The power of Russian heavy flame-retardant systems so impressed retired American officer Brent Eastwood that in his article for 19FortyFive he advised human rights organizations to consider the use of thermobaric weapons and develop some rules for its use, and maybe even ban such systems altogether.

According to information published on December 2 on the Defesa Aera and Naval website, the 29th group of self-propelled artillery of the Brazilian Armed Forces received the second batch of 155-mm tracked self-propelled howitzers M-109A5, which were repaired and restored, obtained from among the surplus weapons of the US Armed Forces.

In the USA, the advantages of the Shpagin submachine gun were called.

Portal 19fortyfive.com He explained why the Soviet PPSH-41 submachine gun was the most massive weapon of the Second World War.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has proposed to change the legislation on weapons in some articles. This was reported on December 8 by RIA Novosti with reference to the department's letter to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The All-Russian Research and Testing Institute of Medical Equipment of Roszdravnadzor (VNIIIMT) became a part of the Medical Equipment consortium, the press service of the Shvabe Holding, which was the founder of this consortium, reports.

The market volume of industrial solutions based on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies will show high growth rates, on average by 35% annually. By 2026, the segment volume will reach $102.2 billion. Writes about it writes cdo2day.ru with a link to the IoT Analytics report.

Chinese scientists from the Naval Engineering University in Wuhan said they have created a gun-sized Gauss cannon. This is reported by the South China Morning Post.

Specialists from the Naval Engineering Institute in Wuhan have created an electromagnetic cannon the size of a pistol. They told the South China Morning Post about this.

FAR EAST - The corvette "Sharp", built specifically for the Pacific Fleet, began to undergo mooring tests in Vladivostok at the delivery base of the Amur Shipbuilding Plant, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reports.

The crew settled on the multipurpose patrol ship of the near sea zone of project 20380 "Sharp". He is fully formed and trained.

The United Shipbuilding Corporation will make a technical project of the promising nuclear destroyer Leader, the head of USC Alexey Rakhmanov told Interfax on Wednesday.

In the Black Sea, the crew of the newest patrol ship (PC) of the Black Sea Fleet "Sergey Kotov" performed the first artillery firing.

The crew of the ship "Sergey Kotov" carried out test firing from the AK-176 artillery installation, large-caliber ship machine guns and DP-65 anti-sabotage grenade launchers

The crew of the new patrol ship of the Black Sea Fleet "Sergey Kotov" conducted the first artillery firing in the Black Sea, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet said on Wednesday.

The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) is ready to start equipping Russian warships with hypersonic Zircon missiles after receiving a command from the military, Vladimir Korolev, Deputy Director General for Military Shipbuilding and Special Programs of USC JSC, told Interfax on Wednesday.

The large amphibious assault ship (BDK) of the Russian Navy "Caesar Kunikov" on Wednesday, having passed the Bosphorus, entered the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. This was reported by observers in Istanbul, who published a photo of the ship passing through the strait on December 8.

According to a TASS source, after the repair and modernization of the Project 971 submarines, their arsenal of weapons on board will remain the same - 40 missiles and torpedoes, but it will be expanded at the expense of Kalibr-PL cruise missiles.

The Spanish company Navantia announced the launching ceremony of the fifth corvette of the Avante-2200 project, intended for the Saudi Arabian Navy, on December 4 at the San Fernando (Cadiz) enterprise.

The Iranian military-industrial complex is one of the most closed in the world. At the same time, a number of events have occurred in recent months that significantly complicate its development and the expansion of the capabilities of the Iranian army.

In Western reports, the indicators of Russian arms exports are falling, while China's indicators are rising, said Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies

The volumes of arms exports of Russia and China in the reports of Western analytical agencies, such as the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), are distorted not intentionally, but because of the increasing secrecy in both countries. This opinion was expressed by TASS Director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies Ruslan Pukhov.

More than 220 Su-30MKI fighters, about 900 T-90S and 1,500 T-72M1 tanks have been produced under license in India, Alexander Mikheev, Director General of Rosoboronexport, told reporters in India on Tuesday.