News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The author of the publication The National Interest questioned the protection of modern Russian tanks. In an article about the FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile system (ATGM), Sebastien Roblin suggested that the characteristics of the T-72B3, T-80BVM, T-90M and T-14 tanks are insufficient to protect against an anti-tank complex from the United States.

The T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks of the Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District will be used for the first time in a number of tactical exercises taking place in the Nizhny Novgorod region at the Mulino training ground. This is reported by the press service of the ZVO.

One fired grenade creates a curtain of 100 square meters at a distance of 70 to 100 meters from the protected object

The latest small-sized complex for protecting boats from high-precision weapons was created by Novosibirsk scientists at the Institute of Applied Physics. The development of JSC "IPF" was presented for the first time at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".

The company noted that it can be performed during the service contract

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies (GC) has begun to offer customers the modernization of the Dragunov-SVD sniper rifle. This was reported to TASS in the press service of Kalashnikov.

The 305E multi-purpose missile became known relatively recently, and now it is already being demonstrated at the Army-2021 International Military-Technical Forum. Now anyone can get acquainted with an exhibition copy of this powerful weapon that can turn any NATO tank into a pile of scrap metal.

At the seventh International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" held in Kubinka from August 22 to 28, 2021, JSC "Tactical Missile Armament Corporation" (KTRV) presented two new samples of air-to - surface guided aircraft weapons-X-MD and X-50 missiles.

It is planned to complete them before the ice break on the White Sea with the implementation of several launches

Flight tests of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" from the underwater carrier-the nuclear submarine "Severodvinsk" - are scheduled to begin in September of this year. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The upgraded BMP-3 will be able to be used in the conditions of the North

PJSC Kurganmashzavod (part of the Rostec State Corporation's High-Precision Complexes holding) will equip the BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle with an active protection complex during modernization. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the holding "High-precision complexes" during the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".

The Bulava ballistic missile for submarines will undergo modernization in the future and will remain in service for a long time, Yuri Solomonov, general designer of solid-fuel missiles, general designer of the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering, developer of the Bulava, told RIA Novosti.

Kurganmashzavod (part of the High-Precision Complexes holding of the Rostec State Corporation) will equip the BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle with an active protection complex during the modernization. This was announced on Tuesday, August 24, by the press service of the holding at the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".

FAR EAST - Two new corvettes - "Grozny" and "Buyny" -were laid down at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant (ASZ) in Komsomolsk-on-Amur of the Khabarovsk Territory, the press service of the regional government reports.

The nuclear submarine "Kuzbass" of the Pacific Fleet returned to its home base in the city of Vilyuchinsk, Kamchatka Territory, after a long performance of combat missions at sea. This was announced on Tuesday, August 24, the press service of the TOPF reported.

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky opened the porthole of the multi-purpose laboratory module of the International Space Station "Nauka"on Sunday, August 22. Roscosmos published the video on Tuesday, August 24.

Hypersonic missiles created in the West do not pose big problems for Russian anti-aircraft missile systems, Russia will be able to successfully shoot them down, Pavel Sozinov, general designer of the Almaz-Antey concern of East Kazakhstan Region, told RIA Novosti.

Hypersonic missiles, which are being created in the West, do not pose big problems for Russia's anti-aircraft missile systems, the country is able to successfully fight them. This was announced on August 24 by Pavel Sozinov, General Designer of the Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region.

Deliveries of the T-14 Armata tank abroad can begin only after the Russian army receives them, the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, said.

Due to the situation in Afghanistan, the Russian military base in Tajikistan was strengthened with anti-tank complexes "Kornet". This became known on August 24 from a message distributed by the press service of the Central Military District (CVO).

Serial attack drones "Orion" ("Pacer") for deliveries to the Russian military will be equipped with new ammunition, the CEO of the Kronstadt company Sergey Bogatikov said in an interview with Interfax.

The engineering troops of the Central Military District received the first special vehicles of mine clearance groups based on the UAZ army SUV. The machines are designed for the rapid neutralization of both the terrain and infrastructure facilities, the press service of the Central Military District reports. They can also be used simply as a transport for transporting sappers.

A plant for the licensed production of AK-103 and ammunition is being built in Venezuela, we are talking about the final stage of work, the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, told Interfax.