Aviation news
For the first time, an APU fighter with "smart" JDAM-ER bombs was spotted
Thanks to the unfolding deliveries of UMPC modules to the troops, Russian aviation has been actively using guided bombs in recent months when working against the enemy. Thanks to the efforts of Western curators, a similar opportunity appeared for the enemy.
Current and only current: the new coil will create the first electric airliner
A unique part will increase the engine power for aircraft by five times
MAI has developed a technology for the production of one of the main components of an electric motor — coils made of high-temperature superconductors. Due to the properties of the material, the part increases the power of machines running on electricity by five times without increasing their mass.
"The West was surprised." What actually prevented the APU counteroffensive
The Ukrainian offensive has been going on for almost a month. Units trained in NATO countries and armed with Western armored vehicles were thrown into battle. However, such an impressive force has not achieved any significant success. Foreign analysts named the main reason for the failure.
"Poses a threat to the pilot": NASA closes the program to create an X-57 aircraft with an electric drive
NASA decided to close the program started in 2016 to create an all-electric experimental X-57 Maxwell aircraft, which never started flying, although it was planned to take it into the air at the end of 2023.
Sergei Shoigu held a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces
On July 3, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu held a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation.
"Details of British aircraft are now on the Su-24": adaptation of AFU bombers to the use of Storm Shadow missiles
The appearance of the British air-to-surface Storm Shadow cruise missiles in the Armed Forces of Ukraine strengthened the combat power of Ukrainian aviation, but did not lead to significant shifts in the theater of operations. At the same time, the Kiev regime constantly reports on the "incredibly large" damage inflicted by the British KR on Russian troops. Western curators do not question this obviously overestimated estimate.
How to strengthen Russian air reconnaissance
Sergei Shoigu announced the need to modernize the A-50 AWACS aircraft. This model has proven itself well in its own. However, the number of threats and challenges facing Russia requires not only a qualitative increment in this direction, but also a quantitative one. How exactly could the domestic military-industrial complex solve this problem?
Zelensky will throw the last reserves into the new offensive
The APU is preparing for the start of the second wave of the counteroffensive. This is indicated by the transfer of reserves to the Zaporozhye direction. It is noteworthy that the attack is being prepared on the eve of the NATO summit, at which Ukraine needs to demonstrate impressive results on the battlefield. Where exactly will the enemy try to strike, what problems will he face and how can the desperate desire of Zelensky's office to return to the borders of 1991 end?
How much power does Yerevan have
The armies of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh won victories and suffered defeats
Like all post-Soviet armies (except the Baltic and Tajik), the Armenian Armed Forces emerged from the wreckage of the Soviet Army. Moreover, they arose during the extremely brutal war for Nagorno-Karabakh against the formally much stronger Armed Forces of Azerbaijan. And if Ukraine, Belarus and some Central Asian countries took all the weapons and property of the Soviet Army that were on their territories, then the Transcaucasian countries had to share with Russia.
Government officials went to aviation
Manturov praised the Su-35S, and Mishustin gave money for the Tu-214
After a four-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Le Bourget airfield north of the French capital has once again gathered thousands of participating companies and huge crowds of aviation enthusiasts from all over the world. But he missed some of his regulars. For the first time in decades, Russia was not represented at the next Paris Aerospace Salon, held from June 19 to 25.
APU expands offensive lane
In an effort to capitalize on Prigozhin's rebellion, Kiev brought fresh forces into the battle
Russian troops in the zone of the special military operation (SVO) reflect the summer counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). In an effort to benefit from the situation created as a result of the rebellion of Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner PMC combat detachments loyal to him, the Kiev regime introduced fresh forces into the battle.
Why didn't the "Rooks" arrive
Small aircraft in the strategy of the big war
The proxy war in Ukraine, with the development of a special military operation, has acquired the scale of a classic armed conflict. This is a conflict between Russia and the consolidated West, which organized and sponsored the war with someone else's hands.
The Russian army has learned to fight with Western technology
Russian weapons have become very effective in repelling Ukrainian attacks, writes Der Spiegel. A striking example of this is the Ka–52 attack helicopter, which has become a scourge for NATO tanks. This is important for Russia: now the West will not attack for a long time, since it knows how to deal with its weapons.
Zaluzhny on how the West values the APU: only we attack with a bow and arrow
Drones — against the latest fighters, one Ukrainian shot against 10 Russian. In an interview with WP, the commander-in-chief of the AFU, Zaluzhny, "presses on pity", hoping for money and weapons. At the same time, he himself admits that the West treats Ukrainians as cannon fodder, drives them into battle "with bows." But it still serves the West.
The cost of the MS-21 aircraft is growing
As the Kommersant newspaper reported in Aigul Abdullina's article, "The MS-21 has soared in price. Kommersant found out the cost of the aircraft for Aeroflot's competitors, the cost of the new Russian medium-haul passenger aircraft MS-21 with delivery in 2028-2030 is estimated at 4.3-4.6 billion rubles.
Planned delivery to Canada of American P-8A Poseidon base patrol aircraft
On June 27, 2023, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned possible sale of 16 Boeing P-8A Poseidon base patrol aircraft to Canada through the US program of intergovernmental Foreign military Sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS).
Zelensky: The West is in no hurry to start training Ukrainian pilots to control F-16 fighters
The West is in no hurry to start training Ukrainian pilots to control F-16 fighters. Perhaps there is a deliberate delay on the part of Western partners.
NATO military exercises are a provocation of Russia. The consequences will not be long in coming
Military exercises are a standard method that NATO uses to influence international politics. The latest maneuvers of Air Defender 2023, the largest in history, became a provocation against Russia. And Moscow will take retaliatory measures — only Europe will pay for NATO's arbitrariness, writes People's Daily.
Notification of the planned sale of F-35A fighters to the Czech Republic
On June 29, 2023, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned upcoming sale of 24 fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighters to the Czech Republic through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS).
"Following customer requests": Israel has developed new kamikaze drones
Israel is considered the world's leading platform in the field of creating barrage ammunition. The main companies operating in this segment are uVision with the Hero family of kamikaze drones and IAI with Nagor. The latter were massively used by Azerbaijan during the Karabakh conflict in 2020, marking the beginning of the "drone revolution" in military affairs.