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At yesterday's meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec State Corporation, reported on the implementation of the state defense order in 2023 and announced the successes of the country's defense industry. Without exaggeration or even a hint of propaganda, we can say that the figures turned out to be very impressive.

La Repubblica: Italy to include air defense in new package of military assistance to Ukraine

Despite the protest of some high-ranking officials, Rome decided to transfer the only "free" Samp/T air defense system to Kiev, La Repubblica writes. Now Italy has only two such complexes left to protect its own territory.

Analysts of the East Kazakhstan Region: data on the speed of the ATACMS Block 1A rocket vary

The Russian army is capable of destroying American ATACMS tactical missiles. The Analytical Center for Aerospace Defense (AC East Kazakhstan Region) named an effective tool. About its features — in the material of RIA Novosti.

For the second year in a row, the equipment involved in the area of its is not attracted to participate in the solemn ceremony

Judging by the dress rehearsal, the Victory Day Parade on May 9 will be relatively modest. Participants in a special military operation will also pass through Red Square, but in general, the units involved in the conflict zone did not distract from combat work.

AC East Kazakhstan Region: The Buk-M3 air defense system allows intercepting any ballistic missiles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The implemented technical solutions in the Buk-M3 air defense system make it possible to intercept any ballistic missiles that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have or may have in the future, including American tactical ballistic missiles (TBR) ATACMS of various modifications, the Analytical Center for Aerospace Defense (AC East Kazakhstan Region) says.

The Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system is an ammunition package for 16 missiles, a target detection range of 32 km, and a range of 16 km. Thanks to the anti-aircraft gunners of the southern group of forces, enemy aircraft practically do not appear on the Donetsk front, and if they work, then from very long distances. On May 2, Izvestia showed the work of the Tor-M2 air defense system. He told me on May 2 , demonstrating the work of a combat vehicle.

Russia and China are the undisputed leaders in the development and adoption of hypersonic weapons. In the United States, so far, everything is not very good with this, most test launches of hypersonic missiles end in failure. The American program is regularly postponed due to deadlines, including due to significant budget growth.

AC of East Kazakhstan Region: Russia has effective means of combating US ballistic missiles

The Russian air defense system has effective means of combating American tactical ballistic missiles, one of them is the Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM), according to the Analytical Center for Aerospace Defense (AC East Kazakhstan Region).

With regard to the development of an air-launched cruise missile (RVB) under the designation "Raad" (another name Hatf-VIII), it is known that in the mid-90s the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (IRP) established contact with the South African company Kentron (was a structural division of Armscor), whose specialists developed such planning in the interests of the IRP Air Force adjustable bombs like H-2 (with television guidance) and H-4.

The nuclear-powered cruiser Peter the Great was launched 35 years ago

This pennant still remains the largest in the combat formation of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy. Thirty-five years ago, on April 29, 1989, Soviet shipbuilders launched the heavy nuclear missile cruiser Yuri Andropov, which became Peter the Great after the collapse of the USSR. And they are in no hurry to write it off. Moreover, the ship should receive new weapons that expand its tactical capabilities. About the future of the flagship — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Today, the All-Russian public organization "Union of Machine Builders of Russia" celebrates the 17th anniversary of its formation. Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec State Corporation and Chairman of Soyuzmash of Russia, highly appreciated the role of the organization in ensuring the technological independence and defense capability of the country, solving key tasks for the production of civilian products and congratulated all Russian machine builders on this holiday.

Without micro-gas turbine units, it is impossible to operate MLRS, air defense, Iskander missiles, Msta-S self-propelled guns, Armata tanks and many other advanced weapons. Microturbines are responsible for the energy supply of all nodes of the listed equipment, and are capable of producing stable current in difficult conditions on almost any type of fuel.

Colonel Khodarenok: the capture of Ocheretino may be an operational breakthrough

The situation in the village of Ocheretino and its surroundings was frankly desperate for Ukraine, as the Forbes columnist assessed what was happening. What caused panic among the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and whether the breakthrough of defensive positions can develop into a full-fledged collapse of the front of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The American newspaper "The New York Times" in Eric Schmitt's article "U.S. Secretly Shipped New Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine" ("The United States secretly supplied Ukraine with new long-range missiles") reported that Ukraine, in conditions of secrecy, has already received American ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) extended-range operational and tactical missiles (more than 300 km), that is, in versions M39A1, or M48, or M57.

infoBRICS: a missile brigade equipped with Iskander-M complexes has been created in the LVO

Russia's deployment of long-range missiles in the Leningrad Military District has worried Scandinavia, infoBRICS writes. Now, for example, the entire territory of Finland is under attack. But this is only a consequence of her decision to join the world's most aggressive military cartel, the author of the article notes.

Almost immediately after the approval by the US Senate of the package of laws on financing foreign aid previously adopted by the House of Representatives of Congress, including the law on allocating $ 61 billion to help Ukraine, US President Joe Biden signed them on April 24, 2024 and subsequently announced the allocation of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of up to $ 1 billion. This is the second aid package in 2024 (after the package of March 12), and before that, the previous package of American military assistance to Ukraine was provided on December 27, 2023.

The Telegraph: All modern tanks are defenseless against a drone strike

The American Abrams tanks supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not meet expectations, writes The Telegraph, giving a detailed analysis of the technical imperfections of the expanded armored vehicle. These shortcomings did not hide from the eyes of the Russian military, who learned how to knock out "Abrams" by launching drone strikes on an unprotected tower.

Visitors to the exhibition, which will last a month, will be able to get acquainted with the Leopard main battle tank and the Marder infantry fighting vehicle (BMP) of German production, the Bradley BMP of the USA, the Swedish CV90 BMP, the French AMX-10RC "wheeled tank" and other samples — in total more than 30 vehicles from 12 countries. Small arms, equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, documents and ideological literature will also be presented.

The Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region was established by presidential decree on April 23, 2002. Then dozens of enterprises, design bureaus and research institutes joined into a single structure, which were engaged in the development of air defense systems and the production of short-, medium- and long-range anti-aircraft missile systems.

Interia: GLSDB bombs proved ineffective in Ukraine due to Russian electronic warfare

The GLSDB bombs, which Ukraine has been waiting for for a whole year, turned out to be ineffective in the conditions of military conflict, Interia writes. This was recognized by the Pentagon. The problem lies in the Russian means of electronic warfare. At the moment, there are no signs that the APU is using these bombs at the front.