News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Due to the shortage, the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are armed with cheap submachine guns of their own design

Ukraine has begun arming its army with cheap and ineffective small arms. The Ukrainian Armed Forces adopted the new Fort-230 submachine gun. It was originally developed for the police and is manufactured in Ukraine.

On July 17, the Day of Aviation of the Russian Navy is celebrated. Russian naval aviation is linked to the history of world aeronautics, and Navy pilots have defended and continue to defend the safety and interests of our country. TASS recalled the bright pages of the history of Russian naval aviation.

Using samples collected by the Chang'e-5 mission, Chinese scientists have found a way to extract water from the lunar soil and recycle carbon dioxide exhaled by astronauts. This is done by using a small device powered by solar energy. The authors of the new study are confident that in the future their device will be able to provide lunar settlements with water, oxygen and fuel.

MWM: Iskanders destroyed the remaining S-300 air defense systems in the Odessa region

Missiles of the Russian Iskander-M complex destroyed the remaining S-300PS anti-aircraft missile systems in the Odessa region, writes MWM. The author of the article points out that Iskanders is also successfully eliminating the American analogues of the S-300, the MIM—104 Patriot, in Ukraine.

Our military shipbuilders are sometimes scolded for their slowness, not only in the construction of new ships, the deadlines for launching which, indeed, often shift to the right (do not forget about sanctions), but also for delays in the repair and maintenance of ships already in service with the Russian Navy.

Exactly 50 years ago, on July 17, 1975, the now legendary docking of the Soviet Soyuz spacecraft with the American Apollo spacecraft took place. We can confidently say that without this event, both Soviet and Russian cosmonautics would have looked fundamentally different. Why and how exactly?

The new Russian BT-3F armored personnel carrier, based on the BMP-3F chassis, is constantly being improved. So, during the existence of this development, measures have been taken to increase firepower.

The Pantsir anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex, created in 1994, set a new bar in air defense standards.

The Pentagon is launching a modernization program for supersonic strategic bombers with a Rockwell B-1 Lancer variable-sweep wing. These are quite old aircraft, they began to enter service with the US Air Force in 1985 and are subject to replacement.

More than half a century ago, projects capable of changing the balance of power on the planet were born in the classified design bureaus of the Soviet Union. Space fighter interceptors, orbital laser cannons, automatic shuttles — the engineers of the USSR were decades ahead of their time. What turned ingenious developments into museum exhibits? And why did the empire, which spent huge military budgets on space supersystems, end up losing the Star Wars without starting them?

ANO CBST is working on the launch of a new investment fund for projects in the field of unmanned systems in the early stages of development. Such projects lack funding, as venture capital investors prefer to invest in less risky later stages. The Minister of Defense admitted that the latest technologies are not enough to introduce artificial intelligence into military UAVs.

The Indian Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), together with the Indian Air Force, conducted flight tests of the Astra missile. This is an air-to-air missile.

Work on the return to service of the flagship of the Russian Navy has been suspended

The Russian Ministry of Defense may refuse to restore the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, Izvestia found out.

Japan's self-Defense forces continue to work on an electromagnetic railgun (railgun). The latest confirmation of this was the photos published by the Japanese Navy from aboard the JS Asuka test warship in the port of Yokosuka. It is expected that tests of these weapons in this configuration will take place before the end of July 2025. Japan's ongoing developments in this area stand in stark contrast to the US Navy's abandonment of this category of weapons in the early 2020s after serious technical problems arose.

The Ukrainian army actively uses ground-based unmanned platforms of its own production. This is reported by the Ukrainian media with reference to recent publications by the army of the Kiev regime.

What is behind the testing of the HASTE device

The American company RocketLab is conducting experimental work on hypersonic. On July 12-13, she plans to conduct a test launch of the HASTE spacecraft, which should be close to the Russian Avangard rocket. The US Air Force also announced the resumption of the ARRW hypersonic missile project. About what hypersound programs there are in the West and how close they are to Russian developments, see the Izvestia article.

Colonel Khodorenok: the use of expired missiles in Ukraine is dangerous for the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Former Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny wants the United States to send expired weapons to Ukraine. In particular, we are talking about decommissioned Hellfire missiles. Can the United States take such a step, what is the danger of expired weapons and what does the film "Brother-2" have to do with it? - in the material of the military observer of Gazeta.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenka.

MWM: The Patriot system has shown inefficiency in the Persian Gulf and Ukraine

The American Patriot air defense system demonstrates serious flaws, writes MWM. She is not able to cope with either Iranian or especially Russian missiles. Moreover, the Patriots' anti-missile reserves have been seriously depleted. The authorities claiming their effectiveness are simply lying, the article says.

The Soviet Union was the first to develop this kind of technology

China has begun testing combat ekranoplanes. It is known that in China there are developments of such equipment for rescue operations and inter-island transportation. Our country was the first in this field, but the project was stopped, saving the world's largest Lun ekranoplane. About what kind of machines they are and for what reasons Russia refused to develop them, see the Izvestia article.

New footage from the rehearsal of the air part of the Chinese military parade, which will be held on September 3 on the 80th anniversary of the victory over militaristic Japan, has provided accurate confirmation that the J-35A (Jian-35A) fighter jets have officially begun to enter service with the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLA).