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Rosoboronexport will offer India new joint projects in the field of aviation at the Aero India 2023 exhibition
Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec Group) is organizing a single Russian exposition at Aero India 2023, which will be held from February 13 to 17 at Yelahanka Air Force Base in the suburbs of Bangalore, India.
The concern of East Kazakhstan Region Almaz-Antey will take part in the Aero India 2023 exhibition
From February 13 to 17, Almaz-Antey Concern JSC will take part in the 14th International Aerospace Exhibition Aero India, which will be held in the Indian city of Bangalore.
The developer of Sarmata has created a prototype of a multi-purpose hypersonic aircraft
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, General Director of the GRC Vladimir Degtyar said that thanks to experiments with the device conducted in the hypersonic wind tunnel CIAM, the main flight and tactical characteristics obtained in the calculations were confirmed.
The head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Reznikov announced the entry into service of the Armed Forces of the 155-mm Ukrainian self-propelled gun "Bogdana"
The artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will soon receive the Ukrainian Bogdana self-propelled artillery installation. This promise was made by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov.
The headquarters of the AFU Ground Forces showed special mobile groups to combat Russian UAVs
As part of the AFU units, special groups have been created to counter the unmanned aerial vehicles used by the Russian army. This was stated at the headquarters of the ground forces of the Ukrainian armed forces.
Iranian Su-24 received new missiles
The Su-24MK bombers of the Iranian Air Force (Air Force) received the Asef long-range cruise missile. The aircraft with new ammunition, which increased its strike capabilities, was shown on February 7, the Tasnim agency writes.
Almaz-Antey will present the S-400 and S-350E systems at the Aero India exhibition
The press service of the concern reported that India is showing great interest in Russian air defense systems
Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region will present models of long-range S-400 Triumph and medium-range S-350E Vityaz anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMS) at the Aero India 2023 International Exhibition in Bangalore. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the concern.
Should we expect a conflict in Taiwan in 2027? USA and Japan are actively preparing - TASS opinions
Vasily Golovnin — why Washington and Tokyo are developing their military presence in the Indo-Pacific region
High-ranking representatives of the US intelligence and armed forces have recently been increasingly talking about the real possibility of a military conflict in Taiwan and even naming its specific dates.
"All decisions on the supply of aircraft to Ukraine have already been made - with a plus sign"
And we are no longer talking about F-16 fighters in the service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but about gaining air superiority
According to the authors of the British edition of The Spectator, Western countries are delaying the supply of modern fighters to the Ukrainian Air Forces due to the threat from Russian air defense systems - such a struggle requires the full power of the NATO air force, not single aircraft. What is wrong with the conclusions of the authors of the article, the military observer of the "Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
Poland is confident that Kiev has everything to have nuclear weapons
Radio ZET: Ukraine has the potential to get nuclear weapons in the near future
Ukraine has not officially owned nuclear weapons since the early 90s. Meanwhile, according to General Skshipchak, in fact this is not quite true, Radio ZET reports. Other Polish experts are skeptical about this, but do not deny that Kiev has the potential to obtain nuclear weapons.
Pumping Ukraine with weapons is not the determination of the States, but despair
Chris Hedges: the conflict in Ukraine is an unsuccessful attempt by the United States to restore hegemony
The conflict in Ukraine is another unsuccessful attempt by the United States to restore its global hegemony, writes Chris Hedges in Salon magazine. In his opinion, Kiev's active pumping of weapons is not Washington's "determination" to defend Ukraine, but the panic and despair of a fading empire.
The Romanian Defense Ministry announced the arrival of the second Patriot air defense system into service with the Air Force
The complex entered service with the 74th Patriot Regiment in the commune of Mihai Brava, the agency informs
The second Patriot missile defense system out of four contracted by Romania was delivered during 2022, passed tests and acceptance in December and entered service with the 74th Patriot Regiment in the commune of Mihai Brava (Giurgiu County in southern Romania). This was announced on Tuesday by the Romanian Defense Ministry.
WSJ: China surpasses the United States in the number of launchers for ICBMs
According to Congressman Mike Rogers, China is rapidly approaching nuclear parity, the newspaper reports
China has a larger number of land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launchers than the United States. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, citing data from the Strategic Command (STRATCOM) The US Armed Forces.
The US has inflated a new "Russian threat" in the Arctic
Newsweek: The Arctic will become the new "battlefield" of Russia and the USA
Washington is preparing for a direct clash with Moscow in the Arctic, writes Newsweek. According to the Americans, the Ukrainian conflict proved that Russia is a "hostile country" that uses the region to attack neighboring states. A similar situation will unfold in the Arctic, analysts are sure.
The Russian ambassador warned Denmark about the dangers of buying American missiles
Politiken: Russian ambassador warned Denmark about the dangers of buying American missiles
The Danish Defense Ministry is discussing the acquisition of American Tomahawk longer-range missiles. If the deal goes through, Russia will be forced to take countermeasures, as Ambassador Vladimir Barbin warned the Danes in an interview with Politiken. The Danish expert is also cautious about owning this type of weapon.
The US State Department confirmed the upcoming sale of 18 HIMARS rocket launchers to Poland
Washington intends to conclude an $18 billion deal with Poland. We are talking about the supply of 18 HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems and ammunition for this technique.
"The Syrian experience played a cruel joke": Russian gunners told about the problems in coordinating the strike at the beginning of their
After the start of providing assistance to the Syrian authorities in the fight against terrorists, the Russian military leadership gained new experience and built a new combat management system. In the conditions of military operations in the SAR by a limited contingent of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, it seemed that the digitalization of command posts could allow for a rigid but effective centralizing of the leadership of the troops.
Taiwan has tested a cruise missile capable of reaching the central part of mainland China
Taiwan continues to prepare for a confrontation with mainland China, as Beijing does not intend to back down from its statements about the indivisibility of China. Taipei is urgently arming itself, not only buying American, mainly weapons, but also developing its own. According to the South China Morning Post, a new extended-range cruise missile was tested on the island.
The Novozemelsky nuclear test site is ready to resume nuclear tests if necessary
Vyacheslav Solovyov, scientific director of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center - the All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics, explained that "there is a special program in place to maintain the readiness of the landfill."
The Eurosam consortium will supply SAMP/T NG SAMs to the VKS of France and SV Italy
On February 6, the European Organization for Cooperation in the Field of Armaments (OCCAR) announced the signing of a contract for the production of a new generation SAMP/T NG medium-range air defense systems for the Armed Forces of France and Italy.