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A summary of the FAB-3000 where improvements have increased the range. The blast radius is about a full kilometer, hence missing is not an issue.


Banderol was recently spotted with an Orion drone. The missile is operational and recently used in strikes on Odessa.


Ukrainian FPV drone tries to attack a Mi-28NM. However it looks like the helicopter blades sliced it at the last moment.

 
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Search-and-rescue exercises were conducted by Russia's Pacific Fleet. The drills featured rare footage of the AS-40 deep-submergence vehicle docking with a submarine, as called for in the exercise plan. The AS-40 "Bester-1" (Project 18271) deep-submergence rescue vehicle was built at the Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg in 2016. The AS-40 is air-transportable and can be deployed from various rescue vessels. It communicates with the mother ship via radio; if the radio fails, the "Bester" deploys a special cable overboard to transmit signals. The vehicle can rescue personnel from a distressed submarine using a "dry" transfer method via a special docking chamber. Constructed from titanium, the AS-40 can dive to depths of up to 750 meters and evacuate up to 22 people. Specifications for the AS-40 include a submerged displacement of 39.5 tons, an endurance of 3 days, a speed of 3 knots, an operating range of 11.5 nautical miles, and a crew of three.

 
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some unique info.
This is 350km/hour is higher speed than earlier reported and it make sense since Forpost R has slower speed and this range is greater than any TB-2 class drone is known.
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A Russian drone operator described the Orion drone's strike accuracy.​

Moscow July 19 News.The Russian Orion reconnaissance and attack UAV is capable of hitting a small target from a distance of 10 kilometers. A Russian Armed Forces serviceman told Vladimir Solovyov of the Vesti news agency.

The Orion's flight range is approximately 1,000 kilometers, and the drone operates at an altitude of up to 7.5 kilometers.
The camera's range during observation is about 30 kilometers; we can detect a target... It also has a laser illumination on the camera. When we find a target, I report it to the reconnaissance and combat operations center, and they confirm. I launch a missile, illuminate it, and it's guided precisely by the laser. At 10 kilometers, I launch a missile and track it with the laser. It can hit a window or a coin. All the missiles hit their targets perfectly.
He added that when launched at a target from a distance of 10 km, the missile reaches it in 36 seconds.
At an altitude of 7.5 [kilometers], they can't hit us with a ram attack. The maximum speed is up to 350 kilometers per hour. [You can't catch it with a regular FPV drone], but they have some FPV drone that also accelerates to 300-something. But they immediately tell us where they're coming from, what course they're heading, and what altitude they're approaching us for a ram attack, and we immediately escape. Either a left bank or a right bank, gaining altitude at maximum speed, and we escape, maneuvering.
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This 16 missile per launcher first time mentioned and this quick succession of launch time. they maybe counting the smaller 9M100 missile. 9M100 is known for 5 meter altitude intercept. much lower than other known land missiles.
BUK-M3 has 12 missile per launcher so highly likely there are 16 missile per launcher of S350.
only 12 missile per launcher of Pantsir are hypersonic the smaller 48 missiles are not hypersonic.
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"VITYAZ" - THE CLEANER OF THE SKY
The S-350 Vityaz anti-aircraft missile system also first appeared on the battlefield in 2024. And it immediately proved its effectiveness. It literally wipes out ATACMS, Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG, and other HIMARS missiles. What's more! This air defense system became the first in the world to shoot down several Ukrainian aircraft without operator intervention. The system independently detected aerial targets, determined their parameters, and launched its missiles at the optimal moment. The vaunted American Patriot air defense system is incapable of this. The Vityaz differs from all other air defense systems (domestic and foreign) in that its launcher holds 16 missiles, and they can be launched one after another.
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This AI and net centric warfare. conventional air defense cannot deal with so much target overload. when ground systems are so overloaded how much Naval ships can actually defend when there is mechanical breakdown.
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Military correspondent Kots assessed the impact of the SVOD system on combat operations.​

The Russian Army is expanding the use of the SVOD situational awareness system, which reduces the target detection-to-destruction cycle from tens of minutes to just a few minutes. Military correspondent Alexander Kots assessed the system's capabilities and highlighted the risks of its implementation.
According to Kots, SVOD represents a Russian implementation of the network-centric concept. The system has already moved beyond pilot testing: the Ministry of Defense reported that its use has increased the effectiveness of combat operations. The Center Force Group has been using the system for ten months.
"The SVOD has moved beyond the pilot stage: deployed, proven effective in combat, and integrated into the chain of command. Further improvements in effectiveness will be determined not by hardware procurement, but by data quality, training, and integration with weapons and robotics," Kots wrote.

What is the SVOD system?​

"SVOD" is a system for information collaboration and situational awareness. It connects tactical-level officials on secure devices and receives information from various sources, including satellite data, aerial imagery, and intelligence reports
Artificial intelligence elements are used to process information, recognize targets, simulate possible scenarios, and support decision-making. According to the Ministry of Defense, the use of the system has enabled automated fire control of the enemy.
In the second half of 2026, the Ministry of Defense plans to continue implementing new services and connecting users across military groups to the project infrastructure. According to Kots, the system's deployment across all military groups is scheduled to be completed by September.
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The key word is complex orders. seem it is related to operation of UAVs.
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Kadyrov called for the use of force against NATO countries supporting Ukraine​

"We are infantrymen, ready to move in any given direction, while special forces units are extremely interested in carrying out increasingly complex orders," Kadyrov said.
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This Su-57 got title King of Sky. and its due to its high uptime. It is like Kamaz Master in off road uptime.
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"Kings of the Sky": The United Aircraft Corporation has delivered more aircraft to the Russian Ministry of Defense​

Under a government order, new Su-57 tactical aircraft, built at the Gagarin Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, were delivered to the troops.
As Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov noted, today this is the only aircraft system in the world that has proven its right to be called a 5th-generation aircraft in multi-day combat conditions and literally earned the title of "King of the Sky."
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seem Orion has different specifications for Algeria.
8Km altitude, 350kg payload, 250km/hour speed and 24 hour airborne.
which make sense since it carries a cruise missile.
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150kg warhead. by adding a cruise missile to a MALE drone Russians seem confident that Ukranian airforce cannot touch it. cruise missile loitering all day.
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Soviet classic and icon that gets better over time. Basically an APC and often used as such, the MT-LB is used in a large variety of uses. The 2S1 Gvozdika SPG, popular on both sides, is based on the MT-LB, essentially adding a turret with a 122mm gun from the D-30 howitzer.

The 100mm MT-12 Rapira + MT-LB hybrid appeared namely with Ukrainian forces, but the hybrid with the 57mm gun appeared with the Russians. Both sides use the Zu-23-2 hybrid, not as an antipersonnel platform but as an AA platform against drones, proving to be popular on this role.

However the MT-LB like most Soviet stuff, are no longer produced. It's manufactured in the Soviet era in the Kharkhiv Tank Plant, which has been bombed into a parking lot by the Russians. Trucks are increasingly supplementing the Zu-23-2 AA platform role as the MT-LB attrits away.

 
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Rare footage shows exercises involving the Russian Northern Fleet’s *Ivan Papanin*, an ice-class patrol ship, in the Barents Sea. During the drills, the ship fired its AK-176MA naval gun at targets located 10 kilometers away. The crew also practiced using an electronic warfare system to counter drones. The *Ivan Papanin* is a state-of-the-art Project 23550 ice-class patrol ship that entered service with the Russian Navy in September 2025.

 
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