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Russian airforce increasingly uses SU-34 with X-59, which has 200 km range to hit deep inside Ukraine without warnings.

1/ Google Earth has recently updated satelite imagery for the 109th storage base in Batareynaya. This base shows an interesting pattern regarding the removal of towed artillery, which I will try to explain in this thread.

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Sinnavuuty said:

Russian airforce increasingly uses SU-34 with X-59, which has 200 km range to hit deep inside Ukraine without warnings.

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Not sure if 200 km is good value. Since they're not export missile. They can easily reach 500 km.

Unless somehow those missiles are routed to its target in some pattern that make 200 km is the distance between the aircraft and target upon weapon release.

Russian export cruise missiles were typically limited because of MTCR limits.
But now that the US has been proliferating its JASSM-ER cruise missiles to countries neighboring Russia you can pretty much expect such export restrictions to be lifted sooner rather than later.

At the International Naval Show 2024, the Russian AMT-300 autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle was shown. The MMT-300 underwater drone is designed for information collection and reconnaissance; since 2023, it has been modernized by the team of Sevastopol State University, a communication system and stereo vision are being developed. The main tasks of the MMT-300 are the collection of various information: video data, data from various measurements from sensors, examination of the bottom surface, inspection of technical objects of underwater infrastructure. There is no military order for the drone yet. The MT-300 underwater vehicle is equipped with satellite navigation, vision sensors, sonar, depth gauge and other devices. The MT-300 underwater drone also has a heavy version, the MMT-3000 drone, with a diving depth of up to 3 km. The maximum diving depth of the MT-300 device reaches 300 meters, and its range of action reaches 3.5 km. The length of the drone is 2.7 meters.

The Russian army has begun using the latest Irbis counter-battery radars. The station was developed in complete secrecy. Now there is no information or video on the Irbis station, the station is camouflaged and the radar is not shown. Reportedly, the Irbis station is better than previous models and can operate at a range of up to 150 km, while detecting even FPV drones; when they are detected, they turn on electronic warfare and use shotguns. The Irbis station records cannon and rocket artillery fire and transmits data to artillery units. The station can also record air targets, including UAVs. The station is housed on a Kamaz-6350 chassis and is equipped with an armored capsule that protects the crew from fragments.

I am unsure whether to place the Russian space news here or in the international space news section. If folks have a strong opinion, let me know:

What seems to have happened to that Russian sat:


Another Russian sat continues to do interesting maneuvers:

The Russian parachute platform "Atom" for landing robotic equipment and cargo was tested at the Ryazan Airborne Forces School. The transport system consists of a landing platform, a parachute with a controlled wing-type canopy, as well as equipment for automatic flight and guidance. The system is oriented using GLONASS or GPS coordinates. After the platform is dropped from the aircraft, folding panels in the form of wings open on it, and under the platform, shock-absorbing containers are filled with air, this softens the landing of the platform. Equipment installed on the platform is automatically disconnected upon landing and can immediately enter into battle. After the platform lands and the equipment is unloaded, it can be used as material for fortifications, swimming facilities, structures for establishing water crossings and for the construction of field life support facilities. The Atom platform is designed for landing from low altitudes - up to 200 meters.

Russian Air Force Receives New Batch of Irkutsk-Produced Yak-130 Combat Trainer Aircraft.​

Russia has a severe shortage of pilots due to lacking enough training aircraft. Any Yak-130 produced helps. But the situation is a lot worse with the low end trainer aircraft like propeller driven ones. For these no production exists.

gelgoog said:

Russia has a severe shortage of pilots due to lacking enough training aircraft. Any Yak-130 produced helps. But the situation is a lot worse with the low end trainer aircraft like propeller driven ones. For these no production exists.

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Pakistan's Mushshak is the excellent option, several Air forces currently using Mushshak including Turkish & Saudis.