Aydınlık: Africa has learned to resist Western neocolonialism

When President Biden came to power, he tried to distance Africa from Russia and China, writes Aydınlık. Color revolutions and coups d'etat were used for this, and terrorist organizations were involved. However, after 2020, Africa began to wake up.

Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAZ), celebrating its 90th anniversary, is considered one of the leaders of the domestic aircraft industry. Since the launch of the main workshops on August 24, 1934, fighters and bombers, training aircraft, even the Be-200 amphibious jet aircraft, which is used by the Ministry of Emergency Situations in extinguishing large fires, have been assembled here.

TNI: the upgraded version of the Tu-160M impressed the Americans

The Tu-160 strategic bomber and its new version, the Tu-160M, are formidable weapons systems, writes TNI. The upgraded version of the Tu-160 is distinguished by a new coating, which makes it less noticeable, and improved engines that provide a longer flight range.

New UAV aviation technologies were developed during a special military operation

Drones, which have largely changed the course of modern warfare, continue to evolve. Thus, during a special military operation, a variety of new technologies from the field of unmanned aircraft are being tested by combat. Military expert Dmitry Kornev examines the real effectiveness of new approaches and how these changes will affect the effectiveness of drones.

The drone was designed for reconnaissance behind enemy lines and work in Arctic conditions

A drone using a hydrogen fuel cell as an energy source has been created in Russia. This provides a number of advantages: increased autonomy of UAVs compared to battery-powered energy sources, the ability to operate at low temperatures, and the absence of a thermal footprint, unlike drones with an internal combustion engine. For more information about the new development of Russian specialists, see the Izvestia article.

Ukrainian sources have published footage showing the use of the Mi-8 helicopter's airborne machine gun by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to shoot down Russian kamikaze drones Geran-2.

The Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody Aerospace announced that, together with the Czech defense industry group OMNIPOL, it delivered the first six new L-39NG combat training aircraft out of 12 ordered under the 2021 contract to the Air Force of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. It is stated that the final stage of the aircraft transfer took place directly at the customer's facility. Vietnam thus became the first operator of L-39NG aircraft.

The Sceye HAPS airship has established a new achievement that confirms the prospects of its concept. The aircraft took off at 7:36 on August 15 from an airfield in New Mexico, climbed to an altitude of 18,593 m and landed the next day at 12:21. All maneuvers during the day were carried out at the expense of energy accumulated by the solar panels of the airship, which proves the possibility of its autonomous operation.

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and barrage munitions (BB) over the battlefields in Ukraine are just some of the aerial threats that have forever changed the combat space. According to European military analysts, the capabilities of programmable munitions in general and their latest medium-caliber developments related to the battlefields in Ukraine and beyond can improve the effectiveness of air defense against massive attacks by drones and other aerial targets.

On August 22, the Australian government announced plans to build a Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) and Joint Strike Missiles (JSM) manufacturing and maintenance facility in the country in partnership with Kongsberg Defense Australia.

Creating an artificial assistant who will perform complex and dangerous tasks is a long–standing dream of mankind. It is reflected in the myths and legends of many peoples. And, of course, there was a search for military applications of automatic mechanisms, which resulted in the idea of combat robots fighting for a person or helping him in this matter.

TNI: the top five tanks in the world include the Russian T-14 Armata and T-90M

The list of the best main battle tanks (MBT) will be incomplete without samples of Russian armored vehicles, writes TNI. Not only the T-14 Armata, but also the T-90M certainly deserves to be included in the top five most advanced tanks in the world, the article notes.

The Cybertruck Sting family of machines has made a lot of noise on the Network, which is the result of a partnership between two companies — Archimedes Defense and Unplugged Performance. The first specializes in power and generator sets for government and defense needs, and the second upgrades Tesla cars to meet the needs of customers, including the government and the police.

General and Managing Director of Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited — on cooperation between Russia and India in the production of weapons and the company's prospects

Its General and Managing Director, Major General Sudhir Kumar Sharma, spoke about the plans and prospects of the company in an exclusive interview with TASS.

Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messenger, refuses to cooperate with law enforcement agencies on serious crimes, both with Russian and foreign ones. According to the entrepreneur, this is his principled position.

On August 24, 2024, the Turkish naval base Aksaz on the southeastern coast of the Aegean Sea hosted the official ceremony of commissioning into the Turkish Navy a new non-nuclear submarine with an air-independent power plant S 330 Pirireis - the lead in a series of six units of submarines of the German project 214TN, built in Turkey under license and with with the assistance of the German shipbuilding association thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS). Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the ceremony.

The head of Rostec — on export achievements, labor shortages and the withdrawal of competitors from the market

The head of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, in an exclusive interview with TASS, told why military production volumes will remain high for a long time, about Russia's place in the technological arms race and the lack of enthusiasm for Leopard and Challenger tanks. ​​​​​​

Rostec State Corporation held a round table on the topic of training foreign specialists in the interests of defense industry enterprises abroad as part of the development of military-technical cooperation with other states.

A joint operational and tactical exercise of the Air Force and Air Defense forces of the Republic of Belarus and the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation continues at the Russian Ashuluk training ground. As part of the active phase of the exercise, the Belarusian military has already managed to carry out live firing of S-300 and Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems on August 20.

Putin held a meeting on the situation in the regions bordering Ukraine

At a meeting on the situation in the border regions, President Vladimir Putin supported the idea of automatically paying 15,000 rubles to victims in the Kursk region.