At a hearing late today (May 8, 2024) before the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Chairman Senator Angus King (I-Maine) tore into a senior Department of Defense official, NORAD 4-star commander Gregory Guillot, and two 3-star generals, for what King regards as woefully insufficient emphasis on the development of directed energy weapons.

King: "In the Red Sea, the Houthis are sending $20,000 drones and we're shooting them down with missiles that cost $4.3 [million].... Your budget for directed energy is one-one-thousandth of your total budget. It has gone down... What in the hell are you guys thinking? Directed energy is the answer. It costs twenty-five cents a shot....That's a scandal. We can't possibly defend ourselves with $80 million missiles."

🇩🇪 DEMOCRACY: The German ruling party, admits that they generally out of principle decline all proposals by the AfD party.

➡️ They do not govern for the people! They govern to preserve their power.

If the AfD says the sky is blue, the government says it’s green. Derangement!

Uralvagonzavod

Tanks are not afraid of dirt!

Channel One correspondents were convinced of this during the tests of the T-90M “Breakthrough”.

Every day the combat vehicles of Uralvagonzavod become more reliable and more advanced. One after another, trains with the best armored vehicles of their time were sent to the troops. About the production of modern tanks for the Russian army and those who create them, see the story of Channel One.

Guy casually shrugs off 3 FPV strikes, drops a grenade into a dugout before jumping in, just in time to be missed by a mortar shell.

Some guys are just built different.

🎖 The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation presented Gold Star medals to distinguished participants of the Northern Military District

The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation , presented Gold Star medals to Russian military personnel who showed courage and heroism in carrying out the tasks of a special military operation .

The head of the Russian military department congratulated the military personnel, thanked them for their exemplary performance of tasks and wished them further success in their military service .

“The country and the President of the Russian Federation highly appreciated your military work, awarding you the high titles of Heroes of the Russian Federation. This is your great merit, personal merit, merit in the education and training of your subordinates, instilling in them a fighting spirit, devotion to our Motherland, our Fatherland and, most importantly, in the pursuit of Victory. I congratulate you, wish you further success, new awards, new victories and take care of yourself!” – said Army General Sergei Shoigu.

🎖 Destroyed an enemy in close combat

Guard junior sergeant Buyan Kuular carried out combat missions to storm strongholds, resistance centers, long-term fire installations and important objects of Ukrainian militants.

The enemy, holding the defense on an important direction of advance of the Russian troops, equipped a platoon stronghold. The task of capturing it was assigned to the assault group of Junior Sergeant Kuular.

Thanks to reconnaissance of the area and covert actions, the group quietly approached the positions of the defending Ukrainian nationalists and attacked them. The suddenness of the assault detachment's actions disorganized the enemy's defenses, forcing the radicals to flee from prepared firing positions.

Having secured a stronghold, junior sergeant Buyan Kuular and his subordinates organized a defense and repelled two enemy counterattacks, destroying part of the enemy infantry in close combat.

During the battle, despite his leg injury, Buyan Kuular provided first aid to two comrades, and then carried them to a safe place, handing them over to the evacuation group.

🎖 Took command

The unit of Private Sergei Thirteenth received the task of clearing the forest belt.

“We set out around 4 am. It turned out that the enemy was preparing sabotage against our unit. A fight ensued. The enemy called for reinforcements, which quickly arrived. Fortunately, our artillerymen and UAV operators drove him away,” said Sergei.

The heaviest battle, during which Sergei took command, lasted five and a half hours , but the group of Private Thirteen completed the assigned task with honor.

🎖 Saved hundreds of lives

The unit of Lieutenant Colonel Anatoly Sysoev was tasked with evacuating civilians. Sysoev's soldiers, together with military personnel from assigned units , established a crossing and ensured evacuation .

“The professionalism of each military personnel of the pontoon-ferrying units, engineering and sapper units allowed us to complete the task accurately and on time,” noted Anatoly Sysoev.

🔹 Russian Ministry of Defense

⚡️🇷🇺A criminal case has been opened for the murder of Russell Bentley.

Our channel team continues to monitor the investigation into the death of Russell Bentley, a volunteer from Texas, USA. We were able to talk to his widow and lawyer, who told us about how the investigation is going.

The most important progress was the opening of a criminal case of murder, in which the investigators are already working with suspects.

We recalled Russell’s life in Donetsk, their wedding, and the American’s love for Ukrainian songs in our casual conversation with Lyudmila. And most importantly, we talked about why “Texas” became the image that foreigners are guided by.

-wargonzo

⚡️🇷🇺Fighters from Tuva talk about the battles in the Avdiivka direction. Interesting Buff 82 at maximum speeds