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Such devices forced the Ukrainian Armed Forces to urgently review the principles of protection against UAVs

Fiber-optic cable-controlled drones have become an unpleasant surprise for the enemy. They turned out to be invulnerable to the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since they cannot be "blinded" by electronic warfare (EW).

What tasks can the device perform in the combat zone

Russian designers are developing a control system for a swarm of fiber-optic drones. It consists of a platform housing hangars for six or 12 compact drones. They can perform various tasks, from reconnaissance to dropping ammunition.

According to a number of foreign sources, Israel has arguably the most sophisticated multi-level integrated air defense system in the Western world. In this regard, it is interesting to consider the composition of the main Israeli-made ground-based anti-aircraft missile systems: "Iron Dome", "David's Sling" and "Arrow". 

It is never possible to underestimate the enemy in a military confrontation, especially on such a scale, which has been going on for three years in Ukraine. Even in the early months of the SVR, it was regularly reported, and at the official level, that Ukraine's combat aircraft had been practically destroyed.

Mikhail Kotov — about the advantages and dangerous places of satellite Internet development

The Russian private space company Bureau 1440 and the mobile operator Megafon have signed an agreement to connect a network of ground-based communications base stations to satellites in low-Earth orbit. The technology will allow subscribers to receive next-generation broadband Internet services even in the most remote areas.

TSAGI Scientific Director Sergey Chernyshev — on supersonic technology demonstrator and breakthrough developments in domestic aviation

A supersonic aircraft technology demonstrator is being created in Russia. It will help to work out flight modes for a passenger liner that will travel from Moscow to Vladivostok in two to three hours.

The Pentagon has decided to rely on artificial intelligence-based software in a possible confrontation with China in the Indo-Pacific region, the Breaking Defense portal writes.

DeepSeek's Chinese chatbot R1 has had a radical impact on the neural network market over the past few days. Shares of US technology giants have collapsed, and experts say that the utility developed by Chinese developers is able to completely replace American competitors. What are the main features of the DeepSeek product, why has its placement become an AI revolution, and what does this mean for Russia?

The device will be useful in the protection of ports, external raids and the protection of gas pipelines

Russia has created an underwater drone for mine clearance of marine areas. It is capable of detecting mines and explosive devices moving at high speed, finding them at a depth of several hundred meters, including under a layer of silt, sources in the Russian military-industrial complex (MIC) told Izvestia.

On January 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting in Tolyatti on the development of unmanned aircraft systems. The meeting took place at the Samara Scientific and Production Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

TNI: French planes were targeted by S-400 near Kaliningrad

The Russian S-400 system has targeted French patrol planes over the Baltic Sea, TNI reports. From Moscow's point of view, this should be self-defense and a warning to the French: Kaliningrad is covered by advanced Russian military systems.

Drones of various types have become an integral part of modern armed conflicts. At the same time, most military experts today consider kamikaze drones to be the main threat, which, despite their relative cheapness and ease of production, are capable of causing enormous damage to manpower, equipment, and even infrastructure.

What military and civilian tasks will modified drones be able to solve

Russian scientists have proposed a new solution for actively suppressing the shaking of laser guidance devices on light unmanned aerial vehicles.

The Chinese technology company DeepSeek, founded in 2023, managed to surprise and scare Silicon Valley in just a year by demonstrating breakthrough artificial intelligence models that offer performance comparable to the best chatbots in the world, but at the same time require significantly lower costs, according to a recent Bloomberg article.

Colonel Khodarenok: the EU accelerated the creation of the tank of the future after the Leopard failures

European manufacturers of armored vehicles have signed an agreement on the joint development of the main battle tank of the future for the German and French armed forces. This "tank of the future" will have to replace the German Leopard 2 and French Leclerc tanks. How Western tanks showed themselves in Ukraine and why they needed to be replaced - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

New navigation modules allow the drone to navigate not only by satellites, but also by mobile communication base stations

The production of key components for UAVs has been launched in Russia, sources in the military-industrial complex told Izvestia. This will allow us to quickly supply components to customers without complex logistics chains, simplify and speed up the assembly of drones.

Cruise missiles "Ruta" and "Peklo" could be used in a large-scale raid on our territory

On the night of January 24, 121 enemy UAVs were shot down over Russian territory. This time, the Ukrainian militants used new ammunition, drones, cruise missiles, which were announced by Zelensky and the Ukrainian Armed Forces in December 2024, experts say.

The drone has already been successfully used in the free zone

Several thousand kamikaze drones, developed in Novosibirsk, have been placed in the SVO zone. The model was named "Microbe". This drone has unique properties and is already actively used on the battlefield by the Russian military. For more information about the new Microbe drone, its characteristics and advantages, see the Izvestia article.

At the L3Harris factory airfield in Greenville.Texas), the second series of test flights of the first MC-55A Peregrine electronic warfare and reconnaissance aircraft designed for the Australian Air Force has begun.

Times: NATO ships catch "Russian saboteurs" in the Baltic Sea

Russia's "sabotage campaign" in the Baltic Sea is intensifying, the Times writes. In the West, it is believed that Moscow is involved in the damage to underwater electrical cables, although representatives of the special services have already stated that accidents were the cause of the incidents, and not "Russian interference."