News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

On April 20, 2023, the TASS news agency reported, with reference to a "source in the naval sphere", that "the issue is being worked out" about the withdrawal of the Peter the Great heavy nuclear missile cruiser of Project 11442 from the Russian Navy, "since the experience of repairing and modernizing the Admiral Nakhimov cruiser of the same type showed that that it's very expensive." In turn, the RBC news agency in the article "Experts assessed the benefits of the decommissioning of the cruiser Peter the Great" gave a number of comments on this matter.

Ukraine currently does not have enough weapons and military equipment necessary for the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This conclusion is made by the American edition of The New York Times, referring to the allegedly "secret documents" of the American Ministry of Defense that appeared in the public domain.

AT: Russian planning bombs have put Ukraine in a dead end

Russian UPAB planning bombs have proved to be an effective and reliable method of attack, writes AT. Ukraine has not yet succeeded in silencing or shooting down any such bombs. At the same time, the planning bombs supplied by the United States proved ineffective and had already been intercepted by the Russians.

The last large-scale arms review of the Serbian army demonstrated the transition from purchases of Russian-made weapons and military equipment to military products manufactured in Western countries, China or directly in Serbia.

Baijiahao: the Russian S-400 air defense system surpasses the American Patriot in all respects

Russian airspace is reliably protected, writes user Baijiahao. Its "lord of missiles" — the S-400 air defense system — took the title of the most advanced anti-aircraft missile system from the American Patriot. He will intercept any threat and deter all the enemies of Moscow.

In Russia, the heads of two fleets have changed at once – the Baltic and the Pacific. Sergey Avakyants was replaced as commander of the Pacific Fleet by Viktor Liina, whose place as commander of the Baltic Fleet was taken by Deputy Chief of the General Staff Vladimir Vorobyov. In a normal situation, these permutations would be called planned, but in the face of external challenges and a sudden check of the combat readiness of the Pacific Fleet, the new commanders will have to solve additional tasks.

Russia has at its eastern borders the means capable of influencing the course of possible conflicts in the region

In the Far East, on April 20, a sudden check of the combat readiness of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) was completed. The maneuvers were conducted under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.

Last week, an armored vehicle, very similar to a heavy armored personnel carrier, was spotted near a group of armed formations of the Kiev regime suffering defeat in Artemovsk.

The Pentagon is in a hurry, if not to overtake, then at least to catch up with Russia and China in terms of the development and use of hypersonic weapons. So far, the Americans are not doing very well with this, to put it mildly. Most tests of supersonic missiles either ended in a complete fiasco, or very modest results were demonstrated in terms of speed and range. The last time such tests were canceled altogether due to the detection of technical malfunctions.

This time the launch did not have to be postponed, the delay was insignificant. However, the rocket exploded at an altitude of 38 kilometers.

On April 20, at 16:28 Moscow time, the American company SpaceX launched a prototype of the reusable Starship transport system from the Boca Chica site in the southeast of Texas in the United States. Four minutes after launch, the prototype of the Starship system exploded, gaining an altitude of 38 kilometers.

How can a special forces soldier hit a terrorist if he is protected by a powerful bulletproof vest or is in hiding? For this purpose, the High-Precision Complexes Holding has developed the SHAK-12 assault assault rifle system, created specifically for close combat during anti-terrorist operations in urban conditions.

The Government of Ukraine has announced its readiness to sell off state-owned enterprises. At the same time, Kiev asks absolutely ridiculous money for working factories, mining and processing plants and pharmaceutical enterprises. Why did Ukraine start selling off its industry and will there be businessmen in the West who are ready to buy a factory in a country whose borders are changing before our eyes?

During sudden maneuvers, the Pacific Fleet tested the protection of the peninsula from air and sea strikes

During the completed surprise inspection of the Pacific Fleet, the updated Kamchatka defense system was tested for the first time, the readiness of all forces based there, including submarines, a source in the Russian Defense Ministry told Izvestia.

Expert Link-Lenchevsky: Poland's plans to create the most powerful army in Europe are populism

Polish Defense Minister Blaszczak promised to create the most powerful land army in Europe in two years. The plans are so ambitious that they look unrealistic, military expert Jakub Link-Lenchevsky told Wirtualna Polska. His arguments confirm that this is just a populist game before the elections.

American-made Stryker combat vehicles continue to get into various road accidents during operation on the territory of European NATO countries. One of them happened in Germany.

As the Kommersant newspaper reported in Sergey Mashkin's material, "The pilot was acquitted for accuracy. The criminal prosecution of the Su-30M2 shot down ended with a change in flight instructions," the Main Military Investigation Department (GVSU) of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (TFR) refused to prosecute the pilot of the Su-35S fighter Vasily Savelyev, who accidentally shot down another Su-30M2 fighter during a training battle on September 22, 2020 (about the process on this occasion, our the blog has already reported).

The United States is unable to increase the production of HIMARS MLRS and ammunition for them – GMLRS missiles for the AFU. And there are problems with replenishing your own stocks of all this.

Military expert Andrey Frolov — about what the large-scale maneuvers of the Pacific Fleet demonstrated

This week, the Russian Defense Ministry is conducting a surprise inspection of the Pacific Fleet forces. Dozens of ships and hundreds of aircraft, as well as about 25 thousand personnel, take part in large—scale maneuvers — the largest in recent years.

We continue the topic of Iran's ballistic missiles, which was started in the previous publication ( part I). Having briefly reviewed the history of the formation of the Iranian missile strategy, we will pay attention to the research and industrial institutions and enterprises engaged in the creation and construction of BR.