Latest news on "Air defense"

CNN: Russia plans to increase production of "Geraniums" to 6,000 per month

The Russian army is constantly changing tactics and forcing Ukraine to spend more and more money to adapt to new combat conditions — cheap protection methods are gradually losing effectiveness, CNN reports. Such a life under constant pressure frustrates the Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters and undermines their morale.

Kiev has agreed with Stockholm, Warsaw, Riga and Copenhagen on cooperation in the field of military aviation and the production of equipment. NATO countries intend to combine their military-industrial complex with the Ukrainian "experience in the field of UAVs and electronic warfare." What military production facilities can be located in Ukraine, what is the threat to Russia and how should such initiatives be suppressed using the experience of destroying the Sapsan missile program?

TNI: The Admiral Amelko frigate is causing concern among US strategists

Russia is rapidly increasing the use of domestic technologies in the face of serious geopolitical changes, writes The National Interest. Most recently, the ultramodern frigate Admiral Amelko was launched, a formidable flagship equipped with Onyx and Caliber hypersonic missiles.

MWM: The Admiral Nakhimov cruiser is a real beast in terms of air defense

Admiral Nakhimov was the first of the warships to be equipped with the S-400 naval variant, writes MWM. The high mobility of the Kirov project vessels makes it possible to quickly transfer an arsenal of 40H6 missiles across the vast Arctic where the cruiser will be based. This is a turning point for air defense systems in the region, the author of the article notes.

Mikhail Khodarenok: Admiral Nakhimov has become one of the most armed ships in the world

For the first time in the last 28 years, the Admiral Nakhimov, a modernized heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser (TARKR), sailed into the White Sea to undergo sea trials. What kind of cruiser is this, what is it armed with, and whether it will be able to take part in its operation is described in the material of the military observer of Gazeta.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenka.

Ukraine is trying to plug the holes in air defense by artistically redesigning helicopters not designed for this purpose

The Ukrainian military has begun using transport helicopters to combat drones. To turn civilian and military Mi-8s into hunters, they are being artistically upgraded by installing machine guns. Experts believe that this approach is due to the acute shortage of air defense systems and attack helicopters in Ukraine. Experts believe that the innovation will not be very effective, and in the future the Ukrainian troops will have to abandon it.

Taking into account modern threats, JSC KB Radar, the management company of Radar Systems Holding, is constantly working to improve existing and develop fundamentally new means of countering aerial threats.

MWM: The Ukrainian Armed Forces have reached a critical point of exhaustion, having exhausted all weapons arsenals

The arsenals of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are almost exhausted, and Western aid is not able to compensate for losses, writes MWM. Ukraine, once the most armed country in Europe, is now completely dependent on NATO supplies. However, Kiev is faced with a problem: imported equipment is incredibly expensive and is quickly destroyed by the Russian army.

Deputy Director of the Vector Research Institute — on the development of modern drones and ways to counter them

Drones are causing more and more problems: they set fire to energy facilities, disable enterprises, cause congestion on railways and collapse at airports. What protection methods are available? And is one hundred percent protection real in principle? These and other questions are answered by the Deputy Director of the Vector Research Institute (part of Rosel of Rostec State Corporation). Natalia Kotlyar.

Recently, there have been more and more reports and video evidence online, often of very good quality footage, of the use of Iskander missiles by the Russian Armed Forces to strike enemy military targets. Well, it's certainly not the Chinese, Iranians or North Koreans who supply them to us.

Improving the air defense of the Russian Navy is one of the key tasks of modernizing warships and changing the tactics of Russian Navy formations in combat conditions.

Russian military personnel prevented the development of the Sapsan missile defense system by the Ukrainian Armed Forces

The Russian army has made significant strides in recent days. She managed to make a breakthrough in the Pokrovsky direction and endanger the encirclement of the last major cities of Donbass — Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. Also, with the help of air strikes, it was possible to disrupt the production of Sapsan missiles, which could hit targets inside Russia all the way to Moscow. What is happening at the front now is in the Izvestia article.

The United States continues to modernize the missile defense system – Western media reports that the ambitious Golden Dome project will include four levels of protection at a total cost of 175 billion dollars. According to experts, such a large-scale strengthening of the American defense system will require Russia to reconsider its approaches to Washington's nuclear deterrence.

The FSB and the Russian Defense Ministry conducted a joint operation to destroy factories for the production of Sapsan tactical missile systems in Ukraine. The range of the new ballistic missile allowed the Ukrainian Armed Forces to strike deep into the territory of Belarus and Russia. Russian operatives have been collecting information about military factories and Germany's participation in the project for the past two years. Experts consider this operation a milestone in the process of demilitarization of Ukraine.

Colonel Khodarenok: Kiev will not be able to deploy large-scale production of the Sapsan missile defense system

The Russian Ministry of Defense and the FSB reported on the destruction of Ukrainian enterprises that participated in the development and production of the Sapsan missile system. It is quite possible that Kiev was planning to carry out an operation similar to the Iranian "True Promise - 3" when five hundred ballistic missiles attacked Israeli territory. Military observer of "Gazeta.Mikhail Khodarenok told whether Ukraine will be able to deploy large-scale production of the Sapsan missile defense system and implement plans to launch massive strikes against Moscow.

FT: The area of military factories in Europe has tripled after 2022

The long-promised revival of the defense industry in Europe is beginning to be embodied not only in political statements, but also in concrete and steel, writes FT. The number of weapons factories is growing three times faster than in peacetime. Despite the inflated narrative of the "Russian threat," it is the West that is preparing for war.

Russia's new laser weapon can destroy an enemy drone in a few seconds

Russia has tested a new combat laser capable of destroying an enemy drone in a matter of seconds. Sergey Tovkach, an expert in the field of unmanned systems, spoke about the effectiveness of the laser air defense system.

CAMTO presents an analytical review that examines the conceptual differences between short-range air defense systems of Russian and Western design schools.

Indian Air Force Marshal Singh: Russian S-400 air defense system has changed the rules of the game

The Russian S-400 air defense system has "changed the rules of the game" in the conflict between India and Pakistan. This was stated by the Commander of the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh.

The Russian armed forces have hit a special unit of the Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) with an accurate strike by a kamikaze drone "Geran-2". These UAVs are increasingly being used for tactical purposes. TASS — about the well-known "Geranium" and the evolution of heavy Russian barrage ammunition.