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Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov promised the appearance of unconventional types of weapons in Russia
The State Armament Program (GPV) will be aimed at creating non-traditional types of weapons, including directed energy weapons, kinetic weapons, as well as control systems using artificial intelligence and robotic complexes.
During a special operation in the Donbas, a new Russian armored car "Buran" was spotted
The newest Russian armored car "Buran" was first presented to the public in 2020. However, it is already gaining popularity among the military – both Russian and foreign.
Kaliningrad is preparing to produce electric cars powered by local "RENERA" batteries
Rosatom plans to build a plant in the Kaliningrad Region for the production of lithium-ion cells and batteries with a total capacity of about 4 GWh per year, which will start operating in 2025 and will meet the needs of Russian automakers in traction batteries.
Hyundai has announced its decision to engage in hybrid hydrogen aviation
At the last Vertical Flight Society H2 Aero seminar, Hyundai presented its plans for the development of electric aviation in the near future. They emphasized that they already have a run-in technology of hydrogen power plants for vehicles. You just need to modify it and install it on aircraft.
Batteries ask for metal
Electric cars in Russia and lithium fever in the world
Against the background of the special military operation of the Russian army in Ukraine, Russia came under numerous sanctions mainly from Western countries, which exposed the country's significant dependence on imports in the field of high technologies of a number of industries.
"Current events guarantee victory for China"
"Novaya Gazeta" under the heading "Current events guarantee victory for China. Russia's dependence on the Celestial Empire will begin to grow at a gigantic pace. Why?" published an interview with a well-known Russian sinologist, director of the Center for Integrated European and International Studies at the Higher School of Economics (HSE) and a former employee of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) Vasily Kashin.
Ukrainian heirs of Grad
Multiple launch rocket systems "Willow" and "Birch bark"
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the rocket forces and artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) got a significant number of multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) of various calibers, including dozens of 122-mm MLRS of the Grad type.
Old KrAZy, "shishigi" and ZILs formed the basis of the APU fleet
The armed formations of Ukraine continue to massively use the car fleet of the unilaterally privatized property of three military districts of the Soviet Army, formations withdrawn from Eastern Europe, as well as various power structures of the USSR.
These are ZIL-131, GAZ-66, Ural-4320, Ural-375, KrAZ-255, KrAZ-260, KamAZ-4310 and UAZ-469 all-terrain vehicles.
The German Foreign Ministry said that the first armored vehicles were transferred to Ukraine
The representative of the German Foreign Ministry, Andrea Sasse, said that the first German armored vehicles as part of the defense assistance package were successfully transferred to Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports.
Special forces of the Southern Military District have started working out flank firing techniques with the use of Typhoon armored vehicles
Military personnel of the special purpose unit of the Southern Military District, stationed in the Krasnodar Territory, have started practical training on modern Typhoon armored vehicles.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Krasnodar Territory will receive high-passable equipment
Perhaps soon the regional administration for the Krasnodar Territory will receive high-passability equipment.
The Ukrainian army decided to scare Russian buggy tanks with ATGM "Stugna-P"
At the recent exercises of the 93rd separate mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a mobile launcher capable of using the ATGM of the Stugna-P complex was demonstrated.
The plant for the production of electric trucks will open in Moscow in the third quarter of 2022.
St. Petersburg LLC "Electric Vehicles Manufacturing Rus" (EMR) plans to open a factory in Moscow for the production of EVM PRO electric trucks in the third quarter of 2022. This is stated in the materials for the presentation of the car, which were reviewed by Interfax.
The British armored car was armed with a Soviet twin machine gun
Developed during the Great Patriotic War, the 14.5-mm ZPU-2 machine gun was installed at various times on various models of equipment. For example, back in the 50s, modifications of wheeled BTR-40, BTR-152 and tracked BTR-50 were equipped with such weapons.
The Armed Forces of Burundi can purchase additional Fahd-300 armored personnel carriers
Egyptian defense columnist Mahmoud Gamal posted photos on Twitter showing the adviser to the President of Burundi inspecting a Fahd-300 armored personnel carrier with an Egyptian-made 4x4 wheel formula during his last visit to the Kader factory.
The USA handed over a new batch of BBM MaxxPro to the Bangladesh Armed Forces
The Bangladesh Ground Forces received a new batch of 15 M1224 MaxxPro armored vehicles of the MRAP class as part of the American Surplus Military Equipment (EDA) program.
A new airfield refueling aircraft is being developed for the VKS - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
A new airfield autofuel tanker, which will allow refueling several aircraft at once, is being developed for the Russian Aerospace Forces, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
The global electric car market doubled in 2021 at the expense of China
Having studied the situation on the global market of electric vehicles, the specialists of the analytical company Canalys came to the conclusion that 6.5 million electric vehicles were sold worldwide in 2021, which is 109% more than in 2020.
The latest MZKT-7415 tractors were spotted at the Allied Determination exercises
In the joint Russian-Belarusian operational exercises "Allied Resolve-2022", units equipped with multi-axle wheeled tractors played a significant role in the relocation of the military equipment involved to the landfills.
A batch of new tankers has been received to equip a separate MTO ZVO brigade in the Moscow region
A batch of ADCPT-10-53501 tankers based on KamAZ-53501 vehicles has arrived at the logistics Support unit (MTO) of the Western Military District (ZVO), stationed in the Moscow region.