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upgraded Pantsir can deal with stealthy Strom Shadow , high speed ATACMS. and UAVs of 0.00002 sqm. all this in one radar.
If the radar has thousands of modules than it is not traditional SAM as this radar far smaller in size for this many modules.
Russia produces as many SAM as rest of the world combined than T/R module production will be very high. when you add radars of UAVs and for Ka-52M just from the engine production can reach hundreds. This proliferations of radars with T/R modules.

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16.07.2025

The Pantsir complex: the sky is locked​

it is in service with many countries, is constantly being improved and continues to be the best in its class. The Pantsir has once again proven its indispensability during a special military operation, where it regularly shoots down the vaunted Storm Shadow, ATACMS and other Western weapons.
The phased antenna array (PAR) with thousands of transmitting and receiving elements operates in the millimeter range, allowing for simultaneous tracking and engagement of up to four targets. If necessary, the radar part is supplemented by an optical channel. The reliability of the design is such that even if the antenna partially fails, the system continues to function.

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There is another small AESA radar on top of vehicles Tigr-M against UAVs and counter battery fire.

Super maneuverability mode. simultaneously guiding 48 missiles at 24 targets. previously it was 32 missiles on 16 targets.
complex systems are located at great distance. (net centric). located at most difficult areas of the front.

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Russian Defense Ministry: S-350 Vityaz SAMs Capable of Repulsing Massive NATO Missile Attacks​

The Vityaz features increased fire performance. The technical capabilities of the radars and control vehicle allow it to simultaneously fire at 24 targets, guiding two missiles to each. The S-350 air defense missile system is capable of operating in active and passive radar modes - this increases interference immunity and increases the ability to detect and classify targets. "Such systems are used in the most difficult areas of the front. They are capable of repelling even a massive attack by NATO missiles," the Russian Defense Ministry noted.

One of the main advantages of the Vityaz complex is the use of guided missiles with active homing heads and a super-maneuverability mode of the missile in the target engagement zone. This architecture of the anti-aircraft guided missile increases the reliability of target acquisition and tracking, and also facilitates its destruction. Improved chassis characteristics provide high mobility and cross-country ability. This reduces the time spent in position and reduces the risk of enemy strikes.
In addition, the complex is equipped with its own power supply and does not require external sources. Also, the complex's facilities can be placed at a great distance from each other, which reduces the risk of being hit by enemy missiles.

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They think they are competitive in GaN based products.

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Ilya Ivantsov, President of PJSC Element (the parent structure of the group of companies in the microelectronics sector, created on the basis of the assets of PJSC AFK Sistema and Rostec), spoke about the situation on the Russian microelectronics market in an interview with Interfax.

- In foreign markets, we will have to compete with the same Chinese microelectronics manufacturers without state support. What advantages do you plan to use to withstand such competition?

- There are quite a few areas in microelectronics where we can successfully compete on a global level. For example, in the power electronics segment. But only with products not based on regular silicon, but on silicon carbide or gallium nitride.

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Yeah the new Pantsir seems much better. I think the idea of having to turn to face the target is still a bit of a fail but I get this was done to make the missiles cheaper.

Should add airburst ammo too, as the current AO-18 rounds are kinda unsuitable to engage very small targets.

There is important info in the above links about SAM that i didnot paid attention earlier.
They saying quick deployment and mobility for each SAM. so they expect that NATO sensors are seeing the deployment of these mobile SAMs almost instantly with out any AWACS.
Russians have analyzed NATO capabilities and the upcoming technological advancements . You can already see it Naval 2050 strategy. and within two years of conflict they mentioned Su-57/Su-34 has same range missiles as large bombers in addition to MIG-31K. when tactical aircraft become long range missile carriers than Bombers role is further enhanced.

Russsia academy of Sciences few days ago to Putin about next hypersonic weopons.

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July 15, 05:33

Assistance to the army and hypersonic research. What the head of the Russian Academy of Sciences said at a meeting with Putin​

About working with defense orders​

• Scientists
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  unique results in defense research, particularly in hypersonic technology: "We are achieving unique results in hypersonics and other work."
• The scientific research of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the defense and security of the country "is in demand, and it is agreed upon with the chief designers of weapons and chief technologists."

