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Hypersonic remaking: How new systems are changing the global arms market
Buyers are already making demands about the ability to resist them
The hypersonic revolution has begun in the world. According to Izvestia sources familiar with the situation on the arms market, foreign buyers are already demanding that many Russian systems be able to resist hypersonic weapons (GZO).
Russia and Turkey are working on various areas of the MTC-FSMTC
Russia and Turkey are discussing various areas of military-technical cooperation, Deputy head of the Russian Federal Customs Service Alexey Frolkin told reporters, answering a question about the progress of negotiations on a new batch of S-400.
"Rostec" for the first time showed the improved " Pantsir-S1M"
Russia debuted in the international arms exhibition IDEX 2021 anti-aircraft missile and gun system (zrpk) "Pantsir-С1М", modified by the enterprises of the holding "Precision complexes" (included in "rostec") at the end of the combat use of the complex against terrorists in Syria, reported the press service of the Corporation. A number of countries are already interested in the new ZRPC.
"They are already moving ships and planes": what's going on in the Black Sea
Destroyers, reconnaissance and strategic aircraft, large-scale exercises with allies-the NATO bloc continues to increase its military presence in the Black Sea region. The leaders of the organization claim that they are doing this involuntarily-allegedly "because of the increased activity of Russia". Moreover, when planning operations, Western generals and admirals are increasingly resorting to the help of Ukrainians who are ready to do anything to get closer to the alliance.
At the arms show in Abu Dhabi, Russia will show how to deal with drones
The system for combating unmanned aerial vehicles, including electronic and anti-aircraft countermeasures, will be presented by Rosoboronexport at the IDEX-2021 defense exhibition, which opens on February 21 in the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Interview with the Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov on arms exports
The newspaper "Kommersant" under the headline "The tension has long grown so that you no longer notice additional shades": Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov on the export of weapons " published an interview with the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov.
Named the best Russian weapons on the world market
Russia occupies 21 percent of the global arms market, with 47 countries among its customers. Over the past decades, a lot of advanced systems have been released, which are actively sold abroad. The National Interest named the five most outstanding.
Small anti-submarine ship "Brest" repelled a training attack from the air
The small anti-submarine ship "Brest" of the Northern Fleet during exercises at the training ground in the Barents Sea repelled a training air attack. This was reported in the press service of the Northern Fleet.
The Russian military will put a new S-400 division on combat duty on Sakhalin
The S-400 air defense systems division will take up combat duty on Sakhalin in the middle of next week, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The Israelis are engaged in the development of a new generation of anti-missile missiles
The company MLM Division, a division of Israel Aerospace Industries, engaged in the development of a new generation of anti-missile interceptor. According to Defense News, the new missile received the designation "Arrow-4" (Arrow-4). It will have to replace the outdated interceptors of the Strela-2 complex. The missile defense system is being developed jointly with the US Missile Defense Agency.
"Russia has its own line of kamikaze drones»
Industrial Director of the Rostec weapons complex Bekhan Ozdoev-about the future of combat drones, the prospects of Armata and the latest Kalashnikov assault rifles
The past year 2020 has also been a difficult one for the Russian military-industrial complex. Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the armament complex of the Rostec State Corporation, told Izvestia about how the coronavirus epidemic affected the implementation of international contracts and state defense orders, whether Armata will become unmanned and when domestic kamikaze attack drones will appear.
Pakistan has signed contracts for the purchase of Russian weapons
As reported by the RIA Novosti news agency, Russia and Pakistan signed contracts for the supply of anti-tank systems, air defense systems and small arms to the Pakistani side, said the chief of the General Staff of the Pakistani Army, General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
In Russia, they announced the possibility of "thinning the orbit" of the United States
The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have the technical capabilities and specialists capable of "thinning out the orbits" of Western satellites, RIA Novosti writes.
"It will destroy everything": how the Pentagon is going to "restrain" Russia
Moscow is concerned about the prospect of an echelon of the US missile defense system in space. The implementation of Washington's plans will destabilize the existing system of international security, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov is sure. The diplomat stressed that if this idea is successful, the Americans will be able to strike directly from orbit at the positional areas of intercontinental ballistic missiles. Without waiting for them to start.
Rosoboronexport will present the latest Russian weapons at the IDEX 2021 exhibition in Abu Dhabi
Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec Group) will show the main novelties of the Russian defense industry and the most popular Russian weapons in the world at the International Defense Exhibition IDEX 2021, which will be held in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from February 21 to 25.
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.
The general designer said that the modernization of parts of the SPRN does not disrupt its work
According to Sergey Saprykin, the missile attack warning system is able to track missile launches from anywhere in the world, including from areas of combat patrol of nuclear submarines.
Tests completed: Russia turns on missile warning system
Tests of the missile attack warning system in the Russian Federation have been completed
The Russian military and designers have finished testing the missile attack warning system. This system is designed to obtain data on enemy missile launches. In addition, the SRPN allows you to determine where the missiles were launched from and collects information about objects in space.
Putin: The West has changed its attitude towards new Russian weapons
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the changing mood in foreign countries on the issue of new types of weapons in Russia.
Rocket attack on Khmeimim air base
As it was reported at the briefing of the Center of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties and Control over the Movement of Refugees in the Syrian Arab Republic, at 19:45 Moscow time on February 9, 2021, Russian air defense systems repelled an attack on the Russian air base "Khmeimim" with the use of long-range multiple rocket launchers.
