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MOSCOW, RUSSIA – When will Russia receive the first Su-57 regiment? Serious Western experts called it a “super fighter” and “the pearl of the Russian military-industrial complex.”
“In 2021, they manufactured only three serial Su-57s. In 2022 there were eight more, and now, in 2023, there is talk of ten, although Moscow seems to have fourteen in mind.
 If so, by the end of the year 2023, they will have a whole regiment of these devices at their disposal, because each Su-57 is like three conventional fighters of the 4++ generation.

On February 21, Russia suspended its participation in the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ( New START Treaty ), which had been extended from January 2021 until 2026. At the same time, Moscow stated that it would continue to abide by the treaty’s terms despite the suspension.
However, one of the main problems in this regard is that few know the real state of the Russian strategic nuclear arsenal since the inspections were discontinued almost three years ago, in March 2020.

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The often repeated cliche about war being defined as long periods of boredom punctuated by brief moments of sheer terror most likely originated in the trenches on the Western Front during World War I. An incredible video from the trenches of the war in Ukraine shows one individual weathering a moment that looks particularly terrifying with a level of apparent composure that seems more suited to one of the boring stretches.
We are talking about an individual nerves of absolute depleted uranium here.

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Now that testing has begun, Rolls-Royce has provided first looks at the F130 turbofan engines in their dual-pod configuration that will replace the outdated TF33 engines currently equipping the U.S. Air Force’s B-52H Stratofortress fleet. Rolls-Royce has offered this imagery as part of an update on the years-long effort to re-engine and modernize the service’s bombers. In fact, the fight to get the B-52 new engines is a saga that dates back decades.

Photo courtesy of Ivan Vinnyk

With little fanfare, Ukraine has developed and used a guided artillery rocket in combat with a longer range and heavier warhead than the vaunted Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) munitions provided by the U.S. and allies.
Called the Vilkha-M, it is a modified 7.6m (25-foot) long Soviet BM-30 Smerch multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) artillery rocket.
The Vilkha-M is a modified version of the Soviet-era Smerch multiple launch rocket system munition, seen here.

After the US Air Force tried many times to get rid of the A-10 Thunderbolt II, Congress finally approved a plan to eliminate 21 of these old ground-attack planes late last year. The A-10 Thunderbolt II is the only US military plane ever made specifically for close air support.
Air Force chiefs plan to continue retiring A-10s for years to come, which will lower the fleet size to 260 aircraft if these retirements go forward.
Air Force leaders have shown a preference for the F-35 to replace the A-10 “Warthog” as the principal close air support aircraft for the service.

Moscow claims that Ukraine has carried out a series of drone strikes in southern and western Russia. The wave of drones overnight from Monday to Tuesday is said to have targeted regions of the Russian hinterland located along the border with Ukraine and deep inside the country.
At the same time, the hacking of Russian television channels and radio stations and the temporary closure of the St. Petersburg airport fueled suspicions that Kyiv could be behind the disturbances.

A year ago, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised to modernize the Bundeswehr with a huge single fund. Critics say not much has happened since then.
About a year ago, Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivered a speech to the German Parliament that was likely to define his chancellorship, and he had only been in office for two months. 
The “Zeitenwende” (literally “change of the times”) speech, a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, was based on the announcement that the German army would receive a one-time special fund of 100 billion euros for its modernization.

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General Atomics has unveiled a new concept for how its MQ-9B SkyGuardian drone might be employed in the future, as a launch platform for U.S.-Norwegian Joint Strike Missile cruise missiles. Utilizing MQ-9-series uncrewed aircraft as weapon trucks loaded with stand-off munitions could be one way to help ensure their relevance in future high-end conflicts.
An artist’s conception of an MQ-9B in Royal Australian Air Force markings and armed with a pair of Joint Strike Missiles (JSM) under each wing is currently on display at the Avalon airshow in Australia, which wraps up this week.

We often look at college students as punk kids, lazy frat guys or any other kind of social stereotype. The truth is they come up with some pretty amazing papers, research, and class projects. The polarizing lens, a self-charging family car, and nail polishes that can detect date rape drugs, all of these were created by undergraduate college students. 
Few of the amazing inventions created by undergrads, however, end up being seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Although, in the government’s defense, they aren’t conducting a mini Manhattan Project on their campuses, either.