News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The naval aviation of the Baltic Fleet performed scheduled flights. Fighter pilots have worked out the tactics of conducting air combat, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The crews performed a complex of training in the sky. Special attention was paid to piloting techniques at different altitudes.

The first serial nuclear icebreaker of the project 22220 "Siberia" returned to the berth of the Baltic Plant (part of the USC) after passing the final stage of the factory sea trials program.

Russian specialists have started testing the DXL-5 "Devastator" rifle. It can use two types of cartridges — NATO .50 BMG (12.7 by 99 millimeters) and Russian 12.7 by 108 millimeters. High accuracy and targeted firing range allow it to fight enemy snipers with its help.

The joint work of the T-34, T-90M and Armata was shown on video.

A video was posted online that allows you to see three iconic tanks for Russia together. These are the legendary T-34-85, the upgraded T-90M "Breakthrough" and the promising T-14 "Armata". The video was published by Uralvagonzavod on the occasion of its 80th anniversary.

Russian servicemen conducted training firing of barrel and rocket artillery at a training ground in the Volgograd region.

As reported in the Southern Military District, "during the field exercises, the servicemen fulfilled the standards for deploying guns and occupying firing positions, engineering equipment and camouflage, reconnaissance of targets and solving fire control tasks."

The Severnaya Verf plant in St. Petersburg officially announced that the hull of the corvette under construction for the Pacific Fleet was not damaged during the fire.

The Russian Federation will continue to pay increased attention to the development of the Armed Forces. This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin at an expanded meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on December 21.

The submarines of Project 636.3, which include the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky cruiser, will play an important role in the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation, whose main task is to cover the deployment areas of nuclear submarines carrying intercontinental missiles. Military expert Dmitry Kornev told Izvestia about this on Tuesday, December 21.

We are talking about contracts for up to 10 years

Long-term contracts for the supply of weapons and equipment to the troops in 2021 amounted to 83%. This was announced on Tuesday by Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu at an expanded meeting of the board of the military department.

Two airborne parachute regiments have been formed, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said

The airborne troops of the Russian Federation received almost 500 units of new and modernized equipment in 2021. This was announced on Tuesday by Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu at an expanded meeting of the board of the military department.

Denis Manturov, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said that deliveries of the IL-114 aircraft are scheduled to begin in 2023

Russian aircraft manufacturers are expected to produce more than a thousand aircraft by 2030. This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov at the government hour in the State Duma.

According to the Minister of Defense, a comprehensive approach is being implemented for the maintenance and repair of aircraft equipment within the framework of life cycle contracts concluded directly with manufacturers, using the criterion of the cost of flight hours.

For the first time during the exercises, the Russian Navy conducted a covert deployment of ships in a remote area of the Pacific Ocean, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The Minister noted that the exercises demonstrated the ability of the created interspecific groups to effectively carry out tasks to ensure regional security

Serial attack robots were used on a large scale for the first time during the Zapad-2021 strategic exercises. This was announced on Tuesday by Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu at an expanded meeting of the board of the military department.

In 2022, 21 launchers with intercontinental ballistic missiles "Yars", "Avangard" and "Sarmat" will be on combat duty of the Strategic Missile Forces.

The strengthening of the general-purpose forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will continue next year, it is planned to receive over a thousand pieces of equipment, including five divisional sets of the S-400 anti-aircraft system, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.

According to the Minister of Defense, the serviceability of equipment is maintained at 95%

More than 5 thousand different basic types of weapons were delivered to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation this year. This was announced on Tuesday by Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu at an expanded meeting of the board of the military department.

The equipment of the Russian nuclear triad with modern weapons has reached the highest level in history, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

A separate aviation regiment of MiG-31 fighters armed with the Dagger hypersonic missile has been formed in Russia. This was announced on Tuesday, December 21, by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at an expanded meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The first aviation regiment of MiG-31K fighters with hypersonic Kinzhal missiles has been formed in the Russian Aerospace Forces, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said.