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of asian space a man said to the dnieper i wall you request. you will absolutely jump. you will move the car. no water answered for nothing and never the poem of samuil, marshak known to us from childhood is called the war with the dnieper today sounds ominous. this river has been a literary and movie hero many, many times, a symbol of the vast expanses and nostalgia for the bygone feat of arms and labor accomplishments of a carefree childhood and anxious youth today represents the human tragedy of the destruction of kakhovka. the hydroelectric power station hit the inhabitants of both banks. long term consequences. any fighting, especially

protracted and fierce ones, has its own logic to be evaluated. excellent the one that is customary to be guided in a peaceful life and priorities are reversed. sometimes diametrically, it is not. well, the main thing is not to forget, what is actually abnormal and set a goal in the end everything back from head to toe, and not vice versa. back in january last year, an article appeared on the website of the us military academy west point, which talked about the bombing of the syrian dam of the euphrates tapkan in march 2017. its author, law professor michael schmidt, discusses the legality and expediency of an attack on civilian infrastructure in a war of platinum, sneaker was included to the list of objects to bomb, which was prohibited due to the high probability of casualties among the civilian population, but given the fact that they were hiding on it militants of the islamic state

, a special task force task force decided to attack the object on the dam, at least one bunker bomb was dropped. she broke through five floors of one of the towers of the dam, but did not explode. the dam withstood immediately after the air strike, representatives of the us army said they had nothing to do with it. however , after the new york times, get. information from one of the military, the central command acknowledged the fact of the strikes, but indicated that they were inflicted on those parts of the dam, the destruction of which did not threaten the destruction of the entire structure and the flooding of land downstream of the river, at the same time the new york times noted that the lives of people who could be at risk. in the event of the destruction of the dam, the geneva conventions of 1949 and additional protocols to them apply. professor. schmidt is convinced that the us war against the ghills is not

an international conflict, which means that the us is not required to adhere to an additional protocol from 77, which says that key civilian infrastructure cannot be bombed. enemy. the author of the article refers on internal army documents, according to which the commander has his own reasons for attacking the dam, for example, the refusal of its administration to provide electricity to the military. or providing support to enemies, and if there is an armed enemy on the dam , then it can generally be considered as a military facility, but there is another approach, which is outlined in another handbook by the commander of the navy marine corps and coast guard. it states that a dam and dams should not be bombed if the expected the damage to the civilian population will be disproportionate compared to the expected military effect. but in any case , it is up to the high-ranking military man to bomb or not? the asian

conference on security dialogue shangri-la ended in singapore. it has been running for over 20 years. under the auspices of the london-based international institute for strategic studies, the agenda is west-oriented, but the forum is very representative and serves as an indicator of the regional atmosphere. and that means, in many respects, the global one, because it moves to that part of the world into everyone's attention and influence from interesting touches. chinese defense minister. he didn’t want to meet personally with the american in official speeches, they exchanged affection that they don’t want war, but representatives of regional players from australia to singapore were ready to scare away, however, it’s not entirely clear whom to prevent ukraine from entering the pacific basin. but the united states japan australia created a new four with the philippines to collectively increase their

security from china in the south china sea, and the united states japan south korea will now jointly keep an eye on north korean missile assets, maybe for some other reason, in general, in full swing in the direction of further militarization. for the anniversary of the people 's republic of china, a festive round dance english-language chinese global times about how kamala harris muddies the waters let the storms come. in terms of stability in the south china sea. paris over from india competition for influence on fishing rods written us-china relations and a man screams. hey, don't forget about the chinese global times ties to sneer at the problems of the modern british navy,

which is forced to launch ships for spare parts caricature from radius free asia analogue of american radio liberty in europe china's impotent malice this is following the trip of the speaker of the us house of representatives nancy pilotse to taiwan demo. in the next decade, the pacific indian ocean region promises to play a world role, which in the last century fell to the lot of the atlantic - the zone of main strategic competition, and its most important component of the sea, let's talk about the absolutely wonderful guest admiral sergey iosifovich avvagens. apparently, a russian naval commander. he served in the pacific for many years. just sergeevich hello we are very glad to see you in our program. please tell me, uh, to summarize the steering wheel of the navy in the 21st century is anything different from the role in

the twentieth or nineteenth. well, on what of the 19th century in the 19th century, the fleet was the main tool for ensuring the normal functioning of, uh, oceanic and colonial empires. and then i could decide strategic tasks during the conduct of the war , it is enough to give an example of the napoleonic wars and even the crimean war. in the 20th century we first developed economic thoughts and oceanic areas of the coastal seas. uh, the adoption of aircraft carrier aviation by the advent of nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons, long -range cruise missiles, the navy, got the opportunity to influence the entire depth of the continental region of a potential enemy and solve strategic tasks at the end of the 20th century. centuries from the rafts were able to carry out

