News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

China vs. Russia: who has better landing combat vehicles? (The National Interest, USA)

China belatedly appeared in the arena of amphibious assault vehicles, writes TNI. This explains their backwardness from Russian developments. Defense and national security expert Charlie Gao compared the capabilities and tactical and technical characteristics of Chinese vehicles with Russian models and concluded that they are inferior to almost all BMDS in service with Russia.

On March 19, Russia celebrates the Day of the Submariner. In honor of the holiday, we tell you how the first domestic submarines were created and fought

On March 19, the Russian Submarine Fleet turns 116 years old. During this period, Russian submarines have gone through several stages of development - from tiny "hidden vessels" to the world's largest strategic missile carriers. Since their appearance in the Navy, submarines have been and remain the embodiment of the most progressive scientific and technical ideas and advanced engineering solutions.

The industry is arguing about the pace of creating an import-substituted SSJ

The Ministry of Industry and Trade ordered the preparation and testing of the SSJ-New aircraft for 15 billion rubles. Rostec announced that a 97% import-substituted modification, the development of which was estimated at 120 billion rubles, will appear by 2024.

Dmitry Khazanov - about how the USSR began studying the sixth continent, as well as what and who hindered him in this

Aviation has played an extremely important role in the development of polar latitudes. At the same time, some achievements of the past seem incredible even today. For example, during the ice exploration in Antarctica on March 18, 1957, 65 years ago, the commander of the naval expedition squadron, Hero of the Soviet Union Ilya Mazuruk and pilot Alexander Polyakov on an An-2 aircraft landed on the top of an iceberg for the first time.

The Krylov Scientific Center remains the leading institution for modeling and evaluating the capabilities of submarines

On the approaching Day of the Submariner, which is celebrated annually in our country on March 19, it is appropriate to recall another event that became fateful for the post-war development of the Russian Navy. Exactly 70 years ago, back in 1952, the creation of the first domestic nuclear submarine began in the Soviet Union.

The European Space Agency told whether they can do without Russia in a mission to Mars

After breaking off the partnership with Roscosmos, the Europeans may have to create a landing module for the Rosalind Franklin rover themselves instead of the Cossack. The scientific director of the European part of the ExoMars 2022 mission, Jorge Vago, told the newspaper.Ru", how long it may take to develop your device.

Military pilot Shurygin explained the "survivability" of the Russian Su-25

The Russian army is actively using Su-25 attack aircraft during a special military operation in Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense has published a video of targeted missile strikes by these aircraft on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. One of the Russian attack aircraft came under fire from Ukrainian MANPADS, was shot down, but on one engine was able to fly to the home airfield and land. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what is the secret of the survivability of the Su-25, known as the "Rook".

The Russian-Ukrainian conflict is beneficial to the enterprises of the US military-industrial complex, which are expected to profit from an increase in the military budgets of Western countries aimed at strengthening Kiev's forces and adapting to instability in the region. Karl Evers-Hillstrom (Karl Evers-Hillstrom) and Ellen Mitchell (Ellen Mitchell) write about this in a material for the American edition of "The Hill".

Der Spiegel (Germany): "No country in Europe is capable of defeating Russia in the event of war"

The countries of the European Union hoped so much for their "soft power" that they brought their armies to complete incapacity, the article of "Spiegel" says. Economic interdependence was supposed to protect Europe from conflicts with major countries. The situation in Ukraine has made adjustments.

A huge number of myths have accumulated around the term "stealth", which have a very weak connection with reality. Naked Science understands what invisible planes are and whether they are really invisible to radars.

The European Space Agency refused to cooperate with Roscosmos in the ExoMars mission. The Russian side announced that it would launch its landing mission to Mars on the Angara, but did not mention anything about plans to replace the European rover. Most likely, the mission will take place without its rover.

Two out of three enemy soldiers are destroyed by small arms

During the special operation in Ukraine, the latest small arms are not always used - this is the impression of some foreign and even Russian experts. They suggested that the Russian military command is saving new items in case of an invasion by NATO forces. The answer to NATO, radical experts believe, can only be the application of tactical nuclear weapons to the clusters of troops and bases of the alliance in Europe.

China's strike aircraft is still taking the number

Chinese strike aircraft began to be created as part of the new PLA Air Force due to massive supplies from the USSR. At first, People's China received piston-engined aircraft from the Second World War and the first post-war years.

America needs more and more new ships

At the WEST 2022 conference held recently in San Diego, which addressed issues of naval construction, the chief of Naval operations of the US Navy, that is, the commander-in-chief in our opinion, Admiral Mike Gilday, told reporters that in order to fulfill their obligations under the national defense strategy, the United States Navy must have a fleet of "more than 500 ships". As the admiral explained, to be precise, we are talking about 513 floating units.

There is a dispute over the primacy in creating an aircraft with a disc-shaped fairing

In the Russian military-technical literature devoted to long-range radar detection and control aircraft (AWACS), it is widely accepted that the priority in using the structural layout scheme of an AWACS aircraft with the placement of the antenna of the main radar station (radar) of a specialized radio engineering complex (RTK) in a characteristic dorsal disk-shaped rotating fairing belongs to domestic specialists.

The European Space Agency (ESA), in connection with the military actions in Ukraine, decided to freeze cooperation with Roscosmos on the ExoMars mission, stated that the launch of the mission in 2022 is impossible. The ESA Director General will look for other options for implementing the mission of the main apparatus of the ExoMars project - the Rosalind Franklin rover.

In Europe, another salvo of sanctions guns was fired. Now it came from an organization that is designed to provide supervision of passenger and cargo air transportation in the EU countries – the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

March 15 marked the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Voronezh Aviation Plant. Today the plant is a branch of PJSC Il - VASO and is part of the transport aviation division of the United Aircraft Corporation (part of Rostec Group).

Compared with the UK: the British are amazed by the "Bayraktar TB2" (Haber7, Turkey)

The British are delighted with the Bayraktars and admit that Turkey has far surpassed them in the field of unmanned aviation. Readers of the Haber7 portal do not hide their pride and declare without false modesty: "We have the best weapons in the world."

The Russian Armed Forces had to start operating on Ukrainian territory, as the Kiev regime in recent years has turned it into a source of terrorist and military threat. Ukraine has essentially become a terrorist state. For three weeks, closely observing the special operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, high-ranking officers of the US Air Force call Russia's military aviation "almost equal" to the American one.