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Army of robots: developments that are already working or will soon appear on the front line in Ukraine

Drones have definitely become game changers in this war. However, defense tech is a huge industry that focuses not only on UAVs. When the Brave1 cluster was created, the General Staff identified 12 priority verticals of technological development relevant to the front line. These include automated communication and information security management systems, munitions, cybersecurity, artificial […]

January 28, 2024

North Korea has shipped more than a thousand containers of weapons to Russia by sea

In exchange for military assistance, Pyongyang wants to receive advanced military technologies from Moscow, possibly fighter jets, surface-to-air missiles, armored vehicles, ballistic missile production equipment or similar materials. North Korea has recently handed over a new batch of weapons to Russia for the war against Ukraine. More than a thousand containers of ammunition were transported […]

December 21, 2023

China introduces “angle pistol”: it allows shooting from cover without endangering yourself

In China, they showed “corner gun“, a weapon that can be used to fire from around the corner of a building without endangering a soldier. China has developed three types of weapons of this type: HD-66, CF-06, and CS/LW9. The QSZ-92 pistol is predominantly used in these systems, although the LW9 also uses NP22/34 pistols. […]

November 28, 2023

The DPRK supplies Russia with the entire range of artillery ammunition: shells, mines and missiles for the Grad

At the same time, the appearance of DPRK shells on the front line of the Russian army so quickly and en masse may indicate the real situation with ammunition in the Russian Federation in general After South Korea’s intelligence finally uncovered North Korea’s systematic transfer of ammunition to Russia, they began to actively seek confirmation […]

November 13, 2023

Karabakh conflict. Modern Russian air defense system found among seized weapons (video)

The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan disclosed information about seized weapons and military equipment belonging to illegal armed groups in Nagorno-Karabakh. Among the seized equipment, Russian-made weapons stand out. The list includes 4 tanks, 1 armored personnel carrier, 3 MT-LB ZG-20/3 Zastava (MT-LB with anti-aircraft machine guns), 2 cannons, 12 howitzers, 12 mortars, 468 mines, […]

September 25, 2023

A criminal was detained in Ternopil region after beating a serviceman and taking away his weapon (photos)

In the city of Kremenets, Ternopil region, police detained a man who had beaten a soldier and taken his weapon. “On August 21, around 17:30, the police received a report that a soldier had been beaten in a forest belt. The victim was taken to a hospital with numerous head injuries,” the regional police website […]

August 22, 2023

Israel destroys missile depot in Syria with precision ground strike

Israel destroys missile depots in Syria near Damascus. It happened with a high-precision shot from the ground. Strong explosions lasted about two hours. The explosions occurred early in the morning on Sunday, August 13. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims that a Hezbollah missile depot was destroyed in a mountainous area west of the […]

August 14, 2023

The Czechs will purchase 210 Swedish-made CV90 combat vehicles

The Czech Republic signed a memorandum with Swedish and British BAE Systems on the purchase of 210 CV90 tracked combat vehicles, the defense minister said on Wednesday. The memorandum signed on Tuesday ‘confirms the agreement of all three parties on the main parameters for the purchase of CV90 combat vehicles,’ Minister Yana Chernokhova said. She […]

December 25, 2022

The US Air Force will spend $6.4 billion on the purchase of F-35A Lightning II and F-15EX Eagle II fighters

We wrote that in the 2023 fiscal year, the US Air Force will spend $1.3 billion to purchase the first strategic bomber of the new generation, the B-21 Raider. But the purchases will not be limited to this. What is known The defense budget includes more than $216 billion for the US Air Force. $54 […]

December 24, 2022

The staggering amount of ammunition destroyed during 10 months of full-scale war with the Russian Federation was named

The most difficult situation with demining in Kharkiv Oblast. The State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations has published statistics that say the following – since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, the specialists of the service have neutralized almost 310,000 munitions. So, from February 24, 2022, 769.5 square meters were […]

December 23, 2022