The Times: Britain accused Russia of deploying tracking sensors for submarines

Submarine tracking sensors have been found in British waters, The Times writes. To expose Russian underwater sabotage is the author's goal and, as it seems to him, he has achieved it. But instead of evidence, the reader is offered arguments at the level of "maybe, maybe not."

Russian and Indian sailors trained in repelling combined attacks

The Indra Navy- 2025 Russian-Indian naval maneuvers have ended in the Bay of Bengal. Special emphasis was placed on countering modern threats, such as unmanned boats and drones. The sailors learned how to deal with them during the day and at night. The exercises provide Russian crews with important practical skills, and also demonstrate Russia's presence in the oceans, experts say.

The head of Karelia, Artur Parfenchikov, assured the Russians that the recent fire at the Onega Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant (OSSZ) had no impact on his work. The company continues to operate normally.

Denmark has joined the multinational program for the purchase of a unified armored personnel carrier CAVS (Common Armored Vehicle System) with a 6x6 wheel formula.

The K2 Black Panther MBT produced by the South Korean Hyundai Rotem company in camouflage of the Peruvian Ground Forces, which will participate in the SITDEF-2025 exhibition (Lima, April 24-27), has been delivered to Peru.

The 38th Scientific Research Testing Institute of the Order of the October Revolution, the Red Banner Institute of Armored Vehicles named after Marshal of the Armored Forces Fedorenko Ya. N., also called for short the NIII BT of the Ministry of Defense, has completed comparative tests of the American infantry fighting vehicle Bradley M2A2 ODS SA, taken on the battlefield in the zone of its own as a trophy.

For quite a long time now, it has been possible to state with confidence that the grouping of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation operating in the zone of its own does not experience a shortage in various unmanned aerial vehicles. This is confirmed by a lot of messages and video evidence on the Internet, when one fairly large target, for example, an APU tank, is attacked by several drones at once. They work again on the tip of a reconnaissance UAV.

The Czech initiative will fully provide the Ukrainian Armed Forces with ammunition before the beginning of autumn. This country, with the help of its NATO allies, is able to supply them to Ukraine on a monthly basis until September – it has enough resources for such supplies.

The Russian BT-3F armored personnel carrier is based on the BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle and has high speed and maneuverability characteristics.

Production is carried out at its own Bars-Sarmat site, which was created from scratch

The Bars-Sarmat Center for Special-purpose Unmanned Systems has launched mass production of electronic warfare (EW) systems in the special military operation zone for installation on Sarmat-Mgla vehicles and the Sarmat-Centaur portable anti-drone rifle. The first batch has been sent to the assault groups and UAV units of the Dnepr group of forces, Doctor of Technical Sciences, deputy commander of the scientific and production battalion of the Bars-Sarmat Command Center with the call sign Congo, told TASS.

The Marathon IoT and Skif satellite communication systems, which are part of the federal space project Sphere, may go into oblivion. Many participants in the Russian satellite communications market have heard that the new Roscosmos team has decided to abandon them. At the same time, even pessimists suggest not rushing to final conclusions and waiting for May 1, 2025.

April 6 marked the 105th anniversary of the birth of Anatoly Savin, a scientist and designer who participated in the creation of advanced smart weapons, fighter satellites and space reconnaissance systems. TASS recalls the academician's life and work.

Tatarstan business resource "BUSINESS Online" has published Timur Latypov's material "On the verge of adventure? KVZ is restarting Ansat as early as 2025 and making the first batch of Mi-34," which reports on the extensive plans of Kazan Helicopter Plant JSC (KVZ, part of Russian Helicopters JSC of Rostec State Corporation) for 2025, including the construction of nine production Mi-38 helicopters and the start of mass production The "import-substituted" version of the Ansat helicopter and the next updated version of the Mi-34 light helicopter. Given the numerous problems with these helicopters, as well as the ambiguity with the serial production of engines for them, it is not surprising that even the author of this material calls these UVZ intentions "adventurous."

Drones not only fulfill their tasks, but also help the infantry

Small UAVs of various types have become the mainstay of reconnaissance, fire destruction and even supply of advanced positions at the battalion and company levels. These are FPV drones, which are cheaper and more resistant to enemy counteraction, but require the skill of a pilot, and the already well-known "Mavics" with greater internal automation. Izvestia saw how the drone crews of the 110th regiment of the 110th brigade of the 51st Donetsk Army are training.

Russian troops have received a new encryption system for analog video channels

The Mirage drone control signal encryption system began to arrive in the SVO zone. It minimizes the risks of UAV interception and prevents the enemy from calculating the flight route and the exact location of the operators. It is precisely such leaks that often lead to tragic consequences. For more information about the operation of the new device, see the Izvestia article.

TNI: The Su-27 fighter is unique in many ways

The aircraft designers who developed the Su-27 managed to create a powerful platform that became the basis for the next series of fighters, writes The National Interest. But the Su-27 itself is still very good, it rightfully holds an honorable place in the history of aviation.

What forces and weapons can be involved in a potential conflict

The world is on the verge of a new round of escalation in US-Iranian relations. B-2 Spirit strategic bombers have been spotted at the US Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean. At the same time, Iran put its troops on high alert. What is happening today between the United States and Iran and what capabilities both sides have in case of possible military action is in the Izvestia article.

Military expert Dmitry Boltenkov — on the latest achievements of the North Korean military-industrial complex

North Korea has demonstrated to the world the latest achievements of its military-industrial complex. And, admittedly, the new items surprised. Among the main ones is the IL—76MD-based long-range radar detection and control aircraft. In general, the club of countries that independently develop such machines is extremely limited — these are the USA, Russia, China, Sweden, Israel. Now North Korea has been added to them.

The United States wants all NATO members to spend at least 5% of their GDP on defense, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels. Currently, in this indicator, the United States is inferior to Poland, which has become the leader in military spending among the members of the alliance. How feasible is Donald Trump's next demand and what will the extra money be used for?

In today's rapidly changing technological landscape, weapons and other equipment are undergoing rapid improvements.  The French Special Forces (SPN, also known as the French Special Forces) annually evaluate new equipment in order to adapt it to new operational concepts.