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"Systems with artificial intelligence... they can pose a serious danger to all mankind." This is a quote from a letter published on Wednesday by thousands of leading scientists engaged in the IT industry, signed by Elon Musk, among others. How is artificial intelligence able to turn our whole life around and why is it especially dangerous for Russia?

Abu Dhabi is modernizing its intelligence services

Geopolitical changes in the Middle East (the so-called Arab Spring, the conflict in Yemen, the threat posed by the Iranian nuclear program, and other global events) have prompted the United Arab Emirates since the mid-2010s to take important steps to modernize its intelligence services.

Roselectronics has created a stealth material for aircraft that absorbs 95% of radar radiation

Prototypes of the latest stealth material for aircraft have been created in Russia, the Rostec State Corporation reported.

The American company Raytheon Technologies has completed the delivery of all 23 low-speed Joint Precision Approach and Landing Systems (JPAL) units for the US Navy ahead of schedule. The contract for the development and supply of equipment was concluded in 2019.

The US Army intends to improve the management of troops by improving its radar detection of both ground and air targets. Thus, the integrated combat control system for air defense and missile defense (IBCS), developed by the American military-industrial company Northrop Grumman, as stated, will allow in real time to repel an enemy attack.

Patrushev urged the SCO not to let the West make sense of the convention on cybersecurity

The SCO countries should jointly prevent the West from emasculating the essence of the international convention on countering the use of cyber technologies for criminal purposes, being developed under the auspices of the UN, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation said.

The next two decades promise a real boom in flights to the Earth's natural satellite. All these missions will require a reliable infrastructure for orientation in space and on the lunar surface, as well as data transmission. Lockheed Martin is going to capitalize on such promising needs: she has registered a "daughter" who will create solutions similar to terrestrial satellite Internet and navigation.

The French authorities plan to double the production of military equipment by the end of 2023 and accelerate the delivery time of VIVT.

The reality simulators used in the corporate training center allow you to hone the skills of safe work with electrical installations, teach the correct actions in case of an ammonia spill and algorithms for first aid in case of injuries.

On the expanded formulation of the concept of "retaliatory strike"

The logic of the global hybrid war forces a decisive revision of the usual formulations of "aggression", "accomplice of aggression", strategies and tactics of retaliatory strikes against the forces opposing Russia. The time for unpunished hybrid nastiness has expired, the consequences for such forces are becoming inescapable.

Military reform: the experience of an overseas enemy

The next reform of the armed forces initiated in Russia involuntarily forces us to pay attention to how such problems are viewed "over the hill".

According to Valentin Makarov, head of the Association of Russian software developers Russoft, which he cited in his Telegram channel, in the next six months or a year, Russia may start producing processors, after certain negotiations with representatives of friendly countries.

Armax has already successfully tested the technology using a quadrocopter, said Mikhail Zakroev, General Director of the organization

Specialists of the Russian company "Armax" have developed a "Shield" technology capable of completely hiding thermal objects from unmanned aerial vehicles with a thermal imager. This was reported to TASS by the general director of the organization Mikhail Zakroev.

The first research on the creation of systems capable of countering ballistic missile strikes in the United States began shortly after the end of World War II. The first projects of the ballistic missile defense system (BR) were initiated by the Air Force Thumper ("Thumper") and Wizard ("Wizard"). Within the framework of the Thumper project, studies were conducted on the possibility of effective interception of V-2-type BRS, a high-speed guided missile was developed within the Wizard, capable of intercepting BRS that surpass the German V-2 in speed and range. In 1958, after the separation of responsibilities between the Air Force, Navy and army command took place in the United States, work on the creation of the Wizard interceptor missile has stopped. The existing reserve on the radars of the unrealized anti-missile system (ABM) was later used in the creation of the AN/FPS-49 missile warning radar station (radar), which in the early 1960s was put on combat duty in Alaska, Great Britain and Greenland.

Is it possible to disconnect Russian residents from global satellite navigation systems? How to ensure the success of Russian technologies in such a sensitive area? The answer to this question is provided by documents on new forms of practical cooperation between Russia and China, appearing during the visit of the Chinese leader to Moscow.

A new complex of long-range thermal imaging reconnaissance for the Russian military was developed by specialists of the Astron Optical and Mechanical Design Bureau, part of the Shvabe holding. At the moment, the complex has already been tested and has reached the stage of creating the first samples.

Seoul imposed sanctions on four individuals and six institutions of North Korea

The South Korean government announced a ban on the export through third countries of dozens of materials that can be used to develop North Korean satellites, and also imposed new sanctions, Yonhap news agency reports.

In the past 2022, Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace (KDA) has achieved tremendous success with its cruise missile NSM (Naval Strike Missile), which de facto became a replacement for the Harpoon missile on surface ships around the world.

Wired: in the USA, combat pilots will be replaced with artificial intelligence

A perfectly calculated trajectory, maneuvers with millimeter accuracy and an instant reaction to an enemy attack — a simulated dogfight between a robot and a human showed that US Air Force pilots risk being out of work soon, writes Wired.

Lockheed Martin Corporation announced that on March 10, 2023, the first F-16D Block 70 fighter aircraft (US military number 18-0011, tail number "1611") was officially handed over to the Bahrain Air Force at its facility in Greenville, South Carolina. which became the first F-16V (Viper, the designation of the F-16C and D variants is officially preserved) of the Block 70/72 series of new construction.