News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

New aircraft engines for American B-52J Stratofortress strategic bombers are entering the final stage of initial testing. This is reported by the press service of Rolls-Royce.

Rosatom, in cooperation with Aeroflot, will prepare, among other things, the most in-demand consumables that are currently unavailable to Russian airlines due to sanctions. This was stated by the head of the state corporation Alexey Likhachev in an interview with Izvestia on September 11, commenting on the signing of a memorandum between the two companies within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum (WEF).

The well-known analyst and researcher of Russian space programs Bart Hendricks (Bart Hendrickx) published on the resource "The Space Review" interesting material "Soviet television reconnaissance satellites" ("Soviet television reconnaissance satellites").

Daily Mail: Russian Aerospace Forces will sweep away British aviation in case of war

The Russian Aerospace Forces will sweep away British aviation in the event of war, writes the Daily Mail. The fact is that the Royal Air Force fleet is extremely small, and the technological perfection of the aircraft does not compensate for their number. Moreover, it is planned to reduce it even more in the future.

Uralvagonzavod will restart production of T-80 tanks

Uralvagonzavod Concern will resume the creation of T-80 tanks, which first entered service with the Soviet Army back in 1976. The upgraded versions of the machine performed well during the military operation in Ukraine, so it was decided to mass-produce, the concern said. There were about three thousand "eighties" in the warehouses of the Ministry of Defense in front of the SVO. For more information, see the material "Newspapers.Ru".

Canadian Army: always in the shadows and on the pick-up

Geographically, Canada is almost a mirror image of Russia, located on the other side of the North Pole from it. The same huge territory, while also almost completely empty and frozen. The population also mostly lives along the southern border of the country.

Rotorcraft are needed to control shipping

A special military operation (SVO) for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine has been going on for more than a year and a half, including on the water expanses. Having announced the termination of the grain deal from July 18, Moscow undertook to establish strict control over shipping in the northwestern part of the Black Sea from midnight on July 20.

As noted earlier, the industry of unmanned boats (BEC) of Turkey for military purposes has received sustainable development. The roadmap for the construction of uninhabited naval systems is balanced, has a reasoned theoretical justification and a wide nomenclature .

Ukrainian formations use anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) "Kombat" at the front. The relevant footage has recently appeared on the Internet, they are published by a number of domestic Telegram channels.

One of the instruments of the Perseverance rover, the MOXIE experiment, has successfully completed its scientific mission on Mars. This is a demonstrator of the technology of producing oxygen from the local atmosphere, which consists mainly of carbon dioxide. The device successfully exceeded the minimum performance threshold by almost twice, showing that future Martian colonists have a reliable way to get air for breathing.

The DPRK officially announced that on September 6, 2023, a ceremony was held at the North Korean shipbuilding enterprise in Pondae (Sinpo) to launch a North Korean non-nuclear missile submarine that had been under construction there for a long time, called "Hero Kim Gun Ok" (tail number "841"). The ceremony, held in an unusual open mode for the DPRK, was attended by the leader of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un. The ship is officially named "the first submarine with nuclear offensive weapons."

Russia has adopted the deadly Sarmat missile system, which has no analogues in the world, Al Jazeera reports. According to experts, the Sarmat's direct combat duty has become a clear signal to the West – NATO's aggressive intentions will not remain unanswered.

The Russian army has a new "pet", writes user Baijiahao. The recently adopted upgraded Su-57 quickly attracted everyone's attention. And for good reason, the author notes. This fighter has outstanding characteristics and will surely become an important player in the world air race.

How to protect yourself from drones, cruise missiles and "jumping" bombs

According to Dan Rice, a former US army officer and ex-adviser to the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valery Zaluzhny, 2,000 M26 cluster missiles can "end the conflict."

New-release products have increased the capabilities of the Strela-10M3 anti-aircraft system

The decision made public in 2018 by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (MO RF) and Rostec Corporation to resume serial production of the 9M333 rocket at the plant recently erected in the city of Kovrov caused bewilderment of specialists.

The latest BMP-2M with the Berezhok module has been sent to the special operation zone

Thousands of armored vehicles created back in Soviet times seem to be completely useless for the purposes of special operations today because of their age. However, in fact, a simple and cheap upgrade makes them a formidable combat unit. A striking example of this is the BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle, which is being sent to the front right now with modifications. What is it about and why is it much better than just recycling old equipment?

NATO is building up nuclear capabilities in Europe in case of war with Russia

The Russian Foreign Ministry called the possible deployment of US nuclear weapons in Britain an escalating step that is openly anti-Russian in nature. The fact that Washington is returning its thermonuclear bombs to the territory of the Foggy Albion became known from the plans of the US Air Force, which will be engaged in the maintenance of nuclear weapons at the Lakenheath base. How and how can Russia respond to these plans?

Myanmar became the first foreign customer and recipient of the JF-17 light fighter (FC-1). Although when reading this material, one should make an obvious allowance for the obvious bias of the publisher, however, reports of serious technical problems experienced by the Myanmar Air Force with JF-17 aircraft appear not for the first time.

Within the framework of the 17th International commercial Transport exhibition Comtrans 2023, which takes place on September 5-8 in Moscow, the leader of the Russian cargo engineering KAMAZ presents about 30 exhibits, among which there are traditionally many novelties.

Equipping the Su-34 multifunctional fighter-bombers of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of the Russian Federation with hypersonic missiles X-47M2 "Dagger" will allow Russian troops to expand their capabilities in the special operation zone (SVO). This is written by the American magazine Military Watch Magazine (MWM).