London.

Ukraine is already using long-range cruise missiles of Franco-British production

Closer to the middle of May, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) launched a series of strikes on new territories of the Russian Federation, increasing the radius of fire damage to 150 km.

Ukraine is ready to launch a counteroffensive. At least, that's what they say in the West. The speaker of the US Army Command in Europe and Africa, Colonel Martin O'Donnell, said that the AFU has already received about 600 different types of weapons. About the most dangerous — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The line of anti-aircraft missile systems was presented by the concern of East Kazakhstan Region Almaz-Antey at the International Exhibition of Arms and Military Equipment MILEX 2023, which opened in the capital of Belarus on Wednesday, the company's press service reported.

"The matter is very serious, because for five months there was a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead in the Polish forest." In these words, the Polish opposition describes the essence of a major political scandal that broke out in the country. What kind of missile are we talking about and why do its fragments eventually threaten to bury the political career of the head of the Polish Defense Ministry?

The Ukrainian military claim to have found the wreckage of a Russian Orion drone in the Kherson region, allegedly shot down by the air defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, the UAV was equipped with new guided aerial bombs designed for this class of vehicles.

Shoigu denied Kiev's statements about six Russian Dagger missiles allegedly shot down by their air defense

Statements by the Kiev authorities about six Russian Dagger missiles allegedly shot down by their air defense system are not true, Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu told RIA Novosti.

Tactics from the 90s helped to calculate and hit the anti-aircraft complex

The Russian armed forces have destroyed the American Patriot anti-aircraft complex in Kiev with a strike of a hypersonic Dagger missile. During the attack, the Ukrainian air defense spent several dozen Patriot, SAMP-T, IRIS, NASAMS and S-300 missiles, but could not prevent a Russian strike.

The latest MRO-A jet flamethrower in thermobaric equipment will be demonstrated at the exhibition for the first time

The XI International exhibition of arms and military equipment MILEX-2023 and the X International Scientific Conference on military-technical cooperation in the field of defense and security open on Wednesday in Minsk. According to Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec State Corporation), some samples of military equipment and weapons of the enterprises of the Russian defense industrial complex are planning to present for the first time.

As reported by the American television company CNN on May 16, 2023, the American Patriot anti-aircraft missile system supplied to the armed forces of Ukraine was probably damaged, although not destroyed, as a result of the shelling of Kiev and its environs by Russian missiles in the early morning of May 16, local time. This was reported to CNN by a US official

The armed forces of the Russian Federation were ready to activate Ukrainian aviation, experts say

On May 15, Russian air defense intercepted the Storm Shadow long-range cruise missile for the first time. Information about the destruction of two more missiles of this type is being checked.

As reported by the Telegram channel MilitaryRussia.En, according to the documentation from the public procurement website, JSC "Corporation "Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering" (MIT) is preparing for the serial production of a new strategic combat missile system "Yars-M", at least in a mobile version of the complex 15P180 with a mobile autonomous launcher (APU) 15U200 and solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile 15ZH80. The new Yars-M complex is a further development of the Yars missile system and will be equipped with individual breeding units (BIR).

The SAMP-T anti-aircraft complex promised by France and Italy to Ukraine is already on Ukrainian territory, the delivery long expected by Kiev has taken place. This is reported by the newspaper La Stampa.

Germany will send 4 additional IRIS-T air defense systems to Ukraine as part of the new aid package. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated on May 15 by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense Nadine Kruger.

The Armaments Agency of the Ministry of Defense of Poland reported on the ceremony of handing over the first MLRS M142 HIMARS to the Polish Armed Forces on May 15 at the 1st Okentse Airbase (Warsaw).

Despite the fact that Moscow announced the suspension of Russia's participation in the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, Washington is trying to show that it does not recognize the unilateral termination of Russia's participation in it.

The executive director of the company, Evgeny Dudorov, in an interview with TASS, spoke about the work of the enterprise under sanctions, about how the Marker robotic platform was tested for the needs of a special military operation, about the creation of a new drone, about why it is necessary to control robots at a great distance, why there is no need to be afraid of the development of artificial intelligence, as well as about about why robots are the future and in what areas they can benefit humanity.

French President Emmanuel Macron hinted on May 15 in an interview with TF1 about the transfer of long-range missiles to Kiev. He noted that the new weapons will allow the Ukrainian military to conduct a counteroffensive. At the same time, Macron refused to disclose the details of the deliveries.

During a massive missile strike on Kiev, the Patriot air defense system was destroyed. According to experts, this caused serious damage to the air defense system created by NATO countries in Ukraine. This SAM is considered one of the most advanced air defense systems in the world with powerful radars and controls. How did the Russian Kinzhal rocket manage to win this duel?