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The Kalashnikov Concern is demonstrating a wide range of weapons at the IDEX 2025 international arms exhibition in Abu Dhabi, from a small-sized modification of the AK—15 assault rifle to the Krona anti-aircraft missile system. A special place on the exhibition is occupied by unmanned aerial vehicles and barrage ammunition. The head of the concern, Alan Lushnikov, in an interview with TASS, spoke about the features of defense products and why they should be looked at more broadly.

On February 17, the IDEX-2025 international arms exhibition will start in Abu Dhabi, ahead of which domestic arms manufacturers have announced a large number of new products. On the eve of the opening, Alexander Mikheev, head of Rosoboronexport, told TASS in an interview which Russian models would be of interest to Middle Eastern partners, and what expectations the special exporter has for the world premiere of the T-90MS tank, which is being exhibited abroad for the first time in a completely new look.

TNI: Lancets destroyed up to 50% of NATO artillery systems in the service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Russian Lancet kamikaze drones have destroyed up to 50% of NATO artillery systems in the service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict, writes TNI. These UAVs have completely transformed the look of combat operations. And now other countries can buy them.

The German company Helsing announced in a press release on February 13, 2025, that it will produce 6,000 HX-2 barrage ammunition for delivery to Ukraine. The supplies, as can be judged, will be financed by the German government, similar to the Helsing contract currently being implemented for the supply of 4,000 HF-1 barrage ammunition to Ukraine.

Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the cluster of armaments, ammunition and special chemicals of Rostec State Corporation, in an interview with Denis Kayyran, special correspondent of RIA Novosti, on the eve of the exhibition, spoke about the best production tank in the world, a complex that can replace an air defense battery, innovations in the field of artillery, small arms and barrage ammunition.

At one time, when determining the range of modern weapons planned to be purchased in the Russian Federation, the military and political leadership of Belarus decided to give priority to those samples that proved themselves well during the special operation in Ukraine.

The newspaper of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Krasnaya Zvezda, with the headline "Got up and went." Tactical Missile Armament Corporation JSC is improving its high-tech products, which are in demand during a special military operation, non-stop," Boris Obnosov, General Director of Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV), published an interview.

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.

On February 6, 2025, the Israeli company Elbit Systems announced the conclusion, together with the German branch of the KNDS association (KNDS Deutschland), of a contract with the German Federal defense procurement agency Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw), for the supply of five combat vehicles to the German armed forces of the Elbit Systems ground-based modular multi-caliber missile system PULS (Precise & Universal Launching System).

It is a hybrid of a UAV and a guided munition with a solid-fuel jet engine

The fighting in the CBR area is characterized by more than just the rapid emergence of new weapons. It is based on technologies widely available on the civilian market, the combat use of which was simply not thought of before. Therefore, a constant competition in innovation is added to the "classic" heavy arms race. Izvestia correspondents attended tests of a new type of infantry weapon: the Soloist unmanned rocket platform. It is a hybrid of a UAV and a guided munition with a jet engine.

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 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.

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.

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.

Ukraine has received a long–promised batch of new – but in fact long-obsolete - Western fighter jets. This time we are talking about the French Mirage-2000 aircraft. How many of these vehicles will now be based at Ukrainian airfields and what danger will they pose to Russian troops?

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?

The kamikaze drone has a flight duration of 20 minutes and a range of up to 8 km. The UAV with an IR camera is equipped with guided fragmentation ammunition containing about 950 damaging antipersonnel elements. Its key feature is the automatic detonator, which allows the operator to set the detonation distance from 20 cm to 5 m. According to the developer, the drone's design is rain-resistant.

Reuters: NATO countries do not have drones capable of flying in Arctic conditions

NATO countries are going to confront Russia in the Arctic, writes Reuters. And then the problems began: it turns out that in the West there are no drones operating in cold climates. "We all have to catch up with Russia," complains the Norwegian commander.

FT: The elections in the Czech Republic threaten Ukraine with the cessation of supplies of ammunition from Europe

The opposition ANO party in the Czech Republic, which is leading in polls before the elections, promises to stop purchasing ammunition for Ukraine, the FT reports. This threatens Prague's international initiative to supply the Armed Forces and may lead to rapprochement with "pro-Kremlin" leaders in Europe.