News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

On June 29, the Command of the US Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) officially announced the successful launch of the AGM-158C LRASM long-range anti-ship missile system from a B-2A Spirit strategic bomber.

The Times: Russia has equipped a floating regasification plant with machine guns

The Russian regasification vessel Marshal Vasilevsky was equipped with machine guns, The Times claims. The experts cited by the publication believe that this was done to prevent possible attacks on the ship, including from European countries.

The Ministry of Defense is changing its tactics against drones: mobile groups receive FPV interceptors, and the drones themselves receive artificial intelligence, said Minister Andrei Belousov. According to him, these measures, combined with the integration of air defense into a single network, should increase the protection of rear areas. What other help might the "hunters" of enemy drones need?

For the first time in the history of the United States Air Force, all twenty-two generals commanding fighter squadrons of the National Guard have signed a single appeal to Congress.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces began using balloons to launch Hornet rockets to new regions of the Russian Federation

An interesting document compiled by military experts entitled "Atomik Cherry" has been published on the electronic platforms of the BARS-Sarmat Central Command, whose convoys of mobile firing groups are currently patrolling the Novorossiya highway.

They will be able to control the heavy equipment of the Far North from cozy city offices

A project to attract FPV drone operators to peaceful professions is being prepared for implementation in Russia. Located in cozy city offices thousands of kilometers away from the facilities, specialists will be able to drive mining dump trucks in Taimyr and unload ships in the Far North via high-speed Internet.

Kotz: No air defense system has ever reflected such intense attacks as the Moscow one

Moscow, faced with such an intensity of attacks that no air defense system in the world has ever reflected, and intercepting 98% of those launched, is building a new protective framework against drones, explained the KP military commander.RU Alexander Kotz.

A new military structure is being created in Japan – the air force will become aerospace in the coming year. This is not just a renaming, but an important management decision. What are Japan's achievements in space and why is Japanese militarism capable of becoming a real threat to Russia in the foreseeable future?

Belousov: the situation with drone protection in Russia changes every 2-3 months

To combat Ukrainian drones, Russia is creating mobile firing groups armed with FPV interceptors, Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said at a meeting with military officers.

In Russia, 38 previously announced data center construction projects totaling 168.6 billion rubles have been frozen. For the most part, projects of commercial data centers that are being built to sell capacity are being postponed.

Attempts to speed up the production of the Tu-214 at the Kazan Aircraft Factory are actively continuing, which is why information about how all this is happening is also actively penetrating the company through local media.

The development will make it possible to more effectively hit manpower, UAVs and communications facilities

Russia has developed the FBCH-04 light ammunition for kamikaze drones. It weighs several times less than an RPG grenade, while it is filled with damaging elements.

MWM: Russian cruiser Kirov surpasses American destroyer Zumwalt

The Russian nuclear-powered cruiser Kirov is superior in its characteristics to the American destroyer Zumwalt, the MWM regretfully states. Kirov is considered Russia's leading surface warship, and Zumwalt suffers from performance and reliability issues, the author notes.

On June 18, 2026, at the shipyard of the Chilean state shipbuilding and ship repair company ASMAR (Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada) in Talcahuano, the launching ceremony of the LPD 93 Magallanes multipurpose amphibious dock ship under construction for the Chilean Navy, in a planned series of four units, took place. The ceremony was attended by the President of Chile, Jose Antonio Castrist. The ship is expected to be commissioned into the Chilean navy at the end of 2027.

The update takes place in the land, sea and air components of the triad

This year, the Russian Strategic Missile Forces are beginning to upgrade from the Topol-M complexes to more modern Yars-type solid-fuel mobile missiles.

On June 23, the official commissioning ceremony of the destroyer Choe Hyon (tail number 51), the lead ship of its type, took place in the port of Nampho in the presence of the Secretary General of the Workers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the State Affairs of the DPRK Kim Jong Un.

Forbes: Space is becoming a key aspect for modern warfare

Drones have forever changed the face of ground battles, but their effectiveness critically depends on vulnerable infrastructure, writes Forbes. That is why outer space is becoming the main contested space where a new type of arms race is unfolding.

Military expert Dmitry Boltenkov — on the reasons for Germany's rejection of the giant F126 frigates and the prospects of the German Navy

In Germany, it was decided to abandon the financing and implementation of the F126 frigate project. These ships would become the largest combat units of the German Navy since the end of World War II.

Tokyo is going to review key military documents, writes Sankei Shimbun. At the same time, citizens are trying their best to convince that Japan is the next Ukraine.

The statement by British Minister of Military Industry Luke Pollard on the need for large investments in the Clyde Naval Base (Faslane) indicates London's growing attention to the state of the infrastructure that ensures the functioning of the national nuclear forces.