News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
"Ka" be: updated attack helicopters fly South
Upgrading the Alligators will protect pilots and allow them to destroy small targets at the maximum range
The southern military district will be the first to receive an updated version of the ka-52 alligator With improved combat capabilities, taking into account the experience of Syria.
The Northern fleet's missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov has completed tasks in the Norwegian and Barents seas
The Northern fleet's missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov completed a set of combat training tasks in the Barents and Norwegian seas and returned to its permanent base in Severomorsk.
A real monster: a 140-mm gun for the Leopard 2 amazing for its size
for the Leopard 2 tanks in Switzerland in the late 80-ies created a powerful 140-mm gun. It still surprises with its characteristics and size.
Many data about it have not yet been made public, but even from the published photographic materials, it can be understood that the length of this weapon significantly exceeds those already in service.
The latest medium-range SAM "Buk-M3" entered service in the air defense division of the Central military DISTRICT
More than 80 units. BUK-M3 SAMS entered service in the anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Central military district, stationed in the Altai territory. The latest weapons arrived at the point of permanent deployment as part of the military echelon after performing live firing at the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan region.
"Admiral Kasatonov" hit the "Caliber" target at a distance of more than 1 thousand km
The frigate of the Northern fleet "Admiral Kasatonov" hit a target with a Kalibr missile at a training ground in the Arkhangelsk region from The white sea. On Thursday, November 12, the press service of the fleet reported.
The Gremyashchy Corvette is scheduled to be handed over to the Russian Navy on December 25
The Severnaya Verf plant, which is part of the United shipbuilding Corporation, plans to transfer the lead Corvette of project 20385 "Gremyashchy"to the Russian Navy on December 25. This was stated to journalists on Thursday, November 12, the General Director of the company Igor Orlov.
Russia's nuclear forces will deprive Ukrainian intelligence
Vladimir Putin said that Russia is completing the creation of a nuclear forces control center, which is almost completely protected from nuclear attacks and equipped with the most advanced equipment and communications facilities. Moscow has already seriously modernized its nuclear triad in recent years. Now it's time to update its management system, which Russia inherited from the USSR and was developed on the territory of Ukraine.
Boeing may pull down the production cycles of the US military-industrial complex
Boeing's "Commercial aircraft" and "defense, space and security (BDS)" segments are the most vulnerable, and they can be seriously affected by the sagging capitalization of the aviation giant.
Contract for the first two us nuclear missile submarines of the new type Columbia
On November 5, 2020, the US Navy signed a $ 9.474 billion contract with the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard (GDEB, part of the General Dynamics Corporation) in Groton, Connecticut, for the construction and testing of the first two us nuclear - powered missile submarines of the new generation-SSBN 826 Columbia and SSBN 827 Wisconsin.
In the UK, they declared the superiority of China over Russia in fighter jets
China surpasses Russia in aviation technology, according to a report by the Royal United Institute of defense research. FlightGlobal drew Attention to the relevant material of the British analytical organization, prepared by researcher Justin Bronk.
The armament of the frigate F 124 – state and modernisation
Frigates of the F124 project are the largest warships of the German Navy. Introduced into the German fleet in 2004-2006, "Saxony", "Hamburg" and " Hesse "("Sachsen "," Hamburg "und" Hesssen ") are distinguished by their modular design and efficient equipment.However, more than ten years of operation required appropriate measures to combat obsolescence. The frigate's relatively modern armament is being upgraded and adapted to new realities.
Formidable trio: The Drive was impressed by rare photos of Russian air force bombers
the Drive was impressed by the photos of Tu-160, Tu-95 MS and Tu-22 M3 bombers, showing off fully armed.
The Drive portal was impressed by a photo report from the Engels long-range aviation unit (Saratov region, published recently by the Russian defense Ministry). It presents strategic bombers Tu-160, Tu-95 MS and Tu-22 M3 with the layout of their weapons. As the journalist notes, so far there have been very few opportunities to see these aircraft with a potential payload.
Early S-400s: rostec handed over another set of systems to the defense Ministry
Almaz-Antey concern prematurely delivered the last regimental set of s-400 "Triumph" s-400 "Triumph"to the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation. The weapons are very competitive, which the US does not like at all.
"Sworn enemy". Experts evaluated the effectiveness of the Nebo-U radar against the F-35
In China, called the" sworn enemy " of the American F-35 Russian radar. Military experts Alexey Podberezkin and Viktor Baranets told Sputnik radio about the capabilities of the Nebo-U radar station.
Chinese hackers successfully hacked the latest versions of Windows, Ubuntu, iOS and Android
China hosted the largest national hackathon Tianfu Cup-a competition between teams of experts on attacks on information infrastructure. Using previously unknown vulnerabilities, participants were able to hack almost all the most modern software products.
Blow to the brain
electronic warfare systems are already playing a key role in countering modern drones
The armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh once again drew attention to the use of combat robots. Azerbaijan very actively used this type of weapons and achieved success, destroying a considerable amount of military equipment of the defense Army of Nagorno-Karabakh and even Armenia with the help of UAVS. Not having its own developments in the field of military robotics and, consequently, their production, Azerbaijan purchased foreign samples, mainly in Turkey and Israel.
Weapons of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh revealed
The peacekeeping operation in Nagorno-Karabakh, which was agreed upon by the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, involves a brigade created on the basis of the Ulyanovsk airborne assault brigade (VDV). The armament of military personnel was revealed by Moskovsky Komsomolets.
"Podlet" will find a target over a wooded mid-country area
The radio engineering regiment of the air force and air defense Association of the Central military district (CVO), stationed in the Novosibirsk region, received a new low-altitude radar detection system "Podlet". This is reported by the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation.
The rescue ship of the black sea fleet "Commune" went to Novorossiysk to receive the deep-water vehicle as-28 after modernization
The crew of the rescue ship "Commune" of the black sea fleet makes the transition from Sevastopol to the Novorossiysk naval base to take on Board the deep-water vehicle as-28, which arrived by rail after the modernization was completed at the ship repair plant in St. Petersburg.
The upgraded Il-76MD-90A cabin will reduce the load on the crew
The new Il-76MD-90A is equipped with the latest systems and equipment: flight and navigation complex, communications complex and defense complex. This made it possible to significantly improve the flight characteristics and performance of the machine.