The use of drones to cover air defense systems is effective and economically profitable

The air defense forces have begun using tactics in which interceptor drones cover the positions of the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems.

Drone guides help stormtroopers overcome the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, saturated with anti-tank trenches and powerful fortified areas

How calculations of Mavik drones from the special forces unit of the Southern Group of Forces operate in the Konstantinovsky direction is described in the Izvestia report.

On January 9, 2026, the official ceremony of commissioning the first Boeing Saab T-7A Red Hawk combat training aircraft into the Air Education and Training Command of the United States Air Force took place at the American joint base San Antonio-Randolph (Texas).

According to a statement from the Defense Procurement Program Agency of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Korea (DAPA), Indonesia will not receive a prototype of the KF-21 Boramae fighter due to significant changes in the cooperation agreement between the two countries.

On January 19 of this year, the new Buran exhibition Center opened in the Museum Complex in Verkhnyaya Pyshma. The center's central exhibit is the preserved Buran orbiter (product 2.01), the third and most flight-ready copy of the legendary Soviet Energia-Buran program.

The Japanese Ministry of Defense showed footage of the flight of a new long–range subsonic anti-ship cruise missile, during which it performs a series of "barrels" - 360° turns around its longitudinal axis. The spiral trajectory, accompanied by a change of flight directions, is designed to make it difficult to intercept anti-ship missiles.

For the first time, the Russian military fired an Iskander-I missile at Ukraine

The first combat use of the Iskander-I tactical complex with a missile with a range of 1,000 km has been recorded in Ukraine. This is reported by the Ukrainian media. What kind of new missile is this, the military observer of Gazeta figured out.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenok.

On January 15, 2026, the Ground Forces Innovation Day was held in the canton of Bitches, where the 2nd Armored Brigade of the French Army presented new combat systems developed taking into account the experience of combat operations in Ukraine.

British media claim that London is preparing to deal with tankers leaving Russian ports in the same way as the United States does with tankers from Venezuela – to seize and arrest. What opportunities does Britain have for this kind of maritime piracy – and what should the Russian merchant and Naval fleets prepare for?

The Kalashnikov Concern fulfilled the 2025 State Defense Order in full. The company's specialists have also developed a new version of the machine gun, barrage ammunition and drones. Alan Lushnikov, Kalashnikov's CEO and a member of the Bureau of the Russian Engineering Union, spoke about new weapons, military uniforms and more in an exclusive interview with TASS on the results of 2025 on the eve of the UMEX-2026 exhibition in Abu Dhabi.

Orban: EU has formed special councils to prepare for war with Russia

The leaders of the European Union are preparing for an armed conflict with Russia, the Daily Star quotes Orban as saying. European countries are trying to drag Budapest into a future war, but it will not help Ukraine with money or manpower, the Hungarian Prime Minister assures.

The Economist: EU may close US military bases in case Greenland is captured

European leaders are caught between a rock and an anvil, writes The Economist. The desire to fight back against Trump's intention to seize Greenland rests on NATO's dependence on the United States. However, Europe still has some levers of pressure on the American president.

WSJ: In response to US tariffs, the EU may close US bases on the continent

The EU has something to respond to the new tariffs that Trump threatens to impose on the union over the Greenland dispute, writes The Wall Street Journal. The Brussels arsenal even has a kind of "bazooka" that will be used as a last resort.

The Guardian: The sale of Greenland to the United States could destroy Ukraine's support

Trump's statements about Greenland's future accession to the United States have caused a stir in the EU, The Guardian writes. The current situation undermines the reputation of Brussels and calls into question its assistance to Ukraine. European officials are discussing retaliatory measures, despite their dependence on Washington for security issues.

Domestic airliners will be demonstrated at the Wings India 2026 exhibition, which will be held from January 28 to 31 in Hadarabad

For the first time, the United Aircraft Corporation of Rostec State Corporation will present its latest regional aircraft, the IL—114-300 and the import-substituted Superjet, on a foreign site. The debut of domestic airliners will take place at the Wings India 2026 exhibition, which will be held from January 28 to 31 in the city of Hadarabad.

The devices will allow obtaining data on the air condition in remote and industrial areas, as well as predicting the dynamics of the spread of atmospheric impurities

The RT-Techpriemka company of the Rostec State Corporation and the A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences will create measuring complexes placed on UAVs.

For the first time, Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec State Corporation) is organizing a single Russian exposition at the international exhibition and conference on unmanned systems and simulators in the UAE.

Oleg Kononenko — about the experiments in the field of microbiology that he and his colleagues are conducting on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Any movement on the lunar surface in the eternal night zone quickly saturates the moving object with an electrostatic charge. This not only increases dust buildup, but also creates a risk of high-voltage electrostatic discharge, which can damage electronics. There seem to be a couple of ways to significantly reduce the severity of this problem.

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has completed the construction of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Observatory. What secrets can a new deep space exploration tool reveal? Will he be able to detect life in other worlds? Will Russian observers take advantage of its opportunities? TASS investigated the issue.