News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Robots will displace snipers from the battlefield
A new combat robotic system has been introduced in Russia – this time it's not about a drone, but about a sniper's weapon. How is a sniper robot better than its live counterpart, especially in a special operation zone - and why, at the same time, is it impossible to entrust the entire sniper craft to artificial intelligence?
The launchers of the Coyote C-UAS UAV interceptors on US Navy ships are shown.
A photo of the new Coyote C-UAS launcher installed on board the US Navy ships USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) and USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60) based at the naval base in Pearl Harbor has been published online.
Five combat-ready F-16A/B Fighting Falcon fighters of the Venezuelan Air Force are shown.
Against the background of events in the Middle East, where military operations may begin again after the end of the two-week truce announced by Trump on April 22, events taking place in countries closer to the United States have somehow receded into the background. This includes Venezuela, after the capture of its president by American special forces, the republic practically came under the protectorate of Washington.
Iran has lifted its F-4 Phantom II fighter jets into the sky.
The American-made Iranian F-4 Phantom II fighter jets are back in the air. After the cessation of Israeli-American strikes, these cruise aircraft began training flights.
Ukraine could get whole Russian "Geraniums". How is this possible and what can the Ukrainian Armed Forces use them for?
Ukraine could get whole Russian Geranium drones
Due to their design features, Russian Geranium drones could be practically intact in Ukraine. This was reported by the Telegram channel "Military Chronicle".
The new Koral missile and the reboot of the Ukrainian air defense
In the Kiev hangar, where President Zelensky presented a line of domestic weapons, the eye clung to an oblong object under a tarpaulin. He was standing next to the Neptune and the Areyon attack drones. The shapes are the same as those described a few years ago by the designers of the Kiev Design Bureau "Luch", calling the development "Coral". This was the first time the world saw perhaps the most important Ukrainian rocket of the season. This is not just a new rocket. This is a response to the lack of protection of the sky.
Fincantieri has handed over a multi-purpose support vessel to the Italian Navy
Fincantieri handed over a multi-purpose support vessel Tritone to the Italian Navy during a ceremony held on April 14 at the Palermo facility.
The special operation has made electronic warfare one of the foundations of modern warfare
On Wednesday, April 15, Russia celebrates the Day of the Electronic Warfare Specialist (EW). How did this holiday originate in Russia and why exactly did the special operation taking place in Ukraine become the circumstance that significantly changed both the role and the functionality of electronic warfare?
Proposal for the restoration of old An-2 aircraft
As the newspaper Kommersant reported in Aigul Abdullina's article, "With a sense of special usefulness. In Russia, they proposed to restore 700 idle An-2s," the developer of the An-2 aircraft proposed restoring the airworthiness of about 700 of these aircraft, which are stored by private structures.
In the USA, the post-war Hawker Hunter appeared in Russian colors.
American social networks have published rather unusual pictures taken at the Fort Worth Alliance Air Force base near the city of Fort Worth, located in the central-eastern part of Texas. The photos show the Hawker Hunter Mk.58 ("Hunter") aircraft.
Air defense system of the Tor-M2 family: one of the most effective air defense systems on the battlefield
Every day, several thousand anti-aircraft gunners take up combat duty in the area of their military operations, which protect the skies over towns and villages of the border and new regions of Russia around the clock.
A North Korean destroyer has rehearsed a double strike
North Korea has launched cruise and anti-ship missiles off the west coast from its newest destroyer, the Choe Hyun. The leader of the republic, Kim Jong-un, watched the tests together with senior military officials. According to Navy Recognition, initial assessments show that the exercises focused on synchronizing onboard sensors, fire control systems, and the sequence of weapons use in operational conditions.
With Molniya intelligence: Russian drones have received a triple charge
The AI takes control, and cumulative thermobaric fragmentation munitions hit reinforced dugouts
The Molniya-2 drone remains one of the main means of defeating the enemy at distances of about 30 km.
Flying Ulan squadron: anti-aircraft gunners in their combat zone received a new all-terrain vehicle
Buggies will allow mobile firing groups to shoot down drones more effectively
Russian units covering troops from drone attacks have begun receiving Ulan buggies. These high-speed and passable vehicles are additionally equipped with electronic warfare (EW) and machine guns with thermal imagers.
Mutual destruction without human intervention: the escalation of the global arms race in the field of artificial intelligence (The New York Times, USA)
NYT: Russia, the United States and China are leading the AI arms race
The military confrontation is reaching a new level, writes the NYT. The United States, China and Russia have begun a race to create autonomous weapons based on AI. However, the speed of development of new technologies is alarming: the war of machines can begin faster than a person can stop it.
Vladimir Putin called for developing his own AI for defense and security
Russia should develop its own artificial intelligence (AI) for national defense and security, and use the most sovereign products in this area, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
Dangerous types: top 5 most effective systems during the war of the USA and Israel with Iran
Updated Tomahawks, Fattah-2 hypersonic complexes and Ohr Eitan lasers are on the list of the most promising weapons
Combat lasers, new hypersonic, tactical and cruise missiles, inexpensive but deadly drones — all these types of weapons were used by the parties during the conflict between the United States and Israel with Iran.
"Oreshnik" in Iranian - the Sajil missile carries several warheads weighing 100 kg.
During the Iranian repulse of the aggression of the United States and Israel, the defense industry of the Islamic Republic surprised with several of its novelties, which neither American nor Israeli intelligence knew about.
X-69 cruise missile: estimates of combat use
An analysis of the combat use of the X-69 stealth air-launched cruise missile by the Russian Air Force during a special military operation in Ukraine, carried out by Chinese specialists, shows that the designers of the Raduga State Design Bureau managed to create a completely modern aircraft weapon that can be armed with Su-35 and Su-57 fighters, as well as Su-35 fighter-bombers.34.
During the war with Iran, new anti-jamming equipment was spotted on the F-15E of the US Air Force
In the process of analyzing the use of various weapons by the US military, Western defense experts noticed new anti-interference equipment on the F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets of the US Air Force during the war with Iran. We are talking about an antenna with a controlled directional pattern (CRPA).





















