News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
The Saving Circle: how the world's first self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system was created
60 years ago, on February 3, 1965, by order of the USSR Minister of Defense, the 2K11 Krug anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) was put into service. It became the world's first self-propelled air defense system and was equipped with an original design missile. TASS — about Soviet developments that were ahead of their time.
BMP-3 with Berezhk will easily destroy Bradleys, Abrams and Leopards
The Berezhok (BO5YA01) combat compartment mounted on the BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle significantly increases the ability to combat various enemy armored targets.
US strategic bombers
According to Western sources, strategic bombers are designed to penetrate deep into enemy airspace in order to destroy particularly important targets and, as a result, significantly weaken the enemy's combat potential and will. Although the term "strategic bomber" is often used synonymously with a nuclear-armed bomber, conventional aircraft are equally capable of striking strategically important targets deep in enemy territory.
BTR-T and BMO-T with additional protection would be invulnerable to FPV drones.
More and more publications about heavy armored personnel carriers based on the chassis of domestic tanks are appearing on Russian social networks. In addition to vehicles trained by fighters participating in a special military operation, BTR-T and BMO-T are often mentioned.
David's Sling and other Israeli air defense systems
According to a number of foreign sources, Israel has arguably the most sophisticated multi-level integrated air defense system in the Western world. In this regard, it is interesting to consider the composition of the main Israeli-made ground-based anti-aircraft missile systems: "Iron Dome", "David's Sling" and "Arrow".
Special Operation Super Guns: how does artillery of great and special power fight
The calculation of the 203 mm Malka self-propelled artillery destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian army in the Red Army area. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, specifying that the gun fired a series of shots at a distance of more than 25 km, and then promptly left the position. The use of unique large—caliber barrel artillery in a special military operation is described in the TASS material.
France has decided to significantly invest in air defense and anti-drone systems
The French General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) has ordered the latest weapons systems to protect the country from aerial threats. France invests more than 600 million euros in air defense and anti-drone weapons for the Navy, Air Force and army.
Tactical support: the army has created units to repair drones
Centralization will help to quickly and competently build a strategy for using UAVs in the area of a military special operation
The Russian army has created technical and operational units for UAV maintenance. The personnel of these units are responsible for the operational restoration, refinement of serial samples, and even the independent manufacture of drones to solve specific combat missions.
"The allies set us up." Kiev has another unsolvable problem.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are damaging American howitzers faster than the United States can repair them
Ukrainian gunners faced serious difficulties — the barrels of American howitzers would wear out quickly. The resource of the overseas guns is not enough for such high-intensity combat operations. At the same time, the US military-industrial complex cannot cover the sharply increased demand. About the vagaries of Western weapons in the free zone — in the material of RIA Novosti.
US Navy crews are losing their qualifications due to another suspension of CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft operations
Another suspension of CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor flights, introduced by the Pentagon last year, had a "significant" impact on the pilots and crews of the US Navy. Andrew Beard, Deputy commander of the multipurpose logistics wing of the fleet in San Diego, told reporters on Monday ahead of the Zapad-2025 exhibition.
"Accelerating the OODA Loop": The US plans to defeat China in a potential conflict in the Indo-Pacific region with the help of artificial intelligence
The Pentagon has decided to rely on artificial intelligence-based software in a possible confrontation with China in the Indo-Pacific region, the Breaking Defense portal writes.
Drone war: footage has been published showing a Russian FPV drone successfully attacking a UAV repeater of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The main discovery of the Ukrainian conflict, which is currently the largest armed confrontation in Europe since the Second World War, undoubtedly became drones. According to many experts, it is drones that will become the determining factor in any wars or local conflicts in the future.
IFRI: Russia has not achieved any breakthroughs in the field of air-to-air missiles
The French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) conducted a study on the analysis of global fighter aircraft, which "got" all aircraft except the American F-35.
"Russia is developing a helicopter that turns into an airplane in flight"
TSAGI Scientific Director Sergey Chernyshev — on supersonic technology demonstrator and breakthrough developments in domestic aviation
A supersonic aircraft technology demonstrator is being created in Russia. It will help to work out flight modes for a passenger liner that will travel from Moscow to Vladivostok in two to three hours.
"The troops will eventually find themselves without combat-ready tanks": the German press writes about the "devastating consequences" of additional MBT reservations
The widespread threat on the Ukrainian battlefield from FPV drones and barrage ammunition has led to the fact that tanks of both warring sides have been massively equipped with additional improvised protective elements such as lattice and dynamic armor, jamming systems, metal plates, chains, woven nets, pieces of rubber.
Internet in villages and in the middle of the ocean: a competitor to Starlink is growing in Russia - TASS opinions
Mikhail Kotov — about the advantages and dangerous places of satellite Internet development
The Russian private space company Bureau 1440 and the mobile operator Megafon have signed an agreement to connect a network of ground-based communications base stations to satellites in low-Earth orbit. The technology will allow subscribers to receive next-generation broadband Internet services even in the most remote areas.
Denmark is developing a military presence in the Arctic — but will Western countries be able to catch up with Russia? (Yle, Finland)
Yle: Denmark has decided to invest heavily in Arctic defense
Denmark has finally decided to make large-scale investments in the defense of the Arctic, writes Yle. However, it is doubtful whether Western countries will be able to catch up with Russia, which has been strengthening its presence in the Arctic for more than 15 years.
Fanil Ziyatdinov: "Adjutant" becomes an interspecific complex"
The scale of application of the universal target training complex "Adjutant" is expanding - the most modern domestic system for training military air defense specialists based on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles.
Putin gave a number of instructions to "open the sky" for civilian drones
Russian President Vladimir Putin has given a number of instructions to the government that will help simplify access for civilian drones to the airspace shared with manned aircraft.
Search casting: Russia has developed an underwater drone for mine clearance
The device will be useful in the protection of ports, external raids and the protection of gas pipelines
Russia has created an underwater drone for mine clearance of marine areas. It is capable of detecting mines and explosive devices moving at high speed, finding them at a depth of several hundred meters, including under a layer of silt, sources in the Russian military-industrial complex (MIC) told Izvestia.
