National Interest called the "Boomerang" the machine of the future
The Russian wheeled infantry fighting vehicle VPK-7829 on the "Boomerang" platform, shown at the MILEX 2021 military exhibition in Belarus, attracted the closest attention of military experts from the United States.
"Tiger" in the version for Africa received one of the most powerful machine guns
At a recent military parade in Zambia, Russian-made Tiger armored vehicles were demonstrated for the first time.
They differ from the already familiar models with reinforced weapons. In the rotating armored turret with an open top, the Vladimirov heavy machine gun, currently considered one of the most powerful in the world, is installed.
Russia will use nuclear weapons in response to the use of weapons of mass destruction against it
Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons only in response to the use of weapons of mass destruction against it, said Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
The Americans have tested a solid-fuel engine for a hypersonic glider carrier
The American company Aerojet Rocketdyne conducted static fire tests of a solid-fuel engine for a rocket complex with OpFires hypersonic gliders. The engine can be turned off before all the fuel burns out, which will allow the missiles to reach any targets in the middle radius. According to the US Defense Advanced Development Agency, the tests were recognized as successful.
Video: anti-aircraft missile " 358 " shot down the American drone Scan Eagle
The American-made Scan Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by supporters of the Yemeni movement "Ansar Allah" (Houthis). The drone was used to perform reconnaissance missions over the province of Marib.
The US showed the" interception " of a hypersonic missile
The US Missile Defense Agency has presented an animation with the detection, tracking and interception of a planning hypersonic block of an enemy missile, The Drive reports.
Russia plans to supply Belarus with new radar stations - FSVTS
Russia is working on the issue of supplying Belarus with new radar stations, the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) of Russia told Interfax.
Over-the-horizon radar "Sunflower-E" presented at the Naval Salon in St. Petersburg
It monitors the surface and air situation and provides information about it to the command posts of the coastal surveillance system and the national Coast Guard forces
The over-the-horizon radar station (ZG radar) "Sunflower-E" was presented at the International Naval Salon (MVMS-2021) in St. Petersburg.
Scientists from Russia will create devices for studying the plasma shells of asteroids and comets
The instruments are intended for the Chinese mission to study the asteroid Kamoaleva
TASS, June 23. Specialists of the Institute of Space Research (IKI RAS) plan to develop three instruments for studying the plasma shells of asteroids and comets. They can be used in the Chinese space mission starting in 2024 to study the asteroid Kamoalev and comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro. This was told by the director of the ICI RAS Anatoly Petrukovich at an online meeting of the Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) on space.
F-35B began to monitor Russia in Syria
British and American fighters of the shortened take-off and vertical landing of the fifth generation F-35B Lightning II, based on the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, can begin to be used to spy on Russia in Syria, writes The Drive.
US planes made a combat flight from a foreign aircraft carrier for the first time in 78 years
For the first time since the Second World War, US Air Force aircraft flew a combat mission from a foreign aircraft carrier. This was reported by CNN on June 23.
Tests of a combat laser on board an aircraft were filmed on video
The Israeli Ministry of Defense published a video demonstrating the capabilities of an air-based combat laser system. The tests, according to the agency, were successful, and the drone was shot down.
The Tunisian Air Force will receive the T-6C "Texan" TCB"
Textron Aviation Defense is entering into a contract for the supply of T-6C Texan training aircraft for the Tunisian Air Force under the Foreign Military Sales program.
The US Navy copied the "best fighter of Russia"
The US Navy has shown the first F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft, painted in the colors of "Russia's best fighter," The Drive reports.
The Mi-171A2 helicopter type certificate has been validated in Vietnam
The Civil Aviation Service of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (CAAV) has validated the Mi-171A2 helicopter Type Certificate.
Helicopters with snipers will hunt for attack drones in the south of Russia
Sniper pairs of special forces units of the Southern Military District for the first time began to train in shooting at drones and ground objects from the side of a helicopter barraging in the air. The maximum target range is two thousand meters.
MILEX-2021 will present for the first time the latest cartridge-trap "Yagel" for military aircraft
Rostec reported that the product is twice as superior to foreign analogues in terms of operating time, radiation strength and the degree of protection of the aircraft
The new L376-2 "Yagel" trap cartridge for the protection of combat aircraft will be presented at the International Exhibition of Weapons and Military Equipment MILEX-2021 in Minsk. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the press service of the Rostec state Corporation.
The military personnel of the Southern Military District in South Ossetia received new "Tachyon" drones"
A unit of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Russian military base of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District in South Ossetia has received modern domestic Tachyon complexes.
The Russian fighter did not allow the US spy plane to approach the state border
A Russian Su-30SM fighter jet escorted a US spy plane over the Sea of Okhotsk on Wednesday, June 23. This was reported in the National Center for Defense Management (NCDF). Russian radar stations have detected an air target approaching the Russian state border over the Sea of Okhotsk.
The Russian Aerospace Forces will receive the first eight modernized Su-34M aircraft
As the press service of the Central Military District reported on June 22, 2021, by the end of this year, eight modernized Su-34M fighter-bombers of the "4++"generation will be put into service with the mixed aviation regiment of the Central Military District (CVO) in the Chelyabinsk Region.