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"The presidential administration of the United States of America has proposed a budget increase for the implementation of a program to contain the Russian Federation in European territory to $ 6.3 billion," the financing project for 2019 states. This amount exceeds the current by $ 1.7 billion.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. Received a contract from the US Air Force to manufacture the LAIRCM system to protect aircraft from infrared-guided missiles, providing protection in both hemispheres. A new system for protecting aircraft from infrared-homing missiles will be developed for the US Air Force by Northrop Grumman Systems Corp.

State Corporation Rostec has completed the preparation of several prototype tank destroyers Sprut-SDM1 for state testing. They will hold, according to the plans of the Ministry of Defense, in 2019. As noted in the "Rostec", according to the results of state tests, the fate of this combat vehicle will become clear.

In 2019, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will test about 200 types of rocket weapons. The tests will be performed at the Kapustin Yar test site located in the Astrakhan region. The total number of expected tests is commensurate with the volumes of 2018 and is 1.5 times higher than the volume of tests that were performed in 2017.

The developed method (spark-plasma sintering) is a new modification of the already known method of hot pressing. The principle of the procedure is as follows: an electric pulse is passed through the prepared mold, the action of which leads to rapid heating. The difference from the existing technology is that the electric current does not flow through the external heating element, but directly through the pressed workpiece.

In modern military conflicts, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles has repeatedly proven its effectiveness. If earlier drones were actively used for receiving intelligence information, then recently they have become a full-fledged weapon for striking from the air. The seriousness of this threat is evidenced by the organization of attacks by Syrian terrorists using UAVs on the Russian Khmeymim airbase in January 2018.

DPRK leadership has moved to the final stage of increasing the production capacity of solid-propellant ballistic missiles, the range of which extends over the territory of the United States of America. The information was published on the official resource of the publication The Wall Street Journal. The article states that such a conclusion was made by employees of the Middlebury Institute for International Studies, located in California.

A few days ago, an interceptor tested drones named "Carnivor". It is curious that the interceptor-drone is equipped with a network gun to intercept other UAVs. Also in its design provides a device for dumping high-explosive grenades and small anti-tank bombs. After the end of the factory tests "Karnivora" will be subjected to more serious tests.

Official Singapore decided to buy several fifth-generation F-35 American fighter jets. Planned to be purchased solely for, to test and decide for yourself - whether Singapore needs it or not. These aircraft must replace those in service with the F-16. It is reported by Tass, referring to the official statement of the Minister of Defense of the Republic N En Hen.

On September 24, Boeing and Leonardo signed a contract worth US $ 2.38 billion for the supply of 84 MH-139 helicopters to the US Air Force to replace the UH-1N type helicopters in service. The new technology is the military version of the commercial helicopter AW139, produced at the plant in Philadelphia.

Russia in a fierce fight won the tender for the supply of Igla-S MANPADS to India. Now this southern country is in the top three of the countries purchasing this Russian weapon. According to Russian media, the cost of the deal for the delivery of India's Igla-S MANPADS to India was about $ 1.5 billion. The agreement on the supply of MANPADS will not fall under the obstacles of the United States, which provide for sanctions against customers of products of Russian defense enterprises.

The third pilot of the crashed Tu-22M3 bomber died yesterday morning. This was announced by the head of the Murmansk Territorial Disaster Medicine Center, Viktor Rogalev. According to the medical officer, another pilot of the bomber is currently in serious condition in the intensive care unit of the Olenegorsk central regional hospital.

The American Atlas-5 launch vehicle (by the way, in the first stage of which the Russian RD-180 rocket engine is used as a power plant) on October 17, 2018 successfully launched the latest modern military communications satellite AEHF (Advanced Extremely) into Earth orbit. High Frequency).

The United States again accused Russia through the Treaty on Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles. At this time, our country was “guilty” of replacing the 9M729 cruise missile of the Iskander-M complex. According to a report by the CIA and the National Agency for Geospatial Intelligence, at a briefing on January 23, the Russian Defense Ministry issued another product for 9M729.

The newest unmanned reconnaissance vehicle created at the Moscow Aviation Institute will help increase the crew’s view of Russian tanks and various types of armored vehicles. Communication with ground equipment is carried out by means of a cable with good strength and flexibility. In the same way, he receives power from the machine, transmitting all the information in encrypted form to the monitors of the crew in the cockpit.

In the Russian Federation, they began to conduct flight tests of the flying A-100 radar. This aircraft is equipped with a modern navigation temperature, which includes a dual-band locator with a phased antenna. In addition, the DRLO A-100 Premier will be equipped. The tests of the latter were completed at the end of 2018.

A US P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft made a reconnaissance flight near the Russian Hmeimim airbase located in Syria. According to the monitoring military website Plane Radar, the American reconnaissance aircraft took off from the Sigonella airbase in Sicily and cruised for about an hour off the Mediterranean coast of Syria, periodically approaching the Russian Khmeimim base and the logistics base of the Russian Navy.

This is the eighteenth Virginia-class submarine designed to hunt enemy submersibles and strike with cruise missiles. The eighteenth in a row Virginia class submarine was recently launched. The submarine was named in honor of the Indian tribe Delaware SSN 791 that was exterminated by progressive American settlers.

Against the background of unabated tensions in the Middle East in general and the aggravation of the US-Iranian political and economic confrontation in particular, Tehran does not cease to tease Washington, declaring new developments in the military sphere. Last week, the official representative of the Iranian armed forces announced the creation of a new anti-ship ballistic missile in the country capable of destroying surface targets at a distance of over 700 km.

Military drones have attracted public attention over the past few years. Although their characteristics and description explain to us some variants of their use during combat operations, but at the same time a large number of false facts are born, which have never been confirmed. We will try to address the most common misconceptions on this topic.