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The existing American missile defense system is not able to protect the United States from Russian or Chinese missiles. This statement was made by Donald Trump's ex-national security aide John Bolton.

MWM: Russian MiG-31 interceptors demonstrated their strengths in the battles in Ukraine

The MiG-31BM/BSM interceptors took part in air combat operations in Ukraine for the first time. These aircraft have no competitors with comparable capabilities, writes MWM. They are still a mystery to the West.

The Chinese "mother of all bombs" may resemble the American high-explosive aviation munition GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB). This is told by the publication The Drive, which drew attention to the picture posted on Twitter.

Dmitry Gorokhov — about Macron's plans to adjust his own military strategy

On board the landing ship Dixmude, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a list of new tasks to the armed forces of the republic. And although the future military program is designed for 2024-2030, the French leader decided to present it now, in his November speech at the naval base in Toulon. He also did not wait for its January consideration in the country's parliament. What made the president hurry?

Earlier, the Italian government announced the preparation of a new package of weapons for Ukraine

Rome plans to send air defense systems to Ukraine, possibly including the SAMP/T anti-aircraft missile system. At the same time, Italy reported some problems related to the training of Ukrainian calculations and the subsequent maintenance of this system, and the head of the Italian Defense Ministry, Crozetto, announced the suspension of arms supplies to Kiev from December 31.

The Kremlin and the White House went to disarmament for a long time, and then abandoned it

The Treaty between the USSR and the United States on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-range Missiles (INF) officially terminated on August 2, 2019. The parties that concluded it in December 1987, apparently, reacted to this event without much regret. And there were plenty of reasons for this.

We are talking about a secret deal between Seoul and Washington, the newspaper clarifies

The Republic of Korea will sell 100 thousand artillery shells to the United States for their subsequent transfer to Ukraine. This was reported on Thursday by The Wall Street Journal newspaper, citing sources.

Indian media reported that on November 9, 2022, the Indian company Bharat Forge Limited announced that its subsidiary defense company (division) Kalyani Strategic Systems Limited (KSSL) "received an export order for 155-mm artillery gun platforms that will be manufactured in three years" for an unnamed "friendly foreign state."

At the 13th International Aviation and Space Salon Airshow China-2022 held in Zhuhai, the newest anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex FK-3000 is presented for the first time. This is reported by "RG: Russian weapons".

On November 10, 2022, the US Department of Defense announced the allocation of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 400 million. Thus, the total amount of US military aid officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 now amounts to more than $18.6 billion. The total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $21.4 billion.

Calculations of self-propelled anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPC) "Pantsir-S1" continue to protect units of the Russian military from means of air attack in the zone of a special military operation. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published footage of the work of the military of the Western Military District (ZVO) on the ZRPC.

As noted in the first part, at the Eurosatory 2022 international arms exhibition, MBDA Deutschland presented a new concept of a missile system for joint tactical fire support (Joint Fire Support-Missile, JFS-M). After the presented justification of a promising system and a design decision in favor of a guided missile (SD), we will proceed to consider the design features of the JFS-M.

Ukraine wants to create a reliable air defense system capable of closing the sky from Russian missiles and drones, as well as aircraft, and the United States will help it in this. This was stated by Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh.

On November 9, 2022, the US Department of Defense Agency for Military Cooperation (Defense Security Cooperation Agency - DSCA) sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned upcoming sale to Lithuania through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) at the request of the Lithuanian government of HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) land-based missile systems manufactured by Lockheed Corporation Martin. This delivery is approved by the U.S. Department of State. The total cost of the proposed delivery will be $495 million, including missiles, and training and technical support packages.

The troops of radiation, chemical and Biological protection (RCBZ) continue to perform tasks in the zone of special military operation (SVO). On the eve of their professional holiday, the soldiers of the units of the RHBZ troops of the Western Military District (ZVO) told about their work, and also demonstrated firing from the TOS-1A "Solntsepek". The footage was shown by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Tobias Billstrom, the Swedish Foreign Minister, spoke about the possibility of deploying nuclear weapons in the country. He believes that this will not happen in any case.

Guardian: More and more people are seeking to ban nuclear weapons

The United States and Russia are updating their nuclear arsenals, and China is becoming the third leading nuclear power. Today's activists advocating for nuclear disarmament are using new tactics in response to threats, writes The Guardian.

Footage of the movement of a column of NATO armored vehicles in the Kherson region appeared on the Network. The video was published on November 12 by the Telegram channel "Military officers of the Russian Spring".

The Asia Times published an article by author Gabriel Honrada, where the author's reflections on Iran's missile weapons are given.

The US military has tested a new system of covert application of massive missile strikes near the coast of Russia

In early November of this year, over the Norwegian Sea, US special operations forces defiantly tested the latest American Rapid Dragon missile system ("Fast Dragon").