News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Military expert Nikulin: the increase in the main caliber of machine guns is due to the need for more ammunition capacity

Military expert Yuri Nikulin, in an interview with Izvestia, commented on the information about the increase in the main caliber of Russian army submachine guns. Earlier, this was announced on November 4 by the president of the Kalashnikov concern Alan Lushnikov.

The missile carrier Generalissimo Suvorov fired a Bulava ballistic missile as part of state tests

At the end of October, the submarine strategic missile carrier Generalissimo Suvorov of Project 955A Borey-A entered the White Sea from Severodvinsk for the third time for sea trials. This is the third ship of the upgraded series, which in the coming decades will become the basis of the maritime component of Russia's nuclear triad. What is the Borei-A strategic missile carrier, how does it differ from conventional Boreas and what was tested by Generalissimo Suvorov on November 3 — in the Izvestia material.

The Wagner Center, a free office and production site for companies and startups whose work is aimed at strengthening Russia's defense and scientific power, has started operating in the Northern capital. NEVSKY NOVOSTI visited the "PMK Wagner Center" and learned how to become its resident.

Nihon Keizai: Japan is thinking about creating its own hypersonic missiles by 2030

Against the background of the difficult situation in the world, Japan has thought about security, writes Nihon Keizai. The growing external threats prompted her to start developing hypersonic missiles. Tokyo hopes that the new weapon will help it deter opponents.

Ukraine has decided to focus on creating a fleet of marine drones, a week ago the attack of marine drones on Russian ships in Sevastopol led Kiev to think that this is the best option. Zelensky made a corresponding statement.

Perhaps the main caliber of Russian small arms will be changed, and this will affect the legendary Kalashnikov assault rifles. At least, the relevant statements are made by gunsmiths. Why has the caliber of automatic weapons already been changed in the USSR, what can the new caliber be and for what is such a reform supposed to be?

As reported, in October 2022, factory sea trials of two new small rocket ships of the project 22800 (code "Karakurt"), completed construction for the Russian Navy, were started at once. On October 15, the small rocket ship "Burya" (factory number 257), built by JSC Leningrad Shipbuilding Plant "Pella", made its first test run on the Baltic Sea. A little earlier, tests of the Askold MRC (factory number 802), built in Kerch at the B.E. Butoma Shipbuilding Plant JSC (the management company for the Gulf Shipbuilding Plant LLC), were started on the Black Sea.

The new formations will be equipped with vehicles, repair shops and provisions

Humanitarian troops will appear in Russia. Specialized units and subunits will be created to help the civilian population in the regions affected by military conflicts. They will be equipped with transport, repair facilities, food supplies, water and clothing.

We talk about new technologies in the domestic helicopter industry

The aviation industry today strives not just to create new planes and helicopters, but to control the condition of already flying machines, to know in advance about emerging problems and not to repair, but not to allow breakdowns.

The experimental module "Mengtian" successfully docked with the side port of the main module "Tianhe"

China's space station on Thursday assumed its final T-shape after assembly work. This was reported by the Administration of the Manned Space Flight Program of China.

Analyzing the fighting in the zone of a special military operation in Ukraine, experts often call what is happening a "drone war". Indeed, UAVs of various modifications in modern warfare solve almost any tasks: they conduct reconnaissance, correct fire, deliver pinpoint strikes on the front line and deep behind enemy lines.

The Russian T-14 tank based on the Armata universal tracked platform is better protected than the American Abrams X. This comparison was made by the columnist of the American edition of 19FortyFive Brent Eastwood.

North Korea on Thursday, November 3, fired several ballistic missiles, including an ICBM that probably failed right in flight, which caused alarm among residents of some areas of central and northern Japan, Reuters writes, citing official sources.

Al Jazeera: The US has increased the military budget to a historical record

In order to contain the "threat" in the form of Russia and China, the United States has increased the military budget to a historical record, Al Jazeera reports. This will inevitably provoke an arms race between the nuclear powers, because selfish America sees nothing beyond its nose, the author of the article believes.

What is known about the use of X-32 missiles during a special operation in Ukraine

Among the missiles used by the Russian Aerospace Forces to destroy military facilities in Ukraine, new X-32s were noted. According to media reports, none of these missiles were shot down by enemy air defenses.

Using the Falcon Heavy superheavy space rocket from SpaceX, the Pentagon launches a new generation Tetra-1 small satellite and another military spacecraft into geostationary Earth orbit, information about which is not reported.

The United States no longer considers the previously existing approaches to the development of a limited number of large satellites and large ground-based systems justified. It took many years and a lot of money to implement these goals, now it is not relevant. The Pentagon's position was voiced by Assistant Secretary of the US Air Force for Space Frank Calvelli.

The head of the Office of Strategic Systems Programs of the US Navy, Vice Admiral Johnny Wolf, is confident that it will be possible to install hypersonic weapons on a Zumwalt-class destroyer in 2025 and on a Virginia-class submarine in 2029, writes Defense News.

LLC "Rybinsk Shipyard" celebrates its 75th anniversary. Over the years, thousands of vessels of various classes and purposes have descended from her stocks.

Today, the shipyard is building unique samples of naval equipment and weapons for the Navy and the civilian market, promising projects of watercraft are being developed.

The trained algorithms are incredibly effective in detecting non-obvious relationships in complex systems or signs of approaching events that are invisible at first glance. Therefore, they are increasingly being used to analyze the telemetry of remote equipment in order to respond to possible failures in advance. A logical field of application is cosmonautics, where predicting any incidents will give operators on Earth precious time to plan a response.