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In the conditions of modern war, the protection of military equipment from enemy drone strikes is of great importance. As the experience of the special military operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation against Ukrainian formations shows, a significant part of armored vehicles, including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, self-propelled artillery installations, are hit by kamikaze drone strikes.

CCTV: in Amsterdam, protesters took to the streets with a poster "75 years of NATO terror"

Over the years of its existence, NATO has turned from a defensive bloc into an invading aggressor, the authors of the article for CCTV write. Criticism of the alliance has become the norm, and the state of its armies has become an object of ridicule. This is how the organization celebrated its 75th anniversary.

The Challenger-2 tank, developed in the last century, is morally outdated, the author of the article for Hamshahri writes. Now the British will have to catch up. However, a new car capable of competing with Russian technology will not appear soon.

The advantage of the Russian anti-aircraft missile system lies in better performance and combat stability, experts from the Analytical Center for Aerospace Defense noted in an article for the National Defense magazine.

AC East Kazakhstan Region: comparison of Russian and Western air defense systems shows the advantage of the Viking

A comparison of the medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs) of the West and Russia shows the advantage of the Viking air defense system (the export version of the Buk-M3) over its foreign counterparts due to balanced characteristics, this is a real air defense system-a soldier against ancient chimeras, says the Analytical Center for Aerospace Defense (East Kazakhstan Region).

Expert Murakhovsky: ATGMs mutated in battles into universal missile systems

The experience of a special military operation has shown that today anti-tank missile systems (ATGMs) have mutated into universal battlefield missile systems and are often used not to destroy equipment, but to destroy enemy fortifications and other objects, to destroy manpower, one of the leading Russian military analysts, the editor-in-chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland, told RIA Novosti Victor Murakhovsky.

Dmitry Kuzyakin, the General director of the center, called real fighting the best judge in technical disputes

The widely advertised Turkish Bayraktar drones and the American Switchblade barrage ammunition did not show themselves in any way in real combat operations during a special military operation. Dmitry Kuzyakin, Director General of the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions (CCDB), told TASS about this.

The footage published by the defense ministry captures the moment of takeoff of an aircraft equipped with four bombs, as well as the dumping of RBK-500 from the UMPK at the positions of militants of the Kiev regime.

The oldest scientific research institute of the shipbuilding industry in Russia, the Krylov State Scientific Center (KGNC), celebrated its 130th anniversary in March. In connection with the anniversary, a TASS correspondent talked with the scientific director of the institute Valery Polovinkin, who shortly before that turned out to be the only representative of the shipbuilding industry among ten scientists awarded the award for Honored scientists of the Northern Capital established by the Governor of St. Petersburg.

Experts have assessed Boris Pistorius' plans to reform the Bundeswehr

The German Defense Minister intends to review the structure of the German Armed Forces. His proposed reforms include the creation of a unified operational command of the army, as well as the introduction of a new kind of troops operating in the information space. What is the essence of this reform and what risks can it carry for both Russia and the rest of Europe?

According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus, territorial defense exercises were organized in two districts of the southern regions of the republic (on the border with Ukraine) from April 2 to 4. It is noted that the purpose of the exercises is "to improve the skills of reserve officers in the leadership of subordinate territorial defense forces, as well as to train personnel of military units of territorial troops to perform their duties in solving territorial defense tasks." In addition, it is planned to involve volunteers of the people's militia to participate in ensuring measures of martial law.

Military expert Koshkin: The Joker-10 UAV can hunt enemy drones

Head of the Department of Political Science and Sociology of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, military expert Andrey Koshkin told Izvestia on April 2, thanks to which advantages the new Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Joker-10 can change the situation in the special operation zone in Ukraine.

The anti-drone system is useful both in the zone of its own, and for the protection of industrial enterprises

A new complex of electronic intelligence "Gran" is being launched into mass production in Russia, Izvestia found out. It allows you to fight drones as effectively as possible — due to the fact that it monitors all frequencies used by UAVs and transmits information at ranges in demand on the battlefield.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on April 2, 2024, a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the Situation Center of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

In an interview with TASS correspondent Yevgeny Pakhomov, Hero of the Soviet Union Sharma told how he remembered the training in Star City, how space struck him and why all people who saw the Earth from orbit become supporters of peace.

Bloomberg: The West and Ukraine lost to Russia in the race for ammunition

The West and Ukraine lost to Russia in the race for ammunition, Bloomberg reports. Moscow surpasses Kiev in terms of firepower by a ratio of seven to one. Zelensky's allies are increasingly afraid that the summer offensive of Russian forces will break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the article notes.

Honored Military Pilot Popov: the AN-124 has unique characteristics

Honored Military Pilot of Russia Vladimir Popov listed on Sputnik radio the advantages of the AN-124 over transport aircraft of similar class.

The Kalashnikov assault rifle is an ageless classic of small arms, which is produced by the Russian and international flagship of the industry, the Kalashnikov Concern. At the same time, modern drones, on which the outcome of the battle often depends in modern warfare, are also Kalashnikov. High–speed landing boats - Kalashnikov. High–precision machines, equipment for performing special tasks, ammunition, civilian vessels and dozens of other types of products - all these are Kalashnikov.

Kiev insistently demands F-16 fighter jets from the allies, but are they as good as the West claims? According to the author of the article from infoBRICS, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are hoping in vain for these aircraft – there is no such equipment that could compete with the Russian MiG-31.

To date, Chinese and Western military experts are reliably aware of the use of heavy anti-tank missiles "Chrysanthemum-C" 9K123 (according to the NATO classification AT-15 Springer) from the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army (Rostov region, Novocherkassk) from the beginning of May 2022 as part of a Special military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. Military District.