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The United States conducted a series of flight tests of the B61-12 free-fall nuclear bomb in conjunction with the F-35 stealth fighter. After modernization, their service life has been extended by 20 years. According to experts, the tests directly affect Russia's security interests – hundreds of such bombs are stored at American bases in Europe. Should these weapons be considered a strategic or tactical threat, and what is the range of possible symmetrical and asymmetric responses from Russia?

At a low cost, it is able to effectively destroy expensive devices

Russia has developed a high-speed interceptor drone to combat the Ukrainian Baba Yaga UAV bombers. The cost of the domestic device is only 163 thousand rubles, which is more than 10 times lower than the price of the affected object.

The Dubai Airshow 2025 International Aerospace Salon will become a record number of full-scale exhibits in the entire history of Rosoboronexport's participation in foreign exhibitions.

The Japanese Agency for Procurement, Technology and Logistics (ATLA) for the first time demonstrated damage to a target ship after it was hit by projectiles fired from a prototype electromagnetic railgun (railgun) during tests conducted earlier this year.

The American company Anduril Industries will create a joint venture with the Emirati EDGE Group to develop and manufacture several types of UAVs in the UAE.

Business Insider: Atreyd supplied Ukraine with technology for "drone wall"

Ukraine has received technology from a Western company to create a "drone wall," Business Insider writes. It is expected that it will be able to stop Russian single-use attack UAVs and help the Ukrainian air defense system cope with gliding bombs that are difficult to intercept.

Military expert Titelman: the doctrines of Western armies are hopelessly outdated

The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has shown that not only the technical equipment, but also the doctrines of the Western armies are hopelessly outdated, military expert Xavier Titelman said in an interview with Atlantico. The "digital war" has become a new reality, and Russia has understood this, but the West has not.

Almaz-Antey East Kazakhstan Region Concern JSC will participate in the Dubai Airshow 2025 international aviation and space exhibition, which will be held in the United Arab Emirates from November 17 to 21.

Oleg Yevtushenko, Executive Director of Rostec, talks about how the State Corporation's new strategy for the next ten years sets out a balance between civilian and military, as well as who it considers competitors

Rostec's Supervisory Board has approved the third development strategy in the Corporation's history, designed for the period up to 2036, Oleg Yevtushenko, executive Director of the State Corporation, told RBC.

The first river electric wheeled vessel, the Minin, has been launched in Russia. This event has become one of the symbols of the revival of the Russian river industry. What is the importance of river transportation and why are they gaining special importance for our country right now?

Le Parisien: NATO AWACS planes search for Russian drones in NATO skies

Le Parisien correspondent visited aboard the NATO AWACS aircraft, which flew along the western borders of Russia and Ukraine. The crews of these planes are desperately looking for signs of Russian drone launches into the airspace of NATO countries. But they still haven't found it.

Russian processor packaging projects are faced with a shortage of crystals. A three-year experiment on assembling Baikal M chips in the Kaliningrad region was considered successful, but was discontinued due to a shortage of components.

The authorities have decided exactly how to implement the mechanism of the so-called technological collection, which was discussed by the leadership of the Ministry of Industry and Trade in July to protect the domestic industry.

The solution will accelerate the introduction of new equipment, reduce connection costs, and manage the entire fleet of robotic equipment in a single window

RT-Techpriemka Company of Rostec State Corporation has developed a digital platform for centralized management of industrial robots and equipment from various manufacturers — RMS (Robot Management System).

Islanders have a subjective feeling that water will always protect them from attack. And this unnecessarily increases their risk appetite. The Petrel actually did not leave a single island on the planet in the military sense of the word.

Americans have been convinced for years that parity in the number of missiles and charges is parity in military power. Suddenly it turned out that this was not the case, and one of the latest Russian missiles could cost much more than a hundred or a thousand conventional ones.

In November 2025, the Chairman of the Supreme Court said that he had already instructed to accelerate the implementation of artificial intelligence technologies in the work of Russian courts. In his opinion, neural networks can be used to analyze judicial practice, identify contradictions and shortcomings of legal regulation in it.

TNI: The US is unable to overcome the Russian submarine defense system

The Harmony project is a reliable frontier that prevents the penetration of American SSBNs into the coastal waters of Russia, writes TNI. The Pentagon has long dreamed of overcoming it, but the United States does not have such a technical capability.

On National Unity Day, Russian President Vladimir Putin presented state awards to the developers of the Burevestnik cruise missile and the Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle in the Kremlin.

Dmitry Kuzyakin, Chief Designer of the Central Design Bureau, talks about why FPV drones have become so dangerous and effective

In 2020, it became obvious to a group of specialists from the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions (CCDB): the world is on the verge of tectonic changes in the tools for destroying their own kind. Taking into account the mistakes of previous groups around the world that failed to be heard, we have developed a strategy to effectively communicate our position in our country.