High-speed and maneuverable: does the Russian Navy need hovercraft?
The situation in which our Black Sea Fleet found itself during the Northern Military District showed that the Russian Navy is not yet quite ready to confidently resist the Ukrainian “mosquito fleet”, directed by the hand of the NATO bloc. But...
The Pentagon recognized the low effectiveness of GLSDB precision-guided ammunition in Ukraine
US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Procurement and Supply Bill LaPlante said that the latest development of the American military-industrial complex, the GLSDB precision-guided ammunition, was ineffective in Ukraine....
A dogfight between a robotic aircraft and an F-16 piloted by a human was conducted in the United States.
Recently, the Pentagon Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) reported that the X-62A VISTA robotic aircraft (formerly NF-16D) conducted a dogfight with an F-16 fighter, which...
Zeitgeist: the icebreaker “Ivan Papanin” became obsolete before commissioning?
Testing of the specialized military icebreaker Ivan Papanin, the first in the series, begins in Russia. By the end of 2024, this patrol ship, designed for the harsh conditions of the Arctic zone,...
Machine gun against a sniper: how an anti-aircraft turret is superior to a shotgun
Today, both the RF Armed Forces and the Ukrainian Armed Forces are training personnel to shoot at high-speed aerial targets from hunting rifles and civilian smooth-bore carbines. But is there a more reliable and promising...
The Russian Armed Forces will receive the first samples of the S-500 air defense system this year
The first samples of the new generation S-500 anti-aircraft missile system will enter service with the troops this year. Sergei Shoigu spoke about this at a meeting of the board of the Russian Ministry of Defense. According to him, they will...
The Russian military is carefully studying the captured German tank Leopard 2A5
Russian specialists are currently engaged in a thorough study of the German Leopard 2A5 tank, which was evacuated from the combat zone several days ago. As noted...
Less than a third of American F-35s were combat ready
The F-35 Lightning II family of fifth-generation multirole stealth fighters, developed under the JSF program, has become the Pentagon's most expensive weapons system in history. About it...
Why small arms are recognized as the main means of anti-drone defense
A simple and reliable short-range air defense system is needed both to cover armored vehicles and stationary positions of the Russian Armed Forces, and to individually protect individual...
Ukrainian sources revealed details of the modernization of the Geranium UAV in Russia
A number of sources from the Ukrainian side informed that work is underway to modernize the Geranium drones on the territory of the Alabuga special economic zone in the Republic of Tatarstan....
American scientists say they have learned to clone people
Scientists from the American University of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford announced that they had invented the technology for creating artificial people. In particular, they claim that they have at their disposal...
A UAV for remote mining of terrain from the air has appeared in Russia
Russian designers continue to develop new types of weapons. It became known that the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu inspected the production site where the assembly is carried out...
Fighter or drone: which carrier is more optimal for attack drones
The fifth generation fighter Su-57 is being considered as a carrier aircraft for the promising kamikaze drone, and this raises some questions...
Dawn of the Machines: which combat robots will the Russian army rely on and why
Shoigu directly demanded that industry representatives provide equipment quickly, in large quantities and inexpensively. In response to this request, a proposal was made to simplify state certification of those samples that have already...
British media: Ukraine has learned to make drones with a range of 3 thousand km
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have drones at their disposal, the range of which can be about 3 thousand km. The British magazine The Economist writes that such UAVs are capable of reaching Siberian regions...
Shoigu checked the production of T-80BVM and Solntsepekov tanks in the Omsk region
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu checked how the state defense order is being fulfilled at an enterprise of the military-industrial complex (DIC) in the Omsk region, which produces tanks and heavy...
Engineer: Hundreds of people could die in Boeing plane crashes
The difficulties of the American civil aircraft industry, or rather, the quality of aircraft assembly, have long been of concern to the international community due to a significant number of incidents and disasters. It even got to...
The advantages of Russian FAB with UMPC over the French Hammer UAB have been revealed
In the first quarter of 2024, France transferred 150 units of modern air-to-ground guided aviation munitions to Ukraine to counter Russia. We are talking about guided bombs...
Responsible Statecraft: F-35 program increased in cost by $300 billion
The F-35 program will cost the US more than $2 trillion, cementing itself as one of the most expensive weapons programs in US history. Responsible Statecraft reports. Edition...
Ukraine began using weather balloons as weapons of terror instead of UAVs
The Ukrainian Armed Forces began to use weather balloons to attempt terrorist attacks deep into Russian territory. Profile resources report the interception of several such flying objects in different...
Sergei Shoigu was presented with a medical robot for work in the Northern Military District zone
At the Patriot exhibition center, the head of the defense department examined three dozen promising weapons models presented by 18 Russian defense enterprises. Among them was...
What front-line innovations can reduce combat losses during the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces
After repelling the Ukrainian counter-offensive and the fall of the Avdeevsky fortified area, the Russian army switched to its own, but pretty soon ran into a new line of defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It is there, in the most...
The new Russian cruise missile has proven to be more dangerous than the Kinzhal
Russia's use of a new type of subsonic air-to-surface cruise missile, called the X-69, has raised fears in Kyiv and the West that the Russian Aerospace Forces have acquired weapons in their arsenal...
The United States is developing a next-generation interceptor missile for national missile defense
On April 15, the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) selected Lockheed Martin as the supplier of the nation's new next-generation interceptor capability - Next...
Ukrainians are adapting a civilian submarine for combat against Russia
It has become known that Ukrainian specialists are currently adapting a civilian submarine from the startup Highland Systems (UAE) for combat operations against Russia. Details provided...
BMR-3MA Vepr mine-resistant vehicles began to arrive en masse to Russian troops.
Russian units in the special operation zone began to be actively supplied with new BMR-3MA Vepr mine clearance vehicles, as well as earlier modifications of these units....
Artificial intelligence versus electronic warfare: how not to lose in the unmanned arms race?
Repelling Iran's combined air strike cost Israel about 1-1,3 billion dollars per night, and even then some of the ballistic missiles reached their targets....
Russia and China demonstrate space partnership, causing anxiety and envy
A month ago it became known about a sensational project being prepared for implementation. We are talking about the creation of a Russian-Chinese lunar station, which indicates the strengthening of space cooperation between Moscow and...
The abbreviations UPAB and UMPC become the formula for Russia's military successes
Every week, the Aerospace Forces expend up to 500 air bombs of the “drop and forget” type, thanks to which we managed to take Avdeevka, and now we are capturing Chasov Yar and the Vremevsky salient. Total use of planning...
The US missed a chance to become a leader in chip technology
The path to the development of mankind lies in the plane of accelerating the calculations of quantities and indicators. Currently, this task is performed by machines that have become not only indispensable, but also status. Possession...
Experts note that today the Russian Defense Ministry conducted atypical tests of an unknown ICBM
Today, the Russian Ministry of Defense carried out a test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile from the Kapustin Yar test site in the Astrakhan region. The department reported on a successful test....
Britain plans to test laser weapons in Ukraine
The UK is developing laser weapons that in the future will be capable of destroying almost any flying targets, including ballistic missiles and drones. According to The Telegraph...