News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

American media publications may be a disinformation campaign, experts believe

The stories of Nicolas Maduro's surviving bodyguards about the "sonic boom" and the sudden shutdown of the country's air defense radars led the Western media to talk about the use of new-generation non-lethal weapons by the American army.

The Australian company Ungoverned, specializing in mobility technologies, has developed a new self-propelled tracked platform designed for movement on soft ground, mine-hazardous areas and rough terrain with less pressure on the soil than when a person walks.

MWM: the range of the Russian Oreshnik makes it possible to strike Washington

The Oreshnik became the first medium-range ballistic missile used in Europe over the past 50 years, writes MWM. According to experts, its radius of destruction allows it to strike, including on the mainland of the United States. With these weapons, Russian engineers were ahead of their American colleagues by many years, the author of the article emphasizes.

Colonel Khodarenok: the success of Maduro's US capture could be linked to betrayal

The United States has acquired and tested a kind of superweapon that causes the "Havana syndrome," American media reported. The results of the instant capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the inaction of his guards are also linked to some new weapons.

Die Welt: Berlin tested a new missile defense system during the Russian Oreshnik attack

The strike of the Russian Oreshnik missile in western Ukraine was the first real test for the new German Arrow 3 missile defense system, Die Welt writes. Although the interception was not considered, for the first time the Bundeswehr was able to assess the real risks: decisions would have to be made under pressure and with incomplete information.

In 2026, the Russian defense industry will present many new products. Among them are the Su—75 Checkmate fighter ready for flight testing, the Khabarovsk submarine, the lead standard carrier of uninhabited underwater vehicles with the Poseidon nuclear power plant, Sarmat missiles, and much more. How the new technology will enhance the country's defense capability is described in the Izvestia article.

The Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine stated that since the beginning of 2026, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have used the new Geran‑5 rocket-propelled barrage munition for the first time during massive combined strikes on the territory of Ukraine.

According to a foreign source, on December 23, 2024, the military and political leadership of the People's Republic of China received a preliminary analytical report on the use by the Russian side of the Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile on the territory of the Yuzhmash plant in Dnepropetrovsk.

The industrial robotics market has exceeded 7.86 billion rubles

Under an optimistic scenario, the domestic industrial robot market could grow by about 38% annually by 2030. Over the past year, its volume amounted to 7.86 billion rubles.

The latest products of the Russian defense industry regularly enter service with the Russian Armed Forces and are in demand on the global market. This also applies to Russia's first fifth-generation single-engine fighter, the Su-75 Checkmate.

On January 12, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov.

At the end of 2025, North Korea showed a colossal achievement – an almost finished nuclear submarine with ballistic missiles. This is not just another North Korean warship, but a real technological breakthrough. And besides, it's a big military-political mystery. What is it about?

"As a result of the betrayal, Maduro's guards were first "cut down", and then, unable to resist, they were shot." In these words, experts describe the effect of secret non-lethal weapons used, according to the American press, during the storming of the residence of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by American Delta special forces.

Colonel Khodarenok: the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have effective missile defense systems to combat the "Hazel Tree"

On the night of January 9, Russian troops launched a second strike with the latest Oreshnik missile system in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said. An object in the Lviv region was hit. Why Ukraine was unable to shoot down the Oreshnik warheads and whether the United States knew about this strike is in the material of the military observer Gazeta.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenka.

Kawasaki has announced the display of a full-fledged working model of its robot horse at Expo 2030. Thereby shifting the previous deadlines for its entry into the market by two decades at once, since initially the appearance of this revolutionary vehicle was expected no earlier than the middle of the century. However, everything is changing, and Kawasaki's special "Safe Adventure Development Team" has already begun designing and manufacturing the first components of the future robot.

The developers of the new generation SJ-100 and MC-21 aircraft initially set themselves the task of surpassing the shelf capacity of the main competitors by 20-25%. The increase in size required an increase in load capacity. And this turned the shelves into quite complex structures.

The UAC Nacelles and Pylons specialization center, organized on the basis of the Voronezh Aviation Plant (VASO, a branch of the Il Company), was designed to provide not only its Il-96, but also the MC-21, Superjet, IL-114-300, Il-76, and now a promising Be-200 re-motorization.

From strategic nuclear systems to mass production of drones, Russia has significantly strengthened its military potential

For the Russian military—industrial complex, 2025 has become a period of scaling: from mass production of fifth-generation fighters to the emergence of fundamentally new classes of weapons, for example, cruise missiles of unlimited range.

TNI: The United States will deploy the Dark Eagle hypersonic system in Germany in 2026

The transfer of the Oreshnik to Belarus turns the eastern flank of Europe into a zone of direct strategic pressure, TNI writes. Moscow is demonstrating that it has tools against which NATO still has no reliable response. Such a step is a signal of the return of the policy of strict containment.

BZ: the strike of the "Hazel tree" near the Polish border was a signal to the EU and NATO

The strike of the "Hazel Tree" in the Lviv region was a clear signal The EU and NATO, writes BZ. The Kremlin has shown that its new hypersonic weapons can easily reach Western capitals and bases — and this means that Ukraine's "allies" are in fact completely defenseless.