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Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force complete operational testing of the AMRAAM missile. Earlier, they announced the completion of developmental tests of the AIM-120D-3. Raytheon’s website states that an F-16 fighter jet was used to launch the missiles during the test. According to Paul Ferraro, who serves as the head of the Air Power division, […]
Training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighters may begin as early as August. According to CNN sources familiar with the talks, the training will begin at an air base in Romania. The country has 16 F-16s in service, and another 32 are to be delivered from Norway by the end of 2024. The Romanian authorities […]
The Kingdom of Norway has announced a new defense support package. A message about this appeared on the Norwegian Defense Ministry’s Twitter account the day before. It states that the package will include additional Fire Control Centers (2 units), launchers (2 units), and spare parts for them. According to Bjørn Arild Gram, the equipment supplied […]
Atlas Dynamics, a company that develops small UAVs, plans to open a factory in Ukraine to produce drones. This was reported by ArmyInform. According to Ivan Tolchinsky, the company’s CEO, the relevant work is already underway. He also denied information from some media outlets that Ukraine was allegedly blocking the manufacturer’s activities. Tolchinsky said that […]
“The Cyclone became the first ship of the 22800 Karakurt project in the Black Sea and the fourth ship of this project in all Russian navies. In the still-occupied Crimea, the racists introduced a new small missile ship of Project 22800 “Cyclone”, which was built at the Zaliv plant in Kerch, into the Black Sea […]
According to Russian media reports, five settlements of Demydivka, Repyakhivka, Starolis, Prylissia and Hafivka came under mortar fire. The electricity went out in the latter. Several settlements in Belgorod region came under fire on July 12. Russian publics write that five settlements of the Krasnoyaruzsky district – Demydivka, Repyakhivka, Starolis, Grafivka and the village of […]
The German government terminates the agreement to establish a repair center for Ukrainian Leopard tanks in Poland. This was reported by the Handelsblatt publication. It will be officially announced in the near future. According to the newspaper’s interlocutors, the reason for this decision was the Polish side’s inflated price expectations. Earlier, Spiegel’s interlocutors noted that […]
The Ukrainian Defense Forces have published a rare video showing the combat operation of a German Leopard 2A6 tank. The video was shot in Zaporizhzhia region. The video shows a German main battle tank firing several shots. Despite its rarity, this is not the first video featuring the Leopard 2A6. The Armed Forces of Ukraine […]
A replica of the engine weighs about 18 kg and reaches a length of 1220 mm. In 2023, the construction won the Best Mechanics award at Lego Brickworld Chicago. The craftsman built a replica of a 7.4-liter Chevrolet V8 engine out of Lego bricks. The mechanisms are powered by an 8-bit Lazer 128 computer from […]
At the end of 2022, Norway, together with the United Kingdom, handed over Black Hornet microdrones to Ukraine. It has now become known that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will receive a new batch of drones. This was announced during the NATO summit in Vilnius by Norwegian Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram. This is a batch […]