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The US Navy has a second submarine with missiles equipped with new low-power nuclear warheads
In addition to the strategic nuclear submarine USS Tennessee, the US Navy currently has the submarine USS Alaska, which is also equipped with one or two ballistic missiles with new low-power nuclear warheads W76-2, follows from the data of the Federation of American Scientists.
Americans will print an engine for cruise missiles
The American company Pratt & Whitney will print a TJ-150 gas turbine engine on a 3D printer, which is equipped with small cruise missiles. According to FlightGlobal, the developers want to reduce the number of power plant parts from 400 to about six. As a result, the engine should become half cheaper.
The US is slowly increasing its submarine nuclear fleet
In addition to the strategic nuclear submarine USS Tennessee, the US Navy currently has the submarine USS Alaska, which is also equipped with one or two ballistic missiles with new low-power nuclear warheads W76-2.
Updated self-propelled howitzers "Acacia" entered the Belarusian army from Russia
The updated self-propelled howitzers "Acacia" were delivered to the Belarusian army from Russia, after major repairs, modern communications equipment, as well as chemical reconnaissance and night vision devices were installed on them, the press service of the defense ministry reports.
The Russian Foreign Ministry called the development of weapons a forced measure due to the actions of the United States
Russia's development of weapons systems is a forced measure due to the actions of the United States. This was stated on October 11 by Acting Deputy Director of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry Konstantin Vorontsov, speaking at the First Committee of the UN General Assembly.
Russian military in Abkhazia practiced the fight against drones against the background of NATO exercises
The main events of the final inspection of the troops will be held in 14 subjects of the Russian Federation, as well as at the military bases of the Southern Military District in Abkhazia, Armenia and South Ossetia
The units of the Russian military base in Abkhazia have worked out the fight against the drones of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) reported.
Russian rocket scientists destroyed an amphibious detachment of "enemy" ships in the Black Sea during the exercises
Combat crews of anti-ship missile complexes "BAL" and "Bastion" from the missile and artillery formations of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) during the exercises destroyed a landing party of ships of a conditional enemy in the Black Sea, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet reports.
Terrifying weapon: ex-officer of the US Armed Forces evaluated the TOS-1 "pInocchio"
The Russian heavy flamethrower TOS-1 "pInocchio" is one of the most terrible means of destruction created by man. Reinforced concrete shelters cannot protect against it, explosions of shells fired by pInocchio literally suck the life out of a person, suffocate him, and then burn him - this is how a former US army officer, and now a military expert and journalist Brent Eastwood figuratively describes the work of a flamethrower.
In China, they noticed a "copy" of the Ukrainian rocket
China has presented the concept of a new cruise missile. The ammunition may turn out to be a copy of the Ukrainian Bliskavka (Lightning) missile. Externally, the Chinese missile is similar to the Ukrainian development. This is reported by the Defense Blog.
A combat UAZ with an unusual machine gun installation was shown in Lugansk
The modernized UAZ-3151 was demonstrated during demonstration performances by the servicemen of the People's Militia of the LPR. According to the Luhansk Information Center, the event is timed to the seventh anniversary of the establishment of the defense Department of the republic.
Turkish official: Ankara does not intend to give up because of the US position on the S-400
The American newspaper Defense News discussed with one of the high-ranking Turkish officials the specifics of relations between Moscow and Ankara.
In the US, they were concerned about the "life-sucking" Russian weapons
The heavy flamethrower system TOS-1 "pInocchio" uses projectiles that can be compared to napalm. In the United States, they were concerned about the "life-sucking" Russian weapons. Journalist and former US Army officer Brent Eastwood wrote about the capabilities of the Russian system for 19FortyFive.
The American plane will be equipped with a laser cannon
The AC-130J Ground Forces flying support battery will be equipped with a laser cannon. The American aircraft will receive the Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL). Air Force (Air Force) The USA received a prototype of the installation. This is reported by The Drive.
The Prince Oleg submarine missile carrier will launch the BULAVA rocket in November
According to a TASS source, one missile will hit the Kura test site in Kamchatka
The strategic nuclear submarine missile cruiser "Prince Oleg" of project 955A (code "Borey-A") will launch an intercontinental ballistic missile "BULAVA" on state tests in November 2021. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.
Military Watch: Russian K-77M missile may become the most effective in the world
Developed specifically for the Su-57 fighter, the K—77M air-to-air missile will allow the Russian aircraft to gain superiority in air combat, Military Watch magazine writes.
Named the deadliest weapon of the US Air Force
The publication of the American edition 19FortyFive named the deadliest weapon of the US Air Force (Air Force). First on the list is the "mother of all bombs— - the almost ten-ton GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) heavy air blast munition, first used in 2003 in Afghanistan. The US Air Force has 15 GBU-43/B MOAB units.
Rocket scientists from the Western Military District conducted live firing in the south of the Russian Federation
Calculations of anti-aircraft missile systems "TOR-M2" from the tank army stationed in the Moscow region, carried out live firing missiles at the Kapustin Yar range (Astrakhan region), the Western Military District (ZVO) reported on Saturday.
Turkey has requested a large batch of fighter jets from the United States
Turkey intends to replenish and upgrade its fleet of F-16 fighters. Yesterday, on October 8, the Reuters news agency reported that Turkey had asked the United States for 40 new fighter jets.
The US called the Su-57 weapon that provides Russia with an advantage over NATO
The K-77M air-to-air missile of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter can provide Russia with an advantage over NATO countries in air combat, the American magazine Military Watch reports.
kRasmash modernizes cryogenic production amid Covid-19 pandemic
A cryogenic production site will be upgraded at the site of the Test and Refueling Complex of the Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant (kRasmash) in the village of Podgorny, according to ROSCOSMOS, which includes the enterprise.