Russian Army optical locator Sosna-N for searching for snipers. Russian special forces units tested the Sosna-N anti-sniper complex. The Sosna-N automated complex was first presented in 2021. The Sosna-N optical locator is a remotely controlled laser-optical installation that can automatically detect any optical devices conducting observation or targeting. The complex operates at a distance of up to 2.5 kilometers and can detect and completely illuminate the sniper’s optics with oncoming radiation. The video shows a sniper scope detected at a range of 2300 meters. The complex itself weighs only 4.6 kg, and comes with a special tablet weighing 1.1 kg. The operation of the complex does not depend on the time of day. The complex is capable of operating around the clock in a fully automatic mode using special software. The power supply of the complex is 12 Volts, the complex can also be installed on cars.
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Putin announced that Russia has completed the development of its novel advanced strategic weapons i.e. Kinzhal, Avangard, Poseidon, Sarmat, and now Burevestnik.
SOCHI, October 5. /TASS/. Russia has almost completed its work on advanced strategic weapons and conducted the last successful test of the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile, President Vladimir Putin said at a plenary session of the Valdai International Discussion Club on Thursday.
"Right now, we have actually completed work on advanced strategic weapons that I spoke about and announced several years ago. We conducted the last successful test of the Burevestnik nuclear-powered global-range cruise missile," the head of state said.
President Putin said in his state of the nation address to the Federal Assembly on March 1, 2018 that Russia had developed new types of armaments, including the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile, capable of ensuring a global strategic balance for decades to come.
Russia successfully conducts last test of Burevestnik strategic missile, says Putin
"Right now, we have actually completed work on advanced strategic weapons that I spoke about and announced several years ago," the head of state specifiedSOCHI, October 5. /TASS/. Russia has almost completed its work on advanced strategic weapons and conducted the last successful test of the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile, President Vladimir Putin said at a plenary session of the Valdai International Discussion Club on Thursday.
"Right now, we have actually completed work on advanced strategic weapons that I spoke about and announced several years ago. We conducted the last successful test of the Burevestnik nuclear-powered global-range cruise missile," the head of state said.
President Putin said in his state of the nation address to the Federal Assembly on March 1, 2018 that Russia had developed new types of armaments, including the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile, capable of ensuring a global strategic balance for decades to come.
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In my view, Russia got wayyy too cocky and truly believed their own bullshit about them being a superpower and being the 2nd most powerful military in the world. They looked down on Chinese technology and refused to embrace a full cooperation with China. You can see it in the how Russia has treated China, they are "allies", but extremely reluctant ones at best. If Russia was smart, they could have traded technology with China, especially a decade ago when they actually had stuff to trade with, or cooperated with more joint projects, or just bought more chinese weapon systems, either to use or to reverse engineer.
Just look at how Russia treated the AL-31s and S-400 purchases by China. They didn't want China to get the technology, so they delayed the purchases and fucked with it to get more money from China. If I was Russia, I would have given China the technology they needed in exchange for chinese technology where Russia was lacking in, like drones, avionics and electronic, or at the very least engaged China in more joint projects. Compare this to Russia/India joint weapon development, where Russia has a much more active role in helping India's development, to act as a counterweight to China, because again Russia thinks it's a superpower that can afford to sit on the fence and play two major powers against one another.
China's weapon development program has historically depended on Russia/soviet union. But that isn't shameful, you learn from the best, until you're good enough to innovate and develop even better weapons. That's how every major power in history has developed. China would probably be still be a decade behind Russia if it had tried weapon development without any help or guidance.
Honestly I think one of the biggest fuckups of the war was Russia's decision to always go full domestic and not buy any chinese military hardware before the war started. It's kinda insane to think that despite being allies and Russia deciding to invade the 2nd largest country in Europe on it's lonesome, Russia hasn't actually bought any chinese military hardware before, they do buy commercial stuff like a small amount DJI drones, radios or components like tires, electronics, bearings and raw materials but not ever a complete weapon system.
