News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
The design features of the upgraded T-64BM2 were shown in the video
The Ukrainian upgraded T-64BM2 is currently considered the most advanced serial version of the entire family of these tanks produced in Kharkov. A Ukrainian tankman, who posted a video on his Youtube channel, told about the features of its design.
Combat training plans for 2021 have been fulfilled - Shoigu
Over 4.5 thousand tactical exercises have been conducted in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation since December last year
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the plans for combat training of the Armed Forces for 2021 have been fully implemented.
A division, 4 brigades and 27 military units have been formed in the Ground Forces since 2019 - Shoigu
Building up the combat capabilities of the Ground Forces in Russia is one of the priorities for the development of the Armed Forces, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
Rogozin spoke about testing the deadly "Marker" on the East
ROSCOSMOS and the Android Technology company have begun testing the MARKER robotic platform at the Vostochny cosmodrome, the state corporation reports.
Russia will increase production of the world's most powerful engines for combat aircraft
The production of Russian NK-32 engines, considered the world's most powerful power units for combat aircraft, will increase, TASS reports, referring to the statement of UEC-kUznetsov.
Video: The baptism of fire of "Calibers" was celebrated in the Caspian Sea with a rocket salvo
By launching Kalibr-NK missiles, the crews of the Caspian Flotilla corvettes celebrated the first combat use of high-precision weapons against terrorist targets in Syria. This time the targets turned out to be targets imitating enemy objects on the island of Chechnya.
Named the "deadliest" weapons of the US Marine Corps
The US Marine Corps (KMP) is equipped with its own aircraft and armored forces, which causes a wide arsenal of weapons of this kind of troops. The author of the publication 19FortyFive compiled a list and named the deadliest weapons samples of the USMC.
Rogozin believes that Musk's satellites will be able to be used for military purposes
According to the Director General of Roscosmos, they will be used to control cruise missiles, special forces and an agent network
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin is convinced that Elon Musk's SpaceX Starlink satellites will be able to be used for military purposes in the future, including for controlling cruise missiles, special forces and an agent network.
Construction of a server manufacturing plant has begun near Ryazan
A joint venture created by Yandex, LANIT Group of companies, Gigabyte computer equipment manufacturer and VTB Bank has started construction of a plant for the production of server equipment, Yandex reported on Wednesday.
The St. Petersburg plant will start mass-producing unmanned tractors in 2022
The St. Petersburg Tractor Plant will launch serial production of unmanned tractors next year. This was announced by the Cognitive Pilot company, which signed an agreement with him. Under the contract, Cognitive Pilot will equip the updated model of the Kirovets tractor with autopilot systems based on artificial intelligence.
The engine from the T-64 tank in Iran was installed on a clone of the American M109 self-propelled gun
As we have already written, in the 90s, the Ukrainian military industry associated a lot of hopes with the modernization of Iranian military equipment. Moreover, the developers from Kharkov were going to improve the characteristics of not only T-55, T-62 or T-72 tanks, but also other equipment, for example, 155-mm self-propelled artillery units Raad-2, which were a local modification of the American M109A1B.
The "Sea Week of Russia - 2021" and the naval salon are opening in Sevastopol
The key topics of the forum "Sea Week of Russia" will be shipbuilding, shipbuilding and ship repair, state contracts and state defense orders, geopolitics of the Azov-Black Sea and Mediterranean regions
"Sea Week of Russia - 2021" and the Sevastopol Naval Salon (SVMS) open on Wednesday in Sevastopol.
Source: Admiral Gorshkov frigate will launch another Zircon rocket by the end of the year
The Admiral Gorshkov frigate will carry out at least one test launch of the Zircon hypersonic cruise missile by the end of this year, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.
The "air carousel" from the Ka-27 will be used for the first time at the exercises of the Pacific Fleet in Primorye
In total, over 5 thousand people will take part in the exercises, more than 900 units of weapons and military equipment will be involved in them
A carousel of a pair of Ka-27PS helicopters of the Pacific Fleet Marine Aviation (TOF) will be used for the first time as a defense element at bilateral brigade tactical exercises of marine corps formations in Primorye. This was reported on Wednesday by the press service of the fleet.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations will develop standards for shelters for the first time
A single technical standard will be developed for shelters, bunkers, bomb shelters and protective premises, according to which they will have to be built. It will be adopted for the first time in the country. This was reported by the authors - experts from the GOCHS Research Institute, the leading scientific institution of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
The corvette "Sharp" from the Amur Shipbuilding Plant was transferred to the delivery base in Primorye
The vessel will undergo mooring tests there
The Amur Shipbuilding Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur sent a multipurpose patrol ship "Sharp" for testing in Primorye, the press service of the plant reported.
A training session with the launches of Iskander missile systems took place at the training grounds in the EAO
The Iskander missile system was tested in practice at the landfills of the Jewish Autonomous Region (EAO), the press service of the Eastern Military District reports.
US has 3,750 nuclear warheads - State Department
As of September 2020, the United States had 3,750 nuclear warheads, the United States State Department said.
A salvo of "Zircons" is scheduled for the end of the year
By the end of 2021, another test firing of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" will take place - from the frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov". Earlier it was reported that the tests of the missile from the surface carrier have been successfully completed.
The Pantsir-S1 calculations repelled an attack by a group of attack drones during an exercise in Siberia
Calculations of the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes during an exercise in the Novosibirsk region repelled an attack by a group of enemy attack drones on a command post and infrastructure, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Wednesday.
