News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

On Friday, the Kostroma Military Academy of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection named after Marshal of the Soviet Union S. K. Timoshenko held solemn events dedicated to the 90th anniversary of its formation.

Elon Musk's space company is sometimes jokingly called pyrotechnic — so often its products explode during tests. A couple of recent incidents at the test site in the city of McGregor only confirm this glory. The fans of cosmonautics did not have time to set up an online broadcast from this location, as they captured two explosions in a row with an interval of only tens of hours.

The Power of the Future – military AI

Foreign Affairs is sounding the alarm – the United States is beginning to seriously lag behind China and Russia in the field of military artificial intelligence. The Pentagon is unnecessarily resting on its laurels, not understanding the enormous importance of AI. The authors write that a number of new US developments with AI have failed. America can cede military primacy in the world to its opponents.

Reservists and modern equipment. How the Finnish army works

The Italian website Inside Over decided to figure out how the Finnish army works, which has announced its intention to join the North Atlantic Alliance. The author of the publication talks about the key features of the Finnish armed forces.

US congressmen wanted to reveal "one of the greatest secrets of our time", for this purpose, on May 17, for the first time in several decades, open hearings will be held on cases of the appearance of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). This is reported by TASS.

The American company Oshkosh Defense intends to install new Cockerill CPWS combat modules on its JLTV SUVs, armed with the M242 Bushmaster automatic cannon of 25 mm caliber. Tests are planned to be carried out in the near future.

An attempt to catch up with Russia in the field of hypersound could turn into a financial disaster for the United States

The Agency for Advanced Research Projects of the US Department of Defense (DARPA) announced the completion of preliminary tests of weapons with a hypersonic ramjet engine (GPVRD). The agency also announced that hypersonic weapons will be developed not only for air carriers, but also for sea and land. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok figured out why it was necessary.

The project of the S7 group of companies, within which it was supposed to create a light launch vehicle, has been frozen, part of the team of designers and developers is likely to be reduced. This was reported to N + 1 by one of the project engineers. The press service of the S7 company did not answer N + 1's questions.

The new platform proved to be very, very promising at the start: a single electron on solid neon maintained a superposition state for a long time.

The Ministry of Defense has published a video of a well-camouflaged and guarded air defense complex. Experts have identified it as an anti-aircraft missile and cannon mobile complex "Pantsir-SM".

This deeply modernized military air defense system has become a real thunderstorm for the most modern and small-sized drones, as well as multiple launch rocket systems. That is, those goals that are most difficult to detect and hit in a timely manner.

In recent years, the United States has been concerned about increasing the power of its Naval forces. This is happening against the background of a constant increase in the Chinese Navy. But even in such a situation, the command of the US Navy did not abandon plans for the disposal of ships. At the same time, even new ships that are less than three years from commissioning want to be scrapped.

According to the Zvezda TV channel and the Military Informant web resource, serial production of the BM-30-D "Spokes" (32B01) remotely controlled uninhabited combat module for the KamAZ-43269 "Shot" (4x4) armored car has begun in Russia. This was reported in the press service of the developer and manufacturer of this module JSC "Central Research Institute "Burevestnik" (Nizhny Novgorod; part of JSC "Scientific and Production Corporation "Uralvagonzavod" Rostec State Corporation).

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It seems that the special operation in Ukraine is entering a protracted phase. The Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to implement a strategy of capturing civilians of cities as hostages and, hiding behind them, to slow down the advance of the Russian army.

The Warrior combat equipment has managed to become legendary in 10 years

The military equipment of the soldier "Ratnik" has been serving for 10 years to increase the combat effectiveness, prestige and protection of servicemen of the Russian Army. It has long been appreciated. Both the command and the ordinary servicemen defending the interests of our country love and are proud of her.

The Swedish arms concern Saab has upgraded the Karl-Gustaf portable anti-tank grenade launcher (Carl-Gustaf). The purpose of the modernization is to expand the range of applications of the system due to new fire control technology and programmable ammunition.

The British Ministry of Defense announced the signing of contracts with BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce worth more than 2 billion pounds, providing for the beginning of the third stage of the Dreadnought SSB construction program.

The Army Times publication writes about the implementation of the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program. It will help American troops get much more lethal weapons than those that have been used over the past 65 years. This is due to the transition to a 6.8mm caliber instead of 5.56 mm today. It is reported that in this way a replacement for the M4 automatic carbine and the M249 SAW machine gun was found.

Ex-commander of the Airborne Forces Shpak explained why Minsk deployed troops on the border with Ukraine

The Army of Belarus has been put on high alert. Minsk claims that this is a response to the NATO exercises "Defender of Europe-2022", which are taking place on the territory of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Also, the Belarusian Defense Ministry announced the deployment of Special Operations Forces (SSO) on the border with Ukraine. "Newspaper.Ru" found out what the Belarusian SSOs are and what their deployment means.

B-52H strategic Bomber with AGM-86B aviation ammunition capable of carrying nuclear Warheads

Russian Russian-speaking "Russian" characters and misspelled words have already become familiar and the most obvious examples of "cranberries" in Hollywood films. But mistakes related to technology, including combat, are unlikely to be recognized by an ordinary viewer.