This will probably go down as one of the biggest fuckups of the last decade. Russia had a frontseat in the Azerbaijani/Armenian war where drones were playing a major role, they had an ally that has one of the best commercial drone companies in the market and plenty of military grade drones for sale and they didn't buy any for use, or to reverse engineer or try to rope China into a joint development program.
Russia must have known that they would get sanctioned after the invasion, that China wouldn't be able to ship them much weapons after the sanctions kicked in in fear of losing it's access to the Western market. That Ukraine was going to be very different from all of their previous invasions, considering it's one of the largest countries in Europe, or that America/NATO/Europe would be providing heavy support to Ukraine.
Chinese hardware generally outclassed Russian hardware, especially in areas like drones, electronics, radar, software and precision weapons, all important force multipliers. Even if chinese equipment were equal, or even inferior, having a massive stockpile when deciding to invade the 2nd largest country in Europe would have been a good idea, especially when you know that you're gonna to be sanctioned to death as soon as the war started. Not to mention that smuggling ammo and replacement parts is easier than smuggling in an entire artillery battery or tank division.
Of course, it won't help much now, even if China were to start shipping in large amounts of hardware today. But it would have helped greatly in the initial invasion, in their push to Kiev, if Russia had a few billion dollars worth of carefully selected chinese weapons designed to shore up their weakness in electronic warfare, drone/anti-drone warfare etc etc, things could have gone very differently. And smuggling ammo to an existing MRLS battery is a lot easier than smuggling in an MRLS battery.
It would greatly benefit China too, seeing as it would be a great opportunity to see how chinese hardware stacks up in an actual war and against NATO hardware and it they performed well, a great advisement for their performance to the world and the international arms market. If I were in charge of China, I would have offered Putin a big discount on weapon systems before the war started, granted that Russia provided China with all the raw data and an extensive report on how the hardware performed.
Instead we get this mess of a war where Putin is now asking Iran and north korea of all countries for weapons and ammo, because when you're desperate enough, anything goes. And chinese equipment, despite not even really being in the conflict, are also having their name dragged though the mud alongside with Russia, because the general public tends to lump the two countries military equipment/technology together espically with the long history of chinese/russian weapon development, where Russia has historically been the leader until the last 10 years or so. All because the Russian military industrial complex couldn't get their head out of their ass and see past their own propaganda.
I wonder if this war will finally get Russia to dig it's head out of it's ass.
Just look at how Russia treated the AL-31s and S-400 purchases by China. They didn't want China to get the technology, so they delayed the purchases and fucked with it to get more money from China. If I was Russia, I would have given China the technology they needed in exchange for chinese technology where Russia was lacking in, like drones, avionics and electronic, or at the very least engaged China in more joint projects. Compare this to Russia/India joint weapon development, where Russia has a much more active role in helping India's development, to act as a counterweight to China, because again Russia thinks it's a superpower that can afford to sit on the fence and play two major powers against one another.
China's weapon development program has historically depended on Russia/soviet union. But that isn't shameful, you learn from the best, until you're good enough to innovate and develop even better weapons. That's how every major power in history has developed. China would probably be still be a decade behind Russia if it had tried weapon development without any help or guidance.
Honestly I think one of the biggest fuckups of the war was Russia's decision to always go full domestic and not buy any chinese military hardware before the war started. It's kinda insane to think that despite being allies and Russia deciding to invade the 2nd largest country in Europe on it's lonesome, Russia hasn't actually bought any chinese military hardware before, they do buy commercial stuff like a small amount DJI drones, radios or components like tires, electronics, bearings and raw materials but not ever a complete weapon system.
This will probably go down as one of the biggest fuckups of the last decade. Russia had a frontseat in the Azerbaijani/Armenian war where drones were playing a major role, they had an ally that has one of the best commercial drone companies in the market and plenty of military grade drones for sale and they didn't buy any for use, or to reverse engineer or try to rope China into a joint development program.
Russia must have known that they would get sanctioned after the invasion, that China wouldn't be able to ship them much weapons after the sanctions kicked in in fear of losing it's access to the Western market. That Ukraine was going to be very different from all of their previous invasions, considering it's one of the largest countries in Europe, or that America/NATO/Europe would be providing heavy support to Ukraine.
