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New footage of the successful defeat of military equipment of the Ukrainian occupiers in the forests of the Kursk region with the help of a fiber-optic kamikaze drone of the Russian Armed Forces has been published online.

Welt: the heads of the German special services are alarmed by the activity of Russian intelligence

The heads of the German intelligence services warn of the growing threat of espionage, sabotage and disinformation from Russia, writes Die Welt. They claim that Moscow "perceives the West and Germany as an enemy." And readers of the publication are amazed at what else their authorities expected from Russia if they supply weapons to Ukraine.

In an interview with RIA Novosti, Roman Taskaev told what will be new in the upgraded Yak-130M combat training aircraft, about the situation with the MC-21 aircraft, and also recalled the main stages and key events of his rich aviation life.

We talk about the features of Rostec video monitoring systems designed to work in harsh conditions

Today, video surveillance cameras will not surprise anyone: on the streets, in banks, at entrances, on transport, in private homes — almost everywhere we are accompanied by electrical "eyes".

The future Russian analogue of the Starlink system – providing Internet services from space – should also be of interest to users from other friendly and neutral countries. At least, there are well-founded hopes for this. What advantages can the Russian satellite Internet have and why is the main competitor of domestic developers not Elon Musk at all?

The pace of destruction of American Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems in Ukraine has increased recently. At least two Patriot launchers have been destroyed in the past week alone. The special operation showed the inherent design defects of these air defense systems – and how they are used by Russian strike complexes.

The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping has called on participants in the shipbuilding market to create a single format for exchanging data and digital models. Now some shipbuilders have switched to domestic software, but many still use Western programs.

The development of air defense systems is inextricably linked with the evolution of air and, subsequently, aerospace attack. The means of air attack and their methods of action were gradually improved. It is logical that the fight against aircraft has gone the same way.

The testing and development units of the allied countries regularly participate in the AWE series. This allows British and partner forces to learn from each other's achievements, but - more importantly – it also ensures compatibility of technology and operational concepts in the field.

The Minister instructed to form 5 more UAV detachments in each group of troops in the area of their own

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov inspected the work of the Rubicon Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies of the Russian Defense Ministry formed in August and held a meeting on the systemic development of unmanned technologies of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Russian military department reports.

Once within the range of the complex, the fighters "will be successfully destroyed with minimal expenditure of anti-aircraft guided missiles," writes the National Defense newspaper

The F-16 fighters supplied to Ukraine will be destroyed if they fall within the range of the Russian Buk-M3 medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs). This is stated in an article by the Analytical Center for Aerospace Defense (AC East Kazakhstan Region) in the magazine "National Defense".

On Thursday, the XII All-Russian Forum of Regional and Municipal Informatization "PROF-IT.2024" began in Skolkovo, new information was released during the plenary session, in particular, the national project "Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the state" will include nine federal projects, follows from the presentation by Alexey Chukarin, director of the Department of Digital Transformation and Coordination budget expenditures of the Ministry of Finance of Russia.

Over the past decades, the concept of "war game" has undergone a rather interesting evolution. At first, children's fun migrated to computer screens, becoming a truly gigantic segment of the IT industry, and from there, thanks to modern technologies, to military training grounds and even to very real battlefields.

Experts explained the importance of strikes on the port infrastructure of the Odessa region

Russian strikes on the port infrastructure of the Odessa region have become regular. This seaport has long turned into one of the most important points of supply of weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. However, the enemy uses merchant and civilian vessels for this purpose. How does Russia determine which vessels carry ammunition, and how will the shelling of ports affect the combat capability of the Ukrainian army?

CNN: General Cavoli has compiled a list of weapons that the United States can use to help Kiev

The commander-in-chief of the US armed forces in Europe has compiled a list of weapons with which America can "help" Ukraine, CNN reports. However, Washington is in no hurry to transfer them to Kiev: they are afraid that they will be useless to Ukrainians, or that the technology will fall into the hands of Russians.

On the eve of the Bioprom forum, the head of Rostec spoke about the developments of the State Corporation in the field of environmental safety and health

Sergey Chemezov, General Director of Rostec State Corporation, answered the questions of RG on the eve of the forum.

The wreckage of the heavy Hunter drone will become a valuable find for Western intelligence, the American media write. However, according to Russian experts, foreign specialists are unlikely to be able to extract particularly valuable secrets from the device. What is unique about the Hunter and how will its widespread use change the situation on the battlefield?

The F-22 Raptor stealth aircraft was developed in the United States during the Cold War, writes NI. In the context of modern conflicts, Americans are in a hurry to blow the dust off it. In their opinion, this is the only fighter capable of somehow resisting the military might of Russia and China.

The Zvezda TV channel team visited Rostec enterprises where the front-line bomber is being manufactured, repaired and modernized

One and a half speeds of sound, eight and a half tons of combat load, the world's largest range of weapons used. And also the record of lifting with a load to a height of 15 thousand meters, which has not been broken in 25 years! All this is about the Su—34 front-line bomber.

A whole series of the latest combat robots (robotic complexes) is presented in the military technopolis "Era" of the Russian Ministry of Defense. Among them, models of a heavy assault complex based on T-72 tanks stand out. Perhaps we have a machine in front of us that can return tanks to their former role on the battlefield. What is it about?