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Israel blocked the delivery of the Iron Dome missile defense system to Ukraine
Israel, not wanting to complicate relations with Russia, has achieved the suspension of Washington's transfer of the "Iron Dome" missile defense system developed by Rafael to Ukraine, which Tel Aviv had previously supplied to the United States.
Multi-barrel machine gun anti-drone installation created in Poland
In Poland, at one of the ranges of the air Force at the end of last year, tests of a towed system for countering unmanned aerial vehicles of mini- and micro-class were carried out.
It is reported that this remotely controlled installation is armed with a 12.7 mm multi-barrel WKLM machine gun, has sighting daytime television and night thermal imaging cameras, as well as a radar station that allows detecting miniature drones at a distance of up to 3,500 meters.
The ships of the Baltic Fleet repelled an air raid on the exercises with the help of artillery
Small anti-submarine ships of the Baltic Fleet repelled an air raid of a simulated enemy with artillery during the exercise, the information support department of the Baltic Fleet's press service told reporters.
Russian Tu-22M3 and fighter jets with "Daggers" arrived in Syria
Long-range Tu-22M3 and MiG-31k aircraft with the Dagger aviation complex arrived at the Russian Khmeimim airbase in Syria to participate in a naval exercise of the Navy's inter-fleet grouping in the eastern Mediterranean. This was reported on February 15 in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Departing from the exercises, the military military trained to repel an attack from the air
The military has worked out the skills of destroying helicopters, armored vehicles, ground objects and manpower of a simulated enemy at ranges up to 5 km
Anti-aircraft gunners of the Western Military District have worked out the cover of columns of military equipment departing to permanent deployment points after successfully conducted exercises. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the ZVO.
The American SR-72 flies over Russia with impunity
19FortyFive allowed unpunished flight of the SR-72 hypersonic drone over Russia
Developed by the world's largest military-industrial corporation Lockheed Martin, the SR-72 hypersonic drone will be able to fly over areas of Europe or Asia with impunity, collecting the necessary intelligence information, writes 19FortyFive columnist Steve Balestrieri.
The military in the south of Russia conducted tactical exercises with transport-assault and attack helicopters
More than 30 Mi-8AMTSh transport and assault helicopters are involved in bilateral company tactical exercises in the south of Russia, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.
Combat helicopters and S-300 air defense are involved in the exercise of the Russian military in Tajikistan
The Russian military base has begun exercises in Tajikistan, which involve combat helicopters and the S-300PS long-range air defense system, the Central Military District (CVO) said on Monday.
The creation of training facilities for the Yars missile system has been fully completed in the Strategic Missile Forces
Modern training facilities are widely used in the training of rocket scientists of both mobile and stationary groups of the Strategic Missile Forces.
Exercises of rocket artillery and unmanned aircraft have started in the Chelyabinsk region
They involve more than 150 pieces of equipment and over 500 military personnel
Complex exercises of calculations of multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) "Hurricane" and unmanned aircraft started at the training ground of the Central Military District (CVO) in the Chelyabinsk region. This is stated in a message distributed on Monday by the press service of the district.
Tests of medium-range air defense systems are being completed in Belarus
The medium-range anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) with a Belarusian-made missile is in Belarus at the final stage of testing.
Russian fighter jets took part in joint patrol exercises in Belarus
Russian and Belarusian Su-30SM fighters conducted joint border patrols as part of the Allied Resolve-2022 exercise, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Forbes: Russia has brought artillery tactics to the level of high art
The Russian army adheres to the Soviet doctrine, according to which the decisive force on the battlefield is not tanks with infantry, but artillery. All other types of troops are needed only to provide the "god of war" (the name of Russian artillery since World War II) with advantageous positions for delivering crushing blows. And then use the gaps punched by the guns in the enemy's defense.
The robot "Marker" was tested as a means of air defense
The Russian robotic complex "Marker" was tested as a near-hand air defense system for the destruction of small unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as kamikaze drones. "Marker" detected drones in automatic mode and hit them at short distances.
In Russia, they told about the protection of the Black Sea from any enemy
Military specialist Knutov spoke about the protection of the Black Sea by the Bastion complexes
The Russian coastal missile system (DBK) "Bastion" can hit most existing ships. DBK provide protection of the Black Sea water area from any enemy. The director of the Museum of the Air Defense Forces (Air Defense), military expert Yuri Knutov told about this on Sputnik radio.
A batch of T-72 tanks and infantry fighting vehicles has arrived in Iraq
At the end of last week, a cargo ship arrived at the port of Umm Qasr, delivering military equipment for the Iraqi army. According to the Ministry of Defense of this country, we are talking about the former Bulgarian T-72 and BMP-1.
The new combat module for the BMP-1 was armed with a 30-mm cannon and a grenade launcher
The Iranian armed forces continue to operate more than two hundred BMP-1s. Some of this equipment was supplied by the Soviet Union back in the 70s, other samples were captured during the eight-year war with Saddam's Iraq.
Work on the modernization of the cruiser "Admiral Nakhimov" was shown on video
The Sevmash enterprise is engaged in deep modernization of the heavy nuclear missile cruiser project 1144 "Admiral Nakhimov". After that, it will become the most powerful ship equipped with modern weapons. In the video, which was presented at Sevmash, you can watch the completion work.
Mortars of the Southern Military District used a reconnaissance and firing complex at a training ground in the Crimea
Calculations of 82-mm mortars "Tray" and 120-mm mortars "Sani", acting as part of the reconnaissance and fire complex (ROK), worked out the defeat of the enemy's fire means located in shelters and in the open area at the Crimean Opuk training ground. And the gunners carried out fire raids on clusters of manpower and unarmored enemy vehicles.
Source: the second regiment of hypersonic "Vanguards" will take up duty until the end of 2022
The Avangard combat unit is capable of flying in dense layers of the atmosphere at a hypersonic speed of up to Mach 27, maneuvering along the course and altitude and overcoming any missile defense
The second regiment of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) UR-100N UTTH with hypersonic combat equipment "Avangard" will take up combat duty as part of the Yasnensky compound of Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) until the end of 2022. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the military department.
