Contents tagged with US army

  • US gives Ukraine counter-battery radars

    An official handover ceremony was been held in the Ukrainian village of Divychky in which the US government gave two modern AN/TPQ-30 counter-battery radars to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry announced on 20 May.

    Lieutenant Colonel Todd Gough of the US Army handed over the ownership certificates for the counter-battery systems. He remarked that, by giving modern weaponry to the Ukrainian military, the US government and nation is demonstrating its desire to help …

  • Russian expert: Russian Army is no match for American military power

    A Doctor of Military Sciences, and the Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences, first rank captain Konstantin Sivkov, compared the capabilities of Russia's and the US’s sea, air, and land forces. The article written by the expert was published by the Military Industrial Courier newspaper.

    "In terms of aircraft carriers, the American fleet is 12 times more powerful than the Russian one (Kuznetsov aircraft carrier is only half as powerful as its American …

  • Polish Foreign Minister asks US Army to remain longer in the country

    Poland hopes the United States will significantly participate in modernizing the Polish army, stated Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz after a meeting between US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, wPolityce reports.

    "We hope that the ongoing talks concerning the Patriot system and other systems – we discussed helicopters produced in Poland, Black Hawks – we hope that these will be soon finalized," the Foreign Minister added. According to …

  • General Ben Hodges: In its training U.S. army uses expertise of Ukrainian military in fighting Russia

    The commander of U.S. forces in Europe, Ben Hodges, said that the American army learned a great deal from the Ukrainian military, which was engaged in battles involving Russian artillery, missiles, drones and Russian electronic warfare. He said this in an interview with news agency European Pravda during the Lviv Security Forum.

    “And not only do we value this experience, but all (of the allies) took it into account and incorporated it into their training systems. The Ukrainians’ experience …