Deeply modernised Tu-95MSM performed maiden flight at Taganrog. The flight took place in normal mode, at an altitude of 9000 meters, lasted 2 hours 33 minutes, systems and equipment worked without any remarks. 8 external hardpoints for cruise missiles
The Russian army will receive new anti-tank mines.
The Russian military receives special anti-tank mines PTKM-1R that allow them to hit the turret of armored vehicles
"At present, the serial production of such mines has been launched, supplies are being carried out in the interests of the RF Ministry of Defense," the agency's interlocutor said.
"Thanks to sensitive electronic sensors and smart stuffing, it is able to independently track down an enemy tank and hit it with a special fired submunition from the least protected side - from above,"
"When the target is in the affected area, the mine shoots up a charge, which takes off above the combat vehicle and penetrates its upper armor with a cumulative shock core. This happens so lightning fast that the active defense sensors oriented towards the side attack do not have time to react."
August 2020. Missile cruiser Varyag fires a cruise missile as part of the Russian navy manoeuvres in the Bering Sea. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
SU-30 during the Aviadarts flight skills competition, 2020
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