Strategy & Technology

Russian Company Develops a Robot for Disinfection Duty

National Technological Initiative (NTI) Autonet announced today that it has developed a robotic modification intended to disinfect premises in the autonomous mode. This announcement comes in the midst of the dire need for solutions to fight the pandemic and that reduce the risk of human-to-human contact. About 10,000,000 Rubles ($135,000) were invested in this upgrade…
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Russian Scientists Work On Independent Quantum Computer

Russian scientists developing a quantum computer based on a superconductor device have no intention of copying the achievements of Google and IBM and instead are aiming for a different goal. They want to develop a system based on logical qubits with an error correction that would be useful from a practical standpoint, says Ilya Besedin,…
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Falling of the Column of Strategic Stability

By Alexander Ermakov  After a period of diplomatic crisis and construction of media-propagandistic argumentation, the USA declared the decision to withdraw from the Treaty on intermediate and short range missiles (INF Treaty). This opens the way for development of new classes of armaments, threatens with a new upsurge of armament race and, in perspective, –…
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The Torpedo in the Russian Navy: History and Present

By Pavel Rumyantsev Torpedoes represent the main weapon of the majority of submarines, one of the most efficient attack instruments at sea during wartime. Clearly, the capabilities of torpedoes as the main weapon of submarines are one of the factors determining the efficiency of submarines as a weapons system. TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORPEDOES…
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Military Robots: Competition for the Future

By Artur Kovalivsky.   The indisputable fact is that we cannot imagine the future warfare without application of military robots. He who has a greater advantage in technology and even now takes part in the technological race in robotics, will win.    Let’s take a look at products Russia can offer in this field: does…
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Russian Army’s Ground-Based Electronic Warfare Systems

By Pavel Rumyantsev.  In any modern army, communication systems and troop command and control systems are of paramount importance. Communications breakdown and loss of troop command and control or failure to execute these functions with the required efficiency in today’s warfare conditions may result in fatal consequences that cannot often be compensated even with the…
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Manipulator Systems for Autonomous Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

By Vladislav Yurievich Zanin, JSС “NPP PT “OCEANOS”, General Director Adviser.    By Igor Vladilenovich Kozhemyakin, Head of Defence Research and Developments Agency of FSBEI HPE State Marine Technical University of St. Petersburg.  Fast-paced development of underwater robot systems for underwater hydrocarbon production and military applications resulted in forming of the type of autonomous unmanned…
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New REW Systems for Russian Aviation

The importance of radio electronic warfare weapons (REW) is really tremendous in the contemporary air warfare. The radar stations (RS) form a core of any air defense system (ADS) being its “eyes and ears”. Particularly, the RS detect targets, track them for guidance of anti-aircraft missiles, etc.   By Pavel Rumyantsev The task of aviation…
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Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicles for Hydraulic Facilities Safety Assurance

Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicles for Hydraulic Facilities Safety Assurance       Introduction The history of hydraulic facilities development, particularly the development of HPP dams and dikes is full of emergency and accident events. So far, HPP safety systems have mainly been threatened by natural disasters and criminal groups, which prefer the old-fashioned way by…
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