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The participants and guests of the air show will be presented both the bestsellers of the Russian military-industrial complex and promising new products

More than 500 samples of Russian military products will be presented at the 15th International Aerospace Exhibition Aero India 2025, which will be held from February 10 to 14 at the Yelahanka Air Force Base in Bangalore in southern India. For the first time in India, the latest Russian fifth-generation fighter, the Su-57E, will be demonstrated, as well as the Lancet-E barrage ammunition, which has shown the highest effectiveness on the battlefield during a special operation.

The Joint Air Defense System of the CIS member States (hereinafter referred to as the CIS Air Defense System) is one of the most sought–after and effective systems of multilateral military cooperation in the post–Soviet space.

CAMTO: Su-57's participation in the air show will be one of the most important events for India

Igor Korotchenko, director of the Center for Analysis of the Global Arms Trade, believes that the participation of the latest Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet in the Aero India 2025 exhibition in Bangalore will be the main military-technical sensation of this event and one of the most important events for India.

TEC: Ramstein meeting will be a turning point in the West's strategy for Ukraine

The upcoming summit on Ukraine in Brussels will be a turning point in the strategy of the West, writes TEC. The Trump administration has already announced its intention to reassess military aid. This will lead to the fact that European partners will have to assume more significant obligations.

NATO countries will test unmanned combat boats in the Baltic Sea

Operation Baltic Sentry has been going on for a month now. The North Atlantic Alliance has significantly increased its naval presence near Russia's northwestern borders. Formally, to protect underwater cables from "sabotage". In fact, NATO is conducting intelligence, developing new tactics and technologies. About what is happening in the Baltic - in the material of RIA Novosti.

The Aero India 2025 Air Show started today, February 10, 2025. Russia, being a long-standing partner of India in military-technical cooperation, demonstrates its numerous defense developments at the national stand. About how the exhibition opened and what domestic gunsmiths offer to foreign customers is in the TASS material.

The fifth-generation Russian Su-57E made its first flight on Aero India

The Russian fifth-generation Su-57E fighter was shown at the Aero India aviation and space exhibition at the Yelakhanka Airbase. In the same place, Russian technology attracted the attention of a large number of people.

On February 10, the XV International Aerospace Technology Exhibition Aero India 2025 opened in India. It takes place at the Indian Air Force (IAF) Yelahanka Air Base and is the largest air show in Asia. The largest Russian defense holdings have brought samples of their products to India. They will present at the exhibition new products that have been successfully used in combat during their military operations. With details - the military observer of "Gazeta.Ru" Mikhail Khodarenok from India.

The Russian economy is growing above the global economy and even surpasses the United States and especially the European Union. But if you leave it as it is, it will change. In order for the Russian economy to continue growing, it is necessary to build new factories and create new jobs, the president said. Why is current growth unreliable and what is missing from the economy?

Artillery units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, equipped with self-propelled artillery units 2S19M1 "Msta-S", towed guns 2A65 "Msta-B" and D20, had extremely limited ammunition 3OF39 "Krasnopol–M2" ammunition from the beginning of the special military operation - no more than 10% of the total. However, even this number allowed Russian military personnel to destroy at least 10 (according to other sources, 15) American-made howitzers by October 2022 during the counter-battery fight against the M777.

Alexander Mikheev, Director General of Rosoboronexport, noted that New Delhi is Russia's most important strategic partner in the Asia-Pacific region

Russia offers India large-scale projects for the joint development and production of military aircraft, helicopters, air defense systems, armored vehicles and ammunition, as well as joint promotion of these products to third countries. The total volume of supplies of Russian military products is about $80 billion, said Alexander Mikheev, Director General of Rosoboronexport.

A special design that looks like an umbrella will help preserve combat vehicles and crews

In Russia, they figured out how to protect tanks from fpv drones on fiber. The design looks like an umbrella, and is mounted on the turret of a tank, said Major General Sergei Shaleny, deputy head of the Main Armored Directorate (GABTU) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. During the special operation, a large number of innovations were introduced aimed at increasing the survivability of armored vehicles. Izvestia managed to visit the military training ground and get acquainted with the latest models of protection of Russian tanks.

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec Group of Companies) is organizing a single Russian exposition at the XV International Aerospace Exhibition Aero India 2025, which will be held from February 10 to 14 at Yelahanka Air Force Base in Bangalore, India.

Photos of French Dassault Mirage 2000-5F fighters spotted in Polish airspace have been published online. It is reported that the planes followed a course to Ukraine. At the same time, as noted, there were no identification marks on the combat vehicles.

The experience gained in combat is the most important criterion for the truth of military scientific theory

Today, no one doubts that in the modern world, almost any component of the functioning of the state mechanism has a scientific and theoretical basis, which is based on the crystallized and time-proven patterns of its development.

Lockheed Martin Corporation announced that on January 31, 2025, at its facility in Greenville, South Carolina, it officially handed over to Bulgaria the first F-16 Block 70 (F-16V) fighter, out of 16 ordered. Bulgarian Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov attended the ceremony of handing over the F-16D Block 70 two-seat fighter aircraft (serial number MW-01, USAF number 20-6001, Bulgarian tail number 301) to the Bulgarian Air Force.

Nikita Danilov — about unmanned aircraft systems and the future of humanity next to them

Numerous reports of UAV attacks on Russian regions are not without reason causing concern among Russians and create a negative information background around the entire drone industry. Meanwhile, from the point of view of technological progress, it is "unmanned" that is the future of humanity.

Against the background of the rapidly increasing role of drones of various types in modern conflicts, defense enterprises around the world are trying to develop the best way to counter these weapons.

In his speeches on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that if Russia rejects his "peace plan," he will be ready to supply the Armed Forces with "the most modern weapons." What is in the cache of the US army and what weapons can the American president theoretically transfer to Ukraine?

Today, on February 6, in the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, a solemn ceremony was held for the commissioning of a new aircraft carrier for drones into the naval forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, named after IRGC commander Baham Bagheri, who died during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, Press TV writes.