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Russia’s Aerospace Force obtains another A-50U early warning and control aircraft​

The plane boasts new electronics with greater performance parameters and speed, which allows to increase the capabilities of functional software
MOSCOW, September 22. /TASS/. The Rostec State Corporation has handed over to the Russian Aerospace Force an upgraded A-50U early warning and control aircraft system (NATO reporting name Mainstay).
"The holding company Roselektronika and the United Aircraft Corporation (both are part of the state corporation Rostec) have provided for the Armed Forces another upgraded airborne long-range radar surveillance and guidance system A-50U. The aircraft can detect new types of aircraft. Also, it is capable of simultaneously tracking a larger number of targets and guided fighters than its predecessor. The use of modern equipment has reduced the weight of the aircraft and increased the plane's range and time in the air while performing combat missions," the Rostec press-service said in a news release.
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An Il-76 aircraft has crashed by end of runway of Gao airport, Mali.​

A Russian Il-76 military transport plane crashed this morning in Mali. Some sources say that it was a freighter rented by the Wagner group mercenaries and that, therefore, it must have been transporting mercenaries and military material.


In addition to the 162 aircraft (helicopters, fighters and bombers) that Russia lost in combat in Ukraine, another 34 losses of Russian military aircraft were recorded outside Ukraine, of which 25 fighters and 9 helicopters. In total, in 1 and a half years, Russia lost 196 aircraft.

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An Il-76 aircraft has crashed by end of runway of Gao airport, Mali.​

A Russian Il-76 military transport plane crashed this morning in Mali. Some sources say that it was a freighter rented by the Wagner group mercenaries and that, therefore, it must have been transporting mercenaries and military material.

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In addition to the 162 aircraft (helicopters, fighters and bombers) that Russia lost in combat in Ukraine, another 34 losses of Russian military aircraft were recorded outside Ukraine, of which 25 fighters and 9 helicopters. In total, in 1 and a half years, Russia lost 196 aircraft.

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Indeed

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An Il-76 aircraft has crashed by end of runway of Gao airport, Mali.​

A Russian Il-76 military transport plane crashed this morning in Mali. Some sources say that it was a freighter rented by the Wagner group mercenaries and that, therefore, it must have been transporting mercenaries and military material.

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In addition to the 162 aircraft (helicopters, fighters and bombers) that Russia lost in combat in Ukraine, another 34 losses of Russian military aircraft were recorded outside Ukraine, of which 25 fighters and 9 helicopters. In total, in 1 and a half years, Russia lost 196 aircraft.

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I dont think it has anything to with Russian air force. Arabs dont want to deal with wagner thats why Russian MOD directly deal with Libya and flights has to pass Saudi.

This is think first time SPA got an air conditioning. they are anticipating hot climate.

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2S19M2 "Msta-S" received an autonomous power unit with an air conditioning attachment, thanks to which the living conditions of the crew were improved. The driver-mechanic now has an automated workstation that provides information about the status of all vehicle systems.

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Russia is preparing new engines for T-80 tanks. In Russia, following the resumption of production of T-80 tanks, the production of GTD-1250 gas turbine engines will also be revived. For now, the Kaluga Engine plant is restoring the engines of T-80 tanks, but preparations are already beginning for the production of new engines for tanks. Presenter Alexey Egorov visited the plant and showed the process of creating parts for new engines, casting molds and creating the impeller of the first stage of a gas turbine engine. Now the plant plans to begin producing engines with a capacity of 1,500 hp by 2025. Tankers love to drive T-80 tanks, as they are powerful, easy to start and allow you to quietly get close to the enemy at a distance of 100 to 200 meters, the sound of the tank at the beginning of the video. There are many opponents of the production of gas turbine engines for tanks, but gas turbine engines are also installed on American M1 Abrams tanks. The fact is that with the same power as a diesel engine, a gas turbine engine has less weight, is reliable and less noisy, and starts better at low temperatures. It is also worth noting tens of times less oil consumption. The disadvantages of these engines are high cost, difficulty of maintenance and high fuel consumption. According to test results, the T-80 tank had 60-80% more fuel consumption than the T-64 and T-72 tanks. Since the appearance of the first T-80 tanks in 1976, they were equipped with GTD-1000T engines with a power of 1000 hp; from 1980 to 1986, modifications of the GTD-1000TF engines were produced for the T-80B and T-80BV tanks with a power of 1100 hp .hp, since 1986, the GTD-1250 modification for T-80U tanks with a power of 1250 hp went into production; this modification is now the main one and is installed on all T-80 tanks. There were also GTD-1400 engines, this is the serial GTD-1250 engine with a short-term power boost to 1400 hp. And the GTD-1500 “product 39” engine with a power of 1500 hp, created using the latest materials. In total, more than 10,000 tanks with GTD-1000T/1250 engines were produced

