News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

In recent years, London has consistently pursued a policy of reducing defense spending, which has negatively affected the technical equipment of the royal Armed Forces. The situation is especially bad with armored vehicles.

Abstracts of Shoigu's report

The Russian military continues active actions in all directions, focusing on weakening the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu at a conference call in the department.

In Russia, every year on August 1, the Day of the Rear of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is celebrated — one of the oldest services, which is an integral part of the defense of the state. How the holiday appeared and who is congratulated on this date — in the material of Izvestia.

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for accelerating the pace of modernization of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA), the Chinese state news agency Xinhua reports. The head of the Central Military Council of China made this statement during his inspection of the Western Combat Command Zone, located in Sichuan Province in the southwest of the country.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on July 31, 2023, a thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

The second American manned and partially reusable spacecraft, the CST—100 Starliner, did not fly into orbit in April. The test mission with the crew on board once again failed, the launch was first postponed to July, and later postponed indefinitely.

Black Sea sailors combine training with the performance of combat missions

Traditionally, on the last Sunday of July (which in 2023 falls on the 30th) Russia celebrates the Day of the Navy (Navy).

On July 27, the construction of the first radar and electronic reconnaissance ship of the 107 Delfin project began at the shipyard located in Gdansk. According to the contract signed in November 2022, the Swedish company Saab acts as the contractor, the subcontractor is the Polish Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A.

Guillermo Senlein, co-founder of OceanGate Expeditions, urges not to stop after the tragedy with the Titan bathyscaphe and to continue to expand the boundaries of extreme travel. He plans to send 1,000 people to live in a floating colony on Venus by 2050, writes Business Insider on July 28.

The Russian Ka-52M attack helicopter carrying the "Product 305" missile poses a serious threat to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, writes Forbes. The range of this weapon is 15 km, which allows the crews to launch it beyond the reach of the air defense of Ukraine

As Dmitry Kuzyakin, CEO of the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions, clarified, the FPV drone is not limited by the range

FPV drones (first-person view) used in the area of its own are able to remain intact and continue flying after ramming aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles. This was announced to TASS by Dmitry Kuzyakin, Director General of the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions (CCDB).

Large-scale Talisman Sabre 2023 exercises are taking place in Australia, involving over 30 thousand fighters with the participation of military personnel from the United States, as well as Japan, France, Germany, South Korea and other countries. However, the maneuvers had to be stopped due to the crash of the MRH 90 Taipan helicopter.

The original was taken from a colleague of imp_navigator at a military parade in Pyongyang to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Patriotic Liberation War

And how effective is their application in different parts of its

Izvestia, together with a military expert, the founder of the Military Russia portal Dmitry Kornev, understood how perfect anti-tank missile systems are and what role they play on the battlefield.

Navy servicemen celebrate a professional holiday. Many are in the war zone. From the first days of its fleet is very active. About the most significant operations — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The guests of the parade were four African leaders and representatives of five more participating countries of the Russia-Africa summit and Forum

The main naval parade was held on Sunday on the Day of the Navy (Navy) in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt. The parade, which was attended by 45 ships, boats and about 3 thousand servicemen, was traditionally hosted by the President of Russia, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.

Some of the representatives of the African delegations at the Russia-Africa summit held in St. Petersburg decided to stay a little longer in the "northern capital" and attend the parade in honor of the Day of the Russian Navy. After that, they visited Kronstadt together with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They arrived there by boat, which took them to the city from the Admiralty Embankment of St. Petersburg.

On July 27, 2023, at the Polish shipbuilding company Remontowa Shipbuilding (formerly the famous shipyard Stocznia Północna) in Gdansk, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Polish Navy of the lead of two ordered reconnaissance ships of the new generation of Project 107 (code Delfin), named Jerzy Różycki (construction number 107/1, planned tail number "261"). The ceremony of the first steel cutting for the lead ship took place at the shipyard on April 27, 2023. The second ship of this type will be named Henryk Zygalski (construction number 107/2, planned tail number "264").

The DPRK's military factories make modern missile systems and long-range self-propelled guns that can compete with the best foreign analogues.

Irkut Corporation of the United Aircraft Corporation announced its renaming, introducing a new brand – Yakovlev.