Aviation news

military personnel of the mountain motorized rifle brigade of the central military district (cvo), stationed in tuva, received the latest complex of unmanned aerial vehicles "orlan-10", the press service of the cvo reports.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation made a fundamental decision to arm the naval aviation of the Northern Fleet with a hypersonic complex "Dagger". According to the Izvestia TV channel, training of personnel and infrastructure for the maintenance and operation of hypersonic weapons will begin in 2021.

The Northern Fleet will receive a hypersonic missile system

The range of the hypersonic missile system "Dagger" can get the countries of Scandinavia, the Baltic States and a significant part of the Northern Sea Route, if this weapon is adopted by the Northern Fleet, the media write. According to expert assessment, currently there is no technology capable of intercepting the "Dagger".

From the inside, the cabin of the Soviet (Russian) heavy military transport aircraft Il-76, which is distinguished by a glazed nose, looks like that of a SID Fighter from the Star Wars universe directed by George Lucas, notes The Drive, commenting on a recently appeared online picture from the Russian Defense Ministry.

Turkish Parliament calls on US to drop sanctions over C-400

the turkish defense ministry on tuesday said that ankara's initiative to form a working group with the participation of nato on the incompatibility of the s-400 and f-35 is relevant even after the introduction of us sanctions, the anadolu agency reports.

the controversy surrounding the mysterious disease, called "havana syndrome", whose victims over the past 4 years have been employees of american embassies and cia officers in a number of countries, including cuba, russia and china, has not subsided. To investigate these incidents at the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, a group was created, which included experts in the field of medicine and radio electronics.

russian prime minister mikhail mishustin signed a decree on conducting an experiment on the operation of autonomous (unmanned) vessels from december 10, 2020 to the end of 2025, the corresponding document is published on the official website of the government. 

The Baltic region will receive a missile "shield and sword". The Ministry of defense decided to increase the coastal forces in Kaliningrad. Next year, a division of unique Bastion supersonic systems will be deployed there. They are capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 600 kilometers. Their appearance was a response to the strengthening of the NATO grouping in Europe. If necessary, coastal complexes will be able to hit not only ships, but also work on NATO ground bases.

new over-the-horizon radars may appear in the south and east of russia

Radar intelligence is actively developing in Russia: the first node of a unified network of over-the-horizon radars has already been formed, and it is also planned to increase the control capabilities in the southern and Eastern strategic air and space directions. At the beginning of the month, it was reported about the Container radar in service in Mordovia, which detected inconspicuous NATO fighters.

The Propeller web resource.News under the title "the Situation of the components and the technical support of the An-148 has worsened to the limit" published an interview of the Director of airline "Angara" Sergei Salamatov sad end for this airline passenger aircraft An-148-100E. The material contains interesting details about the current state of the Russian fleet of an-148 aircraft.

Ballistic missiles never surpassed aviation

For a fighter, maneuverability (the ability to quickly change the direction and speed of movement) was traditionally considered the most important combat quality.

the Fall of Armenia was predetermined by technical failure

By the time the Azerbaijani forces entered the area of the strategically important city of Fizuli, the Armenian defense deployed near the border had ceased to exist. The remaining machine-gun and artillery units in the fortified areas began to leave their positions and retreat.

Russia will be covered by a large anti-aircraft shield. Air defense systems and combat aircraft in the Western military district will soon be combined under the control of a new unified automated control system (ACS). Integration will allow you to create protection from missiles and fighters in the space from St. Petersburg to Voronezh.

Russian radar stations (RLS) over the past week escorted 30 aircraft and six drones near the country's borders, according to data from the Russian defense Ministry, published on Friday, December 11 on the website of the newspaper "Red star".

The Egyptian armed forces launched pre-emptive strikes on a group of terrorists near the border with Libya, destroying more than twenty units of wheeled vehicles with militants, weapons and ammunition, the Ministry of defense of the Arab Republic of Egypt (are) said in a statement, according to the English-language publication Egypt Independent.

Tests involving the capture of unmanned X-61A spacecraft in the air ended in failure. In the end, they all landed using parachutes.

A large-scale training within the framework of a single day of fire United more than a hundred missile carriers of land, air and sea formations and military units of the southern military district (SE).

the British appreciated the training of Russian nuclear forces

The British media dubbed the" preparation for nuclear war " held in Russia earlier exercises, which involved the strategic missile forces, strategic aviation and a nuclear submarine. As a result of the past maneuvers, the Russian military Department released a number of videos showing cruise missile launches.

A b-1B strategic bomber launched an AGM-158 jassm cruise missile from an external mount. This brings the US air force closer to full-fledged flight tests of the new hypersonic complex, the regular carrier of which should be this aircraft.

launch of hypersonic missile "Zircon" made in the White sea

Two days after training and combat tests of Intercontinental ballistic missiles, the Russian military conducted another maneuver in the White sea. This time, the combat readiness of the Zircon hypersonic missile was checked. It was first tested when hitting a coastal target. Before that, in October and November, the missiles were tested on sea targets.