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  1. W

    RTX (Raytheon) fined $200m for 750 technical document leaks to China and Russia

    RTX has come forward and voluntarily admitted 750 violations of ITAR pertaining to leaks of military information between August 2017 and September 2023. This includes the VC-25 (Air Force One), F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning II and the B-2 Spirit stealth, B-1B Lancer and the F/A-18, F-15 and F-16...
  2. Y

    Portable Drone Detectors

    Commercial drones can be easily weaponized. A Russian company makes portable drone detectors called Bulat. These units apparently scan the known frequencies in UHF and analyze the waveforms used by commercial drones, including the FPV ones, and warn the user about their transmissions in...
  3. W

    Sukhoi S-71 Remote Carrier "UAV"

    https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/sukhoi-unveils-modified-s-71-attack-uav-concepts Sukhoi has received approval from the Russian Defense Ministry to begin producing the S-71 air-launched UAV, which has undergone significant design changes based on lessons from the...
  4. Grey Havoc

    Alliance of Sahel States

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp38v5p6g35o View: https://x.com/CapitaineIb226/status/1809583603124158638
  5. L

    Captured western armoured vehicles displayed in Russia

    Thought would be of interest to have a topic on this subject, rather than keep spreading such stuff in various threads. Among the big ticket items are Leopard, possibly Abrams tanks, Bradley IFV, and a variety of other stuff. Feel free to add anything else of interest that was/is/will be shown...
  6. Flyaway

    "Destabilising" Russian Space Threat

    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
  7. B

    RIP Mikhail Maslov

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

    Crimea bridge: How Russia is rebuilding its vital link (BBC)

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

    Russian Luch Korsar UCAV Drone

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

    Russian jet fired missile 'in vicinity of' RAF spy plane (The Daily Telegraph)

    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.
  11. Orionblamblam

    UK Limited Nuclear War Target List

    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
  12. Grey Havoc

    Project 10570 nuclear powered multipurpose icebreaking vessel

  13. Grey Havoc

    Valery Polyakov RIP (20th September, 2022)

    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...
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  15. sferrin

    Kh-22 in Ukraine.

    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...
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  17. haavarla

    Il-76(476) and VDV theater capabilities

    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
  18. Grey Havoc

    L-410 plane crashes in the Tatarstan region of Russia

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

    UZGA UTS-800 turboprop trainer

    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...
  20. yasotay

    Other MAKS 2021 news

    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
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