strategic operations in ocean areas. when the world's first naval battle took place, history does not know. however, it is known that in september 480 bc, in the solomen strait off the coast of greece , greek triremes and persian galleys clashed in a sea battle, according to various sources in that battle, the greek fleet numbered from 200 to 700 ships, and the persian over 1,000. it is only known that in the playwright's play. aeschylus says that under the blood of the persians the surface of the sea disappeared much later in october 1805 of the year. at the height of the napoleonic wars , the famous battle of trafalgar took place between the british and franco-spanish naval forces. napoleon planned to unite the entire french and allied fleets to take control of the english channel and then invade england but the encounter with the british royal

navy headquartered in trafalgar on the coast of spain ended for the french in a tragic tactic. admiral nelson with a smaller fleet secured the victory of the sinop battle with the turks admiral nakhimov in 1830 was the last major battle of sailing fleets, the turkish squadron was defeated within a few hours, and her commander in the english press was captured by the russians. these events received extremely negative reactions. they were called none other than the sinop massacre in the end. they became the reason for the entry of england and france into the war in our country , better known as the crimean war, in 1862 , during the civil war in the united states , the first ever battle between armored warships in battle unfolded. there is an armadillo on hampton roads riga. virginia from the south, clashed with wooden ships and the only armadillo. northerners called monitor. the battle lasted several

hours, but the battleships failed to inflict fatal damage on each other. back to the base for repairs, while the monitor continued the blockade in the summer of 1916. during the first world war, the british and german fleets clashed in battle. off the coast. denmark, the english fleet intercepted german radio communications. i learned the day the germans went to sea and deployed their ships 100 miles west of the jutland coast as a result of the battle, each side considered itself to have won the battle battleships were won by the british, but they lost more people, which allowed german propagandists to declare this their victory , nevertheless, the confrontation in jutland showed that germany was not able to break through the british naval blockade in the summer of 1942 , six months after the attack on peru harbor in the pacific ocean. the battle for the atoll unfolded. midday, the goal of the japanese was to destroy

american aircraft carriers and neutralize the us fleet but the americans. they read the japanese negotiations and prepared a trap. as a result of the battle , the japanese suffered a crushing defeat when all four of their aircraft carriers went, the americans lost only one, but deprived japan of the opportunity to effectively use the fleet. far from native shores. that is, you mentioned economic development twice - this is the main thing, it turns out interests. in what a great power cannot exist without such a thing as sea power. the word sea power means not only the navy as one of the components. this is sea power sea power something powerful merchant fleet fishing-, uh, fish the mining fleet is marine scientific vessels. these are search and rescue ships. these are large

economic regions in ocean e, in oceans in the ocean. in coastal seas. this is a powerful port infrastructure. these are overland routes connecting ports with deep continental regions. this powerful shipbuilding and ship repair industry , the creation of sea power is a state task. this is the state policy of no truly great power pursuing a sovereign independent policy. global politics cannot exist without the concept sea ​​power. that's about the great powers. i came across in an article in some american resource. there is just a sob of lamentation. china is ahead of us. we are lagging behind. well, it's clear there. here you give more money and a little cunning to believe, but nevertheless, who

are the leaders of naval power now? . and now at the moment the chinese navy in the pacific ocean is superior in general-purpose forces to the navy. the pacific fleet of the united states of america. well, besides, russia, england and france, as carriers of the naval component of strategic nuclear forces, certainly belong to the leading maritime powers. there is no single methodology for assessing the power of the navy, perhaps even constantly no one, except for military intelligence, is engaged in the very division of ships into classes and subclasses, conditionally someone adds up the tonnage and believes that more weapons can be placed on a large displacement, someone simply takes into account the number of ships, but the results of a naval battle are made up of many factors, not only material after the second

world war, the recognized leaders include the united states washington is in the lead by the number of aircraft carriers 11 pieces, and this the main strike force of the fleet. but after the end of the cold war , a lot has changed, for example, this year blonberg analysts sounded the alarm about the combat readiness of the us navy the last 5 years in the country have not supplemented the plans of military shipbuilding, and the us navy is experiencing an acute shortage. at the same time, according to the global fire power analytical center, today china is already leading in terms of the number of navies and not the united states in the service of the chinese navy there are more than 400 warships, including three aircraft carriers. the last fujian was developed from scratch and launched in last year in april, for the first time in history, china placed a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine on permanent combat duty.

