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The main military rivals of the West - Russia and China are increasingly improving in the creation of a new type of weapon - hypersonic missiles. These missiles can reach speeds many times faster than the speed of sound, which makes it problematic to track and eliminate them. This is how the British media provide information.

Russian troops are increasingly using light multipurpose guided missiles (LMUR) during a special military operation in Ukraine. In particular, we are talking about such weapons, which are designated by the code name "Product 305" ("Product 305E"). "Military Review" earlier in one of the videos published footage that was captured using the camera of the missile itself by one of the means of Russian combat aviation. Then the LMUR hit the hangar in which the enemy's military equipment was located.

Captain Khrolenko explained how the Iranian "Shahids" will help the fight against HIMARS in the Donbass

The armies of the DPR and LPR may have Iranian shock heavy drones Shahed-129 with powerful missile and bomb weapons. There is no official confirmation of such deliveries, but this was reported by a number of Western media. "Newspaper.Ru" dealt with military experts in the potential of the Shahed-129 and the possibility of their use in Ukraine.

The AFU received an additional supply of heavy weapons from Berlin. Germany handed over to the Ukrainian army the previously promised MARS-II MLRS, as well as three Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery units, with which Kiev is already familiar.

55 years ago, in the summer of 1967, the MiG-23 fighter made its first flight. For the first time in the USSR, an aircraft was created for medium-range air combat, multi-mode flight and target attack from any angle and against the background of the earth. Variable wing sweep, Doppler radar and new homing missiles ensured the fulfillment of the technical task.

The special operation taking place in Ukraine has revealed one of the main advantages of the Russian military machine – advanced air defense and missile defense systems. Domestic anti-aircraft missile systems not only confirmed their characteristics, their capabilities were even higher than expected. This was especially clearly shown by the results of attacks by American missiles on Russian targets.

Turkey's leader remains a headache for Biden, despite his help in the deal with Ukraine

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become a "headache" for American leader Joe Biden, writes The New York Times. This is due to the fact that Ankara often pursues a policy that is at odds with the agenda of Western countries and "drives the administration of the American leader crazy."

The military industry of North Korea has achieved great success in creating various multiple launch rocket systems.

The events of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine were actually the first large-scale combat test in real combat conditions of most modern weapons of both Soviet and Russian and Western production.

Asian allies could supply Russia in Ukraine with rocket artillery superior to American HIMARS: here are the main candidates

The artillery systems of North Korea and China have no analogues in the world. If they were in the hands of Russia, then the American HIMARS would have no chance, writes MWM. But not everything is so simple. The author talks about the difficulties of obtaining this weapon.

It turned out that Ukraine still has naval forces - at least, this follows from the statements of the Russian Defense Ministry that one of the Ukrainian ships was destroyed in the port of Odessa. Moreover, Ukraine has plans to create a river flotilla on the Dnieper. What are we talking about, what danger can this flotilla pose in the conditions of a special operation and how could it be destroyed?

On July 20, 2022, at a ceremony in Warsaw, Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak approved a framework agreement of the Armaments Agency of the Ministry of National Defense of Poland with the Polish state Defense Industrial association Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA (PGZ) for the supply of promising ground-based self-propelled anti-tank missile systems of a new generation for the Polish Army under the Ottokar Brzoza program, equipped with Brimstone guided missiles the British branch of the MBDA European Association (MBDA UK).

Russian tank support combat vehicles (BMPT) "Terminator" showed high combat stability in a special operation in Ukraine due to a multi-channel complex of weapons and enhanced protection, an informed source told RIA Novosti.

The US plans for new purchases of HIMARS complexes indicate a decision to increase their supplies to Ukraine, Director of TSAMTO Igor Korotchenko told RIA Novosti.

The Ministry of Defense confirms the destruction of the American HIMARS MLRS transferred to Ukraine. According to new data announced by the official representative of the military department Igor Konashenkov, four launchers and one transport-loading vehicle have been destroyed to date.

What tactics have the Russian Armed Forces developed to combat these weapons

From July 5 to 20, the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine destroyed four launchers and one transport-loading vehicle of HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems.

The US President's national Security adviser, Jake Sullivan, was asked by journalists about the intentions of supplying missiles to the Hymars universal installations sent to Ukraine. The main question was how the expectations of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine for missiles with a range of up to 300 km for these MLRS will be met.

The American-made multiple launch rocket systems High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) with adjustable missiles in Ukraine are a difficult target, but the Armed Forces of Russia have learned how to destroy them, military expert Dmitry Boltenkov admitted to Izvestia.

Stremousov said that the APU struck from HIMARS on the bridge at the dam of the Kakhovskaya HPP

Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the administration of the Kherson region, said that a bridge near the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, as well as a bridge over the Ingulets River near the village of Daryevka, were fired from Ukraine. He is sure that the Americans fired at the second bridge from the MLRS M142 HIMARS.

On July 21, 2022, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of another new package of military assistance to Ukraine totaling $ 270 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 reaches $7.54 billion. The total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has reached $9.47 billion.