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The U.S. Army recently completed a new Arctic strategy that aims to protect assets in the region as it continues to recalibrate its forces around the world to deter near-peer adversaries. Sean Kimmons, Army News Service, reports.
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- China extends its defense law to include more intervention possibilities
- U.S. Defense Secretary Esper discusses new technologies designed to give warfighters the advantage
- Russian Defense minister sums up Caucasus 2020 exercise
- U.S. Army to discontinue Asymmetric Warfare Group and Rapid Equipping Force efforts in 2021
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Russia has kicked off its 2021 calendar with the Central Military District tank division performing armored warfare drills in Chelyabinsk, GlobalData reports. Among the equipment deployed is the T-72B3M, an upgraded variant of the T-72.
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The Russian armed forces will continue rearming in 2021. The acceptance into service of various arms is usually done by closed orders of the Defense Ministry. Gazeta.ru publication analyzes which weapons may be supplied to the Russian army in 2021 and later.
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In the future, drones could threaten U.S. defense systems with a swarming capability that uses artificial intelligence while leveraging 5G connectivity, the director of an Army-led joint office said on January 8. Joseph Lacdan, U.S. Army News Service, reports.
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The Russian armed forces will continue rearming in 2021. The acceptance into service of various arms is usually done by closed orders of the Defense Ministry. Gazeta.ru publication analyzes which weapons may be supplied to the Russian army in 2021 and later.
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The BMPT concept emerged in the 1980s and actively developed because of the war in Afghanistan and then in Chechnya. It was initially planned to create a combat vehicle with various arms to destroy antitank weapons in a single combat formation with tanks. The design was several times suspended, but BMPT supporters each time succeeded to have it resumed.
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The Russian MoD order saved the BMPT, otherwise the program would have been closed and Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) expenses written off.
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According to the Russian Ministry of Defense’s photos and footages depicting a combined team of T-72-family main battle tanks and BMPT "Terminator" tank-based fire support vehicles at a range in the Chelyabinsk Region, the military is trying to practice cohesion between MBTs and BMPTs, writes the Independent Defense Review newspaper.
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The mentioned methodological approach to the formation of the strategic fight against cruise missiles allows creating a four-stage spatial-time model of the fight by a strategic group.
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SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) on December 7 published new data showing that sales of arms and military services by the sector’s largest 25 companies totalled US$361 billion in 2019, 8.5 per cent more than in 2018. The largest companies have a geographically diverse international presence.
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A two-component system can offer a way to fight cruise missiles. The first component is a joint use of forces engaged in cruise missile fight. The second one is an organizational-technical system capable of implementing the methods to fight cruise missiles. It provides a complex strategic approach to cruise missile fight and unites arms and various command levels.
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The analysis of various-scope modern armed conflicts, strategic command-staff exercises and research results convincingly shows a trend of increased engagement of precision weapons and their massive use in a war. Experts believe cruise missiles should be fought at the strategic level and offer a model to fight them by a strategic group of troops engaged in an air operation in the theater of warfare, Retired Colonel PhD Military Sciences N. Simanenkov and Lieutenant-Colonel A. Burukhin write in the Military Thought theoretical journal.
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The Heavy Hermes 900 drone used by Azerbaijan was created by Elbit Company with a normal aerodynamic scheme and V-shaped tail fins. The maximum takeoff weight is 1,100 kg. The wingspan is close to 15 meters. Hermes 900 can loiter at an altitude of 9100 meters (outside manpad range) for 40 hours. The payload may include an optical-electronic system or a radar with a synchronized aperture. In 2017, Azerbaijan had at least two Hermes 900 drones.
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Besides the Russian armed forces, foreign armies also develop Electronic Warfare (EW). The U.S. Navy tested two prototypes of new-generation NGL warfare. The new system is to be accepted into service in 2022 and will replace outdated ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System used by the Boeing EA-18G Growler aircraft.
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The Russian defense industry created over two dozen electronic warfare (EW) systems in the past five years which exceed foreign analogues. EW troops switched from traditional jamming to innovative solutions. The share of modern hardware exceeded 70 percent by the end of the year. EW units promote the operations of various arms and types of forces, the Independent Military Review writes.
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Since 2000, Russia’s sole arms exporter, JSC Rosoboronexport (a subsidiary of state corporation Rostec), has delivered defense hardware worth some USD180 billion to its foreign customers, a spokesperson for the company told the TASS news agency on November 24 : “Since 2000, the [Rosoboronexport] company has exported systems worth approximately USD180 billion,” he said.
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Russia’s air defense exports have amounted to approximately USD30 billion since late 2000, a spokesperson for JSC Rosoboronexport (a subsidiary of state corporation Rostec) told the TASS news agency on November 20 : “Since its establishment in November 2000, the company has exported air defense weapons worth some USD30 billion to its foreign customers,” he said. According to him, air defense items hold the second place in the structure of the entity’s export structure.
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Since 2000, Russia’s exports of Kalashnikov assault rifles have amounted to more than 1,000,000 firearms, a spokesperson for the Rosoboronexport arms exporter (a subsidiary of state corporation Rostec) told the TASS news agency on November 19 : “More than 1,000,000 AKs in various configurations have been exported to 30 countries,” he said on the occasion of the company’s anniversary.
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Russia’s exports of land hardware have exceeded 7,000 systems since 2000, a spokesperson for the Rosoboronexport arms exporting company (a subsidiary of Rostec) told the TASS news agency on November 18 : “Rosoboronexport has exported more than 7,000 land armored platforms worth approximately USD30 billion to 44 countries,” he said.
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Army Recognition interviewed John M. Lazar, Oshkosh Defense Vice President and General Manager, International Programs, about the JLTV at the opportunity of the contract received from the Belgian Ministry of Defense for the supply of 322 JLTVs. The JLTV is already in service with Montenegro, Lithuania, and Slovenia. In Europe, United Kingdom and Portugal also showed interest to acquire JLTVs.
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Russian and U.S. diplomats are discussing numerous issues for the prolongation of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). The inclusion of new Russian strategic deterrence is considered. The Izvestia daily writes about the development stage of the weapons and which of them Russia can drop without detriment to the national security.
