News of new developments in the military-industrial complex
India has adopted the Arjun Mk 1A - "the most expensive tank in the world" weighing almost 70 tons
The Indian army received the Arjun Mk 1A tank, which is a development of the not - so-successful Arjun Mk 1. The weight of the combat vehicle is 68 tons, which makes it one of the heaviest tanks in the world.
Creation of a new electronic warfare aircraft in Japan
The Japanese Ministry of Defense announced on February 10, 2021, that the Japanese defense procurement agency Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has awarded Kawasaki Heavy Industries Corporation (KHI) an initial contract worth 15 billion yen ($143.1 million) to begin implementing a program to create a new electronic warfare aircraft for the Japan Self-Defense Air Force based on the new Japanese medium military transport aircraft Kawasaki C-2.
New Voronezh-type radars will replace all existing radar stations
They solve the problems of obtaining and issuing data on missile launches and missile trajectories for warning about a strike at points of state and military control
All existing radar stations (radars) of the "Dnepr", "Daryal" and "Volga" types will be replaced with new radars of the "Voronezh"type. This was announced by the head of the Main Center for Warning about a Rocket Attack of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces, Colonel Andrey Revenok.
They'll be back: "Terminators" were given a year of testing
The Ministry of Defense has launched a test program for a trial batch of tank support vehicles (BMPT) "Terminator-2". The tests will take about a year, and the final decision on the purchase of these products will be made based on their results. Until the successful verification in Syria, the fate of this new type of armored vehicles remained uncertain. Now their first unit is undergoing intensive military tests. The military has yet to fully study these machines, both tactically and technically.
"Completely different possibilities": what the US wants to fight in the air
The United States has successfully tested a prototype of a deeply modernized F-15EX fighter. The event for the American defense industry is significant — the last "fifteenth" entered the army almost 20 years ago. The Pentagon is very much counting on the updated machine and assure that this program will not affect the purchase of fifth-generation aircraft. What is known about the F-15EX-in the material of RIA Novosti.
Underwater unmanned vehicle "Sarma" will be created in Russia
The underwater unmanned vehicle "Sarma" will be prepared for mass production in 2024. It can be used for cargo transportation, maintenance of surveillance systems and lighting under the ice.
Russia has officially announced its intention to build a lunar station together with China
There was an order of the Russian government, in which Roscosmos was instructed to sign a memorandum with the People's Republic of China on the creation of a lunar station. Earlier it became known that Russia was excluded from the expert group discussing the creation of the Gateway station.
Chinese Type 15 light tank with "jet armor" shown on video
Chinese television showed an improved version of the latest Type 15 light tank, also known as the ZTQ-15.
Apparently, the experience gained in operating the machines of the first releases allowed us to make some changes.
Russian AK-19 gets NATO ammunition
The AK-19 machine gun will be able to be loaded with NATO cartridges, RIA Novosti reports the statement of the general director of the Kalashnikov group of companies Dmitry Tarasov.
In "Kalashnikov" told about the new AK-19 machine gun
With the new Kalashnikov AK-19 machine gun under the NATO cartridge (5. 56x45 mm), the shooter is less tired due to the low weight of the weapon, Vladimir Onokoy, head of the Kalashnikov concern directorate for military-technical cooperation, told RIA Novosti.
U.S. marine corps is experimenting with a new anti-tank weapon
After the US Marine Corps command completely abandoned the tanks last year, the search for an adequate replacement began. The main task is to make the Marines more dangerous to the enemy than before. As we wrote earlier, the United States is preparing for the possible seizure of Chinese military bases on artificial islands in the South China Sea, where the use of tanks is ineffective.
Nanoracks has signed a contract with the UAE for the construction of orbital greenhouses
Private space company Nanoracks has signed an agreement with investors from the UAE to build orbital greenhouses for growing edible plants. According to Nanoracks director Jeffrey Manber, plants that can survive in space will solve the problem of food shortage here on Earth. A considerable number of experiments in this area speak in favor of this hypothesis.
The quantum computer was stronger than the classical one in the applied problem
The quantum computer was ahead of the classical one in solving a new problem, or rather in testing this solution. Physicists have experimentally implemented a protocol for verifying the solution of a problem that cannot be solved on a classical computer in polynomial time. They showed that a quantum machine requires a thousand times less information to test. The work is published in Nature Communications.
The source reported on the construction of three more heavy drones "Hunter"
Novosibirsk Aircraft Factory. Chkalova (NAZ) is building three more prototypes of the S-70 Hunter heavy strike unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.
The third wingman Su-57 will become invisible
Russia will build three more samples of the S-70 Hunter heavy strike and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), considered to be the wingmen of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the military-industrial complex.
The Diplomat called Russian submarines a serious problem for NATO
Thanks to the active development of technology and the launching of modern vessels, the Russian submarine fleet is regaining its positions lost after the collapse of the USSR, and poses a real threat to the NATO military.
Robotic BMP-3 made friends with drones
Man has less and less space on the battlefield. On February 11, the TASS news agency reported that the Russian robotic complex "Udar", developed on the basis of the BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle, passed joint tests with light robots.
"European Corvette" is overgrown with details
European countries are actively moving towards the creation of a common ship. February 11, portal defensenews.com He announced that Navantia and Naviris have signed a memorandum of understanding.
Video: the latest AKV-521 carbine tested in the cold
The developers of the latest AKV-521 carbine tested it in action at a temperature of minus 50 degrees - the weapon did not fail. The corresponding video appeared on the official YouTube channel of the Kalashnikov concern.
Roscosmos announced a new price for launching the Soyuz-5 rocket»
According to the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure (CENKI), the launch of the new carrier will cost about 50-55 million dollars. Thus, in theory, the rocket will be competitive in the world market.























