News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

In December 2022, the US Air Force introduced a new B-52 Raider stealth bomber, but the plans of the Air Force Command are to create an updated fleet, and the biggest changes, according to Defense News, are still ahead.

On January 10, the first thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

Atlantico: analysts have found out that the West is not ready for a conflict of the "Ukrainian" type

Two authors of the French magazine Atlantico are engaged in what this publication does best — the forecast of the military-political future. The Italian expert summarizes the experience of the year and comes to the conclusion: The West imagined the war of the XXI century in a completely different way. Which means he can lose without a fight.

And what opportunities will the novelty give to Strategic Missile Forces

Last year was the year of the beginning of flight tests and deployment of the newest Russian heavy liquid intercontinental ballistic missile RS-28 "Sarmat". Today it is the most powerful combat missile in the world, and never before has the Russian industry produced such a complex and unique product in its capabilities. Izvestia was looking into what heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) are in general and how the Sarmat is so different from other samples.

On January 6, the Russian Defense Ministry published footage of combat coordination of crews of modernized T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks that entered service with the Central Military District (CVO) in the zone of a special operation to protect Donbass.

CNN: The Admiral Gorshkov frigate will go to the Atlantic and Indian Oceans

Admiral Gorshkov with hypersonic Zircon missiles will go on a long voyage, including to the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, Shoigu said. President Vladimir Putin wished the sailors "seven feet under the keel," CNN reports.

The private analytical website Global Firepower, specializing in the aggregate analysis of the state of the armed forces of the leading countries of the world, has published another rating of armies by the end of 2022 (GFP 2023). According to analysts, the Armed Forces of Ukraine took the fifteenth place in it, thereby immediately jumping over seven points compared to 2021. Then the APU was on the 22nd line. Now the Ukrainian army is considered "more powerful" than the armed forces of countries such as Israel, Poland and Australia.

Helps fight artillery, supports infantry, hits stationary targets

The special operation in Ukraine showed that the tank has not lost its relevance in the conflicts of the XXI century, although disputes about its role and place in the army have not subsided since its appearance on the fields of the First World War.

The year 2022 showed an unusually high level of investment in nuclear energy – $ 49 billion. However, so far these investments mostly do not fall on standard Russian projects at all. One can hear more and more often: nuclear energy needs to change. Reactors should become smaller, cheaper and "closer to people" – and in the truest sense of the word. What will they be like in 10-20 years and what place will our country take in this?

No other army in the world has mastered such a method

50 years ago, on January 5, 1973, Soviet paratroopers proved that their profession is to do the impossible, regardless of danger. This day was and remains a festive date for the Russian army, and especially for the Airborne Forces. Details were recalled by Izvestia.

The Russian Navy will continue to be replenished with carriers of hypersonic missile weapons. The Admiral Gorshkov frigate has already been put into combat service, which is equipped with an impressive arsenal of weapons: not only Zircon hypersonic missiles, but also Kalibr cruise missiles and Onyx anti-ship missiles.

Having not fully figured out the intermittent technical problems with the F-35 fighters and its modernization options, the Pentagon continues to report on successful tests of the "weapons of the future". The American military analytical publication Breaking Defense reports that in December last year, the US Air Force for the first time conducted successful flight tests of a modified F-16 fighter using the VISTA artificial intelligence system.

The conflict in Ukraine helps the German military-industrial complex to get out of the crisis

The Bundeswehr was considered an effective military machine and the military backbone of the conventional NATO forces, but after more than thirty years of underfunding and cuts, it lost its combat capability. Nevertheless, the Ukrainian conflict gave a tangible impetus to the German military-industrial complex: Germany's military exports in 2022 amounted to 8.36 billion euros.

Currently, North Korea has approximately 500 unmanned aerial vehicles belonging to 20 different types. This was reported by the South Korean news agency Yonhap with reference to the secretary of the parliamentary intelligence committee, Yoo Sang Bom, who received information from the country's intelligence service.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation – Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov visited the FAU "Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute named after Professor N.E. Zhukovsky", as well as the enterprise of the United Aircraft Corporation Rostec in Ulyanovsk.

Russia's economy and budget went through a very unusual period in 2022, which will definitely remain in the history textbooks. Despite the colossal sanctions pressure from the West, our country's economy not only did not collapse, but even strengthened in a number of parameters – and surprised the whole world with this. Thanks to what did this happen?

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have a tremendous impact on the course of the main event of the past year – a special military operation in Ukraine. The Russian armed forces are rapidly becoming saturated with this technology. Why have drones turned out to be so important in the course of modern warfare – and which of them are most needed by the Russian army?

Big Think: here are the space missions and programs waiting for us in 2023

In 2023, new rockets will fly into space, OSIRIS-REx will return and a mission to Jupiter will start, which will help us discover life beyond Earth. The publication Big Think writes about 12 exciting space events that are worth waiting for in the next 12 months.

On December 29, 2022, the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin signed the orders of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 4321-r and No. 4322-r on the implementation of budget investments in 2023-2030 at the expense of budget allocations of the federal budget in the construction of the main multifunctional vessel of nuclear technological service and two serial universal nuclear icebreakers of project 22220.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the Admiral Gorshkov frigate, which was equipped with new Zircon hypersonic missiles, will go on a long-distance trip to the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea.