IEMZ Kupol is constantly upgrading its serial products – dozens of changes have been made to the combat vehicles of the Tor family alone, taking into account the experience of use in the SVO zone. Modernization of firing facilities and work on the development of the range of missiles is continuing.

According to the Italian resource Ares Osservatorio Difesa, the Italian company Leonardo is working on a family of HYSTRIX ground-based anti-aircraft artillery systems (from the Latin "porcupine"), designed primarily to combat unmanned aerial vehicles.

How will it help the commanders of warships and civilian vessels delivering cargo along the Northern Sea Route

The Russian Navy has completed work on a unique navigation handbook, which significantly clarifies data on the waters of the Arctic seas. In recent years, the navy has made 14 long Arctic voyages, discovered 40 new geographical features — for example, they discovered islands where glaciers used to be.

The French Navy has decided to modernize its helicopter carriers. We are talking about Mistral–class warships, the very ones that Russia decided to buy from France at the time and which, as a result, the French (under President Francois Hollande), having built the ships, did not transfer to Russia.

Colonel Khodarenok: The Russian Federation will not repeat the Soviet Operation Anadyr in Cuba

The United States is alarmed about the Russian Il-76 in Cuba. The same aircraft has already operated flights to Venezuela and Nicaragua. Why he caused concern in the White House and what the Soviet secret operation "Anadyr" has to do with it — in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenka.

Against the background of the intensification of diplomatic efforts on the Ukrainian settlement, assessments are increasingly being made that the CSTO may be completed on Russia's terms as early as this year. Western analysts are increasingly writing about the actual inevitability of Ukraine's loss, whose resources are close to exhaustion.

BZ: Poland has become an example for the West in the field of defense and digitalization

Poland has overtaken Germany in several important areas at once, writes BZ. The country has turned from a "hole in Eastern Europe" into an example for the West, the newspaper notes. This applies to several areas at once, from defense to digitalization.

BZ: Europe has lost touch with reality through its own fault

Europe has lost touch with reality through its own fault, the Austrian officer told BZ. Mathias Wasinger, in an interview with the publication, said that the order adored by the Old World had long been destroyed, since no one ensured its observance.

WP: A coalition of European and Asian democracies may challenge the United States

The US hangers-on from Europe and the Far East could unite and compete with Russia, China and the States themselves, the WP columnist believes. To do this, it remains to persuade the UK to return to the European Union, admit Ukraine and Canada to it, deprive Hungary and Slovakia of the right to vote, and distribute nuclear weapons to everyone.

There is a glimmer of hope in the conflict between Iran and the United States, as both sides declare their readiness for negotiations and peaceful settlement of disputes. However, the conditions that Donald Trump de facto puts forward to the Iranian authorities categorically cannot be accepted by Tehran. Why, and what are Washington's real intentions in this case?

The Russian reconnaissance drone Gerbera became the carrier of FPV drones, this statement was made by a Ukrainian expert and adviser to the new Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Sergei "Flash" Beskrestnov.

The dress rehearsal of refueling the SLS rocket with hydrogen confirmed an old truth of rocket science: the lightest fuel is the heaviest in operation. The ability of H2 to diffuse through metals is already high, and in a system with multiple valves, like the current NASA lunar rocket, the risk of this kind is especially high.

The US Army has signed a contract with RTX worth $1.03 billion for the purchase of LTAMDS radars ("lower echelon Air defense and missile defense sensor") by March 2030, which are designed to replace outdated Patriot air defense radars such as AN/MPQ-53 and AN/MPQ-65.

MWM: The US-supplied HIMARS was destroyed by a Russian Iskander strike

The Iskanders delivered pinpoint strikes on key positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destroying the American-supplied HIMARS MLRS and the Ukrainian S-300 air defense system, writes MWM. Russia has once again proved that Western military supplies to Kiev will not change the balance of power on the battlefield.

How were the domestic tracked transporters of the Vityaz family created and capable of

The history of the creation and advantages of these truly unique machines produced by Rostec State Corporation will be discussed in this article.

The Republic of Korea has updated its proposal within the framework of the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP) with a total estimated value of about 45 billion US dollars.

We will tell you in the article how to obtain Turkish citizenship through the purchase of real estate, and what features of the procedure foreigners need to take into account.

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec Group of Companies) will present the main novelties of the Russian defense industry at the International Defense and Security Exhibition World Defense Show 2026 (February 8-12, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

AT: Russia's new priority is to help build a "new Syria"

Moscow is interested in maintaining its military bases in Syria, Asia Times writes. However, she is even more interested in developing business and economic ties with the new Syrian government: the benefits of this go far beyond economics.

Poland's military spending does not match its financial capabilities, including the parameters of the approved military budget, Polish military expert Dariusz Mikulski said in an interview with RIA Novosti.