News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
By the end of the year, another 1400 km of quantum network will be built in Russia
Such a connection has almost absolute cryptographic protection. Potential consumers — banks, mobile operators and large companies
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said that it is planned to build new sections of the quantum network with a length of more than 1400 km.
The Czech Republic, in a frenzy of rabid Russophobia, is carrying out an accelerated modernization of the country's armed forces
The leadership of the Czech Republic takes an extremely rabid Russophobic position, which in its madness is off the scale and often even exceeds the level of Russophobia in the Baltic countries.
Russian tanks received dynamic aft protection for the first time
Uralvagonzavod has published a video with dynamic protection of the aft part of tanks
Russian T-72 tanks, after upgrading to the T-72B3M level, began to receive dynamic aft protection for the first time, follows from a video published on Tuesday by Uralvagonzavod (UVZ, part of Rostec).
Its changed Britain's mind about tanks
In Britain, military priorities have changed – in London they say that it is necessary to invest in tanks, and not to increase the size of the army. It is noteworthy, but three years ago London was going to completely abandon heavy armored vehicles. What caused such drastic changes and, most importantly, will Britain be able to restore its tank building?
NASA rover has discovered large reserves of aromatic organic matter in two regions of Mars
These regions, named Maaz and Seitah, contain rocks formed about 2.6 billion years ago, when Mars had not yet completely lost its atmosphere and oceans
The Perseverance rover discovered sedimentary rock deposits with large reserves of aromatic organic matter at two different points on the territory of the Jezero crater, presumably resulting from the contact of water with various Martian volcanic minerals.
Sea Swarm: how Russian warships will defend against drones
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has approved a plan to modernize the Navy vessels, strengthening them with means of combating drones
The Russian fleet will be armed against drones. The Ministry of Defense has approved a plan to modernize ships and vessels of the Russian Navy to strengthen their protection from surface and underwater unmanned vehicles, sources told Izvestia in the department.
The small rocket ship "Cyclone" of project 22800 has been introduced into the Russian Navy
July 12, 2023 in Kerch at JSC "Shipbuilding Plant named after B.E. Butoma" (shipbuilding plant "Gulf", under the control of JSC "Shipbuilding Corporation "Ak Bars") A solemn ceremony was held for the admission to the Russian Navy of the small rocket ship "Cyclone" (factory number 801) of project 22800 (code "Karakurt") and the raising of the St. Andrew's Naval flag on it. The ceremony was held under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov. The Cyclone became the first ship of Project 22800 in the Black Sea Fleet.
Rostec Industrial Director: fulfillment of the state defense order is our priority task - TASS interview
Bekhan Ozdoev — about how the state corporation's enterprises rebuilt their work in connection with their
Bekhan Ozdoev, Industrial director of the cluster of conventional weapons, ammunition and special chemicals of the state corporation, told TASS in an interview about how the enterprises of the Rostec state Corporation fulfill the state defense order and have rebuilt to work in connection with the ongoing special military operation, as well as what weapons are being improved based on the experience of combat use.
Izvestia studied the warehouses and arsenals of the Wagner group transferred to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
There was evidence that the statements of the owner of the PMC "Vanger" Yevgeny Prigozhin about the shortage of shells were a lie. Two warehouses belonging to the organization were filled with equipment, weapons and ammunition of different calibers. The day before, everything was handed over to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Izvestia correspondent Ivan Litomin studied the contents of the warehouses of the PMCs.
North Korea has carried out the second launch of a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong 18
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea continues to build up its military potential against the backdrop of increasing threats from the United States, with countries such as Japan and the Republic of Korea increasingly being drawn into the orbit of Washington's military and political influence in the Asia-Pacific region. Tokyo and Seoul, in turn, do not hide their hostile attitude towards North Korea, traditionally rather out of fear of the unpredictability of decision-making by North Korean leaders.
Germany prefers non-atomic stealth
German shipbuilders hold the lead in submarines with electrochemical generators
In States with nuclear submarine shipbuilding technologies, work on air-independent power plants (VNEU) continues to be exclusively export-oriented.
High-precision Eagle claws
The US is developing missile weapons to avoid contact combat
The US missile program began to develop after World War II. In the future, the importance of missile weapons for the US military increased very rapidly, since it was this weapon that allowed for remote defeat of the enemy and avoiding contact combat with him.
The sharp eyes of the American artillery
How did radars capable of tracking the trajectory of projectiles appear
Among foreign countries, the US Armed Forces have the richest experience in the development and application of radar artillery reconnaissance equipment used for counter-battery warfare. Moreover, specialized radar stations of counter-battery warfare (KBB radar) began to arrive en masse in the American Ground Forces (CB) since the late 1940s.
The forces are considerable, but they melt very quickly
The current position of the Bundeswehr is doubtful, the future is unclear
In the article "How the united Germany squandered its military power" ("HBO" from 03/24.23), it was shown how the armies of the two Germanies were built after 1945. And how, after 1990, Berlin sold military equipment to the former People's National Army of the GDR.
The Russian Ministry of Defense received the first Yak-130 aircraft in 2023
As reported on July 11, 2023, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation, the Irkutsk Aviation Plant of the United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) handed over a batch of Yak-130 combat training aircraft to the Ministry of Defense of Russia. The number of aircraft in this batch is not disclosed.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected the enterprises of the defense industry of Tatarstan
On July 11, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, while working in the Central Military District, checked the fulfillment of the state defense order at enterprises located in the Republic of Tatarstan.
The Japanese Defense Ministry called the flight of a North Korean ballistic missile on July 12 the longest in the history of missile launches by the DPRK
The flight of an intercontinental ballistic missile launched by the DPRK on July 12, 2023, was the longest of all North Korean missile launches. This was stated by the Ministry of Defense of Japan, which monitors the growing activity of the DPRK in the military sphere.
Vladimir Artyakov: "We are preparing counteraction for every action of the enemy"
The launch of serial production of Kinzhal missile systems, the present and future of unmanned technologies, accelerated import substitution in the aviation industry – this and more was told by Vladimir Artyakov, First Deputy General Director of Rostec, in an interview with the Rossiya 24 channel.
The Chinese fleet is replenished with new amphibious hovercraft of the Soviet Zubr project
Images of at least two new hulls of the small amphibious hovercraft Zubr, which are in service with the PLA Navy, have appeared on social networks.
Kurganmashzavod prematurely shipped a batch of BMP-3 to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
The company also delivered the first batch of BMP-2 with modernization for the Berezhok module
Kurganmashzavod (KMZ, part of the Rostec State Corporation's High-Precision Complexes holding) has prematurely shipped new BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles to the Russian Defense Ministry, as well as those that have undergone major repairs. This was reported to journalists in the holding on Tuesday.