Chinese hardware generally outclassed Russian hardware, especially in areas like drones, electronics, radar, software and precision weapons, all important force multipliers. Even if chinese equipment were equal, or even inferior, having a massive stockpile when deciding to invade the 2nd largest country in Europe would have been a good idea, especially when you know that you're gonna to be sanctioned to death as soon as the war started. Not to mention that smuggling ammo and replacement parts is easier than smuggling in an entire artillery battery or tank division.
Of course, it won't help much now, even if China were to start shipping in large amounts of hardware today. But it would have helped greatly in the initial invasion, in their push to Kiev, if Russia had a few billion dollars worth of carefully selected chinese weapons designed to shore up their weakness in electronic warfare, drone/anti-drone warfare etc etc, things could have gone very differently. And smuggling ammo to an existing MRLS battery is a lot easier than smuggling in an MRLS battery.
It would greatly benefit China too, seeing as it would be a great opportunity to see how chinese hardware stacks up in an actual war and against NATO hardware and it they performed well, a great advisement for their performance to the world and the international arms market. If I were in charge of China, I would have offered Putin a big discount on weapon systems before the war started, granted that Russia provided China with all the raw data and an extensive report on how the hardware performed.
Instead we get this mess of a war where Putin is now asking Iran and north korea of all countries for weapons and ammo, because when you're desperate enough, anything goes. And chinese equipment, despite not even really being in the conflict, are also having their name dragged though the mud alongside with Russia, because the general public tends to lump the two countries military equipment/technology together espically with the long history of chinese/russian weapon development, where Russia has historically been the leader until the last 10 years or so. All because the Russian military industrial complex couldn't get their head out of their ass and see past their own propaganda.
I wonder if this war will finally get Russia to dig it's head out of it's ass.
Chinese weapons only started coming into their own over the past decade. If you look at Russia's current weapons programs they all predate that. They were all started before China came to have its own advanced technology.
As for the idea that Russians won't buy or clone technology they find useful, you can see a perfect counter example of that in the Geran-2 drone. Which is a clone of an Iranian drone. And before that Russia also bought and cloned drones from Israel.
As for the idea that Russians won't buy or clone technology they find useful, you can see a perfect counter example of that in the Geran-2 drone. Which is a clone of an Iranian drone. And before that Russia also bought and cloned drones from Israel.
DJI drones have been at the forefront of the commercial market since 2013.Chinese weapons only started coming into their own over the past decade. If you look at Russia's current weapons programs they all predate that. They were all started before China came to have its own advanced technology.
And it doesn't prevent Russia from buying Chinese hardware in the late 2010s, when they did come into fruition. Like I said, Russia legit hasn't bought a single chinese weapons system. Ever.
Yeah, after the war started and stalemated, and they found themselves an international pariah. They got desperate and are probably deeply regretting not stocking up on weapons before the war started. Imagine if they had a few billion dollars worth of chinese drones and anti-drone countermeasures during the initial invasion.As for the idea that Russians won't buy or clone technology they find useful, you can see a perfect counter example of that in the Geran-2 drone.
And again, the Azerbaijani/Armenian war in 2020 showed how insanely useful drones can be in warfare. Russia had a front seat in that war. They didn't do anything with the fact that their "ally" had some of the best drone technology on the planet. There's plenty of other hardware/weapon systems that they could have bought and benefited from, but drones and anti-drone weapons are probably some of the most useful.
The Novosibirsk Aviation Plant is carrying out repairs and modernization of the Su-34 simultaneously
06.10.2023Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu checked the progress of the state defense order at the enterprise of the military-industrial complex "Novosibirsk Aviation Plant named after V.P. Chkalov".
“The head of the Russian military department inspected the flight test station and the final assembly shop of the enterprise, which is part of the United Aircraft Corporation PJSC, and carries out serial production, repair and modernization of Su-34 fighter-bombers,” the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
NAZ Director Sergei Panasenko reported to the Minister that at present the enterprise is capable of not only producing serial products, but also carrying out major repairs of aircraft that have exhausted their service life during operation.
The head of the Russian military department set the task for the management of the enterprise to increase the pace of production and repair of equipment, taking into account the demand for its products.
