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Lockheed Martin engineers managed to get the ‘first light’ on the air defense laser complex. The defense giant plans to install such complexes on Stryker armored vehicles. They will be used to destroy mines, helicopters, UAVs, missiles and shells. The power of the laser beam of the complex is 50 kW. During the tests, the […]
The air defense forces destroyed 47 cruise missiles over Ukraine in the early hours of January 26. This was reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhnyi. He emphasized that in total, the enemy launched 55 air and sea-based missiles (X-101, X-555, X-47 “Kinzhal”, “Kalibr”, X-59) from Tu-95, Su-35, MiG- 31K […]
Air defense systems were spotted 2 kilometers from the Astafievo airfield, where the military and the Gazprom Avia business airport are based. We are talking about three MANPADS installations ‘Pantsir-S1’. Telegram channel ‘Sirena’ writes about it. ‘According to the coordinates of the shooting provided by the editors, the area near the village of Voskresenske and […]
In Moscow, anti-aircraft defense equipment began to be installed on administrative buildings. On one of the streets, the ‘Pantsir-S1’ anti-aircraft missile system was spotted, as reported by the NEXTA Live telegram channel. The network reports that the complex was installed on the building at 8 Teterynskyi Lane, where the business center is located. Note that […]
The White House appealed to the Italian authorities with a request for the transfer of SAMP-T anti-aircraft systems to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Washington believes that they will make it possible to strengthen the Ukrainian air defense system. According to La Repubblica, negotiations on the transfer of the SAMP-T air defense system to Ukraine […]
The government of the United States of America is going to approve the supply of MIM-104 Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine. The information was shared by the American edition of CNN, referring to its sources. Presumably, we are talking about one SAM battery. It includes a radar that detects and tracks targets, a mobile […]
Ukrainian air defense during the last missile attack of the Russian occupying forces demonstrated a high level of efficiency – of all the missiles fired by the Russian Air Force, our anti-aircraft defense shot down about 85%, and it was a ‘combined’ launch – Kh-101 and Kh-555, ‘Kalibri’, Kh- 22, Kh-59 and even Kh-31P. How […]
After the incident in Przewodów, the Polish General suggested that NATO close the airspace in the border areas. According to General Roman Polko, the Allies should provide the Armed Forces with long-range weapons. In an interview with a Radio ZET correspondent, the general said that Warsaw could transfer part of its air defense systems to […]
The alliance is monitoring the situation and, if necessary, can strengthen air defense in Poland with the help of ground, air and sea systems, Secretary General Stoltenberg said. If necessary, NATO can transfer additional air defense forces (ADF) to the east, in particular to Poland. This was stated by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during […]
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, adviser to the head of the OP, said that 15 energy infrastructure facilities were hit. Also in Kryvyi Rih, 566 miners were stuck in 3 mines, the operation to rescue them lasted 4 hours. On November 15, Russia launched 90 missiles over the territory of Ukraine. Most of them were shot down by […]