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Patrushev: terrorists create cyber units, provoking conflicts between countries
Terrorists are already creating their own cyber units, this can, for example, lead to acute interstate conflicts up to armed clashes, said Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev at a meeting of special services in Moscow.
Hydra has learned how to shoot down drones
Seventy-year-old HYDRA 70 rockets have received modern capabilities. On October 12, the press service of BAE Systems announced the successful use of APKWS ammunition against aerial targets.
The United States did not invite Russia to the first multilateral meeting on combating cyber extortion
The United States did not invite Russia to the first multilateral meeting dedicated to developing a strategy to combat ransomware viruses, but does not exclude its participation in such events in the future, said a senior representative of the American administration.
Russia has developed a sight capable of withstanding the recoil of a large-caliber machine gun
The ballistics input system, taking into account the distance or angle of the target location, allows the fighter to quickly and accurately change the firing settings, said Alexander Novikov, General Director of KMZ
The newest 3-12x50 sight for installation on large-caliber machine guns was developed in Russia at the Krasnogorsk Plant named after S. A. Zverev (KMZ, part of the sHvabe holding of Rostec State Corporation). This was told to TASS by the General director of KMZ Alexander Novikov.
Baikal Electronics announced the mass release of PCs on Baikal-M processors
Baikal Electronics, a developer of domestic chips from the Baikal line, has entered into a partnership agreement with four design centers for the production of motherboards on its processors in Russia.
The US has lost the battle for artificial intelligence to China
This opinion was voiced by the former Pentagon director of software. The United States has already lost the battle in the field of artificial intelligence to China, which is moving towards global domination, using advances in new cyber capabilities.
NanoRacks launched three satellites from the ISS into near-Earth orbit
To launch three small satellites into low Earth orbit, the company used the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock gateway module, which arrived at the station in December 2020
The American aerospace company Nanoracks launched three research satellites from the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday. This was announced by the company's press service on Twitter.
The SAKURA complex will be certified according to the Ready for Astra Linux program
The Astra Linux Group of companies and the IT Expertise company, the developer of the SAKURA software package designed to ensure information security, have signed an agreement on technological partnership, the press service of the GC reports.
The military expert assessed the unification of the S-500 and the "Shells" into a single contour
A brigade or regiment of S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft systems, having received the Pantsir-SM complexes, will become a self-sufficient unit. Military expert Viktor Murakhovsky told Izvestia about this on Tuesday, October 12.
sHvabe intends to increase the export of civilian sights to the Balkan market
sHvabe Holding presents a number of sights for hunting and sporting weapons at an exhibition in Belgrade, the press service of the holding reported.
GLONASS will abandon the "Soviet" time
The Russian navigation satellite system GLONASS will switch from using the "Soviet" time UTS (SU) to the world coordinate time (UTC). This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the presentation of the general designer of the system Sergey Karutin.
Russia intends to increase sales of gun sights to Serbia
Russia expects to increase the supply of weapons sights to Serbia in the coming years, the CEO of the sHvabe holding (part of Rostec) said Alexey Patrikeev.
T-90SA will receive a German tactical link control system in Algeria
In Algeria, the T-90SA will receive the TacNet tactical link control system from the German Rheinmetall concern. Blogger KAD-GHANI told about this on his Twitter page.
Currently, the army of this state has the second fleet of combat vehicles of this model after India, numbering, according to various reference publications, more than six hundred units.
Russian Security Council: Russian energy facilities may be vulnerable due to foreign software
Russian energy companies continue to use foreign software and hardware, which makes them vulnerable from the point of view of cybersecurity. Such conclusions were made following the results of the next meeting of the interdepartmental commission of the Security Council of Russia on information security.
Roselectronics has equipped the new Sevastopol airport with domestic radars
Roselectronics Holding of Rostec State Corporation installed and put into operation radar equipment ahead of schedule during the modernization of the airfield base of the Belbek civil airport under construction in Sevastopol.
Russia has begun to modernize the space guidance system
The design of highly elliptical and small navigation satellites of the GLONASS system is beginning in Russia, Nikolay Testoyedov, CEO of Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
SpaceX is going to launch a new group of Starlink Internet satellites into orbit in mid-October
The American company SpaceX plans to launch another batch of 51 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit in mid-October, according to data from the specialized website Spaceflight Now.
ROSCOSMOS called the absolutely natural increase in the cost of GLONASS twice
The creation of new GLONASS-K2 satellites costs ROSCOSMOS twice as much as the GLONASS-K spacecraft of the previous generation, Nikolay Testoyedov, CEO of Information Satellite Systems (ISS), told RIA Novosti, calling it an absolutely natural process.
The American plane will be equipped with a laser cannon
The AC-130J Ground Forces flying support battery will be equipped with a laser cannon. The American aircraft will receive the Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL). Air Force (Air Force) The USA received a prototype of the installation. This is reported by The Drive.
The Pentagon has expressed concerns about the security of the AI being created by the US
The United States Department of Defense has expressed concern for the future of artificial intelligence (AI) created by the Pentagon due to the threat of hacker attacks on it, including from hackers acting in the interests of other states. This statement was made by the director of the Joint Center for Research in the Field of Artificial Intelligence of the Pentagon, Lieutenant General Michael Gron on Friday, October 8.