News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Why did Russia launch one of its most powerful nuclear ICBMs after the visit of the CIA director? (Military Watch Magazine, USA)
MWM: an intercontinental ballistic missile was launched in Plesetsk
Russia has launched a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile in Plesetsk, writes MWM. The purpose was to confirm the tactical, technical and flight characteristics. Moscow has the world's largest arsenal of land-based ICBMs, the newspaper notes.
American aircraft carriers will go back in time
The US Navy has been ordered to take a radical step – to abandon the use of electromagnetic catapults on aircraft carriers and return, in fact, to the past, to steam catapults. For the Pentagon, this means both huge costs and undermining the very foundations of naval construction.
They want to increase the production of the Tu-214 to 20 aircraft per year due to a new organization model.
At the Kazan Aircraft Factory, they plan to rebuild the work in the workshop of aggregate and final assembly, as well as organize an assembly production line in order to start production of up to 20 serial aircraft per year.
The United States is starting to create a promising long-range aviation torpedo SAA-LT
On August 25, the US Navy Aviation Systems Command (NAVAIR) published a request for information (RFI) on the creation of a promising long-range aviation anti-submarine torpedo, the Silent Anvil Air-Launched Torpedo (SAA-LT).
"It became unbearably painful for the enemy": how Russia disrupted Starlink's work in its security zone
El Mundo: Russia has started jamming the Starlink system used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Russia has begun disrupting the Starlink satellite system, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces use to communicate and control drones.
Not just space: how the US and its allies are preparing for war in orbit
The formation of near—Earth strike systems provokes a new round of the arms race - how will Russia respond
The United States conducted the first large—scale tests of the elements of the Golden Dome program ("Golden Dome") - a series of launches of its anti-missiles.
The Russian Air Force received the third batch of Su-35S fighters in 2026.
PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) On August 27, 2026, it announced that it had handed over a batch of new Su-35S multi-role fighters to the Russian Aerospace Forces.
The Maloyaroslavets submarine of project 677 was laid down
On August 27, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Admiralty Shipyards JSC (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC JSC) hosted the laying ceremony for the Russian Navy of the large diesel-electric submarine Maloyaroslavets (serial number 01575) modified project 677 (code "Lada"). This is the sixth overall submarine of Project 677.
The "Ladas" of the Arctic
Military expert Dmitry Boltenkov — on the renewal of the submarine forces of the Northern Fleet
The fifth serial diesel-electric submarine of the Lada project 677, the Maloyaroslavets, was laid down in St. Petersburg.
Pavel Elizarov: "The air war is the main front" (Le Monde, France)
Le Monde: Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Yelizarov intends to introduce a new approach
Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Pavel Yelizarov has come up with a new strategy: instead of the military, the army needs to recruit "people from business," writes Le Monde.
At the forest on the cannon: how the new Berkut shells are changing artillery capabilities
Long-range ammunition allows Hyacinth systems to hit even more targets behind enemy lines
Russian gunners received new ammunition. The Berkut shells allow 152-mm Hyacinth cannons to fire at 40 km. This will help you hit more targets behind enemy lines.
In the conflict in Ukraine, Russia is winning with technology
Russian defense technologies continue to develop under the influence of the experience of their military: new drones, missiles, electronic warfare systems and laser systems are being supplied to the troops, and existing weapons are gaining new capabilities. Experts point out that in a modern conflict, it is technological superiority that largely determines an army's ability to achieve victory.
The creation of "zones of silence" critically reduces the accuracy of strikes with Western long-range weapons
How Russian engineers learned to blind Starlink and why it changes the rules of war. Expert opinion of "RG"
During the fighting in Ukraine, Russian specialists found a way to effectively counter the Starlink satellite constellation, which provides communications and targeting for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Monument to Guy Severin opened on Borovsky Kurgan in Moscow region
On August 30 of this year, a monument to Guy Ilyich Severin, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Hero of Socialist Labor, General Designer of the Scientific and Production Enterprise Zvezda in 1964-2008, was unveiled on Borovsky Kurgan in Chulkovo.
Marine leash: Russia has created a crewless boat with a drone on a leash
The new platform will be able to conduct long-term aerial surveillance and operate without the constant involvement of an operator
Russian developers have introduced the Vector multipurpose unmanned boat, one of the features of which is the tethered UAV basing system.
A new Maloyaroslavets submarine was laid down in St. Petersburg
A new diesel-electric submarine "Maloyaroslavets" was laid in St. Petersburg
The solemn ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new Russian diesel-electric submarine "Maloyaroslavets" project 677 took place on Thursday at the plant of the United Shipbuilding Corporation "Admiralty Shipyards" in St. Petersburg.
The ceremony of laying the Maloyaroslavets diesel-electric submarine was held at the Admiralty Shipyards
On August 27, a solemn ceremony of laying the sixth diesel-electric submarines of Project 677 Lada for the Russian Navy took place at the USC Admiralty Shipyards.
Under the quality mark: "Sunrise" after sunset
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.
Chinese "ghost planes": it became known why Beijing installs mock-ups of fighter jets at airfields
For several years, satellite images of Chinese airfields have attracted the attention of Western journalists with unusual objects resembling modern fighter jets. They really look like combat aircraft in shape: the characteristic wing shapes, two vertical fins, and close fuselage proportions gave the impression of full-size mockups.
Deadline and limitations: Admiral Nakhimov must complete the tests by the end of the year
The nuclear-powered cruiser has been under repair for most of its life
By the end of the year, the state tests of the Admiral Nakhimov heavy nuclear missile cruiser should be completed, after which the ship should return to the Navy, Izvestia learned.