The production of Kinzhal hypersonic missiles has been increased in Russia. Russia has increased the production of hypersonic Kinzhal missiles; even according to early data, Russia had about 80 Kinzhal missiles in May. Rocket production increased fivefold, to 10 units per month. The 9-S-7760 missile, also called the Kh-47M2, was developed by the Kolomna Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau, probably based on the 9M723 ballistic missile of the Iskander complex. The Kinzhal rocket uses a dual-mode launch-propulsion solid-fuel rocket engine. The missile control system is presumably an autonomous inertial one with correction based on satellite navigation data, possibly with data from a radar map of the area. Target search is carried out by an all-weather homing head. Many experts believe that the Kinzhal missile is equipped with 8 decoys, and because of this and its enormous speed, it is difficult to shoot down the missile. At the moment, there are no facts of interception of this missile. Earlier, Vitali Klitschko reported that the missile was intercepted, but the fragments of the missile resemble the BetAB-500ShP bomb. The missile has a flight range of 3,000 kilometers at speeds of up to 14,000 kilometers per hour, and the probable circular deviation from the missile target is 1 meter. The warhead of the rocket weighs 500 kg, the weight of the rocket is about 5000 kg. The cost of the Kinzhal missile is still unknown; it is presumably comparable to the cost of one or two of the most modern anti-missile missiles.

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Russia is preparing new engines for T-80 tanks. In Russia, following the resumption of production of T-80 tanks, the production of GTD-1250 gas turbine engines will also be revived.

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Here is a TV Zvezda segment on the T-80 engine factory.

The process to make the engine seems really manual labor intensive. IIRC the cost to make the gas turbine for the T-80 in Soviet times was like 5x the price of a diesel engine for the T-72. A lot of the steps they make manually in that place could be done way faster today with 3D printers.

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The production of Kinzhal hypersonic missiles has been increased in Russia.

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IMHO Russia needs to put the Kinzhal into service with the Tu-22M3 to replace existing Kh-32 missiles which have way worse capabilities.

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Russia’s Aerospace Force obtains another A-50U early warning and control aircraft​

The plane boasts new electronics with greater performance parameters and speed, which allows to increase the capabilities of functional software
MOSCOW, September 22. /TASS/. The Rostec State Corporation has handed over to the Russian Aerospace Force an upgraded A-50U early warning and control aircraft system (NATO reporting name Mainstay).
"The holding company Roselektronika and the United Aircraft Corporation (both are part of the state corporation Rostec) have provided for the Armed Forces another upgraded airborne long-range radar surveillance and guidance system A-50U. The aircraft can detect new types of aircraft. Also, it is capable of simultaneously tracking a larger number of targets and guided fighters than its predecessor. The use of modern equipment has reduced the weight of the aircraft and increased the plane's range and time in the air while performing combat missions," the Rostec press-service said in a news release.
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This article says the upgraded aircraft can deal with drones and aircrafts on the ground and another aircraft upgrade ready. Also there is time line of all the prior upgrades. It is like 14 years gap between first and last one.

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In addition, thanks to the advanced radio-technical complex, the A-50U is capable of detecting even small drones. All collected information is transmitted to command posts. The aircraft independently directs fighters and front-line aircraft to enemy targets.
Thus, Russia's ability to conduct aerial reconnaissance has significantly increased. According to instructor pilot, Air Force Major Andrei Krasnoperov, the modernized A-50U aircraft will allow Russia to more successfully control the situation from the air and track enemy flights at a qualitatively different level. “Externally there are practically no differences from previous models. The main changes affected the technical stuffing: the range of action was increased, and the guidance equipment was improved. We also tried to ensure that the car could rise to great heights,” the interlocutor added.

“With the help of the A-50U, you can detect a strike at the very beginning of a missile launch.
The upgraded A-50U will track enemy aircraft before takeoff - this is an excellent opportunity to launch a preemptive strike against them. He especially emphasized that the A-50U will allow Russia to determine the parking areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: “Our troops are already launching missile attacks on the bases of Ukrainian aircraft. We really understand the danger of the Su-24, because they carry cruise missiles. Therefore, we are doing everything possible to destroy these aircraft not in the air, but on the ground.”

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Taking into account the high demand for these vehicles among the troops, we have handed over another aircraft and in the near future we plan to complete the modernization of another A-50 complex,” said Vyacheslav Mikheev, general designer of the Vega Concern.

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Large-scale training of Russian Marine Corps snipers. Personnel training Russian Marine Corps snipers of the Russian Pacific Fleet. Group commander Yary explains the features of tactical and fire training of snipers. Snipers are trained to work at a range of up to 1.5 kilometers. A sniper takes about a month to learn shooting, but training to work competently as a sniper lasts from 3 to 8 years.