missiles, and their range is more than 10,000 km, that is, beijing actually received a weapon capable of hitting targets deep in the territory of the united states. it is not surprising that, according to the data , the combat potential of the two countries at sea was practically comparable. as for russia, today its military naval forces represent four fleets, the baltic black sea northern and pacific, there is also the caspian flotilla ships that carry caliber missiles , nuclear submarines with nuclear weapons on board are an important element of deterrence, france and great britain also have similar submarines with nuclear weapons. their fleets were once considered the strongest in the world, but now the aircraft carriers are outdated, and new ships are an expensive pleasure. however, the victory in the last major battle involving fleets, the war for

the polplene islands. with all the difficulties , the british left behind a fairly strong fleet. japan and sweden also have a special naval construction engaged in, india also has its own rebuilt soviet aircraft carrier ship, but unexpectedly in the ranking of leaders in the number of ships according to global fire power was north korea, the personnel of the fleet. she has a small one. but by the number of submarines , it is included. in the top five in march, the media replicated footage of the launch of two strategic cruise missiles from the hero submarine on august 24, in response to the joint exercise of south korea and the united states, the missiles flew one and a half thousand kilometers and accurately hit the target in the sea of ​​​​japan. powerful navies now japan possesses modern powerful south korea we have enough

further, even such a small state as singapore has, well, within the framework of its, so to speak, its protective , within the limits of its protection of its interests, it has certain modern ones. here is the naval, but the fleet did not make the road very expensive, not everyone will even allow themselves a country, you know, uh, here, uh, you have to tell me the cost of the fleet, dear friends of the fleet. how much does sovereignty cost how much does an independent foreign policy cost? how much does it cost to protect global interests? if you are a great power, you should spend money on it. how are you flaky, you know it so to speak, there are a lot of events now and it’s clear that the strategic situation is changing towards, let’s say, invigorating, that is, everyone is starting to look at uh, consider scenarios, how would you evaluate it now and what are the development prospects, well, the situation tends

to aggravation, because in this area in this region there are several centers. it is precisely such contradictions that can lead to the emergence of, including local regional, and perhaps global military conflicts, this is the island zone and in area of ​​the east china sea, and in the area of ​​​​our smoked suffice it to say that in this region e. the three great powers have the most powerful military forces overall , including the most powerful grasps. in addition, the practice of creating military blocs has resumed. and even such a state is absolutely far from these contradictions. it would seem that they are on the periphery of these conflicts, as australia has now made a decision and is acquiring its nuclear fleet, which , among other things, will be able to conduct a nuclear weapon in perspective. e. here is the russian

military power, of course, adapts to the situation, and in your opinion. do we need any right now? the situation is changing every day. we need some serious or notable teams in our maritime strategy. you know, as i have already said, above it is necessary to build not a military fleet, it is necessary to create sea power for the state, this is not the task of one department. this is the navy's misfortune. or even the department of defense. this is a state task. it can be solved on a national scale by conducting purposeful long-term global policy to create this naval power , with regard specifically to the navy, i would like to note that a very strong team has now gathered that leads the navy, headed by the commander-in-chief admiral. these are quite strong people, strong, honest and talented people who very clearly understand the prospects for the development of the fleet in russia

. the russian navy must be balanced. and should ensure the military security of our country to become continue to be a critical element of nuclear deterrence. we are capable of projecting military force to the entire depth of the enemy’s territory, and , among other things, to ensure unconditional economic activity in all adjacent seas and ocean areas, especially in the ever-increasing area. e, means the normal functioning of the northern orskoy way. this is a task, including for the russian navy, and here we are to solve this problem. rather, it is a lot of work. this is a bunch of tasks, first of all, you need a quantity or quality improvement. no, no quantity. uh, quantity. we have experienced these periods.

these are such global theoretical mistakes, when, uh, they tried to solve strategic problems by accumulating quantity now, uh, we must proceed, first of all, look for quality from quality and asymmetric problem solving, that is, we should not chase what we found should exceed, let's say the fleet of the united states of america is not needed. our fleet should, in terms of its technical condition , the quality of weapons, the level of training the markup of theoretical thought should provide a solution to all of the above problems. and this is possible, that is, it is such as it is called reasonable enough reasonable enough reasonable sufficiency. okay then, probably the last question, but very , uh, a lot of people are interested. now we have the age of technological revolutions. they happen almost every month. sometimes. this turns out to be a bubble, sometimes there are really qualitative changes technologically, but can something happen in technologies that will radically change the fleets and their activities?

