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The headline is a bit misleading as the article talks in terms of anti-satellite weapon not a weapon to drop onto the planet. https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/white-house-plans-brief-lawmakers-house-chairman-warns/story?id=107232293

On December 8, 2022, at the age of 68, Soviet / Russian aviation historian Mikhail Alexandrovich Maslov passed away.

https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-63872209

Coming soon to eBay? View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui7P0dA4sCw

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/10/20/ukraine-news-russia-war-putin-martial-law-strikes-drones/ Apparently a genuine malfunction, but the incident hasn't helped present tensions any.

If things get more interesting, what targets in the UK might Putin nuke? An interesting video, and some backup data: UK Limited Nuclear War Target List View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYWcgF4Wwog

Thought there was a thread on this already, my apologies for the belated post. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62964177 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/19/science/valery-polyakov-dead.html https://www.astronomy.com/news/2022/09/valeri-polyakov-record-breaking-cosmonaut-dies-at-age-80...

First images of an iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drone/loitering munition in ukraine,tho interestingly now with the russian name Geranium-2,tho whether this is just a local in service renaming of a foreign procured weapons system,or evidence of actual licensed production in russia is unknown at...

Saw a video a while back that caught the missile just before impact. Thought, "that's a Kitchen" but never heard any mention of it. Then this pops up: View: https://twitter.com/lfx160219/status/1535850776782057473 Hadn't heard anybody mention it so I thought I'd post it. (This one blew up...

View: https://youtu.be/JkH8PxzPcVg Looks like the Russian Airforce has got their VDV concept up and Running. Bet they learned a lot from Syria theater. And its funny how JANES again got things wrong.. https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/russian-airborne-forces-retool-for-expanded-role

https://twitter.com/i/events/1447110071876349952

Considering at least a full-scale mock-up if not prototype (shades of Checkmate) was presented at the Army-2021 exhibition, mods feel free to move this to Aerospace if that is felt to be more appropriate! Looks like the Yak-152 (powered by the 500hp RED A03 V12 diesel) has some competition - I...

I was shocked to find out other things were happening at an airshow in Russia. https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/ka-226t-climber-helicopter-breaks-cover-at-maks/144666.article

https://www.svoboda.org/a/31367951.html Russia's FSB (Federal Security Service, roughly responsible for domestic and sometimes "near abroad" intelligence and state security) has announced that Russian citizens who collect non-classified military or technological information pertaining to...

Placeholder for general news and pics from MAKS 2021 that don't deserve a topic. Specific topics: UAC/Sukhoi "Checkmate" https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/sukhoi-lts-checkmate.37538 UAC/MiG Projects...

Welcome, shipborne MiG!!!!!!!!

Well I guess this still counts to include here I suppose as air to ground weapon options for this aircraft. new kh-59mkm, in back mini kh-35 with an electro-optical homing head.

Russian-founded space start-up and Spac fined for misleading investors (ft.com, registration or subscription may be required) https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/13/22576176/space-momentus-charged-sec-misleading-investors-mikhail-kokorich...

I guess they heard you, because now there is this..... https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41508/russias-united-aircraft-corporation-channels-the-x-files-with-this-cryptic-teaser