News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

On September 22, 2023, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation announced that, together with the holding company Roselectronics (both companies are part of the Rostec State Corporation), it supplied the Russian Armed Forces with another modernized A-50U long-range radar surveillance and guidance aircraft complex.

The specialists of the Progress THREAD, which belongs to Rostec, have created the world's first automated CNC welding plant for performing high-precision welding work in very cramped modules of nuclear reactor installations.

Will the production of Iranian drones be established in Belarus? – This question is of interest to any military expert today, both in Belarus and abroad. Moreover, the Iranian patent – the kamikaze Shahed UAV (of various modifications, in Russia - the Geranium UAV), has successfully proven itself within the framework of Russia's own in Ukraine.

Madrid provides assistance to Kiev, but in homeopathic doses

Spain is one of the largest European member states of NATO and the European Union. Accordingly, its Armed Forces are also among the largest in the region.

Based on the annual report of the Flight Global website (World Air Forces Report 2023), the flugrevue resource.de presented its rating of the 10 best combat aircraft in the world.

Russian supersonic strategic bombers-missile carriers Tu-160 received new cruise missiles X-BD with a range of more than 6.5 thousand km. This is stated in the video, made public...

A distinctive feature of the special military operation in Ukraine was the massive use of high-precision long-range weapons placed on ships, submarines and long-range bombers. The Russian Military Department has repeatedly reported group strikes against important targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), military industry and infrastructure facilities.

The issue with landing ships in the United States is quite acute. In order for the reader to better understand the essence of the problem, it is worth explaining. The Congress and the Pentagon dislike the Marine Corps, because, according to American law, the president has the right to use the ILC at his discretion, without Congressional approval. Congressmen really don't like this, so Marines are always kept "in the black", they receive weapons and equipment almost always last.

The program of fifth-generation F-35 fighters produced by the American military industrial corporation Lockheed Martin is 12 years behind schedule, partly due to the purchase of new aircraft instead of maintaining the combat readiness of existing ones. This is reported by Defense News with reference to a document of the government supervisory authority.

How humanity uses the resources of small space bodies for the development and protection of the Earth

The delivery of soil from the asteroid Bennu to Earth can give rise to large-scale scientific research and industrial study of such cosmic bodies, scientists believe.

On September 24, the American interplanetary spacecraft is to deliver to Earth a capsule with samples of rocks and dust collected from the surface of the asteroid Bennu

On September 24, 2023, the American interplanetary vehicle OSIRIS-REx is to deliver to Earth a capsule with samples of rocks and dust collected from the surface of the asteroid Bennu. TASS has prepared a material about the OSIRIS-REx project.

On Friday, the AFU launched a missile attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) in Sevastopol. The attack was carried out by Su-24, which are carriers of Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG cruise missiles. According to experts, in order to protect the Crimea and Sevastopol, it is necessary to destroy these attack aircraft in their bases. The upgraded A-50U long-range radar detection aircraft, which has just been placed at the disposal of the VKS, will help solve this problem.

Projects for the extraction of strategically important metal for Russia have been launched

Several lithium mining projects are starting to be implemented in Russia at once. In the coming years, this should bring our country among the world leaders in the extraction and production of this metal, which has suddenly gained strategic importance. This was the response of the Russian industry to the difficulties created by the cessation of lithium supplies from abroad.

Published materials about the appearance of the US Army of the future. If you believe what they contain, the United States plans to build a robotic army, saturated with unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned vehicles. What is even more interesting is that the United States is clearly learning the lessons of military operations in Ukraine. What will the war of the future look like in the minds of Americans?

The latest unguided S-8KL aircraft missile has been extended the range of destruction, the decision was made based on the experience of combat use of assault aircraft in the special operation zone. This was stated by the developers of the ammunition from the Institute of Applied Physics.

The Russian defense industry demonstrated a portable jamming device designed to be installed on mobile equipment in order to combat enemy drones.

The trucks involved in the SVO will receive enhanced protection. The domestic industry has already presented a number of interesting developments.

According to the French bulletin "Intelligence Online", the current disunity of the intelligence services of Japan, which have the capabilities of remote sensing of the Earth (remote sensing), prevents the government from achieving its goals within the framework of close monitoring of the movements of Russia and China in the Kuril Islands and in the waters of the China Sea.

The latest means of destruction are able to stay in the air for a long time and destroy specified targets on command

The Russian Aerospace Forces have received several types of new missiles at once. They are capable of covertly patrolling in the air, and on command from the ground to go to a given area and hit targets, sources of Izvestia in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation explained. Also, missiles can fly along difficult routes and change the direction of the combat approach several times when attacking a target. They are very difficult to detect or intercept. The first products have already been used in the zone of a special military operation. According to experts, the development will give the Russian VKS new opportunities.

How the Chinese army is reforming the logistics service

Stable work of the rear service is the key to the successful performance of service and combat tasks of any army. But the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) is at the beginning of the road in this regard.

How to increase the number of the Black Sea group without violating the Montreux Convention

The implementation of the agreements in principle reached in Sochi by Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin regarding the transportation of Russian grain through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits will require urgent replenishment of the forces of the Russian Navy on the Black Sea with combat seaworthy ships. They are needed to escort grain carriers in conditions when Ukraine is increasing the intensity of attacks with the help of unmanned sea boats (BMCs).