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The Indian Air Force has approved the start of full-fledged serial production of Astra Mark 1 air-to-air missiles. The ordered batch includes 200 URVS. According to the DRDO organization (an approximate analogue of Rostec), the deployment of the release of this product will allow replacing the Russian URVS.

Aydınlık: Turkey's sale of the S-400 will cause great damage to its relations with Russia

Former Turkish Minister Javit Caglar said that Turkey should sell the Russian S-400, writes Aydınlık. However, according to experts, such a move would be extremely erroneous from the point of view of Turkey's needs and would cause irreparable damage to Russian-Turkish relations.

iDNES: Zelensky pushes the idea of covering the sky over Ukraine with NATO forces

Zelensky called on neighboring states to form a coalition to shoot down Russian missiles over Ukraine, writes iDNES. Earlier, Poland offered to involve NATO in this. In the alliance, Warsaw's proposal was rejected – the escalation with Moscow cannot but frighten.

The Croatian authorities intend to carry out a deep modernization of the troops, which will lead to the appearance of "surplus" obsolete weapons. However, the new user is already known to him.

FA: AI systems will play a crucial role in the wars of the future

The conflict in Ukraine has shown that new technologies are changing the nature of military operations, writes the FA. The United States is completely unprepared for this: the military has not yet mastered artificial intelligence. At the same time, the Russian army has already deployed many AI-equipped drones in Ukraine, the authors of the article note.

The command of the US Armed Forces is concerned about the future ability of American troops to repel very large-scale drone attacks, including in a large-scale conflict, for example, against China. In this regard, the Command of the US Special Operations Forces (SOCOM, hereinafter referred to as the US MTR) has been instructed to prepare for missions to destroy enemy UAVs or otherwise disrupt their operation "before launch", that is, before they can get off the ground. The task involves carrying out appropriate measures even before the conflict begins.

The Analytical Center for Aerospace Defense (AC East Kazakhstan Region) has published an article in the journal National Defense, which provides a comparative assessment of the Russian echeloned air defense system with Western analogues.

The chairman of the EP Defense Committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman, believes that it is necessary to strengthen assistance to Kiev

The chairman of the Defense Committee of the European Parliament (EP), a member of the Free Democratic Party of Germany, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman, after the transfer of the first batch of American F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, advocated the supply of Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Kiev.

Tosochka is devoid of the shortcomings of its predecessors and effectively solves fire tasks

Ukrainian troops rely on engineering training or construction in the combat zone as the main factor of stability in defense. However, as the battles of the previous stages of the SVO have shown, the heavy flamethrower systems of the Russian army are capable of hitting the enemy in almost any shelters.

An infantry fighting vehicle (BMP-2M) with a universal combat module "Berezhok" shoots from a 30-millimeter cannon, which is capable of piercing even concrete shelters, the servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation told Izvestia. In the forest belt near the village of Liptsy, they have to overcome the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and their well-camouflaged machine-gun emplacements.

Experts called the consequences of placing F-16s transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the border with Romania

The Ukrainian Armed Forces intend to deploy Western F-16s near the border with Romania. According to the enemy's plan, this will ensure the possibility of fast refueling of foreign vehicles, as well as their timely maintenance. Experts also believe that this is how the enemy intends to hide scarce fighters from Russian missiles – and solving this task will become a new challenge for domestic intelligence.

Colonel Khodarenok predicted battles between F-16 and Su-35S fighters in the near future

The Air Forces of Ukraine received the first four (according to other sources - six) multifunctional F-16 fighters. How Kiev will use them and why air battles between the Su-35S/Su-30SM and F-16 will take place very soon - in the material of the military expert "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

Military expert Mingalev: F-16 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will not change the results of the special operation

Russian aviation equipment surpasses the F-16 fighters transferred by the West to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), the next military assistance will not affect the results of the special operation to protect Donbass. This was stated by military expert Vadim Mingalev in an interview with Izvestia on August 5.

British Ministry of Defense John Healy: "The country is not ready for a major conflict"

The British Armed Forces faced a number of serious problems. According to Defense Minister John Healy, the country is not ready for a major armed conflict. The reason is the long—term underfunding of the army. About her current condition — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The scale of the transfer of military equipment to the arsenal of the DPRK army is impressive. Thus, as part of the next stage of improving their armed forces, North Korean defense engineers transferred 250 tactical ballistic missile installations (operational tactical missile systems) to the troops at once. We are talking about the KN-24 Hwasongpo-11P/Ra missile defense system.

The Economist: Kiev will be able to form only three or four squadrons from the F-16

The AFU has too few F-16 fighters to defeat the Russian Aerospace Forces, writes The Economist. Their main task is to strengthen the morale of Ukrainians. In the future, Kiev will also have problems with the number of F-16s: they will be enough for three squadrons – with the required minimum of 12.

Showing F-16 fighter jets at Vasilkov airfield, located 40 kilometers from Kiev, on Sunday, the command of the Air Force of the neo-Bandera regime went on a direct forgery.

AC East Kazakhstan Region: the capabilities of Russia's layered air defense system surpass those of NATO

The Analytical Center for Aerospace Defense (AC East Kazakhstan Region) published in the magazine "National Defense" the predominant characteristics of Russian air defense systems compared to NATO analogues involved in the Ukrainian conflict.

AC East Kazakhstan Region: the capabilities of Russia's layered air defense system surpass those of NATO

Modern air defense systems used by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are significantly superior to analogues developed in the West and in service with the Ukrainian army. This was reported on August 5 by the National Defense magazine with reference to experts from the Analytical Center for Aerospace Defense (AC East Kazakhstan Region).

Colonel Khodarenok doubted that scooter troops would appear in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

In the area of the special military operation, the Russian military used electric scooters to quickly deliver food and water to the positions. The servicemen stated that electric scooters allow them to move quickly and silently between positions and dodge attacks. Whether there will be "scooter troops" in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the military observer of the Gazeta figured out.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.