Technology development theme
Will Ukraine offer defense materiel development services to the United States?
50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. It has been 50 years since the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War became an important opportunity for the United States to be able to develop war technologies and military strategies, such as combat helicopters, the GPS system – which is found in today's mobile phones – and the improvement of the specification of laser-guided bombing technology.
According to military historian and Vietnam expert Marco Smedberg, you can see it in today's warfare in Ukraine. "This development has only continued. We see Ukraine today using "smart weapons". Now it has also taken the step of drones, which have almost taken on a new dimension in warfare. Watch the feature on SVT News.
Ukraine: Sea drones have shot down Russian Su-30. Ukraine's military intelligence service (GUR) claims that one of their sea drones shot down a fighter jet for the first time in world history.
The Russian aircraft, one of the type SU-30, is said to have been hit by a missile on May 2 over the Black Sea fired by one of Ukraine's Magurad drones. The drone has previously been used to knock out Russian warships and was also reported to have shot down a Russian helicopter in 2024. Watch the feature on SVT News.