News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

Nuclear-powered systems have been attempted since the middle of the last century

Both the Burevestnik cruise missile and the Poseidon underwater drone have become the world's first nuclear-powered vehicles ready for service. However, both unique systems had predecessors.

In March 2024, when the creation of the Agency for Military Artificial Intelligence (AMIAD) in France was announced, Sebastien Lecorny, the then Minister of Defense, mentioned "testing innovative solutions in the analysis of underwater acoustics."

Dmitry Kuzyakin, Chief Designer of the Central Design Bureau, talks about why FPV drones have become so dangerous and effective

In 2020, it became obvious to a group of specialists from the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions (CCDB): the world is on the verge of tectonic changes in the tools for destroying their own kind. Taking into account the mistakes of previous groups around the world that failed to be heard, we have developed a strategy to effectively communicate our position in our country.

Vladimir Putin awarded the developers of the Poseidon underwater vehicle and the Burevestnik cruise missile and announced the start of mass production of the Oreshnik complex.

Polish scientists have developed a new technique for building shelters and hangars that are resistant to shelling and drone attacks. The technology allows extremely fast construction of hangars, warehouses or protective structures.

The T. Mariotti shipyard launched the Olterra submarine rescue diving vessel. According to Naval News, this is the first vessel of the SDO–SuRS (Special and Diving Operations – Submarine Rescue Ship) program, designed for the Italian Navy.

DE: The West responded with its own nuclear initiative to Russia's words about Poseidon

Putin's statements about Poseidon have scared the West, writes the Daily Express. A unique underwater vehicle with a nuclear power plant will make opponents beg for mercy, Moscow is convinced. In response to the creation of a unique weapon, Trump announced the start of nuclear tests in the United States, which provoked a split among American elites.

Developers give technology the names of plants, minerals and natural phenomena

"Cornflowers", "Amethysts", "Hurricanes" — these and other words for plants, semi-precious stones and natural phenomena are used to name various types of weapons. Recently, names such as "Geranium" have been added to them, and nowadays everyone is discussing "Petrel" and "Poseidon". Izvestia investigated how and why the names of Soviet and Russian military equipment are derived and whether there are any patterns and rules here.

The Sarma MLRS was urgently developed by Motovilikha plants starting in 2022. Its development was first announced in June 2023, and the combat vehicle was first publicly demonstrated in a prototype in September 2025.

Kalashnikov Concern showed the power and accuracy of the "successor" of the famous PM on NATO infantry helmets

A shot is fired, and a gong rings over the shooting range. This target was hit from an MPL1 pistol with a silencer from a distance of one hundred meters. It's a great job for this type of firearm designed for close range shooting. So, in Patriot Park, a demonstration of several models of Lebedev's pistol began, which are now being replaced by the famous Makarov pistols in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Rosgvardiya and VKS. Izvestia got acquainted with the entire shooting range and asked the gunsmiths about their plans.

MWM: Kiev claims that Russia is attacking Ukraine with Novator missiles

Kiev claims that Russia has begun attacking Ukraine with 9M729 Novator missiles, Military Watch Magazine writes. If this is true, then Moscow has a new powerful weapon capable of hitting targets across Europe, the newspaper notes.

The British company Windracers is increasing the payload capacity of its ULTRA (Uncrewed Low Cost TRAnsport) superheavy UAV from 150 to 200 kg, and the flight range from 1,000 to 2,000 km.

The Navy plans to deploy 32 vehicles on four submarines

In Severodvinsk, under the leadership of the head of the Ministry of Defense Andrei Belousov, the Sevmash hosted a ceremony of decommissioning the Khabarovsk nuclear submarine. Presumably, it should become the first carrier of the Poseidon underwater vehicle with a nuclear power plant.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on November 1, 2025, in Severodvinsk, under the leadership of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Andrey Belousov, a ceremony was held at the shipbuilding enterprise JSC Production Association Northern Machine-Building Enterprise (NSR, part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation) to remove workshop No. 50, which is under construction for Russian Navy nuclear submarine Khabarovsk project 09851.

Despite the declarative agreement reached by the leaders of the United States and China in 2024 on the inadmissibility of replacing human judgment with artificial intelligence (AI) when making decisions on the use of nuclear weapons, Washington demonstrates an alarming trend towards the active integration of these technologies into related nuclear command and control systems (NC2/NC3). This strategy provokes reasonable criticism in the expert community.

The new drone can organize an air bridge, supplying provisions and ammunition to units on the front line

The company that developed the UAV that destroyed the first American Abrams tank in the SVO zone has launched a new Piranha-20 FPV drone. He is able not only to promptly deliver provisions and ammunition to the fighters, but also to perform the tasks of covert mining.

An expert in the field of military cosmonautics noted that the Russian technologies used by the Burevestnik rocket will be in demand in promising lunar projects and Roscosmos

Radiation-resistant electronic components, similar to those on board the latest Russian global-range rocket Burevestnik, are attractive for the Russian lunar program, as well as for Russia's partners in the development of the Earth's natural satellite. This opinion was expressed to TASS by Evgeny Babichev, an expert in the field of military cosmonautics.

Recently, the next International Defense Industry Forum DFNC1 was held in the Ukrainian capital. Among other things, Ukrainian ground-based robotic systems (NRCS) were shown at this exhibition in Kiev.

Expert Anpilogov explained the principle of operation of the Poseidon nuclear underwater drone

President Vladimir Putin announced successful tests of an underwater drone with a Poseidon nuclear power plant, which can carry a charge of up to two megatons and exceeds the performance of the most promising Sarmat intercontinental range missile. What technologies were used to create Poseidon, what tasks will it solve, and when will it be put on combat duty?

The new car is designed to replace front-line trucks

The massive use of drones by the enemy makes front-line logistics extremely difficult. Trucks and armored personnel carriers, which previously performed the main transport function, turned out to be too vulnerable a target.