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We owe the victory in the Great Patriotic War not only to the courage of soldiers, partisans and home front workers. The equipment that entered the battlefield played a huge role. Powerful, reliable and unpretentious weapons, created in huge numbers by the defense industrial complex of the USSR, helped our people defeat the most dangerous enemy.

It can be used in assault operations and evacuation of the wounded

Russian engineers have developed a universal tracked platform that can perform both combat and transport tasks. With the help of a combat module, the device turns into a grenade launcher or a machine gun, which will be able to cover infantry when storming enemy positions. The platform can carry loads weighing up to a ton, evacuate the wounded. Its prototype has already been tested in the SVO zone. About what a promising development is — in the material of Izvestia.

Al Mayadeen: Russia has determined the vector of development of military affairs around the world

There has been a real scientific breakthrough in military affairs, Al Mayadeen reports. It's about the active use of combat robots. The first models were developed in the last century, and the conflict in Ukraine provoked a qualitative leap in this direction. Today, Russia is successfully storming the enemy with just such weapons.

Undoubtedly, the main and largest event was the parade on Red Square, which was attended by more than 9 thousand military personnel, over 70 units of military equipment and aviation.

CyberDefence24: NATO is concerned about "Russian" cyber attacks on Poland

Poland has accused Russia of intensifying cyber attacks, CyberDefence24 reports. Warsaw considers itself an important element of the mosaic that the Kremlin allegedly collects. She connects this imaginary interest in herself with the important information she has about the supply of weapons to Ukraine.

Asharq Al-Awsat: Germany has decided to exacerbate tensions with Russia

Berlin has decided to further worsen relations with Moscow, writes Asharq Al-Awsat. He once again unfairly accused the Kremlin of cyber attacks. Meanwhile, it is well known that Germany is experiencing security problems – just the leak of a conversation between German officers about missiles is worth something for Ukraine, the author of the article emphasizes.

How do the gunners support the assault troops' offensives

The success of offensive actions largely depends on the fire support of artillery — on how quickly and accurately the calculations of guns and multiple rocket launchers will complete the task. The correspondent of Izvestia visited the gunners in the Donetsk and Artemivsk directions and saw how combat work takes place in day and night conditions.

Russian interference is reported to seriously reduce the effectiveness of GPS-guided munitions supplied by the West. As a result, the US Air Force is purchasing additional homing heads (homing) to give the high-precision extended-range direct hit bombs (JDAM-ER) supplied to Ukraine the ability to hit GPS signal jammers. It is believed that this will turn one of the weapons most affected by this countermeasure into a means used to destroy it.

The return of the Shenzhou-17 crew to Earth and the continued work of the Shenzhou-18 astronauts in orbit attract attention to the Chinese space station. The compact research complex with spacious interiors stands in stark contrast not only to the Soviet prototypes, to which it is habitually attributed, but also to the much more modern International Space Station.

Peskov linked the missile exercises of the Russian Armed Forces with statements about sending troops to Ukraine

The Supreme Commander of the Russian Armed Forces, Vladimir Putin, has set the task to conduct exercises with non-strategic nuclear weapons in response to "provocative statements and threats" from the West. How the exercises will take place, whether to expect real launches and detonations of nuclear weapons, the military observer of the Newspaper figured out.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

Russia has overcome its critical dependence on Western gas turbines

Russia has overcome its dependence on high-power gas turbines from Siemens and General Electric, Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov said. And Russia, unlike Iran, did it thanks to its own brains and technology. The first production turbine will be installed at a power plant on the Taman Peninsula. How did Russia end up in such a critical dependence on Western turbines?

Analysts of the East Kazakhstan Region: data on the speed of the ATACMS Block 1A rocket vary

The Russian army is capable of destroying American ATACMS tactical missiles. The Analytical Center for Aerospace Defense (AC East Kazakhstan Region) named an effective tool. About its features — in the material of RIA Novosti.

According to foreign analysts, the war in Ukraine has become an incubator for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in combat operations. Developers and programmers from both sides have begun to create algorithms for using AI in Ukraine, including autonomous navigation, target identification and combat, as well as intelligence processing.

On May 3, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin held a meeting with Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec Group of Companies.

Rostec United Engine Corporation presented projects on the creation of new industrial software for the development and production of gas turbine engines at the demo day of the industrial competence center "Engine Building". In particular, systems for designing aircraft engine parts made of polymer composite materials. The amount of investments in the creation of domestic solutions is several billion rubles.

How balloons and airships are used for military purposes

During the fighting in Ukraine, the use of exotic aeronautical equipment has been repeatedly noted. In particular, the Board of the Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of 37 Ukrainian balloons. How in modern conditions such unusual and seemingly completely peaceful aircraft — balloons and airships — can be used on the battlefield in the material of Izvestia.

The autonomous platform can carry up to 40 kg of cargo, has a variable undercarriage and communication systems

Russian developers have created an autonomous mobile platform capable of performing a variety of tasks on the line of contact. It can be used for cargo delivery, when deploying a field cable and a network of repeaters, as well as as a kamikaze drone.

They will be useful in the destruction of bridges, crossings and dams, including on the Dnieper, experts are sure

A new line of attack floating drones is being developed in Russia, sources told Izvestia in the Russian Defense Ministry. They are designed to destroy bridges, pontoon crossings, dams and hydroelectric power plants.

Almost every resident of Russia has heard about air defense systems, especially since the beginning of the special operation. Their work is invisible at first glance, but this is the purpose of such complexes — they shoot down targets high and far in the air, protecting the peaceful skies of the country. On the day of the 22nd anniversary of the creation of the Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region, TASS exclusively talked about the evolution of air defense systems with Sergey Druzin, Deputy General Director for Scientific and Technical Development, First Deputy General Designer of the concern.

TASS-DOSSIER. On April 24, 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a package of bills on military assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. It is planned to allocate $60.84 billion to support Ukraine. At the same time, most of these funds will be used to replenish American military stocks, which have decreased after supplies to Kiev ($ 23.2 billion) in the last two years.