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Tupolev gave interview about PAK-DA last year saying open the internet.

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The sky is such a plague... a good one": Konstantin Timofeev on the Tu-214, PAK DA and Superjet​

About PAK DA (in response to a question from the audience): "Open the Internet and look. Everything is written there correctly. We are doing it little by little. Is it necessary? Of course it is."

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30 hour non stop flights. more like loitering AWACS. AAMs also mentioned which they want to put on Tu-160M2.

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PAK DA "Poslannik" - 30 (35) tons of hypersonic and nuclear weapons​

The PAK DA, short for “Prospective Aircraft Complex of Long-Range Aviation,” is described in Russia as a sixth-generation bomber incorporating technologies such as stealth, internal weapons bays, and supersonic flight capabilities without afterburners. Sixth-generation aircraft are expected to feature laser weapons, network-centric warfare capabilities, and unmanned flight modes. While laser weapons suitable for air combat remain undeveloped, network-centric capabilities are already in use in current-generation aircraft. The potential for unmanned operations is also within reach, given advances in automation and control systems.

Several manufacturers, including the Kazan Aircraft Production Association and the Beriev Novosibirsk Aircraft Plant, are involved in the development of the aircraft, designed by Tupolev for the Russian Aerospace Forces' Long-Range Aviation Unit. The PAK DA, also known by its code name "Messenger," is intended to complement and eventually replace the aging Tu-95 "Bear" and Tu-160.
Notably, unlike its predecessors, the PAK DA will be equipped with air-to-air missiles, allowing it to operate without the need for fighter escort, increasing its survivability and operational flexibility. In addition, the bomber is reported to have the ability to hit space targets, including satellites, and has a modular architecture that allows for the use of future advances such as laser weapons.
When developing the PAK DA engine, an analogue of the Kuznetsov NK-65 turbofan was initially considered, but the afterburning NK32-02 engine with a thrust of 24 tons, already used on the Tu-160M2, was settled on. This decision reflects a pragmatic approach, allowing for 30-hour non-stop flights with a payload, withstanding temperatures from minus 60°C to plus 50°C and a service life of 12 to 21 years. Unlike its predecessors, the PAK DA cannot reach supersonic speeds, but its lower speed allows it to carry a larger payload, suggesting that the design prioritises stealth, endurance and range over speed to meet the demands of modern warfare, where avoiding detection is critical.

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Responding to @K M here to ensure the "Chinese military exports to other countries" thread stays on topic.

Mods: If this conversation is best avoided in its entirety, regardless of thread, then please do delete.

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K M said:

It is the credibility of chief members of this forum that is in tatters.

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You honor me once more, Tovarishch!

My account was registered last December.

Almost as much of a newbie as you!

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K M said:

Ladies, I am truly sorry that mentioning obvious cases of compulsive kleptomania makes some of you red in the face and combative for some reason.

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Your desire to "feminize" presumed critics makes you sound like someone confusing this board for , and it's completely 'OK' if that's where you came from.

Albeit more passive aggressive, from a stylistic perspective, your crudeness resemble from legendary American boxer Mike Tyson:
^ Iron Mike spoke a lot of French, so watch this at your own risk. It's from YouTube, so presumably really no worse than anything on HBO.

If this is the language you speak and prefer, then I will tell you with complete clarity that both the Russian defense industrial complex and the broader Russian economy have accepted their place and learned to thoroughly love the Chinese.

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K M said:

The Su-33 clone with the Su-35 cloned radome flying from aboard the Varyag clone staffed by US Navy color-coded clones, gesturing in an overly synchronized K-pop fashion like they're acting in Tam Gwizhe Top Clone movie and urging everyone to shake their hands happily for the camera on command and stop noticing too many coincidences so remarkably concentrated in a single place. It is all convergent evolution and purely indigenous design choices by domestic genuises they say.

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Originality doesn't win wars, but industrial capacity does.

