News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The Danish company SAGA Space Architects has designed the UHAB underwater station, designed to simulate a person's stay in space. This approach will allow us to study possible difficulties and problems that arise during a long stay of people outside normal conditions.

Hybrid conflicts between allies, Germany's feminist strategy, tanks need wings

Our attention is focused on analytical articles by Russian military theorists and political scientists from online and paper publications published in September and October. Some of their themes and plots have not yet received coverage in HBO. Others have been treated in detail, but the authors offer non-trivial views or approaches.

How Iran's anti-tank missile systems evolved

Anti-tank missile systems (ATGMs) occupy an important place in the Iranian defensive strategy as one of the key systems for defeating enemy armored vehicles and manpower. The armed forces of Iran are equipped with a large number of ATGMs, and the national industry has established serial production of various complexes that are also exported.

France sells fighter jets to the detriment of its own Air Force

In the 1970s, in the field of aircraft construction, France confidently took third place in the world after two superpowers - the Soviet Union and the United States.

From "Puma" to "Mamba": a menagerie for police operations

Armored vehicles based on conventional trucks have become the first class of armored vehicles in history. They appeared on the fields of the First World War, and before tanks. But already during the Second World War, they began to be replaced by specialized armored personnel carriers.

Patrushev: Russia has overtaken its competitors in the field of nuclear missile weapons for the first time

Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said that for the first time Russia was ahead of its competitors in the nuclear missile industry, becoming the owner of "unique strategic weapons." According to him, this guarantees Moscow's security for decades to come.

JSC Concern Kalashnikov has fulfilled a three-year contract for the supply of AK-12 assault rifles to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. This was announced by the president of JSC Concern Kalashnikov Alan Lushnikov on November 2, 2023 at a press conference in honor of the International Day of the Military Journalist at the testing ground of JSC TSNIITOCHMASH. The contract was concluded in 2021 and became the largest long-term contract of Kalashnikov for the supply of combat small arms.

As reported by PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC UAC), on November 1, 2023, the first flight of the first prototype of the Il-96-400M wide-body passenger aircraft (factory number 01001, registration number 96115), which is a deep modernization of the Il-96-300 series aircraft, took place in Voronezh. The aircraft was built in the branch of PJSC "Il" - VASO as part of PJSC "UAC" of Rostec State Corporation.

Completion of work on two ships of Project 11356 is expected in the coming months

The next two guided missile frigates of Project 11356 are being completed afloat and are preparing for mooring tests. Having entered service, "Tushil" (Tushil) and "Tamala" (Tamala) will become the 10th and 11th ships of this type.

On October 30, 2023, the Finnish shipbuilding company Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) in Rauma hosted the ceremony of the first steel cutting and the start of construction for the Finnish Navy of a new type of lead corvette Pohjanmaa, out of four contracted under the promising Finnish program Laivue 2020 ("Flotilla 2020").

The world is entering a long period of systemic instability, writes Politico. Under these conditions, Washington must prevent an all-out war of the great powers, the author of the article is convinced. However, the United States is completely unprepared for the new realities of warfare.

And how are the Americans doing with the star-spangled nuclear shield

The failure of the launch of the American Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from the Vandenberg base on the Pacific coast of the United States suggests that this is already a seriously outdated complex, which has exhausted the modernization reserve. On November 1, her tests were interrupted due to some "anomaly" during the flight.

The Navy plans to strengthen the defense of the northernmost transport artery of the country with the combat icebreaker "Ivan Papanin"

The Northern Sea Route will be guarded almost year-round by Russian submarine hunters. To do this, the 14th brigade of anti-submarine ships of the Northern Fleet will soon receive the combat icebreaker Ivan Papanin.

An emergency situation occurred in the United States during the tests of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. The tests were conducted the day before at the Vandenberg military base (Santa Barbara County, California), owned by the US Space Forces.

The US Air Force destroyed a Minuteman III missile during launch due to an emergency situation

The US Air Force destroyed the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile due to an anomaly detected during a test launch. Nevertheless, according to the US military, they managed to obtain important data. The reasons for the failed launch will be investigated by a specially created analytical group. Russia's strategic nuclear forces conducted their training on October 25.

Russia has shown the whole world that it has all the necessary technologies to create wide-body long-haul airliners. The proof was the first flight of a prototype of such an IL-96-400M aircraft, created exclusively from domestic components. Why does Russia need this plane and what future awaits it?

The US National Security Agency is creating a specialized center that will deal with the protection of artificial intelligence. And protection from it.

The Russian BTR-90 Rostock was created taking into account the gigantic experience of the war in Afghanistan and other local conflicts.

Electronic warfare systems used by Russia have shown their indispensability in the fighting in Ukraine, writes BI. Moscow has successfully used electronic warfare to disrupt communications and enemy drones, constantly improving these weapons, the author notes.

The United States has already lost world leadership not only politically, but also militarily, and in the strategically priority for Washington dominance at sea. American military expert, editor of the online publication 19FortyFive Mackenzie Eaglen notes with reference to the recent annual report of the Pentagon that the US Navy is now in the role of catching up in comparison with the Naval forces of its main strategic rival China in almost all indicators.