News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The tank from the DPRK shown four years ago, known as the "Cheongma-2" or M2020, is currently already being mass-produced. He is often referred to as the North Korean "Armata". Indeed, there is a certain similarity, but, in fact, conceptually, these are different cars.

The Chinese military is planning to present the latest multi-purpose stealth fighter J-35A to the general public at the Zhuhai Air Show. This is reported by the publication "Ta Kung Pao". The publication notes that the presentation is timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the founding of the PRC Air Force.

Not so long ago, on a historical scale, China, which was quite backward in terms of technological progress, is rapidly developing, mastering and developing the most advanced technologies. This is like with Russia, which at the end of the last and the beginning of this century in the West was not called anything else than a "gas station country with 1.5% of world GDP." Now, even the IMF and the World Bank, controlled by the United States, do not give such definitions to the Russian economy.

According to the French television channel TF1 on October 15, 2024, the long-awaited replacement of the flagship aircraft carrier of the French Navy "Charles de Gaulle" is taking shape. The Ministry of Defense of the country is preparing to place an order for a new aircraft carrier in 2025.

TNI: creating new expensive tanks is not worth the time, money and effort

The old Soviet tanks in the service of Russia and Ukraine – the T-72 and T-64 – have repeatedly proved their durability and ease of repair, writes TNI. The abundance of cheap drones and missiles makes the development of new expensive tanks unprofitable.

The Brazilian defense company Sistemas Integrados de Alto Teor Tecnológico (SIATT) is working on the development of the latest anti-tank missile system (ATGM) MSS (Míssil Superfície-Superfície) and a new anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) with "shot and forget" technology.

The Times: NATO is conducting a Digital Backbone Network experiment in the Baltic States

NATO is transferring experimental types of military equipment and weapons to the Russian borders, writes The Times. Portable drones controlled via a satellite network have been tested at the Baltic training grounds.

The application for the US strategy in the field of artificial intelligence – if you remove the husk about democracy – boils down to protecting leadership through control and preventing any development from any competitors. Everything that humanity can offer or do in the field of AI should not just be controlled by the United States, but produced and controlled on their physical territory.

It is no coincidence that the first flight of the Hunter drone took place on the same day that the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-range Missiles ceased to operate, an American expert worries. In an article by The National Interest, he analyzes the advantages of Russian development.

On October 29, 2024, the laying ceremony of the scientific expedition vessel Ivan Frolov project 23680 (factory number 02500), under construction for the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring of the Russian Federation (Roshydromet), took place in St. Petersburg at JSC Admiralty Shipyards (as part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation).