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In Russia high tech products take to long to test before put into batch production. now finally with satellites.

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Russia is moving to the production of satellites in batches​

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Today the Russian Caspian Flotilla is celebrating its 300th anniversary. The history of the Caspian flotilla dates back to 1722, when Peter I issued a decree on the founding of a military port in Astrakhan and the formation of a military flotilla. The Caspian flotilla then consisted of 200 riverboats and 45 last boats, and was commanded by Admiral General Fyodor Apraksin. Currently, the flotilla includes missile patrol ships, small missile and artillery ships, missile and artillery boats, landing hovercraft, minesweepers, parts of the marines and coastal artillery troops.

Servicemen of the Russian PMC Wagner checked whether the tank could overcome the anti-tank defense line built by their units. In the video, the tank tries to drive over an anti-tank concrete tetrahedron.

November 16, 2022

Motovilikha sent a batch of Tornado-G and Tornado-S to the troops​

The military division of Motovilikhinskiye Zavody PJSC, Special Design Bureau CJSC, as part of the state defense order, sent Tornado-G and Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) combat vehicles to units of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The Tornado-G 122-mm multiple launch rocket system is designed to destroy artillery and mortar batteries, air defense units, rear facilities, enemy motorized infantry units in concentration areas. The combat vehicle is equipped with an automated guidance and fire control system. The 300-mm Tornado-C system is a deep modernization of the Smerch combat vehicle. Designed to destroy group targets, tactical missiles, anti-aircraft systems, military-industrial infrastructure on the distant approaches.

“Contractual obligations for the shipment of modern combat vehicles Tornado-G and Tornado-S have been fully fulfilled and on time. Due to the high production load at a number of sites, employees work in three shifts. At the same time, the enterprise intensified work on creating new jobs, raising wages and technical re-equipment. The timely dispatch of military equipment within the framework of the state defense order is a priority task for our enterprise,” said Sergey Dyadkin, director of CJSC SKB.

CJSC Special Design Bureau is the developer and the only Russian manufacturer of combat and transport-loading vehicles as part of Grad, Smerch multiple launch rocket systems and their modified versions Tornado-G, Tornado-S.

i think this fastest cargo flight in this class of aircraft. this intermediate model before IL-476.

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An Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft of Volga-Dnepr Airlines performed the first flight from Cape Town to the Progress station on November 7. "The plane flew over 5,300 kilometers in 6.5 hours and successfully landed in limited visibility thanks to the professionalism of its pilots," it said.

The plane airlifted 82 passengers and over 6.5 tonnes of cargo for building a new winter compound at the Vostok station.

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The Russian heavy flamethrower system TOS-1A is being modernized, the chief engineer of Omsktransmash JSC said. The Ministry of Defense announced the need to modernize heavy flamethrower systems last year, and finally decided to do this after the vehicles participated in hostilities. The tactic of using heavy flamethrower systems was originally designed as a means of support, but the vehicle was more often used on the front line due to the short missile launch distance. For TOS-1A, it is planned to adapt long-range ammunition from the new TOS-2 (Tosochki), thereby increasing the range of TOS-1A to 15 km instead of the currently available 6 km. The upgraded vehicles receive modern digital communications, as well as equipment for a closed data transmission segment, which will allow them to be integrated into automatic tactical control systems. The machine will increase the accuracy of fire and simplify targeting.

Makes sense. They lost a couple of these in Ukraine when they did not in previous conflicts. Its short range makes it vulnerable to some ATGMs even. Increasing the range will greatly decrease its vulnerability.

Independent Russian developers are also designing new UAVs. The video shows several models of new drones, technical specifications are not yet available. The developers are supported by the Russian Tsarskoe Wolves group, which consists of experienced military advisers and experts with extensive military experience. The group helps on a volunteer basis and in combat conditions checks military developments that have not been put into mass production for various reasons.

In the Orenburg region, work continues on the re-equipment of the Yasnensky formation of strategic missile forces with the Avangard silo-based missile system. The video shows the transportation and loading of the UR-100N UTTKh intercontinental ballistic missile with the Avangard hypersonic warhead. The Avangard complex began to enter service with the Russian army in 2019. The complex is invulnerable to current and future missile defense systems. The combat unit of the Avangard complex accelerates to a speed of Mach 28, which is 9.5 kilometers per second. At speeds up to 33,000 km / h, and this is the fastest speed of human aircraft at the moment, the warhead can maneuver, which gives it the opportunity to evade missile defense systems. Promising laser air defenses will also not be able to hit the warhead, it is lined with composite materials that can withstand temperatures of several thousand degrees. Even without a warhead, only due to kinetic energy, the impact of the Avangard block is capable of causing an explosion equivalent to 18 tons of TNT. In the future, the UR-100N UTTKh launch vehicle is planned to be replaced by the RS-28 Sarmat missile.