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Tanker's Day, September 13, is celebrated by tankers themselves with contradictory feelings – at first glance, drones have completely stripped tanks of their former power. To some extent, this is true – and yet it is quite possible to imagine what the tank of the future and the tank forces themselves will be like. How should they change to maintain their effectiveness on the battlefield?

As part of a century-long partnership with Ukraine, Canada plans to launch large-scale production of millions of drones within two years. A third of them will be transferred to Ukraine. The trend towards the transfer and deployment of UAV production in the West in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has become widespread in recent months: similar programs already exist in a number of European countries. How can Russia respond to this threat?

Tanker's Day is celebrated in Russia on September 13

The thesis "tanks are obsolete in the age of drones" has become a common slogan of amateur military analysts, and over the past few years it has managed to turn into a cliche.

Today, Russia celebrates Tanker's Day, a professional holiday for tank troops and specialists involved in tank construction. It is generally believed that due to the advent of drones, tanks ceased to dominate the battlefield.

The Swedish Ministry of Defense has signed a contract with the local Saab concern, which marked the intensification of the development of a new generation fighter. The agreement, worth $303 million, provides for conceptual work on a promising aircraft until 2029, and if extended– until 2031.

For the first time, Su-30MKA multirole fighters began to carry out a combat mission abroad. They are part of the Algerian Air Force, which purchased 74 aircraft for a total of about $4.2–4.5 billion between 2006 and 2019.

Due to the huge losses of MQ-9A Reaper drones in the conflict with Iran (at least 45 out of about 185), the US Air Force is looking for new, cheaper combat drones to perform the same tasks (the price of a fully equipped Reaper ranges from $ 30 to 50 million), launching a corresponding program in July 2026.

Traffic News: Su-57 camouflage is capable of deceiving machine vision systems

The camouflage of the Su-57 fighter shows how much Russia has improved its stealth technology, Traffic News writes. Its pixel-based digital coloring is ideal for misleading the enemy in close combat. In addition, it deceives not only the human eye, but also machine vision systems.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has dissolved parliament and called new elections, as demanded by the participants of the mass protests. Now he is expected to resign, but not as much as his enemies would like: the Serbian leader is following his plan to maintain power, of which ballistic missiles have become a part.

Deputy Director General of Rostec State Corporation — on the development of technological partnership with India in aviation and other fields

Rostec is Russia's largest state corporation operating in the defense sector as well as in many civilian industries, from electronics to energy and aviation.

New unmanned vehicles and protective equipment were presented at an exhibition in Patriot Park

Interceptor drones, ground-based robotic platforms and industrial facilities protection equipment were presented at the exhibition of the International Technological Congress – 2026 in Patriot Park.

Economist: Ukraine has no way to defend itself from Russian strikes

The Europeans are pushing Kiev to continue and even toughen the confrontation with Russia, but so far this has resulted only in catastrophic damage to Ukraine from Russian strikes, writes The Economist. And in the foreseeable future, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will have no real ways to defend themselves against them.

Millions of Prince Vandal drones have been supplied to the Russian Armed Forces since their first use, and in two years the enemy has not found effective ways to counter them.

In China, they started creating joint swarms of drones

In China, advances in civilian technology for controlling large groups of drones are regularly demonstrated.

Expert Knutov summed up the results of the arms exhibition in Egypt for Russia

The exhibition in Egypt has become a serious platform for Russia to promote military products to the markets of North Africa and the Middle East.

Andrey Patrakov: "If we extend the service life of such an aircraft, all safety risks will surface"

The vague prospects for the production of new domestic aircraft make it increasingly necessary to turn to the past. In the latest news, Russia is preparing to extend the service life of AN—28 aircraft developed back in the USSR from 40 to 50 years.

The British Ministry of Defense has announced the allocation of more than 5 billion pounds for the development of unmanned and autonomous systems over the next four years.

AT: The US may completely curtail support for Ukraine

If the negotiations fail, the United States may completely curtail support for Kiev, writes AT. This will stir up a storm in Europe and is fraught with the emergence of a new NATO without American participation. Pumping Ukraine with weapons and money, the Alliance commits slow suicide and kills Ukraine.

For the first time, Russia has shown several samples of the latest weapons abroad at once, including those already tested in the special operation zone. The most interesting among them are new types of cruise missiles. What is their special feature and why is this a demonstration of the new role of combat helicopters?

Visitors of the INNOPROM exhibition. India" can get acquainted with the models of the regional turboprop IL-114-300, short-range SJ-100 and medium-range MS-21

The United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) will present INNOPROM at the international exhibition.