Russian Air Force (VVS)

[Soldier35]

The crews of the Ka-27M and Ka-27PL of the Northern Fleet of Russia conducted exercises to detect and destroy a "submarine" of a mock enemy in the Kola Bay. The helicopters used anti-submarine aerial bombs in the waters of the Kola Bay. During the week, the pilots worked several flight shifts. The total number of flight hours of the crews was more than 20. The Russian Ka-27 helicopter is designed to detect, track and destroy submarines moving at a depth of up to 500 m at a speed of up to 75 km / h in search areas located up to 200 km from the base, with sea waves up to 5 points.

 

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[Yommie]

The Russian troops in the Kursk region received the Molniya-1 strike UAVs. Footage of the launch of the Russian Molniya-1 UAV and an interview with the operator of this drone. The Molniya-1 FPV drone of the aircraft type is considered cheap, but its price is still unknown, technical information about the drone is in the link to the video in the comments to the video.

Cheap and effective.

 

[Soldier35]

Another batch of fifth-generation Su-57 and Su-35S aircraft has been delivered to the Russian Air Force. The number of aircraft is not reported. It also became known that as part of the expansion of production capacity, to increase the production volumes of fifth-generation aircraft, the construction of an additional workshop has begun, where Su-57 systems will be tested. Previously, work was completed to expand the flight test station. Today, the Su-57 is considered the most modern frontline aviation aircraft

 

[Soldier35]

The Russian army has started using FPV drones with thermite ammunition in Ukraine. Similar drones were previously spotted in the Ukrainian army. The composition of the thermal mixture is unknown, but Ukrainian drones use the ZAB-2.5P incendiary element from the Soviet incendiary bomb cassettes of the RBK ZAB series. Most likely, the Russian drone also has an incendiary element from a similar series. The incendiary elements of the ZAB-2.5 series are capable of burning through up to 5 mm of steel. Technical details of the FPV drones are not reported.

 

[Soldier35]

In Russia, they are completing the testing of another homemade drone with a grenade launcher, they promise that it will soon be delivered to the troops. The drone has a stabilization mode so that it is not thrown back when the grenade launcher is fired. The Russian drone is equipped with an RPG-26 grenade launcher with armor penetration of 440 mm, it will be used to destroy equipment in the upper projection, for this purpose the grenade launcher is installed at an angle of about 35 degrees. It is also supposed to install the RPO "Shmel" on the drone. The drone's carrying capacity is 12 kilograms, it is capable of rising to a height of up to 800 meters and developing a speed of up to 60 km / h. The drone's operating range is up to 30 kilometers. The approximate cost of the drone is about 600 thousand rubles or 6,500 dollars

 

[Soldier35]

As part of the recent Russian exercises "Ocean-2024", footage of the takeoff of four Russian anti-submarine aircraft Il-38 and Il-38N was published. The aircraft laid mines in a sea training ground. As reported, more than 50 training sea mines were dropped by parachute near Kamchatka, with their help a section of the sea coast about 10 kilometers long was blocked. The Il-38 aircraft began to be used in 1969, it was created on the basis of the Il-18V aircraft, the first Il-38 were inferior in characteristics to American aircraft. In 2001, a modernized anti-submarine aircraft Il-38N appeared, equipped with the search and targeting complex "Novella-P-38", since 2014 the Air Force received them. It is worth noting that five modernized aircraft are also used by India under the index Il-38SD. Visually, the Il-38N differs from the Il-38 by additional antennas of the all-round radar station, located above the nose of the fuselage. The Il-38N can detect air targets at a distance of up to 90 km, and surface targets - up to 320 km, there is no information about underwater targets. The maximum takeoff weight of the aircraft is 68 tons with a combat load of 6 tons. It can reach speeds of up to 650 km / h, the maximum flight altitude is 8 km. The flight range with a normal combat load reaches 6.6 thousand km. The aircraft crew is seven people.