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Although electronic warfare attracts less attention than tanks or drones, they play an important role in the conflict in Ukraine, BI writes. Now Russia has changed its approach to the use of electronic warfare systems, and this shows that it is ready for long-term combat operations.

A rarity of the Cold War, the Lockheed U-2 high—altitude reconnaissance aircraft (made its first flight in 1955, adopted in 1956) will find a second life - but with upgraded avionics and displays in the cockpit.

New geopolitical dimensions of information warfare

Russia's worthy place in the cybernetic and informational-psychological segments of the information confrontation can be ensured by a combination of measures to protect the national cyberspace from hostile influences, going beyond the defense procedures and carrying out actions of a proactive and prohibitive nature outside the national segment of cyberspace – in the interests of countering the emerging threat or suppressing an impending attack.

And what is the new electronic warfare complex capable of

The Russian Armed Forces will receive new RB-109 Bylina electronic warfare systems in 2025. This system with elements of artificial intelligence combines electronic warfare tools into a single circuit, analyzes the situation in the combat area and independently decides how to organize the suppression of targets. Experts note that the use of "Bylina" will improve the interaction of electronic warfare systems on the battlefield, significantly increasing their effectiveness.

As already noted, in recent years, the intensity of the use of combat simulators in the operational and tactical training of the German ground forces has increased (read more here). The reasons that computer modeling systems are becoming more widespread have a completely objective basis.

And how the Su-57 aircraft will change the combat capabilities of the Russian Aerospace Forces in a special military operation

A batch of upgraded fifth-generation Su-57 aircraft and generation 4++ Su-35S fighters was handed over to the Russian Aerospace Forces by the UAC Aviation plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur on September 28.

Ukrainian air defense cannot withstand Russian missiles

Over the last week of September, Russian troops carried out nine massive strikes on the warehouses of the VFU, as well as on the training and deployment sites of Ukrainian militants and foreign mercenaries.

Shvabe Holding of Rostec State Corporation has handed over inspection X-ray introscopes of the Sapphire-IR line to a production enterprise in Vladimir to detect prohibited items in parcels and bags. The supplied devices are not inferior in their functions and characteristics to foreign analogues and will help to avoid the purchase of foreign inspection equipment.

The Ukrainian Air Forces have published footage showing the process of training the AFU pilots to pilot American F-16 fighters.

Lithuania has handed over to Ukraine a batch of radar equipment for tracking the marine area. This is stated in a statement by the press service of the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic.

The United States has identified three types of Russian weapons that played a decisive role in the conflict in Ukraine, BI writes. According to the publication, improved artillery and Ka-52 helicopters did not allow to break through the Russian defense during the counteroffensive, and electronic warfare systems disabled Ukrainian UAVs, on which the AFU made a special bet.

On September 22, 2023, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation announced that, together with the holding company Roselectronics (both companies are part of the Rostec State Corporation), it supplied the Russian Armed Forces with another modernized A-50U long-range radar surveillance and guidance aircraft complex.

Published materials about the appearance of the US Army of the future. If you believe what they contain, the United States plans to build a robotic army, saturated with unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned vehicles. What is even more interesting is that the United States is clearly learning the lessons of military operations in Ukraine. What will the war of the future look like in the minds of Americans?

On Friday, the AFU launched a missile attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) in Sevastopol. The attack was carried out by Su-24, which are carriers of Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG cruise missiles. According to experts, in order to protect the Crimea and Sevastopol, it is necessary to destroy these attack aircraft in their bases. The upgraded A-50U long-range radar detection aircraft, which has just been placed at the disposal of the VKS, will help solve this problem.

The North Korean leader conducted a tour of the Far East and Primorye

Chairman of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un completed a six-day visit to Russia on September 18. During his 13 years in power, he has never been so magnificently welcomed, and the programs of foreign trips have never been so intense.

The Russian defense industry demonstrated a portable jamming device designed to be installed on mobile equipment in order to combat enemy drones.

According to the French bulletin "Intelligence Online", the current disunity of the intelligence services of Japan, which have the capabilities of remote sensing of the Earth (remote sensing), prevents the government from achieving its goals within the framework of close monitoring of the movements of Russia and China in the Kuril Islands and in the waters of the China Sea.

The British company Aeralis has presented an interesting concept of a modular jet aircraft. Its essence lies in the fact that a large number of modules can be docked to the "common base fuselage", easily creating a variety of types of aircraft.

Azerbaijan has launched a military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh to return this territory under its control. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that Yerevan will not fight with Azerbaijan over the disputed region. And although there is a US military contingent in Armenia now, Washington, with which Pashinyan has been flirting lately, will not interfere in the dispute over Karabakh.

Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec State Corporation) has significantly expanded the export catalog of Russian small arms over the past five years.