Do hope you'll take the time and effort to address my previous inquiry concerning so we may focus more on Russian defense procurement policy and Sino-Russo defense cooperation, rather than "who copied who:"

zyklon said:

You appear to believe that Ilya Kramnik, like most de facto and de jure lobbyists, spoke with ulterior motives while

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What were Ilya Kramnik's actual motives?

What was he really trying to achieve?

Do you believe Ilya Kramnik is looking to convince the Russian MoD to acquire complete Chinese weapons systems, and if so, to what ends?

What's in it for him?

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More broadly speaking, why do some (supposed) Russian experts support importing visible, big ticket Chinese weapons systems like the J-35, while others vehemently oppose such proposals?

Not sure if he's Russian. Just saying.

I doubt even Russians believe going back to analog, dials and light indicators for their cockpits are the future.

Russia has commercial display tech. It was Russian that provided alot of research in display tech to Koreans. Putin today made statement again about Tech independence. ( There is other reasons that i not bring it here)

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The company has its own R&D center with 10 years of expertise in the development of screens and interactive equipment. NexTouch annually invests in the development of its own electronic component base (ECB). The R&D department annually increases the volume of practice-oriented research projects and needs an influx of technical specialists.

In laboratories and clean rooms, specialists are constantly working to improve the company's products, conducting research on the creation of domestic QD-LED, QLED displays using quantum dots.

NexTouch also conducts tours of production for its customers, partners and students. For information on organizing and conducting a tour, please call 8 800 700 2018 or email [email protected]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia must be independent in technological terms. That is why it needs to continue developing the domestic auto industry.
Putin noted that if Russia only buys cars abroad, it will lose its competitiveness, and with it, its sovereignty.

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Footage of the Russian plant producing Geranium-2 drones. The plant was built in 2023 in the Alabuga special economic zone. The plant in Yelabuga is constantly increasing production, presumably already producing from 30 to 50 thousand drones. Now the Geranium-2 drone has been modernized and its production is completely localized, with the Iranian UAV Shahed 136 it is connected only by the shape of the body. Engines, microelectronics, GLONASS / GPS correction modules, Kometa-M antennas, optical-electronic guidance sensors, fuselage, wiring are already being produced in Russia.
The main innovation in the new Geranium-2 drones is the optical guidance system, thanks to which the operator can control the drone. For this, SIM cards of mobile operators are used, in the future Russian satellite Internet. Drones can also exchange data, including with the Gerbera UAV. The Geranium-2 drone weighs 200 kilograms and is launched from a catapult using a solid-fuel booster to a range of up to 2,000 kilometers. The weight of the drone's warhead has already been increased to 90 kilograms, and the flight altitude is up to 4,000 meters. The drone is equipped with a 50 hp engine and reaches speeds of up to 180 km/h, with a flight duration of up to 12 hours. The price of the Geranium-2 drone is presumably from 20 to 50 thousand dollars. According to The Economist, in 2024, Russia produced 300 Geranium-2 UAVs. At the same time, Russia intends to increase the production of Geranium-2 to 500 units per day, the publication writes.

NorthKimBestKim said:

Going to war against whole NATO structure whilst having less Flankers (Su-30) and T-90 tanks than India

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Not true. Add up all modern Su-27SM, Su-30, and Su-35 and the Russians had more Flankers than India. And then there are the Su-34s, like another hundred aircraft.

As for the T-90 the initial versions, before the T-90M came out, had little advantage over much cheaper T-72 tank upgrades. And NATO has less tanks in Europe than Russia anyway.

NorthKimBestKim said:

Then Russia lost Libya in 2011, and right now we have a pro-Turkey regime in Tripoli.

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Libya was making business deals with the West and Medvedev abstained when the UN voted for the bombings. Russia "lost" nothing there.

NorthKimBestKim said:

Russia losing essentially Armenia to Turkey and Azeris - or even Hindutvas since they're delivering crappy weapons to Yerevan more so than Russia.

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Which can be crushed anytime Russia wants. Bomb Azeri oil and gas facilities and that country is dead economically.

