News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Will Russia be able to implement the plan for a future aircraft carrier based on the Su-57 with an electromagnetic catapult?

Recently, Russia presented a mock-up of a warship carrying a modified Su-57 with an electromagnetic catapult, writes the user Sohu. The new version of the fighter would allow her to strengthen the fleet with minimal costs. But there is one thing, the author notes.

The American newspaper "The Wall Street Journal" published an interesting article by Warren P. Strobel "CIA Unveils Model of Ayman al-Zawahiri's Safe House in Revamped Museum. Closed to the public, the museum chronicles agency's highs and lows, including the killing of al Qaeda leader in July" ("The CIA presented a model of Ayman al-Zawahiri's hideout in its renovated museum. The museum, closed to the public, tells about the agency's ups and downs, including the assassination of the Al-Qaeda leader in July.") about the renovation of the museum of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States, which is closed to the general public.

In addition to stormtroopers and other military specialists, there are also military paramedics and medical instructors in the units of the Wagner group, which are now in the Donbass and in adjacent territories and perform very serious combat tasks. Their main task is to evacuate the wounded from the battlefield and provide first aid before the wounded are taken to a field hospital.

Military medicine should help soldiers and the population in the special operation zone

For more than six months, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have been conducting a special military operation (SVO) to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine.

The use of the DART probe is a variant of the so-called soft power, noted astronomer Leonid Elenin

The methods of changing the orbit of asteroids dangerous to the Earth, which NASA plans to work out on September 26, may not have an effect for objects that are too close to our planet - several months or even years before the moment of collision with it. This opinion was expressed to TASS on Friday by astronomer Leonid Elenin, a researcher at the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Zhaparov spoke in an interview with the state National News agency "Kabar" about the state of the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan. Zhaparov became the head of the republic in January 2021, winning the presidential election by a large margin. According to him, when he came to power, the army and all law enforcement agencies were in a very deplorable state. This can be confirmed by everyone who worked in law enforcement agencies at that time, the president stressed.

After the beginning of partial mobilization in the Russian Federation, the Western media, having recovered a little after the initial knockdown, began to publish articles not only criticizing the political decision of President Vladimir Putin, but also with arguments that partial mobilization allegedly would not lead to the consequences desired by Moscow.

Today, he is increasingly being talked about in the international arena

In mid-September, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared his readiness to use nuclear weapons to protect the country, among other things. The topic of its application in recent days has been heard at the highest level and in the speeches of other world leaders.

Who cares about the Russian stealth fighter when there is a Su-35?

The Su-35 is the best fighter for gaining air supremacy available in Russia today, writes TNI. He has already been called the "apotheosis of the fourth generation."

The URAL Automobile Plant has allocated more than 630 million rubles for the creation of a new centralized production, which involves a full cycle of manufacturing car superstructures. The increase in production volumes will be carried out due to the automation of processes and the introduction of robotic installations

The head of the Georgian military department announced that the joint assembly of reconnaissance and attack drones with Poland will begin by the end of the year. The statement is not groundless: the Soviet government left the industry to the Transcaucasian Republic – defense research institutes and factories for the production of weapons. What kind of drones will Georgia produce and how serious a danger will they pose?

Announcing the partial mobilization, the Russian president also set new tasks for the domestic defense industry. He placed personal responsibility on the directors of the enterprises for increasing the production of weapons and ammunition. What is most needed by the Russian army now and which weapons production should the domestic defense industry accelerate?

As the press service of the President of the Russian Federation reported on September 20, 2022, in the Kremlin, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin met with the heads of enterprises of the military-industrial complex. The measures taken in the industry to meet the needs of the Ministry of Defense, the implementation of import substitution programs were discussed. Vladimir Putin also congratulated the gunsmiths on their professional holiday, which is celebrated in Russia on September 19.

Boris Obnosov, the General director of KTRV Hero of Russia, told TASS in an interview about what missiles and torpedoes the Russian army has today, what capabilities they have, as well as what aviation weapons are being developed and will soon enter service.

The General Director of Rostec State Corporation visited the Yuri Gagarin Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant of the United Aircraft Corporation, where Su-57 fighters are currently being assembled.

Alexey Isaev — about the impressive results of the mobilization of the USSR industry on the example of one of the giants of industrialization

80 years ago, on September 22, the first T-34 tank, entirely created at this enterprise, came out of the gates of the Uralmash plant. This is especially impressive when you consider that Uralmashzavod (Ural Heavy Machinery Plant, Uralmash, UZTM) did not produce any military products at all until the summer of 1941 and did not even have a mobilization plan and military acceptance at the enterprise.

The General Director of Rostec State Corporation visited the Gagarin UAC KnAAZ enterprise in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, where the production of Su-57 fighters is currently underway. The company is working to increase the production of these aircraft under the contract between the UAC and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, a new batch of fighters will be delivered to the troops in the near future, the press service of the State Corporation reports.

Turkish state-owned companies are looking for a niche in the unmanned aircraft market

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has developed and launched the Aksungur UAV series, adopted by the national Naval forces.

What do polar bears, magic mirrors and Soviet trade have in common

Troy Buffard, director of the U.S. Center for Security and Arctic Resilience, stationed in Alaska, recently said that the U.S. Coast Guard has only two icebreakers. And the US Navy does not have one. Whereas Russia has 55 icebreakers, and five of them are nuclear. "We literally have nothing," Buffard concluded.

When modernizing military equipment, it is necessary to carefully study foreign samples, Vladimir Putin pointed out

Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded in the shortest possible period to increase the volume and reduce the production time at the enterprises of the military-industrial complex (MIC) of the country.