News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Since 2012, the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) have received more than 70 combat anti-sabotage vehicles BPDM "Typhoon-M". In 2021, the delivery of this equipment continues.

The troops of the Southern Military District are at the forefront of the combat training system of the Russian Army. Here it has long been put at the forefront, the commander of the troops of the Southern Military District, Hero of Russia, Army General Alexander Dvornikov, told the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

As reported in Roscosmos, the launch is planned to be carried out in 2022

The batch of three new domestic communications satellites "Messenger" is fully ready. This was reported on Monday in the press service of Roscosmos.

The 201st Russian military base stationed in Tajikistan will receive the first batch of upgraded T-72B3M tanks in November, Alexander Lapin, commander of the Central Military District (CVO), told reporters.

The composition of the country's fundamentally new anti-missile screen, which is being worked on in Russia, will include not only radars that report the beginning of an attack.

The crews of the Yeisk and Kasimov small anti-submarine ships were involved in the exercises as part of the ship's search strike group in cooperation with the crew of the Ka-27M anti-submarine helicopter

Crews of small anti-submarine ships and helicopter pilots of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) during the exercises searched for a submarine in the Black Sea and worked out its destruction, the press service of the fleet reported on Monday.

The Russian Helicopters holding company will produce more than 1,100 helicopters by 2025, the head of the company Andrey Boginsky said.

The Chinese media admired the versatility and power of the Chrysanthemum-S ATGM.

According to Sohu, when covering the Victory Parades in Moscow, "not so much attention was paid to the inconspicuous anti-tank 9P157-2 Chrysanthemum-S". The publication decided to correct this injustice and devoted a thorough article to the ATGM. Her translation is published on the Inosmi portal.

Calculations of the S-300 of the Russian military base in Tajikistan repelled a simulated missile strike during the exercise, the Central Military District (CVO) reports.

According to a RIA Novosti source, the optimal day for launching the unmanned Luna-25 mission is July 23. Previously, May of next year was called as the planned start date.

The Russian Helicopters holding noted that this is the first Russian helicopter, the design documentation of which was completely conducted in digital form

The deeply modernized Ka-226T helicopter made its first flight, the Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec Group) said in a statement.

The British Navy risks being left without relatively cheap anti-ship missiles. November 7, portal ukdefencejournal.org.uk He reported that the British Navy had abandoned the previously announced plan to purchase "temporary" missiles.

The contract for the supply of new Zircon hypersonic missiles to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is of a long-term nature, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The Israeli Air Force launched the Sky Dew early warning balloon — one of the largest in the world. According to The Drive, it will notify about threats flying at low altitude. For example, about cruise missiles or armed drones.

Chinese electric cars are rapidly getting cheaper. They are already half the price of European models with similar characteristics.

The Russian government has approved the experimental launch of unmanned cargo transportation on the M-11 Neva highway - between Moscow and St. Petersburg.

The document provides for the active introduction of six key innovations into production practice: artificial intelligence, robotics, the Internet of Things, augmented reality technologies, new production and communication technologies. They, in turn, will help to increase labor productivity, reduce the cost of production and accelerate the introduction of goods to the market.

The frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov" made the transition to the White Sea as part of the program of testing modern naval weapons, the press service of the fleet reported on Monday.

In the 80s, China offered tanks to foreign buyers, which were the development of the Soviet T-54 tank created three decades ago. Even the newest Type 80 at that time largely repeated the design of its predecessors, differing from them only in the chassis. In order to compete confidently in the international arms markets, a new generation of equipment was needed.

The USA, Russia and China remain the strongest and most protected countries in the world. On November 1, the Global Firepower analytical center published a rating of the strongest armies in the world according to data for 2021.