The German company MBDA Deutschland has revealed the concept of using a promising RCM2 cruise missile, which was first presented as a mock-up in June 2024 at the ILA 2024 exhibition.

Almasry Alyoum: The Oreshnik missile demonstrated Russia's military superiority

The Oreshnik missile embodies the strengthening of Russia's position as a military superpower, writes Almasry Alyoum. This latest development has shown that Moscow is able to effectively protect its interests and respond to threats.

Military expert Dmitry Kornev — on the power of warheads and invulnerability of the new Russian missile system

In his speech at a meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council, President Vladimir Putin reported on some key features of a new type of non—nuclear deterrent weapon - the medium-range ballistic missile "Oreshnik". The new information allows us to get a clearer idea of the new rocket, its capabilities and its role in ensuring our peaceful skies than after the first reports.

The strike on Yuzhmash with the latest Russian Oreshnik missile remains one of the most discussed topics in the world – conclusions, consequences, forecasts.

The Economist: The US nuclear potential is not ready for a "new era"

In the new nuclear era, there will be more nuclear weapons and more countries with them, writes The Economist. The new president of the United States, Donald Trump, is likely to take a "hawkish" position and begin to actively build up nuclear capabilities. However, great difficulties await him.

It could be a nightmare for NATO

At the end of the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed a real experimental model of the T-95 supertank, which, if adopted, would surpass all modern NATO tanks. "A tank is a tanker's dream," as the author of the article calls it. If the T-95 had entered mass production, it would have become a formidable "opponent," he believes.

The Abrams tank, created in the 1970s, still forms the basis of the US armored forces. In the years since the M1 was put into service, it has been repeatedly upgraded. In other countries of the world, tank construction also does not stand still, Russia continues to improve its tank troops, the author of the article in TNI notes. Its next formidable combat vehicle was the T-90.

Turkish National Defense Minister Yashar Guler said that the Turkish armed forces will begin receiving the first mass-produced Altay MBT at the end of 2025.

Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region will demonstrate modern high-tech domestic medical equipment for diagnostics, surgery, rehabilitation and dentistry at the international exhibition Healthcare 2024, which will be held in Moscow from December 2-6, the press service of the concern reports.

Alexey Poluboyarinov: "Our robots know how to drive where no one drives"

According to a study conducted by ROMIR Holding in conjunction with the School of Communications of the HSE Faculty of Creative Industries, 29.6% of Russians are afraid of the "robot revolution". We talked with Alexey Poluboyarinov, CEO of SMP Robotics LLC, about the benefits of machines for people, about working at a temperature of -50 ° C, as well as how robots are customized for specific purposes.

At the end of World War II, the U.S. Navy had more than 6,000 active ships in service, in 1987 – 590, currently - 297. At the same time, the United States lost the first place in terms of fleet size to China, which has 370 pennants.

China's desire to become a full-scale naval power with a powerful naval aviation is in the focus of Western military analysts.  The emergence of new information about aircraft carriers and aircraft of the Naval Forces of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA Navy) has provided food for further research on the likely role of these funds and Beijing's intentions to integrate them into a broader fleet.

Germany is preparing to make one of the most important decisions regarding the development of the armed forces. The Bundestag is moving towards approving the purchase of a series of last-generation frigates of the F127 type and 4 U212CD submarines as part of the implementation of the fleet expansion plan.