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As part of its exposition at the El Alamein International Air Show in Egypt, Russia will for the first time present the latest TKB-1167 Bizon air defense system, designed to strengthen the protection of key infrastructure facilities and battlefield positions from UAV attacks. As explained in Rostec, he is already on combat duty, hitting real targets.

A unique engine processing compound is being tested in the SVO zone

Exclusive footage of the "Russian Weapon" in the special operation zone shows the testing of a compound developed by researchers at the Russian Ministry of Defense using a KamAZ-740.10 diesel engine from a Ural-4320 car.

In March 2026, it became known that Poland plans to re-equip the country's M28 patrol aircraft to combat Russian Geraniums and other UAVs. The M28 is a deeply upgraded version of the An–28, powered by Pratt & Whitney engines. In turn, the An-28, being developed by the Antonov Design Bureau, was produced mainly in Poland.

Russian industry organizations are planning to present more than 500 PVN exhibits, including more than 80 samples at the El Alamein International Airshow 2026 International Aviation and Space Salon.

For a long time, the Bundeswehr's main assault rifle was the Heckler & Koch G36, adopted in 1995. Its external structure and most of the parts that are not subject to extreme loads are made of high-strength carbon fiber.

The new modification of the 5.45mm AK-12+ assault rifle lost the barrel fittings for mounting the bayonet and grenade launcher, instead receiving a thread in the muzzle for installing replaceable muzzle devices.

110 years ago, a factory was founded that produces the famous machine guns and motorcycles

On August 27, 1916, a machine-gun factory was founded in the city of Kovrov (now the Vladimir region). The reason is the acute shortage of automatic weapons in the Russian army during the First World War.

Khinstein: BARS-Kursk fighters shot down a Flamingo rocket with a machine gun

Russian volunteers shot down a Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile with a machine gun. Mash reported that this is the first time that a long-range projectile has been destroyed with small arms.

The T-62 medium tank, which was put into service at the very beginning of the 1960s, is constantly being improved both here and abroad. Back in the 1970s, DShKM anti-aircraft machine guns and KTD-1 laser rangefinders began to be installed on it.

All submitted samples are being finalized based on feedback from participants in the special operation

The smell of gunpowder, the sounds of single shots, falling shell casings — in the Patriot Park near Moscow, the Kalashnikov concern presented several samples of weapons designed for special forces.

A layered destruction system has been created in Zaporizhia

Anti-aircraft gunners, crews of D-30 howitzers of the 7th Guards Airborne Assault Division (Gornaya) and crews of Mi-28NM attack helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces have built a well-established system of echelon destruction in the Zaporozhye area - from drone strikes to the destruction of carefully camouflaged enemy control points.

Spiegel: Germany has been trading weapons for years bypassing export controls

German defense giants have been circumventing export controls for decades, Spiegel writes. Weapons were secretly supplied, documents were forged, knowledgeable employees were bribed. Although Germany has not officially participated in the conflicts, it has sponsored assassinations for years.

Alan Lushnikov, head of the Kalashnikov Concern JSC and a member of the Bureau of the Russian Engineering Union, spoke about what distinguishes Russian weapons from competitors, how the Whirlwind missile helped stop the Ukrainian counteroffensive, and why drones work effectively even at night.

Khodarenok: The Ukrainian Armed Forces do not intend to stop after Zelensky's 40 days have expired

On June 25, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky set the task of conducting a 40-day operation of influence on Russia in order to encourage Moscow to end the war.

And why do special forces units use armored vehicles instead of buggies and pickups to hunt drones

Mobile firing groups are being formed in many units operating in the SVO zone today. They use cars and small arms to destroy enemy UAVs, including low-flying Hornet aircraft.

Military expert Boris Jerelievsky — on how the enemy is trying to borrow and adapt our tactics

The dominance of FPV drones and other unmanned systems in the "small air" has formed a so-called kill zone on both sides of the line of combat contact (LBF) to a depth of several tens of kilometers — a space of almost complete control and destruction by UAVs.

Materials from the "Introduction to the equipment of the Hong Kong Police Special Forces" have been published online, where you can see the latest CS/LS7 submachine gun. CS/LS7 is expected to replace MP5 in the near future.

Welt: London seeks to expand security cooperation with Berlin

Berlin and London are preparing a secret DPS program to create missiles with a range of 2,000 kilometers, writes Welt. Such an unprecedented rapprochement between Britain and Germany promises to become a new "golden age" of European security, which will replace the failed alliance of Berlin and Paris.

Recently, several events have converged at once related to the tests of both the Ukrainian Armed Forces and ground combat robots in the West. Ukrainian sources even claim that for the first time they were able to implement the landing of a robotic landing force using, again, a crewless boat. What is it about and what does it mean?

Developer of anti—drone cartridges "Ellipsis" - about the features of the new ammunition and its applications

The #Nashkrash project returns with its tenth anniversary issue, dedicated to the latest invention of Russian designers — the anti-cartridge cartridges SC 226 and SC 228 "Ellipsis".