News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Interview with the Head of JSC Tactical Missile Armament Corporation
The newspaper of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Krasnaya Zvezda, with the headline "Got up and went." Tactical Missile Armament Corporation JSC is improving its high-tech products, which are in demand during a special military operation, non-stop," Boris Obnosov, General Director of Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV), published an interview.
The transfer of Indian Tejas Mk-1A fighters to the troops was delayed due to an American engine supplier
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is preparing to supply the latest light combat aircraft to the Indian Armed Forces. We are talking about Tejas Mk-1A generation 4+ fighters, the first batch of which is planned to be handed over to the military by the end of this year.
AK-12 – modern weapon of the Russian army
The AK-12 Kalashnikov assault rifle is an advanced Russian automatic rifle designed to enhance the combat performance of military personnel. The weapon combines the reliability of the traditional Kalashnikov scheme and modern technological solutions with improved ergonomics, accuracy and ease of use. It was created to equip the Russian army and can be used in difficult combat conditions.
You can't look at the small British army "without tears": H. R. McMaster believes that Europe has too few forces for an offensive in Ukraine (Military Watch Magazine, USA)
General McMaster: British troops will not be able to conduct operations in Ukraine
"You can't look at the current British army without tears," the MWM edition quotes General McMaster. He stressed that the British army does not have the capabilities to conduct operations in Ukraine. She will immediately become a clear target for Russia and disgrace the Western world.
The board of the State Military Industry Committee of Belarus summed up the results of 2024 and defined the tasks of industry development for 2025.
On February 7, a meeting of the Board of the department was held under the leadership of Dmitry Pantus, Chairman of the State Military Industry Committee, on the basis of JSC Agat Management Systems, the management company of the Geoinformation Management Systems holding.
A dangerous spiral in the Arctic. Russians are arming themselves in unprecedented ways, and this is causing concern (Seznam zprávy, Czech Republic)
SZ: NATO is confident that it has found Russia's "vulnerability" in the Arctic
NATO is very far behind Russia in the Arctic and is nervous about its powerful breakthrough in the region, writes SZ. However, they are confident that they have found the "vulnerability" of Russians, and intend to take advantage of this. The West is once again mistaken about Russia and is wishful thinking.
Halibut Reincarnation: India to breathe new life into Russian-designed submarine
Diesel-electric submarines (diesel-electric submarines) of the Soviet-Russian project 877EKM (code "Halibut"), in the service of the Indian Navy, can play one of the key roles in the modernization of the submarine forces of the South Asian republic. TASS — about new developments of Indian shipbuilders.
The Russian economy is in vital need of new factories and workers
The Russian economy is growing above the global economy and even surpasses the United States and especially the European Union. But if you leave it as it is, it will change. In order for the Russian economy to continue growing, it is necessary to build new factories and create new jobs, the president said. Why is current growth unreliable and what is missing from the economy?
Krasnopol-M2 ammunition: experience of its use in Ukraine
Artillery units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, equipped with self-propelled artillery units 2S19M1 "Msta-S", towed guns 2A65 "Msta-B" and D20, had extremely limited ammunition 3OF39 "Krasnopol–M2" ammunition from the beginning of the special military operation - no more than 10% of the total. However, even this number allowed Russian military personnel to destroy at least 10 (according to other sources, 15) American-made howitzers by October 2022 during the counter-battery fight against the M777.
Trump's Arctic tasks require icebreakers, but the US has nowhere to build them (The Wall Street Journal, USA)
WSJ: Trump is going to order 40 large icebreakers that have nowhere to build
Donald Trump plans to order 40 large icebreakers, but the American shipbuilding industry has been in decline for several decades, writes the WSJ. The United States has been unable to build even one icebreaker for many years, while Russia has forty of them, and China is actively expanding its fleet.
Nuclear perspective: the United States is upgrading missiles for submarines
The updated Trident-2 complex will be in service with the US Navy until 2084
The Pentagon has signed a contract to create an upgraded Trident-2 submarine-launched ballistic missile. This was announced by Lockheed Martin Corporation. Thus, the United States is launching a program to upgrade the marine component of its nuclear triad. What is the current state of the naval nuclear forces of the main members of the nuclear club and how the arsenals will change in the future — in the Izvestia material.
The self-propelled Tunguska with a new sight is better than the Cheetah and hits large UAVs well.
The formations of the Kiev regime are currently using fairly large and slow-moving drones based on ultralight aircraft.
The IRGC Navy showed an aircraft carrier converted from a South Korean container ship for helicopters and UAVs
Today, on February 6, in the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, a solemn ceremony was held for the commissioning of a new aircraft carrier for drones into the naval forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, named after IRGC commander Baham Bagheri, who died during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, Press TV writes.
The new head of Roscosmos will have to make the Solar system Russian
Instead of Yuri Borisov, Roscosmos was headed by Dmitry Bakanov, who in recent years has been in charge of innovative development issues at the Ministry of Transport, including projects on unmanned vehicles. Borisov, under whom a series of trouble-free rocket launches continued, set the bar high. What do experts expect from the new head of Roscosmos and what tasks will he have to solve first?
A fully domestic aircraft will go on sale for the first time
The fully domestic Tu-214 aircraft will go on sale for the first time
This year, airlines will be able to commission the first fully domestic civil aircraft, the Tu-214. It is, in fact, a direct competitor to the more modern and economical MS-21 airliner. Why does Russia need two planes in almost the same market segment?
Robot units will appear in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Will they help Ukraine in the battles?
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced the deployment of robotic units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov announced the deployment of robotic units as part of the Armed Forces brigades on the front line. He named "leading domestic companies" as the main suppliers of ground-based robotic systems, and also said that drone tests had been conducted since the summer of 2024. About how important the movement in this direction is and whether Ukraine will be able to implement the project on its own, in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».
The pilots "pronounced a verdict" on the French Air Force: their fighters will last for 3 days (Boulevard Voltaire, France)
BV: French Air Force officers have uncovered many problems that urgently need to be addressed
Two officers of the French Air Force have prepared a fact-packed report on "future superiority" in the air, Boulevard Voltaire writes. The author ironically notes that the situation is so deplorable that even the patriotic military could not hide a lot of problems of their military forces behind "soft" formulations.
Opto and the difference: How cable-controlled drones have become a threat to the enemy
Such devices forced the Ukrainian Armed Forces to urgently review the principles of protection against UAVs
Fiber-optic cable-controlled drones have become an unpleasant surprise for the enemy. They turned out to be invulnerable to the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since they cannot be "blinded" by electronic warfare (EW).
Russia launches nuclear reactors on the world's largest warship before returning to sea (Military Watch Magazine, USA)
MWM: the world's most powerful battle cruiser Admiral Nakhimov will become the flagship of the Russian Navy
The new flagship of the Russian Navy will be the nuclear-powered cruiser Admiral Nakhimov, writes Military Watch Magazine. Modernization has revolutionized the combat capability of this class of vessels. Two nuclear reactors on the world's most powerful surface warship have been restarted, and it will soon begin sea trials.
"Not worth the effort and money": Norwegian columnist criticized Trump's plan to strengthen missile defense
The other day, US President Donald Trump announced plans to comprehensively strengthen the country's missile defense system. This is not surprising, since during the election campaign he repeatedly stressed that the United States should develop its own Iron Dome system, following the example of the Israeli defensive perimeter, which is able to intercept targets such as artillery shells, mines and rockets.