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When the Russians began their “partial mobilization” in 2022, as part of this process, they went to form the so-called “territorial troops”, which, however, did not receive a clear status in the end, although the name itself referred to the concept of a kind of analogue of the territorial defense of civilized countries. Against this background, the possible future of the “territorial troops” and their specific place in the system of the armed forces of the Russian Federation seems to be a separately interesting question, as the Polish writes in his review Defence24 portal. The given infographic concerns the “cadre”…

France is considering deploying its Rafale aircraft in Germany for ASMP-A missiles under nuclear weapons in case the United States withdraws its nuclear arsenal from Europe, not to mention the “conventional” air force and ground forces. The British publication writes about this The Telegraph, and against this background, it may also look interesting that the French, in addition to the SCALP-EG subsonic missiles, have another type of air-launched cruise missiles. Therefore, the question arises here about what capabilities France has in this segment of its nuclear arsenal, and what effect its deployment can have. Exhibition model of the ASMP-A missile,…

On the evening of March 4, most likely, the first public episode of the Russian army helicopter flight to Ukraine took place. The interception of the conversation between the Russian pilots and the controller was published by the monitoring group of the Belarusian Hajun project, which regularly monitors and notifies about the movement of Russian equipment through the territory of Belarus. Based on the conversations, it becomes clear that on the evening of April 4, a group of 6 Russian military helicopters was supposed to fly from the Zyabrovka military airfield in the Gomel region to the Shatalovo air base…

The Government of Canada has confirmed extremely large-scale and objectively unprecedented measures to update and strengthen the artillery component of its army within the framework of the Indirect Fires Modernization (IFM) program. According to it, according to the publication Defense Archives it is planned to purchase 80-98 new self-propelled guns in 155-mm caliber, up to 99 120-mm self-propelled mortars on the LAV 6 ACSV chassis and up to 85 self-propelled mortars on another lighter platform. As an option, the replacement of 120-mm mortars with the purchase of additional 133 81-mm self-propelled mortars is being considered. Additional vehicles for the delivery…