“This machine is the main workhorse, they have four to five flights every day, so we need to tighten up, hurry up. We have enterprises that are moving ahead with the 2024 program this year. So here we need to organize work,” Sergei Shoigu emphasized.
The head of the Russian military department noted that this year, thanks to the joint efforts of industry and the Ministry of Defense, the delivery of new Su-34 aircraft and the modification of those already in service with the troops are carried out in accordance with schedules. “In addition, we have completed the 2024 contract here. There are no issues requiring our attention for 2024,” said Sergei Shoigu.
The modernization of Su-34 front-line bombers into the Su-34M version takes into account the experience of their use in Syria and began in 2016. By 2020, design work was completed, and in June 2020, the Ministry of Defense signed a contract for the modernization of combat Su-34s. By the end of 2023, about 20 vehicles should undergo modernization. According to Sergei Panasenko, currently, in accordance with previously issued instructions from the Minister of Defense, in order to save money on production, the enterprise combines repair work with the modernization of combat vehicles, which are now carried out simultaneously.
The Su-34M is equipped with optical-electronic, radio-technical and radar reconnaissance containers created as a result of the Sych development work. With their help, the aircraft can independently detect ground, sea and air targets in any weather at a greater distance than before. Also, the radar, sight and communication system on the bombers were replaced, the set of high-precision missile and bomb weapons was expanded, and the avionics and electronic warfare equipment were improved.
Russia license some weopon systems to India but Russia didnot bought Indian parts in equal amounts to make it joint development. Joint development only needed if you want to lower the cost or unable to make the product 100% domestically. Russia is more than capable to do most of stuff at lower cost with quality control or outsource to areas like Belarus that it has military control over it.Compare this to Russia/India joint weapon development, where Russia has a much more active role in helping India's development, to act as a counterweight to China, because again Russia thinks it's a superpower that can afford to sit on the fence and play two major powers against one another.
you can learn from air defense development what they know about drones from links about Pantsir in earlier posts.And again, the Azerbaijani/Armenian war in 2020 showed how insanely useful drones can be in warfare. Russia had a front seat in that war. They didn't do anything with the fact that their "ally" had some of the best drone technology on the planet. There's plenty of other hardware/weapon systems that they could have bought and benefited from, but drones and anti-drone weapons are probably some of the most useful.
you are carried away by drone videos and not research it. TB-2 has similar role like Forpost-R and Orion. but they may be using them in recon and target role for other systems. . without external weopon load. they suppose to fly higher and stay longer which is more effective or drones that do not require runways like lancet/Gran or some think stealthy like S-70. when you have Nato E-3, P8s and Satellites. its is easy to find gaps in air defense on such large area. so better invest in air defense and improve performance of AWACS like upgraded A-50U. what you see in Ukraine what they want to release. this time aviation combat sorties may will be over 250K. (over 140K already announced) 4 or 5 sorties per day of Su-34. some of the sorties using pod that is replacement of Tu-214R. but still it does not prevent it from using strike weopons. can a drone lift such a heavy external pod or help in shoot down a cruise missile or drone?
it also give them opportunity to test there weopons and there people may also learn from Russia experiance.Instead we get this mess of a war where Putin is now asking Iran and north korea of all countries for weapons and ammo,
Russian troops received self-propelled guns Phlox. Rostec has begun transferring a batch of 120-mm Phlox self-propelled artillery guns to Russian troops. It is worth noting that the serial production of self-propelled guns was organized quite quickly, only 5 months passed. Thanks to good mobility, automation and a relatively low price, the Phlox self-propelled gun is now in demand among the troops. To reduce the cost of equipment, the developers abandoned the tracked chassis and installed the Phlox self-propelled guns on the Ural-4320 vehicle. Also, to reduce the cost, a gun was installed based on the 2A80 from the 2S31 Vena self-propelled gun. By today's standards, the self-propelled gun does not fire far, up to 13 kilometers, but for that it has a very high rate of fire. The Phlox self-propelled gun can fire in the “simultaneous fire attack” mode, when several shells fired one after another simultaneously reach the target.