Science and technology, explained simply
This week, three countries agreed to transfer offensive weapons to the Armed Forces. We are talking about France, Germany and the USA, which will supply Ukraine with AMX-10RC tanks, Marder BPM and Bradley BMP, respectively. According to Politico journalists, the initiative of the above states will pave the way for the transfer of more powerful […]
In the temporarily occupied Melitopol, a Russian military base exploded at the Hydromash factory captured by enemy forces. Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov reported this. ‘The occupiers smoked so powerfully that the rumble lasted for several hours, the fiery wave broke the windows of neighboring houses, and smoke swirled over the plant even in the morning,’ […]
Although the Russians managed to recruit a full set of sailors for these ships. The Russian military-industrial complex failed in its attempt to modernize and return to service the Russian Navy’s only aircraft carrier ‘Admiral Kuznetsov’ and the project 1144 nuclear missile cruiser ‘Admiral Nakhimov’. Accordingly, these ships can be considered lost for the Russian […]
For the first time, the USA will deliver M109 Paladin self-propelled guns to Ukraine. The volume of the batch will be 18 units. Artillery installations with automatic guidance were included by Washington in another package of military aid. This was reported on Twitter by Foreign Policy reporter Jack Detch. On January 6, the leadership of […]
The M777 and M109 artillery mounts will fire a new generation of 155mm caliber ammunition, primarily targeting Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) howitzers. It is about the XM1128 projectile. It is being developed for a new generation of self-propelled artillery and will replace the M795 high-explosive cluster munition, which can hit targets up to 14 […]
The Pentagon decided to strengthen the combat capability of the Armed Forces with the help of land-based Sea Sparrow missiles. In the whole world, only Taiwan has such missiles. According to Politico, the missiles will be included in the new defense support package. The publication’s sources claim that Ukrainian engineers modernized the Soviet ‘Buk’ complexes. […]
The Ukrainian military managed to intercept the Russian Orlan-10 drone. The occupiers use such aircraft for reconnaissance. The downed drone turned out to be an attack version of a reconnaissance UAV. He carried VOG-25 grenades on board. From the message published on Telegram by Strathcom, it follows that the Russian drone was intercepted using EW […]
The administration of the US president, as expected, on Friday officially announced a new package of military aid to Ukraine immediately worth $3 billion. White House Press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre, making this announcement, said that the package will include, in particular, armored vehicles (Bradley BMP) and self-propelled howitzers. Politico reported on Thursday that the package […]
The day before, the White House disclosed the contents of another package of defense support worth 2.8 billion USD. It included 50 Bradley M2 BMPs. On January 5, Joseph Biden had a telephone conversation with Olaf Scholz. Later it turned out that the German chancellor promised the American president to transfer to Ukraine Marder BPM, […]
And with the advent of APKWS, there will be even more downed Eagles The Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to ‘trophy’ a non-standard version of the Russian ‘Orlan-10’ drone – a photo of the ‘impact’ version of the reconnaissance UAV, which is actually a rather rare trophy for our defenders, has spread online. #Ukraine:A rather […]