News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The Pakistan Air Force is working on integrating the recently acquired Turkish Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles into the country's air defense system.

Despite the "advanced age", the SU-100 is used in some armies of the world in about the same condition as they were almost 80 years ago when they left the factory, writes Wirtualna Polska. These machines participated in the battles for Berlin, where their powerful guns proved to be very effective.

NASA experts have confirmed that the collision of the spacecraft with the asteroid Dimorph successfully deflected the celestial body from its original orbit. This is the first time that humanity has intentionally changed the movement of a space object, which proves the operability of a potential Earth protection system. This is reported in a press release on the agency's website.

A separate logistics brigade will be formed in the Airborne Troops

In Russia, the first brigade of logistics (MTO) of Airborne troops will be formed. This compound will be fully equipped with equipment adapted for transportation by military transport planes and helicopters.

On October 11, a visiting meeting of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security on the topic "The current state, prospects for the development of the forces and means of defense of the Kaliningrad Special Region in a changing geopolitical situation" was held at the Yantar PSZ (part of the USC).

Uraltransmash has prematurely shipped to the Russian Defense Ministry a batch of 2S7M Malka self-propelled guns

Uraltransmash has prematurely shipped to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation a batch of 2S7M Malka high-power guns that have undergone modernization, the press service of the Uralvagonzavod concern told reporters on Wednesday.

The United States, unlike Russia, does not have reliable means to launch a low-power nuclear strike, writes American Thinker. The lack of parity in the field of deterrence can lead to global mutual destruction, the author of the article warns.

The third in the series and the second serial non-nuclear submarine of the new generation type Taigei project 29SS launched in Japan. The ceremony was held today, October 12, at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) shipyard in Kobe.

As stated by the President of the Russian Federation, this indicator in 2020-2021 fell to the lowest levels in the last 15 years

The volume of investments in oil and gas production in 2020-2021 fell to the lowest levels in the last 15 years, this is not caused by Russia conducting a special military operation. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday during the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week.

An official representative of the Indian Navy said that on the morning of October 12, 2022, a Russian-made MiG-29K naval fighter of Indian naval aviation crashed near Goa in the sea. The plane was returning to the Indian Navy Airbase Hansa (Dabolim) near Goa from a planned training flight, but due to a technical malfunction fell into the sea. The pilot successfully ejected and was picked up by the search and rescue service.

The prototype of the MS-21 airliner, which underwent remotorization and made its first flight on PD-14 engines last week, successfully relocated on the Irkutsk-Zhukovsky route on Wednesday, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) reported.

Rostec State Corporation has presented a vacuum electron beam 3D printer with an all-angle robot manipulator. The device allows you to "grow" heavy-duty parts of complex construction made of titanium and steel for aerospace engineering. A prototype of the product can be seen in Moscow at the international exhibition Weldex-2022.

The numerous and rather tough sanctions against Russian manufacturers currently in force force domestic businesses to quickly look for alternative solutions in many industries in general and in the field of semiconductors in particular.

The contact group of the West discussed measures to track the weapons transferred to Kiev, the department noted

The United States and its allies are seeking from their military-industrial complex to increase the production of weapons for transfer to Kiev, as well as to replenish their own arsenals. This was stated by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Wednesday, speaking in Brussels at a press conference following the results of the next meeting of the group created by Western countries to coordinate military assistance to Kiev.

Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov — about how heavy bomber aircraft helped to achieve the set military goals

On Monday, October 10, 2022, a massive missile strike was observed from the very morning on the entire Ukrainian territory remaining under Kiev's control. There is something new in this — cruise missile attacks came in waves. In addition to military targets, energy facilities were also defeated. In just the first half of the day, according to Ukrainian estimates, up to two hundred Russian land-, sea- and air-based missiles, as well as kamikaze unmanned aerial vehicles, were used, which made this "air offensive" one of the largest since the beginning of the special operation.

It is known that Iran has been working on its nuclear program for a long time. For this country, the possession of nuclear weapons could become a reliable defense in case of aggression from the "collective West". Although the authorities of the Islamic Republic are negotiating a nuclear deal, in parallel, the country does not abandon developments in the field of nuclear technology.

The American armed forces were right in strategic terms, betting on high-tech long-range weapons and high-intensity combat training of personnel. This was stated by the Chief of Staff of the army (ground forces) US General James McConville in an interview with Breaking Defense.

There are deposits of water ice or "water" rocks

Scientists have found out that the most interesting landing point for the first expedition under the Artemios lunar program is the Leibniz-Beta plateau, where there are deposits of water ice or "water" rocks. The Russian probe Luna-27 may land in the same region, Maria Dyachkova, a researcher at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow), said on Tuesday at the XIII Moscow Symposium on the Study of the Solar System.

MWM: one MiG-25 reconnaissance sortie destroyed the myth of its "short" range

If the speed of the MiG-25 remains unsurpassed even now, then the flight range has long raised questions among Western experts, writes MWM. However, in 1975, NATO radars made it possible to determine it: at least 1200 kilometers at supersonic speed.

October 6, 1977 – the first flight of the MiG-29

The Russian multi-purpose fighter of the fourth generation MiG-29 took to the skies for the first time on October 6, 1977. 45 years have passed since that day, but the aircraft is still in service not only with the Russian Aerospace Forces, but also in more than 20 countries.