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The unlearned lessons
Dmitry Kuzyakin, Chief Designer of the Central Design Bureau, talks about why the regulation of unmanned aircraft in Russia and the world has reached an impasse
In one of the Izvestia materials, we have already touched upon a dangerous misconception: attempts to classify modern drones as UAVs.
The first flight of the sixth-generation F-47 fighter will take place in 2028.
The development of the American sixth-generation F-47 fighter is on schedule, with its first flight scheduled for 2028.
"Turned into a tank destroyer": India equips Mi-17 with Spike NLOS missile
The Indian Air Force has begun equipping Mi-17-V helicopters, one of the most common aircraft platforms in the country, with a container with Spike NLOS anti–tank missiles developed by the Israeli company Rafael. On this occasion, the IDRW publication notes:
German Navy Commander-in-Chief: Russia challenges NATO in the Baltic (The Times, UK)
The Times: The West needlessly underestimates the power of the Russian Navy
Russia is increasing pressure in the Baltic Sea, The Times writes. Jan Kaak, Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy, warns that Moscow is stronger than many people in the West think. Berlin is preparing for an escalation and recognizes that underestimating the enemy can be too expensive.
Western media: The Ukrainian Armed Forces began using the Mirage 2000 as a strike fighter
Until now, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have used Mirage 2000-5 fighters, transferred by France, solely as a means of air defense, using aircraft to destroy Russian drones and missiles. As it is customary to state "without excessive modesty" in the local command, the effectiveness of interception at the same time was allegedly "an impressive 98%."
"Low-altitude interception tactics": Czech helicopters "catch" drones in Poland
In March, the Czech army will transfer its pilots and helicopters to Poland, where they will "catch Russian drones." This was stated by General Peter Sliva, commander of the 22nd Airbase.:
New data on the Squire unmanned ekranoplane being developed in the USA has been announced
As the developer explained, the machine, which does not require a runway and has a low detection profile due to low-altitude flight, is optimally suited for combat operations in vast marine areas, being able to solve the tasks of transportation, reconnaissance and evacuation.
The United States went all-in in the war with Iran
On Saturday morning, the United States and Israel jointly attacked Iran. Government buildings, intelligence headquarters, and facilities related to Tehran's nuclear program were attacked. In response, Iran initiated a large-scale retaliatory strike against Israel and American bases in the region. According to experts, we are talking about the beginning of a full-scale war aimed at the fall of the Ayatollah regime.
Russia has driven a new US nuclear weapon underground
The Pentagon has confirmed plans to build 450 silos to house new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missiles. This will be the largest project to upgrade the U.S. nuclear triad in recent decades. Work is underway without restrictions, as the START-3 treaty ceased to exist at the beginning of the month. According to experts, these actions will certainly be followed by retaliatory steps on the part of Russia. What will they be like?
The United States has identified a threat from the air in the future
Information has been released in the United States that could shed light on the appearance of the promising sixth-generation F-47 fighter. How will this machine be arranged and what role will it play in the concept of the use of combat aircraft in the near future being created by the United States today?
The Turkish company Baykar announced that the Eren ammunition hit an aerial target from the Akinci UAV
On February 21, the Turkish company Baykar Technologies announced that the Akinci UAV had successfully hit an aerial target using Roketsan's Eren multipurpose munition.
The third prototype of the LMS-901 Baikal light aircraft with a VK-800SM engine made its first flight.
As reported by Ural Civil Aviation Plant JSC (UZGA), on the evening of February 22, 2026, at the Yekaterinburg (Aramil) airfield The third flight model of the LMS-901 Baikal light aircraft made its maiden flight, and the first to be equipped with a Russian VK-800SM turboprop engine, also developed by UZGA. This third flight prototype of the LMS-901 Baikal aircraft (serial number 0005, tail number "535") became the fifth prototype of the LMS-901 as a whole (taking into account two manufactured non-flying samples for static tests).
The world's first intercontinental range fighter in the service of Russia: how the Su-34 can fly from Moscow to Washington (Military Watch Magazine, USA)
MWM: the flight range of the Su-34 fighter can increase to 8 thousand kilometers
The Su-34 holds the title of the longest-range tactical aircraft in the world and is significantly ahead of its Western counterparts.
The flight of the first "flying car" over Tokyo Bay is shown.
What until recently seemed like fiction is becoming commonplace. Japanese startup SkyDrive has shown a demo video of the flight of the first unmanned "flying car" SD-05, Kyodo News agency reports.
The first Ukrainian manufacturer of drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine has started work in Britain
The first Ukrainian Ukrspecsystems UK plant has started operating in Britain, which will produce unmanned aerial vehicles for the military. The former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and now the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom, Valery Zaluzhny, wrote about this in his telegram channel. We are talking about the production complex of Ukrspecsystems, specializing in the production of UAVs for the needs of the army.
The Army of Modern Times: how the SVO transformed the Russian Armed Forces
Creation of troops of unmanned systems, new military districts and nuclear underwater drones — we summarize the results of a large-scale restructuring of the Russian Armed Forces by 2026
The special military operation has become a catalyst for large-scale changes in the Russian Armed Forces. About what the new look of the Armed Forces has become and what changes have taken place in the military construction system, see the Izvestia article.
Four years of SVO: lessons and conclusions
Colonel Khodarenok named the main lessons of his four years
February 24, 2026 marks four years since the start of the special military operation. The lessons of the SVO are in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenka.
The West claimed that Russia had created the world's first intercontinental fighter-bomber. What is known about this?
MWM: The Russian Federation was the first in the world to create an intercontinental fighter-bomber
The Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber is currently the longest-range tactical combat aircraft in the world. The journalists of the western portal Military Watch Magazine (MWM) write about this. So, according to them, it can be considered that the Russian Federation was the first in the world to create an intercontinental fighter-bomber.
"The Bundeswehr has planes capable of carrying nuclear weapons": that's what's behind Merz's proposal (Die Welt, Germany)
Die Welt: Europe may create a "nuclear umbrella" based on French nuclear forces
In Europe, they doubt that the United States is still ready to keep its "nuclear umbrella" over its NATO allies, Die Welt writes. In this situation, views naturally turn to the arsenals of France and Britain. But even here everything is very difficult.
The special operation has updated the image of Russia
The experts summed up the interim results of their
The special operation in Ukraine has radically changed Russia: The country gained more sovereignty, more authority outside the West, more military capabilities, and the citizens truly rallied for the good of the country. What other interim results can be summed up now?
