News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

According to foreign media reports, after the start of serial production, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) adopted the first main battle tanks "Merkava 5" (Merkava V ) under the designation "Barak" ("Lightning"). Thus, the fifth generation of this tank model, which appeared in 1978, began to enter the troops.

On October 3, the Russian Defense Minister held a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces at the National Defense Management Center in Moscow.

How will this affect the combat capabilities of the "winged infantry"

The airborne troops will be reinforced with helicopters and tanks. Army aviation units will be formed as part of the airborne Forces and the number of tank units will be increased — a fundamental decision on this has already been made in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, sources in the military department told Izvestia.

The General Director of JSC "USC" Andrey Puchkov during a trip on September 29 to the Yantar plant (part of USC) assessed the results of the modernization projects of the enterprise and held a meeting on the implementation of its production program.

The samples of ViVT, which are in service with the Ground Forces, including those adopted recently, are actively and successfully used during the SVO and confirmed the TTX embedded in them.

Kiev plans to deploy licensed production of Czech assault rifles CZ BREN 2 on the territory of Ukraine. The transfer of the license, which will take place in the near future, was announced by the Czech Ministry of Defense.

In response to the strengthening of China's naval power, India intends to increase its fleet. It plans to reach the size of the Navy by 2035, which will number 175 warships and submarines.

The f-22 Raptor combat aircraft, created by the American company Lockheed Martin, first took off 26 years ago – on September 7, 1997. Despite such a solid age, he still continues to improve.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that the leading branch of the German industry - the chemical industry - "is at death's door today"

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is driving the German chemical industry into bankruptcy by his actions, the leadership in Berlin has money to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), but there are no funds to support its economy. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, Army General Oleg SALYUKOV tells about the peculiarities of the work of the Ground Forces in the combat zone, the effectiveness of the use of modern and modernized types of weapons and equipment on the front line and much more on the eve of the professional holiday "Red Star".

The heavy American icebreaker Healy spent several weeks in the Arctic near the coast of Russia on a mysterious mission. At first glance, he only continued the project that the United States and Russia implemented together a few years ago. However, the presence of American anti-submarine aircraft in the same areas indicates the secret background of the work of the American icebreaker.

Kovalchuk: the Soviet nuclear project still guarantees the existence of Russia

The strategically correct decision of the Soviet leadership and the advanced part of the scientific community to launch an atomic project, taken at the height of the Great Patriotic War, guarantees the existence of Russia as an independent power to this day, said Mikhail Kovalchuk, president of the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center.

Research and forecasts of the development of naval forces

An analysis of the scientific literature on the prospects for the development of naval forces of foreign countries shows that at present the creation of modern forces and means for conducting armed struggle at sea, combat training and maintaining the Navy in constant combat readiness proved to be only capable of highly industrially developed states with a powerful military-economic potential and a high level of scientific development and technology.

The updated appearance of the patrol ships of project 11356 is presented

The loss of the flagship cruiser "Moscow" and the large amphibious assault ship (BDK) "Saratov" (both died last year), the disabling of another BDK and a submarine as a result of the rocket attack on Sevastopol on September 13, as well as the forced repair of several combat units due to damage, breakdowns and, if necessary, scheduled repairs led to to the fact that the Russian Navy (Navy) has a certain shortage of ship personnel on the Black Sea.

The Americans have released drones and opened a hunt for tankers, Iran responds adequately

First of all, let's consider what the Persian Gulf in general and the Strait of Hormuz in particular are.

What enlightened navigators forgot in the steppes of Ukraine

Portugal has a rich military history. However, not very successful. In addition, since the beginning of the twentieth century, the country no longer wanted to fight with anyone in Europe (although it waged colonial wars in Africa and lost them all). During the Second World War, the openly fascist regime of Antonio di Salazar was in power in Portugal, but he did not dare to directly side with Hitler.

Russia claims that it has introduced a new long-range X-BD air–launched cruise missile and that it is currently arming its Tu-160 strategic bombers with this weapon - this is the leitmotif of many Western media of recent days.

Ukraine needs air defense systems, the anti-aircraft complexes in service with the AFU Air Forces cannot cope with Russian missiles and drones, and Western sponsors are unable to provide Kiev with the necessary number of air defense systems. Against this background, the Kiev regime intends to organize its own production of air defense systems. This was stated by the head of Zelensky's office, Ermak.

Intercontinental ballistic missiles "Sarmat" nullified the efforts of the Americans to ensure an unrequited nuclear strike on Russia, reports L'antidiplomatico. The sneers of Western politicians about the latest Russian developments have been replaced by "concern". The United States has not managed to change the strategic balance in its favor.

And how the Su-57 aircraft will change the combat capabilities of the Russian Aerospace Forces in a special military operation

A batch of upgraded fifth-generation Su-57 aircraft and generation 4++ Su-35S fighters was handed over to the Russian Aerospace Forces by the UAC Aviation plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur on September 28.