Economic uncertainties are testing living and working conditions in several parts of Central Asia, which was the explicit cause of the protests two years ago. Moscow fears that the West wants to wrest Astana from Russian influence but Kazakhstan remains an active member of Eurasian military and economic alliances.
According to Soviet and Russian Army veteran and military expert Ret. Col. Andrei Koshkin, the new additions to Russia’s combat arsenal will include UAVs such as Lastochka (Swallow) strike drones, FPV drone Upyr and upgraded FPV drone Rusak, as well as the Zhuravel (Crane) UAV complex and “various kamikaze copters.”
Israel has penned a €317 million agreement with Finland on the sale of its David’s Sling missile defense system to Helsinki. Vladimir Prokhvatilov, a senior research fellow at Russia’s Academy of Military Sciences, explains why the David’s Sling will have no hope of actually protecting Finland’s air space in the event of war.
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