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Despite the fact that in recent weeks, against the background of events in Ukraine, the United States has taken several steps towards Iran and continued negotiations on a return to a multilateral nuclear deal, Washington has remained faithful to the policy of sanctions. This time they were introduced against several organizations that, according to the American authorities, are involved in the supply of materials for the Iranian ballistic missile program.

Anti-missile weapons are as diverse as the missiles themselves. Among the many complexes and systems there is a very unusual sample. And a successful one, which shot down a real ballistic missile warhead during an intercontinental launch. Perhaps soon this unique system will be adopted. Naked Science reveals all the details about her.

Why and how London will supply the APU with AS-90 self-propelled guns

The list of weapons supplied by the UK to Ukraine can be supplemented with 155-mm self-propelled artillery units (ACS) AS-90 Braveheart ("Brave Heart"). The plans of the British government were reported, with reference to its own sources, by The Times newspaper. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the AS-90 is and what they can give to the Ukrainian army.

Russia is ready to massively use missiles that have no analogues

Mass use of high-precision weapons is becoming one of the main trends of the Russian Armed Forces. Its use began from the first minutes of the special operation in Ukraine. And if at first these were infrastructure facilities, now we are talking about well-protected ammunition depots and area targets.

About the US nuclear policy in the new conditions

At the very beginning of March 2022, the US Congressional Research Service published a report "Russia's Nuclear Weapons: doctrinal foundations, organization of troops and modernization". The head of the team of authors of this document was Amy F. Wolf, a nuclear weapons specialist and consultant to the US Department of State and the US Department of Defense.

It takes 600 nuclear units to deter the Americans

On March 23, 2022, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, answering questions from CNN, said that if, as a result of NATO aggression against our country, there is a threat to the existence of the Russian Federation, we will be forced to use nuclear weapons - in strict accordance with the provisions of Military Doctrine and the Concept of National Security. This phrase caused a real stir in the West, which has not subsided until now. Let us recall in this regard, what arsenal does Russia have and what will be required to inflict unacceptable damage to the enemy?

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers should join the ranks of the Polish Army in the coming years, and even more Poles should undergo special military training. For all this, Warsaw allocates unprecedented money for the country. Of course, what is happening is explained by the events in Ukraine, but this is only the outer part of the iceberg. In fact, Polish ambitions go much further.

Mi-28 attack helicopters destroyed armored vehicles of the Ukrainian army with guided missiles. The combat operation of these rotorcraft in Ukraine was shown by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Mi-28 attack helicopters successfully perform combat missions in Ukraine. These highly maneuverable rotorcraft, created according to the concept of an "air tank", perform a wide range of tasks.

Sabah (Turkey): nuclear deterrence

Due to the increased tension in relations between Russia and NATO, disputes about nuclear war are being more actively conducted, Sabah writes. The author of the article advises the media not to deliberately inflate the nuclear threat and not to try to make Russia look guilty. Confusing the cards is the most dangerous game in nuclear diplomacy, he recalls.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia reported missile strikes on Ukrainian warehouses in the Khmelnytsky and Donetsk regions, the destruction of the headquarters of the special operations forces of Ukraine in the Mykolaiv region.

The Russian Defense Ministry showed a detailed video of the destroyed Ukrainian S-300PS anti-aircraft missile system. The video shows the broken position of the S-300PS: several destroyed and burned self-propelled firing systems of the system, including those with transport and launch containers of anti-aircraft missiles scattered to the sides.

Military expert Khramchikhin spoke about the pros and cons of the Pantsir-S1 missile defense system

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published a video about the use of anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPC) "Pantsir-S1" during a special operation in Ukraine. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the specifics of the operation of this complex.

In Soviet times, being a place of storage of nuclear ammunition, "Object 711" was cut down in rocks at a depth of several tens of meters.

High-precision weapons are being actively used in the framework of a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine. Including the Iskander-M tactical complex.

The design of the complex began in the 1990s. In 2006, it was put into service. Since 2011, the troops began to receive a deeply modernized Iskander-M.

The journey from nuclear missiles to cyberwar planning took seventy years

After World War II, Washington completely abandoned its previously characteristic foreign policy self-isolation (more precisely, "closure" within the Western Hemisphere).

Why the Krasnopol strike does not leave the enemy a chance

On March 13 of this year, as a result of a pinpoint strike by the artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, a camouflaged AFU field command post in the Kiev region was destroyed. And what is sensational about this?

The British Sky Sabre air defense system is sent to Poland

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace announced that the Sky Sabre air defense system will be deployed in Poland. It also includes the ZUR CAMM. Similar missiles are being considered in the Polish Narev program. Wallace announced the deployment of the Sky Sabre system in Poland during a joint press conference with the head of the Polish Ministry of Defense Mariusz Blaszczak. Together with Sky Sabre, about 100 soldiers (SAM personnel and a security platoon) will go to Poland.

60 years ago, the first satellite of the Cosmos series was launched

The concept of "series" in relation to artificial Earth satellites (ISS) "Cosmos", which in the USSR had serial numbers from 1 to 2174, is itself conditional. Under the name "Cosmos" – so they were registered in the international "space annals" – there were hidden ISS with completely different authentic names.

Combat reports in which the Russian Defense Ministry talks about the course of a special military operation in Ukraine indicate that Russian troops and units of the People's republics are methodically moving forward. The list of settlements liberated from nationalists is expanding daily. The losses of the Armed Forces are multiplying, including in the deep rear.

Footage has appeared on the network showing how an Azov militant (* an extremist armed formation banned in Russia), holed up in one of the high-rise buildings in Mariupol, is firing at a T-72B3 tank of the Russian army. The militant uses the NLAW anti-tank complex delivered earlier to Ukraine from Britain.