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Atomicfrog said:
So they have a some mothballed waiting for upgrades. Better for them to be out of reach of drones... sleeping jets seems to be targets lately.
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Russia has done well with its air defense when you look at 4 years of progress. unless there is sabotage or drones coming from sea at low altitude Ukraine chance of success with tech is minimal.
Ukriaine will lose this conflict because anti drone tech is now progressing faster and that not include laser from large firms like Rostec.
This anti drone is broad term. once that is mastered everything else automatically falls. i even think Russia has less incentive to hit fighters on ground and only hit its ammunition.

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LazerBuzz creator: our goal is to provide an affordable laser anti-drone weapon for the Russian military.​

As for small arms, there's a common belief that specialized ammunition is effective against drones. It's also believed that shot from a hunting rifle can be effective against drones. I've watched countless tests. Even clay pigeon shooting specialists, accustomed to shooting at clay pigeons, have very poor records. For example, there's a video online of a Russian clay pigeon shooting champion attempting to shoot down five drones, and he only managed to shoot down one drone so that it fell a few meters away rather than at his feet. And this is our best shooter, who isn't nervous during the shooting and knows he won't be killed.
Therefore, countering FPV drones is our priority, but automation is essential. At the very beginning, we tested the idea that if we took a very powerful source and made it into a beam gun, a human could counter the drones by shooting them from a handheld or tripod. In reality, this idea proved untenable, as the shooter was good at target acquisition during testing, but became nervous during the demonstration, resulting in unconvincing results. Consistent results are highly dependent on human error and luck. If we're developing a system to counter UAVs, this is unacceptable.

— In how many seconds should the laser installation within the "Staff" project ideally be able to destroy an FPV drone?

"The time from detecting an object to its complete destruction must be three seconds. As for the effective range, for laser systems that can be made compact, it's 600-700 meters. The three-second kill speed is due to the fact that the worst-case scenario is the drone's battery catching fire. If we shoot down a drone and hit its battery, the ignited battery will release enough energy to sustain flight for up to 300 meters. Therefore, in a scenario where the laser hits the drone's battery, the drone will no longer be able to complete its mission."
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Ukraine: Mirage fighter pilot reveals tactics for evading Russian missiles and drones​

The pilot said his aircraft and ground crew were constantly moving from one airbase to another to avoid being attacked by Russian missiles and drones. He added: "This is the third relocation in a week. We were recently attacked by Russian 'Giran' drones, but we were able to evacuate to another airport."
The pilot explained: "Despite training and adopting new tactics, Ukrainian pilots avoid engaging with Russian fighter jets. The most they can do is intercept a Russian drone in the airspace deep within the defenses, and constantly move from one airport to another for fear of Russian missile strikes
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⚙️ USC launches the eleventh mine countermeasures ship of Project 12700

At the Middle-Volga Shipbuilding Plant of USC, a ceremony was held to launch the latest mine countermeasures ship "Dmitry Lysov" of Project 12700. This is already the eleventh serial mine countermeasures ship in the lineup.

According to maritime tradition, the ship was consecrated, after which a bottle of champagne was broken against its side by the "godmother", who turned out to be Ekaterina Kalinina, the chief expert of the USC Director General's office.

The ship was named after the participant of the Great Patriotic War, Lieutenant Commander of the Northern Fleet Dmitry Lysov, who in 1944 commanded the crew of the mine countermeasures ship T-120, heroically defending Soviet naval convoys.

The Project 12700 mine countermeasures ships were developed by USC's design bureau "Almaz" on the order of the Navy specifically for combating sea mines. They belong to a new generation of mine countermeasures forces and are capable of detecting underwater mines in water areas and in the seabed without entering the danger zone.

The ships' hulls are made of monolithic fiberglass, formed by the vacuum infusion method.
 
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The Russian Army has begun testing the Russian heavy-duty cargo quadcopter "Elephant." Specialists from the Groza Group have developed a heavy-duty quadcopter capable of carrying a payload of 120 kg. By comparison, Ukrainian hexacopters like the "Baba Yaga" can lift up to 60 kg. Drones of this type are designed to supply forward units at the front line, which is approximately 10 km away, making it difficult to supply troops. Various versions of the drone, equipped with munitions release systems and electronic warfare systems, are currently being tested. The "Elephant" quadcopter has undergone tests, including evacuating a person weighing approximately 80 kg and delivering a generator. With a payload of 50 kg, the drone can fly up to 13 km. The drone has received a positive assessment from the Russian Ministry of Defense and has been recommended for deployment to the armed forces.

 
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Atomicfrog said:
Antonov is Ukrainian... production was at Sviatoshyn Airfield in Kyiv. So need to rebuild all the tooling, transfer blueprints from paper to numeric, fight for design patents... testing all the changes and upgrading the design.

Maybe is just faster to start anew.
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Is true, sorta. Most of the component manufacturers were Russian, plus Russia managed to retain a lot of know-how, tooling and facilities related to the An-124, since they had a parallel assembly line in Aviastar.

Kiev fell victim of their extended cut of the"wild 90's" and selling everything not bolted down to the ground as scrap
 
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The Russian volunteer design bureau Radart unveiled a prototype of the Lyudmila anti-aircraft mount, designed to engage UAVs and FPV drones. Design Bureau Radart has been developing air defense systems with optoelectronic guidance systems for a long time. The video also shows the GEKKON air defense system mounted on a trailer. It's worth noting that some air defense systems developed by Design Bureau Radart are already in limited combat use in the army. The anti-aircraft turrets are based on 7.62mm PKT and 12.7mm NSVT machine guns. Currently, the Lyudmila air defense system has a 0.8-0.95 probability of intercepting Lyutyi UAVs at ranges of up to 500-700 meters. Work to improve the air defense systems is ongoing. The main challenge for air defense systems currently is detecting and reliably tracking FPV-type targets.

 
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The Russian Air Force has released new high-quality footage of a Su-34 frontline bomber dropping OFAB-250-270 bombs. In this case, the unified airborne gliding and correction module is installed on the OFAB-250-270 bombs. The UMPK module has essentially re-purposed old Soviet bombs, transforming them into effective, modern precision weapons. It's worth noting that air defenses are ineffective against bombs equipped with UMPK modules.

 
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S-400 got new capabilities that are not present in any other air defense systems. (didnot specified what they are but use the word revolution) but inside they mention that S-400 intercepted 20 air defense missiles that were fired at Su-35/Su-34.
It is highly likely even the AAMs of Su-35 will be able shoot down SAM/AAM missiles. At this point VKS is so powerfull that it does not care whether NATO AWACS inform ukranian airforce but operate within the range of search and rescue helicopter.
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04.12.2025

Russia's S-400 system gains new capabilities to counter emerging threats​

Novikov said:
"The world today is facing a rapidly developing scientific and technological revolution, and one of the most influential areas is the military-industrial sector. The speed of these changes leaves no room for delay in responding to new challenges. The enormous modernization potential of the S-400 air defense system is one such response, enabling us to quickly counter emerging threats. Thanks to this potential, the Triumph (S-400) system has acquired new characteristics that are fundamentally unfamiliar to air defense systems.

A source in the Russian military-industrial complex indicated last August that the S-400 had demonstrated the highest effectiveness in intercepting Ukrainian missiles, as Russian crews had intercepted about twenty Western-made anti-aircraft guided missiles over the past year and a half, half of which belonged to the American Patriot systems, which were intended to attack Russian Aerospace Forces Su-34 and Su-35 aircraft.
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helicopters have to face ground based jamming and this new AESA can deal in challenging jamming requirement with LPI and AI.
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