Alleged Su-35 in service with the Algerian Air Force
By 2030, JSC Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev (part of Roscosmos) plans to create 367 communications and navigation spacecraft. At the same time, as Deputy Director General for Development and Innovation Yuri Vilkov said, in 2024 the company received orders for the creation of only five geostationary satellites.
This has become the minimum volume since the early 2000s, but things should improve slightly due to the active development of the Marathon system. In total, 269 satellites of this system are planned to be manufactured from 2025 to 2030.
In addition, 12 devices of the Skif group, which is part of the Sfera program, and 34 Gonets-M1 satellites will be manufactured by 2030.
April 18, 2023, 09:27
The Public Council under the Russian Defense Ministry visited a strategic enterprise where amazing machines are created that break the laws of nature. The Army Standard correspondent accompanied the public figures on the trip.
We have seen the first plane. The second one has already been assembled. The third one is in production. And we also have an order for ten such machines, — our guide says. — On all of them, as well as on the long-range bomber Tu-22M3, more than 90% of the equipment has been replaced. Everything is completely new. The radio electronics are also completely changed. In this regard, the combat effectiveness of the plane has been exceeded more than twice.
They are not talking about what exactly will change in the plane - it is also a secret. Experts say that the plane will be less visible to enemy radars thanks to a special coating. For the same purpose, some engine units are shielded, and mesh anti-radar filters are mounted on the cabin glazing.
Thanks to the new engines, the aircraft will be able to reach altitudes of over twenty kilometers. All this together makes the Tu-160 a very difficult target for the American Patriot anti-aircraft missile system.
The updated version of the aircraft can take more fuel, the engine is slightly more economical, and its characteristics have generally improved. But the most important feature of the Tu-160 is that it can maintain a speed of more than two Mach numbers (1 Mach is the speed of sound at a certain altitude. - "AC" ) in cruising flight for 45 minutes. No bomber in the world can do this
In addition, it has the ability to refuel in the air. Refueling in the air allows for an extended autonomous flight. Tu-160s can go on combat duty in the Pacific Ocean. A pair of missile carriers will fly there, carrying weapons that the enemy does not know about, and periodically refuel in the air
Kinda curious if Russia still have, the large casting facilities for tank hulls.