News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

Due to the secrecy traditional for this country, North Korean tank construction is of great interest to foreign experts. However, how North Korea's heavy tracked vehicles are being improved can only be judged by reports from military parades held in Pyongyang and by rare photo reports directly from military units.

As the TASS news agency reported on October 13, 2021, the first brigade set of the newest S-500 anti-aircraft missile system (SAMS) produced by ALMAZ-ANTEY Concern of East Kazakhstan Region entered the troops of the 15th Special Purpose Army of the Aerospace Forces of Russia, covering Moscow and the Central Industrial District. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the military department.

Tests of the armored wheeled vehicle "BARYS 8x8" have been completed in Kazakhstan. According to the State Defense Order Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a total of 25,000 km was covered within six months, including through mountainous, steppe and desert areas.

The American companies Ghost Robotics and S.W.O.R.D. Defense showed a combat robot based on the four-legged robot Vision-60. It is equipped with a rifle with a range of 1.2 kilometers and a thermal imager.

The US Army will test a promising hypersonic tactical missile PrSM firing at maximum range. According to Breaking Defense, it is expected to be launched later on Wednesday from the Vandenberg base. The target will be located at a distance of 499 kilometers.

Russia is ready to negotiate a further reduction of the START, taking into account the availability of its latest weapons. Contacts between Russia and the United States on the reduction of strategic offensive arms are developing

Russian intercontinental hypersonic weapons are already on combat duty, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The US Air Force has completed a series of tests of the new GBU-72 concrete-piercing bomb weighing 2.3 tons, during which it was dropped from the F-15 Strike Eagle heavy fighter-bomber. The striking capability of the GBU-72 will be significantly higher than that of the comparable GBU-28, which the US military has been using for three decades.

The pseudo-satellite Zephyr S of the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has set a flight altitude record for its class of drones. He climbed 23.2 thousand meters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was surprised by the reaction of the United States to Russia's creation of hypersonic weapons, because, according to him, at first Washington said that it didn't care, and now it doesn't like it.

The whole world was watching the S-500 tests. Thanks to this weapon, Russia will have the opportunity to create an absolutely impenetrable "space shield". Why is so much attention focused on this SAM, including in the Chinese press?

Deep Blue Aerospace has tested a prototype of its promising reusable Nebula-M1 rocket. The device reached a height of 100 meters and successfully returned back.

Russia has completed testing of the latest hypersonic missile

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the implementation of the second test launch of the hypersonic cruise missile "Zircon". It was produced by the crew of the nuclear submarine missile cruiser Severodvinsk from the Barents Sea. The shooting took place in normal mode and, it would seem, was no different from many other similar missile launches. But in fact, it changes a lot.

The newest ORION unmanned aerial vehicle can receive a satellite terminal that will allow you to control the drone and receive information from it from almost anywhere in the world.

Innovators of the branch of the Military Academy of Logistics (Penza) have developed a robotic diagnostic complex of technical intelligence.

Russian hypersonic missiles "Zircon" will be tested with a volley launch from the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov", which will test the concept of a "swarm of bees", which allows distracting the fire of the enemy's anti-aircraft system (air defense), writes TASS columnist Dmitry Litovkin.

The United States intends to significantly increase its air defense capabilities. October 11, portal defensenews.com He announced that full-scale production of the promising IBCS air defense system could begin as early as 2023.

In North Korea, they again showed a tank of their own production, which experts previously considered a kind of hybrid of the Russian T-14 Armata tank and the American M1 Abrams. A new picture of the combat vehicle, published by the Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA) of the DPRK, was shown by the South Korean Yonhap news agency.

A brigade or regiment of S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft systems, having received the Pantsir-SM complexes, will become a self-sufficient unit. Military expert Viktor Murakhovsky told Izvestia about this on Tuesday, October 12.

At the 10th International Exhibition of Armaments and Military Equipment "Partner-2021" held in Belgrade, the Serbian armored personnel carrier "Lazanski", created in yUgoimport-SDPR, was demonstrated for the first time.

The four-axle combat vehicle is named after the Serbian ambassador to Russia Miroslav Lazansky, who passed away in early August of this year.

French President Emmanuel Macron called the development and use of micro- and mini-satellites another important task in the space sphere

French President Emmanuel Macron has set the country the task of creating reusable mini-carriers in the space sector by 2026. He said this on Tuesday, speaking at the Elysee Palace with the presentation of the new investment program "France-2030".