NorthKimBestKim said:

losing Syria after 9 years where pro-Russians always told us that Russia and former SyAA are "grinding down terrorists" in Syria. How did that turn out after 9 years by the way with Kinzal, and Iskander and having two naval bases in Syria as well? Along with air bases too. So what's the result?

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If the Syrians don't want to fight there is little Russia could do there. Hezbollah was doing the ground fighting and Russia was doing the aerial support. Where was the Syrian army?
Hezbollah and Russia provided Syria with several years respite they could have used to build up their armed forces and yet they did nothing.

NorthKimBestKim said:

The same arguments we are hearing now, that Russia allegedly is "grinding down" Ukraine, the same way you took back so so so much territory in Syria after 2015 with former SyAA (pro-Assad) forces. Again, how did that go over the past few months, since December 2024?

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Syria was much harder to ressuply, and it had little strategic relevance for Russia. It was just a proving ground for the new weapons Russia developed after 2008.

NorthKimBestKim said:

Another problem with the Russian arsenal is that it is still relying heavily on Soviet platform. For example, Kinzhal is carried by Soviet stuff such as Tu-22M3 and MiG-31K.

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Kinzhal can also be carried by the Su-34.
The Tu-22M3 cannot launch it yet.

The US is supposedly much wealthier than Russia and yet all its bombers are Cold War era.

NorthKimBestKim said:

Buk-3 is litereally upgrade of previous Buk from the USSR era.

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An "upgrade" with different missiles, radars, and command post. Lol.

It can carry six 70km range missiles while the Soviet Buk could carry four 35km range missiles.

Don't be fooled by the name it's a different SAM system.

NorthKimBestKim said:

And most of nuclear powered submarines hails from the USSR era. So Russia is not able to replace them 1 by 1. Not even close.

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The Russians are building submarines faster than the US right now. They are launching 1 attack and 1 strategic sub a year. While the US is launching one attack sub a year.

NorthKimBestKim said:

relying still on Ukrainian engines for these corvettes and frigates, even after 2014. Which is in essence why you have this situation today, because USSR let itself be screwed between 1989 - 1991.

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They replaced the engines after 2014. But you can't expect to develop and produce a new gas turbine at a snap of the fingers. It took like four years. Which is much faster than industry practice. In part because they already had the engine design sitting on a shelf.

NorthKimBestKim said:

"Leader" fantasy. "Super Gorskhov" fantasy. "Shtorm" fantasy. "PAK-DA" fantasy. "Su-75" fantasy and "T-14" fantasy having 2.300 units by 2020, which was 5 years ago.

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Zircon was also a fantasy, until it wasn't. Or Avangard, etc.

Leader and Storm were design proposals which AFAIK never got funded to detailed design phase. There are dozens of such designs which never get pursued.

"Super Gorshkov" and PAK DA were funded for detailed design phase. They will be made eventually.

Su-75 is an initiative from UAC not requested by the MoD. Made with internal funds.
The T-14 only passed its trials recently. Remains to be seen what they will do with it.
The Soviets didn't mass build the T-44 in WW2 either. Only after the war as the T-54.

K M said:

The Su-33 clone with the Su-35 cloned radome

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So where is the AESA radar under that Su-35 radome?

The J-15T is its own thing at this point.
The Su-33 wasn't strenghtened for catapult launches.

AndrewS said:

The problem is that whilst Russia can develop new weapons systems, they don't have the money available to buy them in reasonable quantities, so rely on exports.

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Typical BS. Did they also "rely" on exports for Su-35 or Su-34? They built over a hundred of each.

AndrewS said:

For example, aside from India as a potential Su-57 customer, everyone else is more likely to choose the F-35AE as a 5th gen stealth fighter because it is likely cheaper, better, has more technology transfer and also faces less political resistance from US strong-arming. So Su-57 production is stuck at minimum levels.

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It is still too early to tell how much the Su-57 will sell. Su-57 and J-35 are fighters in different weight categories anyway.

AndrewS said:

Arguably spending money to develop lots of new systems, but then not having the money to produce significant quantities is "dumb"

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They produced hundreds of modern Flanker derivatives. As for other systems their time will come.