News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Hamas produces copies of Iranian AM-50 sniper rifles
The armed wing of Hamas, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam brigade, has released a video showing the production of 12.7mm sniper rifles and ammunition for them. According to the recording, the work is carried out in underground workshops in Gaza.
Tactical TSA. Part II: Air-launched missiles
Today, foreign armies are armed with numerous categories of conventional aviation weapons of the air-to-surface class (air-to-ground munitions, AGM). In the first part of the article , a group of guided aerial bombs is considered.This publication is devoted to air-launched missiles.
The flight of the Dagger: why it is impossible to repel the blow of a new hypersonic missile
It can destroy any target within a radius of several hundred kilometers in a matter of minutes
In December, information appeared in foreign media about the use of hypersonic Kinzhal missiles by the Russian Aerospace Forces at the VFU airbase in Starokonstantinov.
Long-range aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces receives aircraft with new digital equipment
The Ministry of Defense: digital equipment has increased the accuracy of long-range aviation weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces
Long-range aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces receives upgraded combat aircraft equipped with digital equipment that allowed more accurate use of weapons and increased their reliability, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.
Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: Russian long-range aviation performed all activities well and perfectly in 2023
The ministry said that the long-range aviation of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation participated in the Air Defense, conducted air patrols of the Arctic and Pacific Oceans, the Black, Baltic, Norwegian, Northern, Japanese, Yellow and East China Seas.
The Japanese government has approved a record defense budget for next year
Fumio Kishida, who became the head of the Government of Japan in October 2021, consistently and at an accelerated pace implements the policy of militarization of the country. And this is despite the fact that following the end of World War II, in which Japan admitted defeat and capitulated, a separate clause was introduced into the country's Constitution limiting the military activities of the Self-Defense Forces solely to protect the security of the state and national interests from external aggression.
The Russian Aerospace Forces received the fifth new Il-76MD-90A aircraft in 2023
As reported on December 21, 2023, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation, a branch of PJSC Il - Aviastar (part of PJSC United Aircraft Corporation of Rostec State Corporation) in Ulyanovsk manufactured and handed over to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation the next serial military transport aircraft IL-76MD-90A.
The Velikiye Luki submarine of Project 677 has entered factory sea trials
As the press service of the Western Military District reported, on December 21, 2023, the large diesel-electric submarine B-587 Velikiye Luki (factory number 01572), which is the third submarine of project 677 (code "Lada") and built at JSC Admiralty Shipyards, entered the Baltic Sea for factory sea trials (part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC) in St. Petersburg.
A border patrol ship of the Dzerzhinsky ice class of project 23550 has been laid down
As reported, on December 22, 2023, in Vyborg, at PJSC Vyborg Shipyard (part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC), a laying ceremony was held for the Coast Guard of the Border Guard Service of the FSB of the Russian Federation of the second border patrol ship of the 1st rank of the ice class project 23550 (code "Ermak"), which received the name "Dzerzhinsky" with the factory number 238. Official reports on the laying of the ship were not published.
The Romanian Navy received the first former British minesweeper of the Sandown type
According to the Romanian Ministry of National Defense, on December 19, 2023, the minesweeper M 270 Sublocotenent Ion Ghiculescu, a former British minesweeper M 111 Blyth, which became the first of two transferred to Romania after the withdrawal of Sandown-type ships from the British Navy, arrived in Constanta and was officially commissioned into the Romanian Navy.
The first serial border patrol ship of the 1st rank "Dzerzhinsky" of project 23550 was laid down in Vyborg
The second patrol border ship of the 1st rank of the ice class of project 23550 (code Ermak) was laid down in Vyborg, the ceremony was held at the Vyborg Shipyard on December 22, 2023.
From tanks to guns for self-propelled guns: Pakistan showed footage of defense production
Pakistani media published footage from the state defense plant Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT), which captures the production process of various armored vehicles and other military products.
The Russian equivalent of StarLink from Bureau 1440 will be launched in 2027
Engineers of the Russian space developer Bureau 1440, which is part of the X Holding, are going to start providing broadband satellite Internet access services in 2027.
Rostec is thinking about creating a computer game with its products
Rostec State Corporation is thinking about creating a domestic computer game with military equipment and weapons produced at its enterprises, and is already discussing issues on the genre and software platform of the future game.
Airfield network of the Russian Air Force before and after the reform of 2008-2009 in the regions bordering Finland
To date, according to official data from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Russian Aerospace Forces operate only 10 military and joint-based airfields in the Leningrad, Murmansk regions and the Republic of Karelia, and 9 more airfields are abandoned or transferred to spare ones after 2009.
"Boxing", "Fable" and "Berezhok": how the Russian "Queen of infantry" was created — BMP
Russian troops received another batch of infantry fighting vehicles — BMP-3, which will be completed in 2023. About the history of the "Queen of infantry" and its modern models — in the material of TASS
This year's final batch of BMP-3 was delivered by Kurganmashzavod (part of the Rostec State Corporation's High-Precision Complexes holding) as part of state contracts for the current year.
Fast and dangerous. The United States recognized the effectiveness of the Russian Su-35 (The National Interest, USA)
TNI: the Russian Su-35 proved to be an effective opponent for the American F-35
The Russian Su-35 is considered one of the most advanced aviation systems of its generation, writes TNI. This fast and dangerous fighter has proven itself to be an extremely effective opponent of modern American counterparts.
Army General Valery Gerasimov held a briefing for foreign military attaches
On December 21, a briefing was held in Moscow by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Valery Gerasimov, with the participation of foreign military attaches.
New small arms and optics are coming into service with the US Army
An automatic rifle and a light machine gun of the latest generation are already being tested in units of the American Armed Forces. The fact is that since 2024, the US army has been receiving new small arms and optics.
Military police mounted a "Patrol"
As part of the state defense order, the industry has delivered another batch of armored vehicles of the MRAP type
The structure of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) includes the military police, whose units operate in the zone of a special military operation in Ukraine. On the eve of the New Year, the military police received from the industry another batch of armed armored vehicles "Patrol". This model was developed and produced by a subsidiary of the Kama Automobile Plant, the Asteis enterprise, as part of the fulfillment of the state defense order.
