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Colonel Khodarenok called the Soviet armament superior to the Western one on its OWN

Soviet artillery is experiencing its rebirth in a special operation in Ukraine, and although some Russian weapons are inferior in some characteristics to Western guns, they surpass them in reliability, performance and maintainability. What kind of Soviet-era weapons "show class" on the battlefield, the military columnist of "Gazeta.<url>" Mikhail Khodarenok.

Pyongyang, August 14. /KCNA/- Secretary General of the Workers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, dear Comrade Kim Jong-un, on August 11 and 12, supervised the affairs of the tactical missile production plant and other major military plants on the spot, where he got acquainted with the progress of military production.

ABC: The West highly appreciated Russia's defense technologies in its defense zone

The technologies of digital control of fire support and the battlefield surveillance system used by the Russian army in the special operation zone are considered in the West to be their "intellectual failure". ABC News columnist Mick Ryan wrote about the high assessment of Russia's defense capabilities by the West on August 14.

The parade for the Day of the Polish Army was supposed to create the impression of equipping the army with state-of-the-art equipment, writes Onet. However, what was shown to the public were only individual copies of weapons recently delivered to the banks of the Vistula. Poles will still have to pay billions for these "dreams of power".

The Institute for Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences has completed an express analysis of telemetry and measurement data of scientific instruments on board the Luna-25 automatic station, performed on August 13, 2023 in two sessions of the first inclusions at a distance of about 310 thousand km from Earth.

In the period from August 14 to August 20, JSC "Tactical Missile Armament Corporation" (KTRV, a member of the MORO "Soyuzmash of Russia") takes part in the IX International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023". The delegation is headed by General Director Boris Obnosov. In addition to the traditional exposition, an additional stand in Pavilion "B" with the latest civil and dual-use samples was deployed for the first time in the demo center of the Corporation.

According to Western statistics, the Russian Aerospace Forces had about 900 tactical aircraft before the start of the SVO. These include fighters, attack aircraft and front-line bombers. According to Western observers, from 84 to 130 sides have allegedly been lost since then as a result of air defense and fighter aircraft fire, as well as accidents. However, this is only part of the total losses, which should include up to fifty cars worn out as a result of increased operation.

In 2023, the event will be held on August 14-20 at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center, at the Alabino training ground and Kubinka airfield

TASS-DOSSIER. On August 14-20, 2023, the military-technical forum "Army-2023" is being held at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center, at the Alabino training ground and Kubinka airfield in the Moscow region.

Twice as many foreign companies participate in the event as a year ago

Russia is open to equal military-technical cooperation with all countries that defend their interests.

The Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA) of Russia presented a stand at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023". On August 14, Izvestia showed which exhibits were brought to the forum by agency employees.

On August 10, the Directorate General for Armaments (DGA) of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces announced the acceptance of the second Suffren-class submarine, the Duguay-Trouin, built under the Barracuda program.

This article argues that the full significance of the ongoing electronic revolution in land wars has yet to be fully realized. This revolution has already led to far-reaching changes in air and sea warfare, and now it is having a similar impact on land warfare. Heavy armor and kinetic weapons are becoming less important, they are being replaced by electronic systems and counter–systems – both offensive and defensive - for detection, attack and defeat.

How the holding's enterprises will improve drones to counter electronic warfare, how armored ambulances are being created for field conditions and what prospects laser training complexes for shooters have — Vadim Kalyugin, General Director of Shvabe, told TASS about all this in an interview on the sidelines of the forum.

Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation - Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov took part in the plenary session of the Army-2023 forum on August 14.

In 2023, the exhibition exposition of the International Military-Technical Forum "Army" provides for many novelties and features.

In the conflict in Ukraine, for the first time in history, both sides widely use drones, writes 19FortyFive. Russian Lancets pose an important tactical threat on the battlefield, and the APU pays an exorbitant price for using their drones, the author notes.

An extensive scientific and business program (NDP) of the MVTF "Army-2023" on topical issues of the development of the Armed Forces, the Defense Industry of the Russian Federation and international military-technical cooperation, taking into account modern conditions, was opened at the Patriot Exhibition Center.

Shoigu announced the almost complete exhaustion of Ukraine's military resources

Ukraine's military resource is almost exhausted, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said at the XI Moscow Conference on International Security.

The head of the Main Department of Innovative Development (GUIR) of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Alexander Osadchuk, at a briefing for journalists announced the summary results of the first day of the work of the MVTF "Army-2023".

Experts told about the almost exhausted military resource of Ukraine

Ukraine's military resource is almost exhausted, and its defense has shown that there is nothing "invulnerable to Russian weapons" on the battlefield today, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. The expert community notes that the failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive has become the main indicator of the true state of affairs in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But it would be a mistake to underestimate an opponent supported by the West.