According to information published on the India Today website, the Indian Defense Ministry may order a new batch of 200 units of 155-mm tracked self-propelled howitzers K-9 Vajra, the cost of which is estimated at $ 1.5 billion.

The first prototype of the updated C1 Ariete tank went to the test. February 2, portal italiandefencetechnologies.com He reported that running tests under the AMV (Aggiornamento di Mezza Vita) program have begun at the CEPOLISPE test site near Rome.

Light ISV SUVs from GM Defense are ineffective in combat. They cannot be fired on the move, design features do not allow. The vehicles designed for American paratroopers and commandos turned out to be weak and vulnerable.

The Pentagon recognized the low efficiency of promising ISV machines

The American Army Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) SUVs were recognized as ineffective in combat. The shortcomings of the new machines were named in the report of the Department of operational testing and evaluation DOT & E (Director of Operational Test and Evaluation) of the US Department of Defense, which was published on Thursday. This is reported by Breaking Defense.

During the exercises of the Israel Defense Forces, one of the Merkava Mk tanks that took part in them.4M is stuck in a mud trap almost up to the very tower. A video of this incident was posted on social networks last Wednesday.

The Kalashnikov Concern has announced the supply of weapons to another country. The TASS news agency reported that the machines were manufactured in an accelerated mode for a customer from the Asia-Pacific region (APR).

Technodinamika Holding (part of Rostec) has created a new portable means of protection against aggressive animals Pyrodefende. The device is not a weapon, no license or storage permit is required for its purchase, the state corporation reported.

Draft Government Decree "On the introduction of mobile automated workplaces in State bodies, State and Municipal Institutions, functioning on the basis of the domestic mobile operating system "Aurora" published for public comment on Wednesday.

It is planned to conclude a new long-term contract to obtain the required number of products, a source in the military-industrial complex said

The volume of production of promising electric torpedoes UET-1 (cipher "Ichthyosaurus") will increase from 2023. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The crew of the new Project 22350 frigate Admiral Golovko is being trained at the Joint Naval Training Center in St. Petersburg.

19FortyFive: Russia is unable to build a nuclear aircraft carrier due to lack of capital

The USSR and, subsequently, Russia are unable to build a nuclear aircraft carrier due to a shortage of human and financial capital, explains Brent Eastwood, a columnist for the American publication 19FortyFive.

Georgy Muradov noted that the Russian Navy has been constantly present in Crimea since about the appearance of the United States

The Russian fleet has been present in Crimea since about the time of the appearance of the United States of America, and the proposal to withdraw it can be compared with the cancellation of the creation of this country, Deputy Prime Minister and Permanent Representative of the republic to the President of the Russian Federation Georgy Muradov told TASS.

Fincantieri has announced the transfer to the command of the Qatar Navy of the head patrol ship of the coastal zone OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel), (Q-61) (P 61) "Musherib" (Musherib).

The Ministry of Defense of India announced the sea trials of the fifth (out of six ordered by the Indian Navy) non-nuclear submarine of the Scorpen class (Kalvari), which began on February 1.

The development of industry, science and the education system are the key to the defense capability of the member countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said.

The troops of the Eastern Military District and the Armed Forces of Belarus have begun combat coordination at Belarusian training grounds as part of the first stage of testing the reaction forces of the Union State. This was announced on Wednesday, February 2, by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The Kazakh authorities plan to open a permanent representative office of the republic to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Moscow.

The military worked out the destruction of tanks in training in the Smolensk region, the press service of the Western Military District reported.

19FortyFive: the Russian army has changed a lot

In the publication of the American edition of 19FortyFive, columnist Sebastian Roblin tried to dispel four myths about the Russian army.

Russian tactical nuclear weapons pose a serious threat. This is the conclusion reached by 19FortyFive experts James Ragland and Adam Lowther.