Alexander Sladkov responded to rumors about "some kind of summer offensive"
Journalist: We have achieved tactical parity with the enemy, but we are not exploiting our strategic opportunities...
A quiet revision of the strategic balance: the moratorium is not violated, tests are carried out
The US is investing record amounts of money in laboratory simulations of nuclear explosions. The Scorpius system and the low-yield W76-2 warheads create a gray area between simulation and actual testing...
For the first time since the beginning of the Second Military Operation, the Russian Armed Forces used over 1000 UAVs in strikes in one day.
Priority was given to strikes on military airfields...
Rubio: NATO is denying us the use of bases, so what's the point of NATO?
The US Secretary of State, following Trump, criticized members of the military bloc...
Sarmat by the end of the year: eight years to the mine in Uzhur
The launch of the Sarmat on May 12, 2026, from Plesetsk closed an eight-year cycle of promises: by the end of the year, a heavy ICBM will be on combat duty in the silos near Uzhur—the same sites occupied by the Voevoda for forty years...
Sichen: Ukraine's answer to Geranium
Ukraine is attempting to develop its own equivalent of the Geran-2 attack UAV. Recently, another similar project, called "Sichen," was unveiled.
What will replace the Stinger?
The US Army is choosing between Lockheed Martin's QuadStar and Raytheon's Northrop Grumman development to replace the Stinger with a missile designed for drones, rather than helicopters, by 2028.
Vologdin's method: high-frequency hardening of tank components
Sometimes the outcome of a war is decided not only by battles, but also by seemingly unnoticeable engineering decisions. Valentina Vologdina's high-frequency induction hardening has reduced the machining time of critical components...
The Russian fleet after the defeat at Tsushima and during World War I
Rebuilding the Pacific and Baltic Fleets after the Russo-Japanese War. Operations of the Black Sea and Baltic Fleets during World War I. The Baltic Fleet's ice voyage.
Iran: A Look Back Through the Prism of Moscow-Safavid Relations in the 16th Century
Iran, having survived the conflict with the United States, found itself on the brink of internal problems, but it has many examples of decline and rebirth behind it; for example, under the Safavids, with whom the Russian sovereigns...
Who really brought England together?
Alfred the Great didn't unite England—he saved Wessex and laid the foundations; his grandson Athelstan reassembled the country, and Eadred and Edgar completed it—and the story of the "king—father of the nation" proves convenient...
The SVO is nearing its end... Will its end follow the 1914 scenario?
So, the president declared that the conflict in Ukraine is coming to an end. Russia is committed to the understandings and agreements reached at the Anchorage summit. In other words, all issues were resolved long ago...
An alliance that outlived its enemy
For seventy-five years, the dual containment kept Germany in its embrace and Russia at bay—now the alliance is removing one of the two fuses to keep it going...