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All this rocket trash is carefully calculated by a specially appointed “accountant”: the Imeus missile attack early warning satellite, which hangs above the Earth at a distance of 28,000 km. By the way, he also saw the Ukrainian missile that flew into Brovary in 1999. Therefore, the Pentagon’s figures are “accurate”, this system has been counting since the late 70s of the last century and has never made a mistake. Launch of the Kalibr missile We counted the “Calibers” earlier (there were about 200, approximately 170 were spent). As for Iskanders, it should be something like this: there is one…

Today, orcs launched a missile attack on Odesa International Airport. Fortunately, there were no casualties as a result of this strike, but the airport runway was completely disabled and unsuitable for further use. The main feature of this event was noted in his address by the head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, Maksym Marchenko, – the Russians used the Bastion anti-ship coastal missile system, located in the occupied Crimea, to strike at the Odesa airport. The Bastion complex is equipped with the P-800 Onyx supersonic anti-ship missile, which the ruscists themselves nicknamed the “aircraft carrier killer”. Because this missile…

After the parliamentary elections in Germany, the likely successor of the current Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, has already negotiated the approval of defense spending in the amount of as much as 200 billion euros (about $210 billion), in particular as part of strengthening the country’s armed forces in view of such a threat as the Russian Federation. This is especially important in the context of the issue that Europe as a whole has faced – namely, building up the capabilities of its defense potential without aiming at the United States, given the latest statements and actions of the newly…

In recent years, the United Arab Emirates has been paying special attention to such modern weapons as unmanned systems, in particular, at the beginning of 2023, the UAE-based defense giant EDGE Group bought out a controlling stake in the Estonian manufacturer of robotic systems Milrem Robotics, and later Abu Dhabi issued orders for dozens of robotic systems from this company. The same is happening in the direction of unmanned aerial vehicles. In addition, the UAE military is currently focused on the development of maritime robotic systems, primarily in order to “fill the shortage of personnel and gaps in capabilities,” as…

One of the russian EW systems that significantly hinders Ukrainian UAV operators is the so-called Shtora. This system specifically interferes with video transmission to the operator. The enemy began using it more actively in the summer of 2024, and Ukrainian warriors gave it this name. Its operation works as follows: For a long time, the key question was what these russian EW systems actually look like. Now, they have finally been identified and confirmed. Serhii Beskrestnov, a specialist in communications, SIGINT, and EW, known as Serhii Flash, reported this. He noted that the enemy tries to install these systems as…

During the IDEX 2025 international defense exhibition, held in Abu Dhabi on February 17–21, the russian defense industry displayed the Pantsir-SMD-E air defense weapon, a stationary variant of the Pantsir family introducing a “distributed configuration” of the system. For the first time, the russians showed the Pantsir-SMD-E during the propaganda event called the Armiya-2024 exhibition, and the international debut took place within at IDEX 2025, the Janes website reports. Pantsir-SMD-E during the presentation at IDEX 2025 / The design of this system is as follows: the core is a weapon station equipped with launch tubes for surface-to-air missiles. The search…

The very first participation of the russian Su-57 fighter jet at an international event, the Airshow China 2024 in Zhuhai, was the final nail to the coffin of the myth that this aircraft belongs to the fifth generation. And also proof that all russian aircraft construction technologies remained 20th-century-level. The oversight on the russian part was that they failed to organize a no-access zone for spectators, and the Chinese event visitors could freely come up unprecedentedly close to the Su-57 model demonstrated at the exhibition. Lots of screws: Closer look at Russia’s 5th generation Su-57 fighter jet at China’s Zhuhai…

The first generation of GLSDB used the standard GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb, which couldn’t stand the trial by modern warfare, but the new version aims to patch the critical vulnerability to jamming American defense industry giant Raytheon, part of RTX Corporation, is developing a ground-launched version of its miniature precision-guided long-range GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II, also known as StormBreaker. While the company is withholding details, it plans to begin testing the weapon this summer, as announced by Jon Norman, Raytheon’s Vice President of Air & Space Defense Systems Requirements & Capability, during the Fighter Pilot Podcast. At this stage,…

Ukraine Tests High-Precision Munitions for Drones That Can Be Dropped from an Altitude of 1 km: A Significant Leap in Effectiveness Ukraine’s development of these high-precision drone munitions represents more than a desired and long-awaited solution—it aims to replace standard “drops.” The mass production and use of these munitions will enable a significant increase in drone effectiveness.The Ministry of Strategic Industries shared limited information about this initiative, noting that these developments were presented at a special event organized in collaboration with the government’s Brave1 military technology development platform. Swarm capabilities were demonstrated during the event / Open source photoThe only…

russian UAVs Learn to Evade Ukraine’s Anti-Aircraft Drones Aerial war between anti-aircraft FPV drones and reconnaissance drones keeps evolving, with both russian and Ukrainian sides racing to find countermeasures to each other’s technology, adding a new wind to the spiral. The anti-aircraft FPVs have proven exceptionally effective on the battlefield, leaving russian troops without intelligence to support artillery strikes. However, the russians keep trying to find an answer. Earlier we discussed several concepts they were looking into, like equipping their UAVs with warning devices against incoming drones or even net launchers. Now, a new interesting solution is being developed: an…