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Heavy drones will be used in the dark

The troops began to create branches of agricultural drones. They are equipped with agricultural copters and their analogues. Such vehicles can carry tens of kilograms of combat load and destroy fortifications and equipment, or carry other drones on board. Separating them into separate units is an effective solution, experts say.

US President Donald Trump has actually unleashed an international trade war by greatly increasing import duties on goods from several countries at once. Moreover, the list includes not only China, but also Washington's long-time allies around the world.

Moon dust, which has been considered a problem for lunar expeditions for decades, may solve a key issue of space exploration. Scientists have found a way to turn it into an important element for energy production. Theoretically, this technology can reduce the cost of launching materials into space and bring the creation of permanent lunar bases closer.

These combat vehicles have proven their effectiveness during a special military operation

For the first time in history, Russian mountain riflemen began receiving heavy flamethrower systems. They are already being mastered by the 34th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle (mountain) brigade.

As reported by PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC - part of Rostec State Corporation), on March 30, 2025, the third prototype Il-114-300 aircraft (OP-3, serial number 1001, registration number) made its first flight from the airfield of PJSC UAC's Lukhovitsky Aviation Plant (LAZ) named after P.A. Voronin. number 54116), which is also the second aircraft of this type of new construction.

In early January of this year, it became known that Germany had allegedly supplied the first Lynx infantry fighting vehicle to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. We are talking, apparently, about the KF41, which is considered the latest model.

As the Finnish Patria group announced on April 1, 2025, Denmark joined the multinational program for the development and production of the Common Armored Vehicle System (CAVS) wheeled armored personnel carrier, signing a corresponding technical agreement, and becoming the fifth country participating in the program after Finland, Latvia, Sweden and Germany.

Eric Berger, a well-known American industry columnist, interviewed the crew of the Boeing spacecraft, whose technical problems delayed two astronauts in orbit for nine months instead of one week. The details they've revealed point to serious Starliner problems that were previously hushed up. People have spent a lot of time at deeply abnormal temperatures. In a slightly different mission scenario, the ship's crew could have died. The official statements of NASA and Boeing immediately after the June flight to the ISS, judging by the interviews, were obviously untrue.

The large-scale exercises of the People's Liberation Army of China off the coast of Taiwan involve advanced weapons – a Type 054A frigate, a DF-15 ballistic missile, an H-6K bomber and a Y-20 transport aircraft. This is reported by the Global Times. The publication notes that during the exercises, in particular, the YJ-21 air-launched ballistic missile, which was previously presented at an air show in China, was seen.

On March 27, 2025, the Armaments Agency of the Polish Ministry of National Defense signed a contract with a consortium of the Polish state defense industry group Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA (PGZ) and the Polish company Huta Stalowa Wola SA (HSW) to supply the Polish Army with the first serial batch of 111 Borsuk infantry fighting vehicles of national Polish design.

The new thermonuclear munition will be able to hit buried targets, while its use does not require visible ICBM launches from space. At the same time, the bomb is hardly particularly effective against powerful countries.

The Israeli company Rafael is at the final stage of creating the Iron Beam laser complex, designed to strengthen the country's air defense.

On March 31, the Israeli company Rafael announced the successful completion of tests of an improved modification of the Typhoon 30 remote-controlled combat station. A video of her work, filmed in February, is shown online.

The launch was carried out from the Norwegian Annea cosmodrome, located on the coast of Norway. After detaching from the launch pad, the rocket began to lose stability in the first seconds of flight: the video clearly shows how it began to rock, after which a critical roll occurred, and it fell near the launch site.

The drone will be in demand as a bomber or a transport UAV

A prototype of a large unmanned aircraft has been created in Siberia. The range of the new drone is one thousand kilometers. At this distance, it can deliver at least 200 kg of payload. It will also be in demand as a military transport or drone bomber. Initially, it was created as a transport UAV for the eastern regions of the country, where the distance between settlements is often measured in hundreds of kilometers. Moreover, he does not need a runway, he can "unload" by parachute.

At this demonstration, retired Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, former commander of the US Army in Europe, emphasized the critical need for a new generation of long-range systems, pointing out that the GMARS related to it would provide a significant advantage on the battlefield due to improved range, speed and operational flexibility.

In recent years, there has been renewed interest in the purchase of auxiliary vessels, which was largely neglected in the post-Cold War era. The reasons for the growth of this market are diverse and varied: the expiration of the service life of existing vessels, the need to comply with stricter environmental standards, as well as the revision of operational concepts that place higher demands on logistics at sea.

The technological struggle between China and the United States is gaining momentum in virtually any area, including the military-technical one. One of the areas of this kind of competition is work on the creation of a sixth–generation fighter (according to the Chinese classification – the fifth) generation. In China, this is the J-36 fighter, which has already made several sorties and "lit up" in the photo. The Americans have the F-47 NGAD, which has already caused a scandal due to the fact that its creation was entrusted to Boeing, and not Lockheed Martin, which is used to raking in all orders in the field of creating fighter aircraft models.

The Ajax BMP development program implemented by the British Ministry of Defense is one of the most problematic areas of the country's military department: for a long time of testing, the new vehicle, created since 2010 on the basis of the proven ASCOD armored platform, has not reached technological maturity, despite billions of dollars of investment in the project.

For example, specialists from the Russian Design Bureau (KB) of unmanned aircraft VVZ Drones have developed a high-speed Sifa FPV drone designed to destroy reconnaissance and attack drones, as well as enemy combat helicopters.