News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Features of the competitor: the BMP-3 will compete with the Chinese ZBD-86A
In the competition of crews of infantry fighting vehicles "Suvorov onslaught", which will be held at the Korla training ground in China, Russian BMP-3 will compete with the ZBD-86A. In addition to the People's Liberation Army team, representatives of the armed forces of Belarus and Venezuela will also perform on such equipment.
The Army International Games may be partially transferred to the Arctic in the future
According to the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov, interest in the Army Games is growing both in Russia and abroad
Several competitions of the Army International Games (ArMI) may be held in the Arctic in the future. This was announced on Thursday by the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, at a briefing for foreign military attaches.
The cosmonaut complained about the creaking hinges of the Russian "Science"
The loops of the multifunctional laboratory module (MLM) "Nauka", docked to the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS), creak and drown out other sounds, RIA Novosti reports, referring to the NASA-organized broadcast of the crew members ' negotiations with Earth, organized by NASA.
A new Ukrainian tank with camouflage made of paint tape was noticed in Kiev
The first rehearsal of the parade in honor of the 30th anniversary of independence took place in the Ukrainian capital. This anniversary date will be celebrated on August 24. Three BM "Oplot" tanks are presented in the mechanized column for the first time.
The Volga cable vessel of project 15310 was launched
As reported, on August 18, 2021, the main cable vessel "Volga "of project 15310 (code" Cable") with the factory number 301 was launched (withdrawn from the dry construction dock) without wide publicity at the LLC" Shipbuilding Plant "Gulf" in Kerch in the Crimea.
The decoding of the black boxes of the crashed Il-112B will be kept secret
The black boxes of the prototype of the latest Russian military transport aircraft Il-112B that crashed in the Moscow region have been deciphered. This was reported to TASS on Wednesday, August 19, by a source in the law enforcement agencies.
The MQ-25 UAV refueled a flying radar in the air
The MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based tanker drone refueled the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye long-range radar detection aircraft in the air for the first time. According to the US Navy, this happened during tests on August 18.
Shoigu: 97 countries will take part in the international forum "Army-2021"
97 countries have confirmed their readiness to participate in the international military-technical forum "Army" to date. The delegations of 34 countries will be headed by the leadership of the military departments. This was stated in an interview with "Red Star" by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
The American general called Russia the main military threat to the United States
Russia poses the main military threat to the United States, this opinion was expressed on Tuesday, August 17, by the head of the Northern Command of the United States Armed Forces, General Glen Vanherk.
A NATO general described Russia's seizure of a third of Poland
Russian modernized tanks have advantages over the outdated Polish T-72 and PT-91 Twardy, director of the Institute of Military Strategy of the Academy of Martial Arts, Lieutenant General Bohuslav Samol, who headed the command of the NATO multinational corps "North-East"in 2012-2015, admitted in an interview with Defence24.
The line of combat robots will be shown at the "Dronbiatlon" within the framework of the "Army-2021" forum-Shoigu
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championship on the management of unmanned aerial vehicles and robotic complexes "Dronbiathlon" will be held on August 25 and 26 within the framework of the International Military-Technical Forum (IMTF) The army-2021, said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Shoigu personally checked the readiness of the track of the Tank Biathlon competition for the 2021 Army International Games on the T-80
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that he and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov on T-80 and T-72 tanks checked the routes of the profile competition, which will be held as part of the Army International Games (ArMI)-2021.
The source said that the flight tests of the Il-112B will continue with new prototypes
The program of flight tests of the Il-112B light military transport aircraft will continue, despite the plane crash in Kubinka near Moscow, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.
Tests of the Il-112B are planned to continue after finding out the causes of the disaster
Despite the crash of the first Il-112B model, work on the creation of a new light military transport aircraft in Russia will continue. Other machines that are in the process of fine-tuning at the Voronezh Aviation Plant will be involved in flight tests.
The ship of the Northern Fleet "Vice Admiral Kulakov" entered the Mediterranean Sea
A large anti-submarine ship of the Northern Fleet "Vice Admiral Kulakov" entered the Mediterranean Sea. He crossed the Strait of Gibraltar last night. According to the press service of the Northern Fleet, the ship is heading in an easterly direction.
Impassable and swampy terrain is now no problem for armored vehicles
A set of operational deployment of temporary roads "KRVD" will be presented for the first time at the MVTF "Army-2021"in the city of Chita of the Trans-Baikal Territory.
The Republic of Korea Navy has adopted the KSS-3 head NAFL
The command of the Navy of the Republic of Korea has adopted the Chang Bogo-3 (KSS-3 Batch-1) class head NPL with a displacement of 3000 tons, which has the capabilities of launching ballistic missiles (SLBMs).
The security and intelligence units of the Strategic Missile Forces train on Typhoon-M simulators
In the training building, which simulates a field position, military personnel learn to install reconnaissance and alarm devices, with the help of which conditional saboteurs will be detected in any weather conditions, regardless of the time of day.
Until 2024, the Submarine Forces of the Pacific Fleet will receive the entire series of 6 DPLS of project 636.3
Until 2024, the Russian Navy plans to receive the entire series of 6 DPLS of Project 636.3, which are being built at the Admiralty Shipyards purposefully to equip the Submarine Forces of the Pacific Fleet.
Poland and Ukraine commented on the crash of the Russian Il-112B
The circumstances of the crash of the newest Russian military transport aircraft Il-112B indicate "a serious accident that caused the death of the crew and the loss of a prototype, which is very important for both Russian military aviation and the aviation industry," writes the Polish portal Defence24.