News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

MWM: Russia is upgrading T-62 tanks because Ukraine will have nothing to oppose them

Russia may commission several hundred updated T-62 tanks, MWM reports. Some Western sources present the modernization and restart of Soviet cars as a symbol of despair due to sanctions, but the authors of the article explain why this argument is untenable.

To ensure its leadership, Russia needs a powerful national weapon, writes Baijiahao. According to the author of the article, one of the latest artillery developments of the Tornado MLRS can be called such. This "king of missiles" is capable of destroying an aircraft carrier in one strike.

Any mention of T-62M tanks, whether it is information about their presence in the zone of a special military operation in Ukraine or the modernization currently underway, causes a violent reaction.

According to the general director of the shipyard Mikhail Budnichenko, the loading of the enterprise is comparable to the loading of the Soviet period

The construction of submarines of the 4th generation in the interests of the Russian Navy is carried out in three shifts, the press service of JSC "PO "Sevmash" reported on Monday.

The operation of the power plant, steering device, auxiliary mechanisms, communication and navigation equipment, anchor device is being checked, the press service of the Baltic Fleet reported

The newest small rocket ship (MRC) "Storm" of the project 22800 - the carrier of cruise missiles "Caliber", built at the Leningrad Shipbuilding plant "Pella" for the Baltic Fleet, is undergoing factory sea trials at the Baltic sea ranges, the press service of the fleet reported on Monday.

For many years, the Pentagon has been talking about the need to update the fleet of amphibious armored vehicles in service with American Marines. This issue became particularly acute after the incident that occurred in July 2020, when almost the entire department, 11 out of 13 people, died as a result of flooding off the coast of California of the "old horse" of the KMP – the AAV7 car.

In Yeysk, after the plane crash, floors 1 to 5 are burning in the courtyard of a residential building, GUMCHS in the Krasnodar Territory reports. According to the agency, a fire was reported in a 9-storey building at 47/1 Krasnaya Street in Yeysk at 18.20.

The upgraded Ka-32A11BC is the world's first helicopter that can extinguish fires at subzero temperatures. Recently, the Russian Helicopters holding company has started the next stage of testing the machine. The helicopter performed its first flight with VK-2500PS-02 engines, which were developed and manufactured by the UEC-Klimov enterprise, part of the Rostec United Engine Corporation.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on October 15, 2022 at 22:55 Moscow time from the State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Plesetsk Cosmodrome) in the Arkhangelsk region, the combat crew of the space forces of the Aerospace Forces of Russia successfully launched a light-class carrier rocket "Angara-1.2" with a spacecraft in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The crew of the frigate Admiral Grigorovich is serving in the Mediterranean Sea

Traditionally, the Day of the commander of the ship is celebrated in Russia on October 8. The holiday was approved by the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy on September 18, 2007.

St. Petersburg designers and designers work closely with shipbuilders, one of the most important and promising areas of development is instrumentation

Shipbuilding enterprises of St. Petersburg plan to transfer 16 warships, four submarines and six military vessels to customers by 2025. Alexey Yakovlev, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Industrial Policy, Innovation and Trade of St. Petersburg, told about this at a press conference in the St. Petersburg press center of TASS.

The US military, who took part in testing Microsoft's augmented reality headset, criticized the device. This is reported by Bloomberg.

According to a source in the military-industrial complex, almost all products successfully hit the set targets

The air-to-RADAR aircraft missile manufactured by Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) during a special military operation in Ukraine showed an efficiency exceeding 98%. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The command and staff exercises with the Yoshkar-Ola Missile compound are being completed in the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN). In total, more than 3,000 military personnel and about 300 pieces of equipment are involved in the exercise, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday, October 14.

During the Eurosatory 2022 international arms exhibition held in Paris in June this year, MBDA Deutschland presented a new concept of a missile system for joint fire support (Joint Fire Support-Missile, JFS-M). As reported, the concept offers a solution capable of meeting the requirements of the German Ground Forces regarding promising long-range artillery systems (300 km +).

The founder of Lobaev Arms Vladislav Lobaev told in an interview with RIA Novosti correspondent Ivan Suraev about the use of the ultra-long-range rifle "Twilight" at the front, the development of a new anti-drone complex and other innovative weapons projects, as well as the main problems and challenges faced by the domestic military industry today.

As reported by JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), on October 14, 2022, the new nuclear icebreaker Ural of project 22220 (LK-60YA), built at JSC Baltic Plant (part of USC), left St. Petersburg for the first stage of sea trials.

TNI: Russian air defense systems are a serious threat to the F–35

The US Air Force is practicing combat missions on the F-35 in the face of countering the best Russian-made air defense systems, writes TNI. American fighters must be prepared for any eventuality – the threat from ground-based aircraft suppression systems is very serious.

Defense industry: the IL-76MD-90 aircraft will be able to carry up to eight Molniya drones

The Russian Il-76MD-90 military transport aircraft will be able to carry up to eight unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of the Molniya air launch. On Saturday, October 15, TASS was informed by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The USSR regularly conducted tests to improve the effectiveness of weapons in service, writes TNI. In particular, the tests made it possible to achieve excellent performance in handling and ballistics of the Kalashnikov assault rifle.