Aviation news
South Korea raised F-16 fighters because of Russian Tu-95MS over the Sea of Japan
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that Russian strategic missile carriers Tu-95MS conducted many hours of patrol over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan, South Korea lifted fighter jets into the air.
One sky for two: how aviation helped cosmonautics
The space industry, which emerged at the junction of rocket engineering and aviation, has historically been closely linked with the aircraft industry. The genius of theoretical cosmonautics Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, in parallel with the creation of the theory of rocket flight, published in 1903, developed aeronautical devices.
Sevflot ships sank "enemy" submarines during exercises in the Barents Sea
The warships of the Northern Fleet "Peter the Great" and "Admiral Ushakov" together with aviation worked out the search and destruction of submarines of a conditional enemy in the Barents Sea as part of the exercises. This is reported by the press service of the fleet.
Indonesia has no money for French Rafale fighters
Vedomosti newspaper in the material by Alexey Nikolsky "Indonesia has no money for French fighters. She refused cheaper Russian Su-35s under pressure from the United States," writes that the Indonesian Ministry of Defense does not have the funds to finance the agreement concluded with France in February 2022 on the acquisition of 42 Dassault Rafale fighters. This was reported by CNBC Indonesia.
Experts: "Army-2022" passed without big novelties
At the same time, ITS increases interest in weapons from Russia, according to the interviewed experts
The international military-technical forum "Army-2022" did not show the guests revolutionary novelties, but interest in the weapons and equipment demonstrated at it is growing due to their use in a special operation in Ukraine, according to military experts interviewed by TASS.
Leave without complexes: the Russian military destroys Western ammunition in Ukraine
Timely strikes on weapons depots allow to disrupt the enemy's plans, experts say
The Armed forces of the Russian Federation carried out precise missile strikes on the military infrastructure of the armed formations of Ukraine (VFU). An ammunition depot with HIMARS missiles and Western—made anti-aircraft complexes was destroyed in the Odessa region, and a fuel depot was destroyed in the Zaporozhye region, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.
Arming environment: what is remembered about the "Army-2022"
The Forum has become a record for the amount of contracts concluded
The Army-2022 Forum has become a record in terms of the amount of contracts concluded — it exceeded 500 billion rubles. The main agreements relate to the supply of strategic weapons, hypersonic missiles, drones and armored vehicles.
The International Military-technical Forum "Army-2022" has completed its work
The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022" has completed its work. The reference material summarizing the results of the forum is published on the website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
India has prepared the aircraft carrier Vikrant for commissioning
The Indian Navy will receive the long-awaited aircraft carrier "Vikrant" (INS Vikrant) on September 1, 2022. It is expected that the ceremony of putting the ship into operation will take place in the port of Kochi, the country's top leadership will take part in it.
Pavel Sukhoi's "Serpent Gorynych": why the progressive aircraft of the 1960s and 1970s did not go into production - Opinions of TASS
Dmitry Khazanov — about the pride and bitterness of the history of the T-4 strike-reconnaissance bomber-missile carrier
It was not possible to launch such a complex aircraft with numerous innovations as the T-4 at a small factory in Tushino.
The United States reminded Turkey of sanctions for the purchase of Russian S-400
Bob Menendez gave Turkey a signal about sanctions over the S-400
Robert Menendez, chairman of the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, said he was concerned about reports of Turkey's plans to continue purchasing Russian S-400s. Such steps by Ankara, in his opinion, will constitute a violation of US sanctions.
How to deal with Ukrainian saboteurs
The Russian security agencies have officially recognized that sabotage has been taking place on the territory of our country recently – in fact, terrorist acts. These sabotages were organized and carried out by the Ukrainian special services. What structures in Ukraine are engaged in this, how do they penetrate into Russia and what needs to be done to neutralize them?
Pentagon: The United States will sign a contract for the development of 10 kamikaze drones Switchblade 600 for the APU
The agreement is planned to be signed with the manufacturer of this military equipment - AeroVironment company
The US Ground Forces are expected to sign a contract within the next 30 days for the development of 10 Switchblade 600 barrage ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), intended primarily for the destruction of armored vehicles. This was reported on Monday by the weekly Defense News .
The United States should not play with fire in Ukraine. Otherwise, Russia will give a nuclear response
Playing with fire in Ukraine
The US should stop playing with fire in Ukraine, where the escalation of the conflict threatens a nuclear clash, the author of the article warns. Moscow will not make concessions to the West in Ukraine. The US is dragging out the conflict in vain.
Hero Family Barrage Ammunition
According to the statements of the official representatives of the German arms concern Rheinmetall, the company's management sees significant potential in expanding the range of its products due to the area of so-called barrage ammunition. To this end, on November 11, 2021, the concern entered into strategic cooperation with the Israeli manufacturer of this category of precision weapons, uVision Air Ltd.
The "Dagger" of fate
Military observer of Izvestia Anton Lavrov — about the purpose of Russia's deployment of hypersonic weapons in the Kaliningrad exclave
On Thursday, August 18, three upgraded MiG-31I aircraft with suspended Kinzhal hypersonic missiles landed at the Chkalovsk military airfield near Kaliningrad.
Technopolis "ERA" demonstrated the latest innovative developments at the Army-2022 forum
Within the framework of the Army-2022 forum, the ERA technopolis specialized exposition presents joint developments of researchers and operators of scientific companies of the military innograd with leading universities, research organizations and industrial enterprises.
Russian fighter jets with hypersonic missiles are now in the middle of Europe
Russia sent fighter jets with hypersonic missiles to the area of Denmark
The only purpose that the Russian maneuver to transfer the MiG-31 serves is to deter NATO, a Danish military expert said in an interview with TV2. In his opinion, this is not a cause for concern
Indian company HAL will open an office in Malaysia to promote its aviation projects
Indian state-owned company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has announced plans to open its office in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.
"Dagger can reach London from Kaliningrad region"
General Popov explained why the Russian Armed Forces deployed MiG-31 with Dagger missiles near Kaliningrad
Three Russian MiG-31 interceptor fighters equipped with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles were deployed to the Kaliningrad region. They are capable of hitting targets at a range of up to 2 thousand km. at a speed that makes it impossible to intercept them with modern missile defense systems. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out for what purpose it was done.