The Latvian Armed Forces will receive a self-propelled pontoon fleet based on the M3 amphibious vehicle
According to information published on October 6 by General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS), the Latvian Armed Forces will receive a self-propelled pontoon fleet based on the M3 amphibious vehicle.
The secret of longevity: how Indonesia prolongs the life of PT-76 tanks
The armored long-lived PT-76 continues its service in the land forces and Marines of Indonesia. The first batch of Soviet light tanks was delivered to the armed forces of the state in 1962. According to various sources, less than a hundred such machines have been received in total.
An upgraded M-84 tank was shown in Serbia
The upgraded M-84 tank was shown at the Partner-2021 exhibition in Belgrade (Serbia). The M-84AC2 received an upgraded fire control system (FMS), new surveillance devices and dynamic protection. This is reported by Army Recognition.
Motorized shootings on pickups demonstrated new ways of conducting combat at exercises near Samara
More than 1.2 thousand servicemen took part in the exercises
Units of the 2nd combined Arms Army on Patriot pickups showed new ways of conducting combat at exercises at the Roshchinsky training ground near Samara, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Thursday.
The brutal Ural-66 will become a worthy heir to the famous Shishiga
One of the most notable premieres of the military automotive industry at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" held last summer was the first demonstration of the two-axle Ural-66.
The Federation Council reacted to US statements about Russian missiles in Europe
The US statement about Russia's alleged deployment of missiles in Europe is unfounded. This was announced on October 14 by the Vice-speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev.
The expert called the US demand to remove Iskanders from Europe ridiculous
The demand of the special representative of the US president to remove Russian missiles from Europe, which are allegedly placed there, is not justified by anything, said Konstantin Sivkov, a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences. He stated this in an interview with NSN.
Spending on the Russian nuclear weapons complex will grow by 14% by 2024 relative to 2022 - Head of the Duma Defense Committee
This, according to him, will allow the creation of new types of weapons
The draft federal budget for the "three-year period" provides for a significant increase in financing of the Russian nuclear complex, which will allow to continue the purchase of weapons and conduct scientific development of new types of weapons, said the head of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrey Kartapolov.
Defense Express (Ukraine): The Tochka-U shopping mall has again worked out strikes near the Crimea
In Ukraine, they continue to rattle weapons, clearly not realizing that the militaristic threats against Russia only once again demonstrate Kiev's refusal to implement the Minsk agreements. Conducting maneuvers involving missile systems on the border with Crimea looks like an obvious threat to security on the European continent.
In Russia, they told about the superiority over the hypersonic weapons of the United States
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the superiority of Russian developments over hypersonic weapons of the United States. He stated this during a speech at the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week forum, Interfax reports.
The United States is going to launch another high-precision tactical missile PrSM
The US Army is preparing to conduct another test of a promising high-precision operational-tactical missile PrSM (Precision Strike Missile) in the coming days, it follows from the data of the developer Lockheed Martin.
GBU-72: "prick" bunkers in a new way
The Americans are preparing to get their enemies out of the ground. On October 13, the press service of the US Air Force reported that the GBU-72 Advanced 5K Penetrator bomb passed the first test by air drop.
The Polish Armed Forces will receive the first Patriot air defense systems by the end of 2022
According to the head of the Polish military department Mariusz Blaszczak at a meeting with Polish servicemen undergoing training in the United States, the delivery of the ordered Patriot air defense systems to the country's armed Forces will be implemented as planned - by the end of next year.
The Russian-Serbian air defense group "repelled" an air raid on the Slavic Shield exercise
The air defense forces of Russia and Serbia conducted a training to repel an enemy air raid during a joint exercise, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Russian Pantsir complexes provided air defense of Belgrade during an exercise in Serbia
The Russian military put the Pantsir-S air defense systems on duty near Belgrade, which were transferred by planes to Serbia for joint exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
Calculations of the Buk-M3 air defense system were shot at the Kapustin Yar training ground
Calculations of the latest Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile systems conducted firing at the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan region. They successfully hit ten targets.
S-500 covered the sky of Moscow
Moscow and the Central Industrial Region of Russia are now covered by the latest anti-aircraft missile system (SAM). On October 13, the TASS news agency reported that the first brigade set of the S-500 Prometheus air defense system entered service with the 15th Special Forces Army of the Russian Federation.
Rogozin announced the completion of the assembly of the apparatus for the Luna-25 mission
Roscosmos is working on determining a new date for the launch
The spacecraft for the Luna-25 mission has been assembled and is being prepared for launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region. Roscosmos is working on determining a new date, which has been postponed from May to July, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin told reporters on Thursday.
Physicists have calculated the flow of lunar neutrinos
Thanks to this, it will be possible to learn more data about cosmic processes and the surface of the Moon
Russian physicists have studied the spectra of lunar neutrinos - ultralight fundamental particles that arise due to the interaction of cosmic rays with the surface of the Moon. Thanks to this, new methods of studying this satellite may appear. The results of the work were published by the scientific journal Physical Review D, the press service of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) briefly writes about it.
Russia has delivered OneWeb satellites into orbit
OneWeb satellites launched from the territory of Russia were put into orbit. 36 vehicles were delivered by the Soyuz-2.1b rocket. This is reported by the Telegram channel Zvezdanews with reference to the state corporation "Roscosmos".