France will not maintain a military presence in Mali if mercenaries from the Wagner PMCs appear there - Foreign Minister
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has threatened that Paris will withdraw the military from Mali if mercenaries from the private military company Wagner start working in this African country.
The characteristics of the new German and Norwegian submarines are revealed
The German promising diesel-electric submarines of the Type-212CD class will differ significantly from the submarines of the Type-212A class currently in service. The details of the project were shared in the developer company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems.
The United States is ready to approve the delivery of the third Hamilton-class patrol boat to Vietnam
As US Vice President Kamala Harris stated during a recent visit to Hanoi, the Biden administration approved the request of the Vietnamese Coast Guard for the transfer of the third Hamilton-class patrol boat.
"Dmitrov" assessed the situation at the bottom of the Baltic Sea
A Russian diesel-electric submarine has made a deep-sea dive.
As part of the shipboard exercises, the crew of the Dmitrov worked out tasks at various depths, Captain Roman Martov, head of the information support department of the press service of the Western Military District for the Baltic Fleet, told the Military-Industrial Courier.
The Northern Fleet announced the beginning of the return of troops after major maneuvers in the Arctic
On Wednesday, the Russian Northern Fleet began returning troops from maneuvers in the Arctic zone, which involved about 8 thousand military personnel, about 50 ships, 120 aircraft and helicopters.
The shooting of the cruiser "Marshal Ustinov" with cruise missiles was filmed on video
The cruisers of the Northern Fleet "Peter the Great" and "Marshal Ustinov" fired cruise missiles at a target position in the Barents Sea, depicting a detachment of landing ships of a conditional enemy. The press service of the fleet published a video of the launch of the Vulkan missile defense system from the Marshal Ustinov.
Missile cruisers of the Northern Fleet have worked out the destruction of the landing in the Barents Sea
The heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser (TARKR) "Peter the Great" and the missile cruiser (RKR) "Marshal Ustinov" worked out the destruction of an amphibious detachment of a conditional enemy during exercises in the Barents Sea, the press service of the Northern Fleet (SF) reported on Wednesday.
ARCAS sight will turn an assault rifle into an information combat center
Gone are the days when the electronic filling of an assault rifle or submachine gun was limited to a pair of sights (optical and night vision) that allow a soldier to make an accurate shot.
A new generation of explosive generators has been created in Russia
Specialists of the 12th Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense have created fundamentally new explosive schemes for creating an external pulse effect on various structures.
The Czech government has approved the purchase of 155-mm self-propelled howitzers CAESAR
On September 13, the Czech government approved the purchase of 52 units of 155-mm CAESAR self-propelled howitzers from the French company Nexter Systems, placed on the Tatra chassis.
"Caesar" will displace "Dana"
The Czech army will be armed with new self-propelled guns. September 14, portal defbrief.com It was reported that the Czech government officially approved the purchase of Caesar self-propelled howitzers from the French company Nexter.
The Europeans agreed to create an unmanned "tank"
Milrem Robotics and Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace will create a robotic machine that can meet many requirements. Earlier, it became known about the test of a demonstrator of a tracked drone.
A new version of the Humvee SUV is presented
The American company AM General has introduced a new version of the Humvee army SUV. The upgraded Humvee NXT 360 tactical vehicle was presented at the DSEI-2021 defense exhibition in London. This is reported by the Army Recognition portal.
Decommissioned T-80UD and BTR-70 tanks became targets at the Zapad-2021 exercises
The latest samples of Russian military equipment were tested for the first time at the joint strategic exercise "West-2021". For example, the conditional enemy was smashed by infantry fighting vehicles B-19-modernized BMP-3 with an uninhabited rocket-gun module "Epoch". Previously, they were not officially demonstrated.
In Russia, they noticed a BMP-3 with new weapons
During the exercise" West-2021 " in Russia, a new B-19 combat vehicle was noticed. The design is a combat module "Epoch" on the chassis of an infantry fighting vehicle BMP-3. The car received the main gun of 57 mm caliber. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
"Wheeled tank" based on the Belarusian V2 "Volat". And why not
The Belarusian V2 Volat armored personnel carrier created in Minsk can become a platform for creating a variety of combat and auxiliary equipment. Including self-propelled artillery installations or fire support vehicles, or as they are also called "wheeled tanks".
More than 400 cadets have mastered underwater driving of armored vehicles at the training ground in Transbaikalia
More than 400 cadets of the district training center for the training of junior specialists of motorized rifle and tank troops of the Eastern Military District (VVO) have mastered underwater driving of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) at the Peschanka training ground in the Trans-Baikal Territory, the press service of the district reports.
US intelligence: China is building up its nuclear forces according to the Russian model (The Washington Times, USA)
US intelligence chiefs are discussing efforts to rearm their agencies to counter China. They believe that the Russian nuclear triad is convincing and effective, so the Chinese are largely guided by it and would like to have the same one.
The US condemned the DPRK's missile launches
The United States condemns the new missile launches of the DPRK. Washington calls on Pyongyang to engage in dialogue. This was announced on September 15 by a representative of the State Department of the United States.
Kim Jong-un's sister called the missile launches a defensive activity
The DPRK is not engaged in provocations, testing missiles, but fulfills the key tasks of the defense plan. This was stated by the sister of the North Korean leader Kim Yo Jung, the KCNA news agency reported on September 15.