News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Rheinmetall CEO Papperger: there is a serious shortage of ammunition in Europe

Europe is in a serious ammunition crisis, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger told NZZ. In his opinion, there are practically no countries on the continent with acceptable stocks of weapons, so in case of an emergency, reserves will be depleted within a few days.

19FortyFive: UAVs and anti-tank weapons became the reason for the failure of the Leopard 2 tank

Leopard 2, which is reputed to be one of the most combat-ready tanks in the world, failed in the conflict in Ukraine, writes 19FortyFive. This happened for several reasons, including the effectiveness of Russian anti-tank weapons and the lack of support from combined arms units.

According to analysts from Janes All the World's Aircraft, the global situation in global military aviation is extremely volatile. Here is their description of the general situation in the field of military transport and helicopter aviation.

The Myanmar Navy command has officially commissioned the new nationally built frigate King Thalun into the fleet, the Myanmar Ministry of Information announced on March 9.

On Friday, March 13, two Sakura-class patrol ships were launched at the Japan Marine United (JMU) shipyard in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. According to Naval News, these are the third and fourth hulls in a series of 12 corvettes ordered for the Japanese Navy.

The navy conducted a training session to combat the robotic complexes of a simulated enemy, while simultaneously practicing firing from the cruiser's anti-aircraft artillery systems. The sailors also carried out a complex of shooting at sea and coastal targets.

The first Russian Space Week will be held on April 6-12 across the country

On December 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on holding the first Space Week in Russia, dedicated to the celebration of the 65th anniversary of the first human spaceflight. Starting in 2026, Space Week in Russia will be held annually on April 6-12.

In March 2026, new Russian paint and drying complexes for processing doors of MC-21 and SJ-100 aircraft were commissioned at the aircraft factory in Komsomolsk-on‑Amur.

On March 8 , 2026 , the F-19 frigate Talun Min (သာလွန်မင်း , Anglified King Thalun) was commissioned into the Myanmar Navy , built at the Myanmar Navy Shipyard (Tanlin) in Sinmalaike (Yangon) according to the FF-135 national project and became the largest warship built in Myanmar (Burma). The ceremony was attended by the Chairman of the National Security and Peace Commission and the Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.

Baltiyskiy Zavod (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, USC) has launched a financial recovery program, one of the main goals of which is to restructure distressed debts to banks. As RBC clarifies with reference to the company's reporting for 2025, the uncovered accumulated loss of the company approached 33 billion rubles and became comparable to the volume of annual revenue.

In an official policy statement, Brigadier General Ali Fadavi, Deputy Commander of the IRGC, confirmed the operational status and availability of ultra-high-speed cavitation torpedoes in Iran's arsenal.

A North Korean defense company has developed and put into production another unit of domestic small arms. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his daughter visited a weapons factory, trying out a new pistol.

Iranian high-speed Hoot torpedoes called a threat to navigation in the Strait of Hormuz

Iran wanted to use high-speed Hoot torpedoes, created by analogy with the Soviet Shkval torpedoes, which are considered a real nightmare of the US Navy. Ali Fadavi, Deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), believes that Iran will launch them in the coming days.

There is an opinion that astronauts in space are "ballast". But in practice, in difficult conditions, it is people who do the key work, and automata are dramatically inferior to them in terms of capabilities. Therefore, there were more scientific works based on the results of lunar expeditions by people than on the results of work on the Moon by all automatons in the entire history. Despite this, there is a serious possibility that the new American means of delivering people to the Moon will not be able to land manually.

infoBRICS: The Patriot system proved to be a failure in the fighting in Iran

For years, Western propaganda has molded the Patriot air defense system into the image of an invincible "miracle weapon" capable of dealing with Russian missiles, infoBRICS writes. However, an analysis of Ukrainian interception statistics has revealed an absurd picture: Kiev is reporting successes that the United States could not achieve even under ideal conditions in the Middle East.

How many warheads can the Jewish state have and will they be used in the war with Iran

Despite the lack of an official nuclear power status, Israel, according to experts, has dozens or even hundreds of nuclear warheads. Their carriers are capable of hitting targets throughout the Middle East.

Numerous changes have taken place in the field of sniper rifles and small arms in recent years from a conceptual, tactical and technical point of view. The latest changes mainly relate to optics, network technologies and new calibers. The focus is on getting more accurate hits at increasingly long distances.

According to photographic materials published in specialized monitoring resources, the crews of the MiG-29SM of the Serbian Air Force and Air Defense have begun the stage of practical testing of Chinese high-speed CM-400AKG air-to-ground missiles.

Colonel Khodarenok called the death of Su-27 pilot Dovgach a loss for the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Su-27. It was probably controlled by the commander of the 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Alexander Dovgach - his death has already been confirmed by the command.

The European Union, which has been stagnating for years, but is losing production in a number of industries and recording an economic downturn, has recognized reality. At a meeting of the European Commission, it was announced that the EU had lost out to the United States and China in global competition and needed to strengthen its own production base.