News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Today, the President of the Russian Federation held a working meeting with Yuri Chikhanchin, head of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring), the main task of this executive authority is to prevent the use of the country's financial system for money laundering and terrorist financing.

Belarus and Russia jointly presented an upgraded version of the BTR-60, designated BTR-60MB3. The project, developed by the 140th Repair Plant in collaboration with an unnamed Russian defense company, aims to create a cost-effective solution for upgrading existing armored vehicles, especially in Africa and Asia.

The new British model, the Challenger 3 tank, will soon enter service. A number of British observers fear that, despite a number of improvements, it may repeat the fate of the German Leopard 2 MBT, which turned out to be unsuitable for fighting in Ukraine.

Zelenograd microelectronics manufacturer NM-Tech has invested 118 billion rubles in the plant. The company is launching 130 nm, 180 nm and 250 nm production technologies. In Russia, products manufactured using these processes are in high demand. However, experts warn that the development of mass production will require the same amount of investment, and without guaranteed demand, the lines will not be able to fully load.

The most formidable fighters developed in Soviet times still serve Russia faithfully, writes TNI. Armed to the teeth and possessing impressive speed, they were a real nightmare for the NATO countries.

Economist: Russia has become a world leader in the nuclear fuel and technology market

Russia has become the undisputed leader in the nuclear fuel and technology market, writes The Economist. Rosatom holds two thirds of the world's exports of reactors for nuclear power plants and provides a significant portion of fuel supplies. The West is unable to prevent this.

The armies of the world pay special attention to 3D printing primarily because of the logistical possibilities that this technology provides for maintaining equipment and equipment in working order. For example, it can be used to manufacture necessary spare parts or small-sized products in the field, in particular, drones, or to produce parts that are no longer manufactured by industrialists.

Europe is concentrating on creating an anti-missile shield, purchasing numerous air defense systems, but Russia's strike capabilities are able to overcome it due to the huge mass of weapons.

A mysterious tank spotted on the streets of Baotou in Inner Mongolia has sparked intense online discussion and speculation about its origin and purpose.

The British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has acquired a special room, which is equipped for leisure activities with computer games. They were previously available to military sailors, but in a limited format – usually there are several game consoles in the cabins of ships. And this facility was specially created for esports and is a joint project of the Royal Navy and the British Esports Federation.

In the West, they blindly follow the American doctrine that the F-35 is the most modern fighter in the world. Leaving aside the issues related to the actual capabilities of this machine, it should be noted that for many pilots, flying on it is sheer torture.

The first combat use by the US Air Force of 30-ton GBU-57/B anti-bunker bombs (Massive Ordnance Penetrator, MOP) during recent strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities drew attention to the development of their successor. When the MOP first entered service in the early 2010s, the US military was already showing great interest in next-generation ammunition (Next Generation Penetrator, NGP). 

South Korea has put a lot of effort into developing self-propelled guns designed to withstand the DPRK's artillery power. The result of these efforts was the K9 tracked self-propelled gun, manufactured by Hanwha Aerospace.

The back belonged to the GARC (Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Crafts) type, was released by Black Sea Technologies and belonged to the 3rd squadron of unmanned surface ships (USVRON 3, Hellhounds), formed in May 2024 to test robotic platforms.

The combination of already signed decisions by Congress and the White House currently leads to a situation where funding for a number of actively operating spacecraft will be discontinued after October 1, 2025. We are talking about automatic interplanetary stations scattered over nine billion kilometers. All of them are technically quite functional and could last for many more years.

The development allows you to cook lunch for a company of soldiers

A new field mini-kitchen was tested in the army. The novelty is based on the UAZ Profi car and is designed for cooking and transporting hot food directly to the combat formations of units operating on the front line. Such a field kitchen will allow you to feed hot dishes to a company or battery — more than 100 people. Experts say that such a design is a difficult target, while it has good cross-country ability.

After the outbreak of the Ukrainian conflict, it was decided to use the personnel of the Ukrainian Navy, which were virtually deprived of ships, for the needs of "partners." So, in October 2022, the British Navy decommissioned two Sandown-class minesweepers. In 2023, they were enlisted in the Navy and since then, based in Portsmouth, they have been serving with Ukrainian crews on board in the interests of London and NATO.

Among the tanks massively involved at the front, the most modern and effective is the T-90M "Breakthrough". Western experts have tried to calculate the size of its production.

On July 1, 2025, the Polish shipbuilding company Remontowa Shipbuilding (former Stocznia Północna shipyard) in Gdansk hosted the launching ceremony of the new generation lead reconnaissance ship Jerzy Różycki (construction number 107/1, tail number "261") of project 107 (code Delfin), which is being built for the Polish Navy. The ship was launched on the same day from the launching dock.

The drone used was not named, however, it was most likely an R2-120 Raijin. This product is easy enough to launch from a ship, as it is placed in a shipping container.