News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Hypersonic weapons with a maximum power of Mach 9 have been tested in Russia. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin during the 13th VTB Investment Forum "Russia is calling!"

Columnist Brent Eastwood in an article for Business Insider called the T-72 tank a reliable support of the Russian army. As the author noted, this military machine was developed about 50 years ago in the USSR, but even after half a century it has great potential.

What is the protection of Russia from the possible appearance of attack complexes threatening it near the Russian borders, military expert Yuri Knutov told Sputnik radio.

New long-range ammunition will ensure the security of the Arctic and Crimea.

Ultra-long-range anti-ship stealth missiles will cover the Arctic and Crimea. 

The coastal brigades of the Northern and Black Sea Fleets will be the first to receive Bal complexes armed with missiles with an increased flight range.

SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft will deliver supplies and fuel to the International Space Station (ISS) on December 21, NASA announced on Sunday.

The aerospace forces of Russia in 2022 will receive more than two hundred pieces of equipment, including promising hypersonic weapons, said Deputy head of the VKS Andrei Yudin.

New aircraft with hypersonic weapons will be put on combat duty in aviation military units of the Aerospace Forces next year, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces, Lieutenant General Andrey Yudin, said in an interview with the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

At the moment, more than 50 aircraft engines have been repaired and delivered to military units, said Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the VKS, Lieutenant General Andrey Yudin

New training aircraft are planned to be delivered to the troops by the end of 2021. This was announced in an interview with the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda" by the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of Russia, Lieutenant General Andrey Yudin.

The launch of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle from the cosmodrome is scheduled for December 2

The American company SpaceX plans to launch 53 more mini-satellites into orbit for its Starlink network on December 2. This was reported on Sunday by a specialized portal Spaceflightnow.com .

The flight is not planned, the interlocutor of TASS noted

The Tu-160M strategic missile carrier, assembled from scratch, will run along the runway for the first time at the S. P. Gorbunov Kazan Aviation Plant (a branch of PJSC Tupolev) in December 2021. This was reported to TASS by a source in the aircraft industry.

In 2022, new aircraft with hypersonic weapons will be put on combat duty in the aviation military units of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS). This was told to the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda" by the deputy Commander-in-chief of the VKS, Lieutenant General Andrey Yudin.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke at the VII scientific and practical conference "The system of interdepartmental information interaction in solving problems in the field of defense of the Russian Federation".

According to him, no task of state importance - be it the defense of the country or the fight against coronavirus - can be solved without consolidated efforts, reliable, uninterrupted functioning of such a system. As the minister noted, it is "constantly improving and adapting to changes in the global geopolitical picture. This was clearly demonstrated by the coordinated work in the conditions of continuing restrictions on the coronavirus pandemic."

New aircraft with hypersonic weapons will be delivered to the troops of the Aerospace Forces in 2022. This was announced on Monday, November 29, by the Commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Lieutenant General Andrey Yudin.

In the Kozelsky missile compound (Kaluga Region), an intercontinental ballistic missile "Yars" was loaded into a mine launcher (SHPU).

The capabilities of the tank forces of Ukraine were evaluated in the United States. The most modern Ukrainian tank "Oplot" will not be able to influence the course of the battle. 19FortyFive columnist Brent Eastwood came to this conclusion.

The Ministry of Defense of India announced the official ceremony of the adoption of the fourth of the six ordered Scorpen-class submarines ("Kalvari"), which took place on November 25 at the naval base in Mumbai.

In 2022, promising VVST models, including those with hypersonic weapons, will be put on combat duty. This was announced in an interview with the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda" by the Deputy Commander-in-chief of the VKS, Lieutenant General Andrey Yudin.

Currently, the share of modern models of equipment in the formations and military units of the RCB protection forces is more than 60%.

The first 15 Ka-52M Alligator helicopters will enter service with the Russian Army in 2022. In total, the Ministry of Defense will receive 30 combat vehicles under the contract concluded with the Russian Helicopters holding company at the Army-2021 exhibition. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

In the 80s, during the Iran-Iraq war, various unusual-looking samples of military equipment appeared. For example, this T-72 tank in the photo.

The Iraqi military improved it with Chinese help, which, given the very tense relations between the Soviet Union and the PRC at that time, was not quite an ordinary thing.