News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The American press has become aware of some details about the work of the US military on air-based microwave weapons. Now the Pentagon is working on the possibility of placing energy weapons on fighter jets, and earlier test launches of missiles with microwave warheads from B-52 strategic bombers took place.

the modular system of rescue of crews of submarines can solve an old problem of fleet

The absence of a series of rescue vessels (SS) of submarines (PL) based on the project 21300 with a deep-sea diving complex (GVK) indicates not so much the organizational, technical and financial difficulties of creating a domestic GVK even for work at depths up to 300 meters, but the need to clarify the conceptual directions of development of such vessels.

The missile defense system of the central industrial region is ready to respond to new challenges of the United States

At the end of November, a new missile defense system was successfully tested at the Sary-Shagan test site in Kazakhstan, which will soon take its place in the missile defense system of Moscow and the central industrial district. This is not the first test of a missile with unique ICBM interception capabilities.

The second over-the-horizon radar station "Container" will take up experimental combat duty in the Amur Region in 2024 to control the airspace in the eastern strategic direction, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.

military personnel of the mountain motorized rifle brigade of the central military district (cvo), stationed in tuva, received the latest complex of unmanned aerial vehicles "orlan-10", the press service of the cvo reports.

the frigate will work out throw tests from missile systems

The modernized frigate "Marshal Shaposhnikov" of the Pacific Fleet went to the Sea of Japan to test missile and artillery weapons systems. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of "Dalzavod".

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation made a fundamental decision to arm the naval aviation of the Northern Fleet with a hypersonic complex "Dagger". According to the Izvestia TV channel, training of personnel and infrastructure for the maintenance and operation of hypersonic weapons will begin in 2021.

In the Ground Forces, the planned re-equipment of rocket artillery units with modern multiple launch rocket systems of the Tornado family continues.

Another regiment equipped with Yars missile systems has entered combat duty in the Barnaul compound of the Strategic Missile Forces in the Altai Territory, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry told RIA Novosti.

They will increase the effectiveness of detection and destruction of submarines, surface ships, enemy vessels, as well as the protection of naval bases

The Russian Defense Ministry and the Amur Shipyard signed a contract for six corvettes of projects 20380 and 20385. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the military department.

The Northern Fleet will receive a hypersonic missile system

The range of the hypersonic missile system "Dagger" can get the countries of Scandinavia, the Baltic States and a significant part of the Northern Sea Route, if this weapon is adopted by the Northern Fleet, the media write. According to expert assessment, currently there is no technology capable of intercepting the "Dagger".

From the inside, the cabin of the Soviet (Russian) heavy military transport aircraft Il-76, which is distinguished by a glazed nose, looks like that of a SID Fighter from the Star Wars universe directed by George Lucas, notes The Drive, commenting on a recently appeared online picture from the Russian Defense Ministry.

The Pacific Fleet will receive six corvettes with "Zircons" until 2028

Six corvettes of projects 20380 and 20385 will be delivered to the Pacific Fleet until 2028 in accordance with the contract of the Russian Defense Ministry and the Amur Shipbuilding Plant. We are talking about ships that can use hypersonic missiles "Zircon".

russian prime minister mikhail mishustin signed a decree on conducting an experiment on the operation of autonomous (unmanned) vessels from december 10, 2020 to the end of 2025, the corresponding document is published on the official website of the government. 

Amazon recently announced plans to add 26 more wind and solar power projects with a total capacity of 3.4 GW to its assets. As a result, the number of such projects funded by Amazon in 2020 will reach 35, and the total capacity will exceed 4 GW.

The Baltic region will receive a missile "shield and sword". The Ministry of defense decided to increase the coastal forces in Kaliningrad. Next year, a division of unique Bastion supersonic systems will be deployed there. They are capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 600 kilometers. Their appearance was a response to the strengthening of the NATO grouping in Europe. If necessary, coastal complexes will be able to hit not only ships, but also work on NATO ground bases.

New over-the-horizon radar stations (radars) that detect air targets thousands of kilometers from Russia's borders are planned to be installed in the South and East of the country, the defense Ministry told RIA Novosti.

Auxiliary vessels of the Pacific Fleet at the end of 2020 are recognized as one of the most popular in the Pacific Fleet. The total duration of their work at sea exceeded 10 thousand days.

new over-the-horizon radars may appear in the south and east of russia

Radar intelligence is actively developing in Russia: the first node of a unified network of over-the-horizon radars has already been formed, and it is also planned to increase the control capabilities in the southern and Eastern strategic air and space directions. At the beginning of the month, it was reported about the Container radar in service in Mordovia, which detected inconspicuous NATO fighters.

The government of India has allowed the armed forces to increase the stocks of weapons and ammunition needed to conduct 15-day combat operations in the event of war. This was reported on Monday by the Times of India newspaper, citing official sources.