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MWM: one MiG-25 reconnaissance sortie destroyed the myth of its "short" range

If the speed of the MiG-25 remains unsurpassed even now, then the flight range has long raised questions among Western experts, writes MWM. However, in 1975, NATO radars made it possible to determine it: at least 1200 kilometers at supersonic speed.

October 6, 1977 – the first flight of the MiG-29

The Russian multi-purpose fighter of the fourth generation MiG-29 took to the skies for the first time on October 6, 1977. 45 years have passed since that day, but the aircraft is still in service not only with the Russian Aerospace Forces, but also in more than 20 countries.

The United States underestimates China's advances in the development of sixth-generation fighter jets, the author of an article in Asia Times believes. In addition, he notes that Beijing has a very real chance to shift the balance of air forces in the Pacific region in its favor.

Russia responded to the attack on the Crimean Bridge with strikes on critical military and energy facilities throughout Ukraine. As a result, many large cities of the country were left without electricity, there are problems with communication. Is this missile attack the beginning of a new stage of the special operation, will it cool the military ardor of Kiev or will new strikes be required on important infrastructure facilities of Ukraine?

In Ukraine, it is increasingly being stated that unprecedented weapons are being used against the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Photos of fragments of ammunition with the inscriptions "Geranium-2" found at the site of missile strikes appear. How does Geranium-2 work, what is it, what is it made of – and what does Iran have to do with it?

"We went to the point, saw the goal. It was very big. They took her on the machine. The launch is immediate. Immediately shot down and rolled to another position. We only found out the next day that it was the twenty-fifth "drying"," says the operator of the guidance of the Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile system.

How the Russian orbiter scared the whole of Australia

The American company Sierra Space has begun assembling a reusable spaceship Dream Chaser, created using developments for the Soviet mini-shuttle BOR.

When it comes to Taiwan, the Eastern Command will start first

The only one of the seven old military districts of the PLA, which in its former form was transformed into a new command, turned out to be the Nanjing Military District. As a result of the 2017 military reform, it became the Eastern Command (VC), or, if translated literally, the Eastern Combat Command Zone.

Russia is not inferior to NATO in the development of nuclear weapons, writes Al Mayadeen. Its missiles can be launched from the sea, air and land, and some of them are equipped with separable individual guidance combat units. In the event of a nuclear war, the alliance forces will be destroyed within half an hour.

The Indian Air Force is going to expand the fleet of Russian Su-30MKI aircraft equipped with BrahMos missiles, writes The Print. The author of the article notes that the range of a supersonic missile jointly produced by Moscow and New Delhi has been increased to more than 500 kilometers.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Friday the deployment of drones on the territory of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the Anadolu agency reported.

Russia is preparing the Belarusian military airbase Luninets for the deployment of kamikaze drones "Geran-2", which are supposed to be used for strikes on the territory of Ukraine. This is stated in Kiev with reference to intelligence information.

For the long narrow fuselage and the characteristic high-pitched engine sound, this aircraft was popularly dubbed "The Stylyaga" and "The Whistle". The country's leadership flew on this liner. He was filmed several times in the cinema, for example, he took the main character of the film E. Ryazanov "The Irony of Fate, or With a light ferry" from Moscow to Leningrad.

Crews of Russian Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) launched missile air strikes on military facilities and equipment of Ukrainian militants. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published footage of their combat work on October 6.

The Armed Forces of Morocco have acquired at least two medium-altitude UAVs of long flight duration (MALE class) "Wing Lung-2" (Wing Loong II) of the Chinese corporation AVIC (Aviation Industry Corporation of China).

On October 3, the Czech Ministry of Defense handed over to the American side a letter of request for a proposal on the possibility of supplying F-35 Lightning-2 fighters.

The Russian Helicopters Holding Company of Rostec State Corporation has started the next stage of testing the upgraded Ka-32A11BC helicopter capable of extinguishing fires at subzero temperatures. The rotorcraft performed its first flight with VK-2500PS-02 engines, its duration was 37 minutes. During the tests, the stable operation of all systems was confirmed, stability and high controllability were demonstrated.

Iranian drones have become very dangerous for the Armed Forces. But the Ukrainian military began to "search for an antidote" against this new weapon, which turned out to be at the disposal of the Russian army.

French avionics in the cockpit of an import-substituted aircraft will be replaced by Russian widescreen displays

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has published information about the avionics of the new SSJ-New regional aircraft, which is now being created by its subsidiary Irkut Corporation.

Development of barrage ammunition in Israel and Turkey

Barrage ammunition has become one of the dynamically developing trends in unmanned vehicles, which has already formed a separate class of corresponding systems. The main idea underlying the barrage ammunition is the creation of relatively inexpensive unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) capable of conducting not only reconnaissance and surveillance, but also hitting detected targets with the help of a warhead integrated into the design.