well, it's already happening. uh, i must say that the navy is the most technologically advanced technically the most advanced type of the armed forces. uh, the technical revolution is already in naval affairs, it is already happening with the advent of hypersonic weapons with increased range. uh, conventional weapons of precision weapons, better than this. in principle, this is already a revolution, a revolution that should lead to a radical revision of such fundamental views on the construction of the navy on its further development into components on development of certain components. it must be understood that the navy is not only warships. this is here for the auxiliary fleet. it is a hydrographic vessel, holding scientific research search rescue vessel. this is a marine unit. these are coastal missile

formations. and besides, this is naval aviation the most important components, which are including long-range missile-carrying aviation to dispel. that is, this fleet is such a very powerful interdepartmental organization, the most technologically advanced, the most advanced and undoubtedly. here the role should increase in the 21st century. the high command, as an organ that determines the path for the further development of this branch of the armed forces, the most important type of development of the moscow navy, should be given higher attention , priority attention along with such components as the strategic missile forces of aviation. and please tell me a question from the teapot, digressing from sympathy and antipathy, uh, the americans are a strong adversary at sea. well , of course, of course, strong, the enemy, in general, the anglo-saxons are traditionally excellent sailors. it's having rich combat,

especially the us pacific fleet, uh, there 's some of that too. here is the competition between the atlantic fleet and these ocean fleets because the pacific fleet fought like a fleet. solved their most important tasks at the time. these are excellent sailors and experienced high professionals. these are excellent sea pilots. oh, and besides, the strengths, uh, the strengths of the might of dachshunds is that they are already starting. since the e-e of the 18th century, people have been seriously consistently engaged in the development of the naval theory of the theory of building precisely sea power. while we periodically actually have the first theoretical strings on naval strategy began to appear only at the end of the 19th century in the 20th century. we were still developing very naval thought was developing very successfully, but in 1975 it was decided

to ban naval science. ussr successfully successful. that's why there are always downs and ups and downs. here we need to revive naval science, and we need to pay great attention to theoretical substantiation of the use of the navy in the 25th century, including providing a theoretical justification for the conduct of strategic operations. well, golden words about science. thank you for them, many special thanks, and admiral sergey oktyabrsky was our guest before we leave the water surface, dear, accessory, canals in holland once had military significance, but now our permanent author eduard shilin is mostly decorative long ago- long ago sent us a sketch from amsterdam and now its time has come. system

the canals of amsterdam are simply gigantic, these are 2,500 houses, which is under the protection of unesco in the middle of the 17th century, the seaport was located in the city center and as the traffic increased , new canals were dug today. one line, then the length will be more than 60 km, city residents like to joke that the depth of the canal is exactly 3 m. the first is mud, the second meter is old bicycles, and the third meter is joke water jokes, but the statistics do not lie every year from one channel they lift 12,000 bicycles from them alone. this, not to mention other large, dimensional items , is being cleaned by a specialized city company, but recently instead of metal and wood. there are more and more plastic bottles and bags. cleans canals from plastic

from garbage makes boats and office furniture in the form of company symbols skipper erikman meets a group of tourists from the uk and two locals near the west church and conducts instruction. sasha faviatus and her friend vincent made a special trip from harley to amsterdam to spend their sabbath day in the usual company of relatives and friends. use for the environment. and i'm in jail. i'm studying tourism business and we have to go through all kinds of training, my friend asked me all the time what is a plastic whale what are you going to do, what is it? and here we are . it is quite possible that he will study the same specialty as me when he enters the university to fight to save the world from of the world lit a new star in the media sky , greta tutberg, truancy in sackcloths, as an original way to draw attention to the problem of ecology. which way is the best. i think that, probably, the one we just went through is not to go on strike, but

to go to school to clean the canals. it helps the environment much more. and what do you think? i agree. it helps more when you start cleaning up after yourself. just have to work to act and his family came to amsterdam to celebrate the birthday of his wife and children decided to give their father a birthday present. an unusual gift, it was noticeable that he and his family did not have to be bored while walking along the canals. my name is pete i'm from the uk we came to amsterdam to celebrate my daughter's seventieth birthday knowing my interest in the environment decided to give me a gift and organized this trip especially i'm interested in the problem of collecting plastic so we decided to spend time not in museums but on the canal do something more useful. it is very interesting and unusual for 2.5 hours. passengers return to the starting point garbage. it is unloaded ashore and placed in

separate containers. bags with plastic bottles, special storage places will be delivered. spire thanks everyone and says goodbye to the group. we clean channels from everything. what fits in our nets, but plastic is very important to us? why is it that any beer tin will disappear within 50 years plastic will not disappear, never forever the birds that live on the canal die from eating plastic. this is a very big problem. for us, only 2 hours is ours trips through the canals and forced to collect more than six garbage bags of plastic to date, 19 boats help keep the water clean, but according to the company on the internet, which is responsible for the condition of the canal. almost four tons of rubbish are lifted from the bottom every day eduard amsterdam the netherlands especially for international viewing. after advertising again about asia and another important keep of india don't leave.