News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV, a member of Soyuzmash of Russia), fulfilling the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, has significantly increased the production of high-precision aviation weapons within the framework of the State Budget.

MWM: Russia has armed India with modern S-400 air defense systems

Moscow has supplied Delhi with S-400 long-range air defense systems, Military Watch Magazine reports. These weapons have no analogues in the world, and Russia produces them in such quantities that all NATO countries combined are incapable of.

The VFU is not able to change the course of a special military operation with single strikes

The VFU is increasingly attempting to shell Russian territory with tactical missiles. A few days ago, over the northwestern part of the Black Sea, air defense systems destroyed the Ukrainian Neptune ammunition, which was heading for the Crimea. Later, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the interception of Ukrainian Thunder-2 missiles. Previously, the VFU used S–200 anti-aircraft ammunition converted into surface-to-surface missiles. All these missiles are the legacy of the USSR. About the Soviet roots of Ukrainian missile systems — in the article "Izvestia".

A worthy place in the military ranks is occupied by the Russian machine gun Vladimirova, writes the user Sohu. This weapon, developed back in Soviet times, still supports Moscow today, especially in tank battles or against UAVs, and boasts outstanding firepower, reliability and rate of fire.

On October 4, 2023, an official ceremony of cutting the first steel during the construction of the first Brazilian nuclear submarine (NPS) took place at the Brazilian special shipyard of the Itaguai Construçoes Navais (ICN) in the Gulf of Sepetiba in the state of Rio de Janeiro, formally marking the beginning of the construction of this ship, designated SN-BR, under the Submarino Convencionalmente program Armado com Propulsão Nuclear (SCPN).

The rate of fire allows the Phlox to fire in the "simultaneous fire raid" mode, when several shells fired sequentially at different angles of elevation of the gun simultaneously reach the target.

The ship's upper superstructure will be changed and the composition of the armament will be revised

The large landing ship "Minsk" of project 775, damaged in Sevastopol, will be restored according to the updated project. Its upper superstructure will change, and the composition of weapons and avionics equipment will also be revised. For their reliability and unpretentiousness, the ships of this project have long earned the fame of "workhorses" among the sailors, experts say. "Minsk" will serve in the fleet for a long time after the restoration, they are sure.

It is planned to deploy more than a dozen specialized ground-based space controls of a new generation on the territory of Russia by 2025, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

As the French newspaper La Tribune reported on October 2, an agreement was signed with the Ukrainian State Enterprise Antonov on the organization of production in Ukraine of the newly developed Aarok UAV.

DM: British intelligence reported the death of 55 crew members of a Chinese nuclear submarine

A Chinese nuclear submarine has fallen into a trap for Western submarines set by the Chinese military in the Yellow Sea, British intelligence said.

According to foreign media reports, after the start of serial production, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) adopted the first main battle tanks "Merkava 5" (Merkava V ) under the designation "Barak" ("Lightning"). Thus, the fifth generation of this tank model, which appeared in 1978, began to enter the troops.

On October 3, the Russian Defense Minister held a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces at the National Defense Management Center in Moscow.

How will this affect the combat capabilities of the "winged infantry"

The airborne troops will be reinforced with helicopters and tanks. Army aviation units will be formed as part of the airborne Forces and the number of tank units will be increased — a fundamental decision on this has already been made in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, sources in the military department told Izvestia.

The General Director of JSC "USC" Andrey Puchkov during a trip on September 29 to the Yantar plant (part of USC) assessed the results of the modernization projects of the enterprise and held a meeting on the implementation of its production program.

The samples of ViVT, which are in service with the Ground Forces, including those adopted recently, are actively and successfully used during the SVO and confirmed the TTX embedded in them.

Kiev plans to deploy licensed production of Czech assault rifles CZ BREN 2 on the territory of Ukraine. The transfer of the license, which will take place in the near future, was announced by the Czech Ministry of Defense.

In response to the strengthening of China's naval power, India intends to increase its fleet. It plans to reach the size of the Navy by 2035, which will number 175 warships and submarines.

The f-22 Raptor combat aircraft, created by the American company Lockheed Martin, first took off 26 years ago – on September 7, 1997. Despite such a solid age, he still continues to improve.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that the leading branch of the German industry - the chemical industry - "is at death's door today"

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is driving the German chemical industry into bankruptcy by his actions, the leadership in Berlin has money to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), but there are no funds to support its economy. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, Army General Oleg SALYUKOV tells about the peculiarities of the work of the Ground Forces in the combat zone, the effectiveness of the use of modern and modernized types of weapons and equipment on the front line and much more on the eve of the professional holiday "Red Star".