Russian Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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Any chance the new ShFDMS widebody airliner project will be used for military purposes such as AEW, AWACS, MPA, Tanker and etc.?
Let it even be born first. It is somewhere in future, uncertain.
It would make sense as a tanker. I think it is a bit large for the other applications. They use the Il-76 as an AWACS more because it was the most suitable airframe they had back then. But it is kind of on the large size.
Similar but not entire Theater Commands. A PLA Theater Command would be like a Russian Military District, which in war becomes a Group Sever, Zapad, Tsentr, Vostok, Yug, Dniepr, each denoting a region like North, West, Center, East, South. Each Group has its own front to deal with.
Group Sever (North) - Sumy and Kharkiv region, such as Volchansk. Kursk and Belgorod regions also it's responsibility.
Group Zapad (West) - Kharkhiv and LPR from Kupyansk to Liman.
Group Yug (South) - Seversk to Konstantinovka including Bakhmut and Chasiv Yar. Northern DPR.
Group Tsentr (Center) - Prokrosk, Center DPR.
Group Vostok (East) - South Donetsk, but has accomplished that, and is now entering Dnepropetrovsk and eastern Zaporozhye.
Group Dniepr - Kherson and western Zaporozhye.
Russia entered the war with four Military Districts, each becoming a Group. Then Sever was added to deal with Kursk and Sumy, and Dniepr was added to deal with Kherson and Zaporozhye. Before that, the entire northern front was handled by Group Zapad or West.
The Russian rotation is at the division, brigade or separated regiment. When a unit falls behind a minimum requirement of personnel and equipment, it is withdrawn wholesale for refit and replenishment. A unit doesn't stay in the front forever having it's losses continually plugged with fresh forces, which is how US and NATO operates. The Russians don't replenish a unit, and when the attrition brings the unit to the minimum or below requirement, say like 50 percent, the entire unit is taken out to allow for rest, then retrain with replacements as a whole to maintain its unit coherence. Another brigade or division will take it's place. There's always units being refitted and trained in reserve in the rear. In due course, units that have not seen combat yet will get their turn in due course, as they are being retrained in the light of combat experience and the use of drones.
The Russians are stepping up aircraft identification. Probably to shoot down anything within their airspace without ID.
The Ministry of Transport is beginning to use the ERA-GLONASS system to identify all aircraft in Russia.
Air carriers estimate that implementing these requirements will cost major airlines $2 million per aircraft.
The Russian Ministry of Transport has issued a new regulation requiring all manned and unmanned aircraft weighing over 495 kilograms to be identified in real time via the ERA-GLONASS system. This decision has raised concerns among the country's airlines. The new regulations are scheduled to take effect on March 1, 2026.
Aeroflot has asked the regulator for official confirmation that the new requirements will not apply to aircraft used for domestic and international flights. The airline estimates that implementing these requirements will cost major airlines $2 million per aircraft, and the modernization process will take several years.
Despite the ministry's assurances that this requirement applies primarily to unmanned aerial vehicles and does not apply to the aforementioned aircraft, there is no documentary evidence to support this. Only a lower weight limit (495 kg) has been established, with no upper limit defined. While there are no current claims against airlines, there is no guarantee that they will not arise in the future.
The Ministry of Transport is beginning to use the ERA-GLONASS system to identify all aircraft in Russia.
Air carriers estimate that implementing these requirements will cost major airlines $2 million per aircraft.
The Russian Ministry of Transport has issued a new regulation requiring all manned and unmanned aircraft weighing over 495 kilograms to be identified in real time via the ERA-GLONASS system. This decision has raised concerns among the country's airlines. The new regulations are scheduled to take effect on March 1, 2026.
Aeroflot has asked the regulator for official confirmation that the new requirements will not apply to aircraft used for domestic and international flights. The airline estimates that implementing these requirements will cost major airlines $2 million per aircraft, and the modernization process will take several years.
Despite the ministry's assurances that this requirement applies primarily to unmanned aerial vehicles and does not apply to the aforementioned aircraft, there is no documentary evidence to support this. Only a lower weight limit (495 kg) has been established, with no upper limit defined. While there are no current claims against airlines, there is no guarantee that they will not arise in the future.
Russia has developed the "Lovets" mobile anti-aircraft system to combat UAVs. The "Lovets" air defense system is based on the BRDM-2 and is equipped with a twin 23mm ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun. Developed by AVD LLC, the system is equipped with a thermal imaging sight and a camera with 32x optical zoom. This allows it to detect drones at a range of up to 3,000 meters. The BRDM-2's powertrain and transmission were replaced. The "Lovets" air defense system is capable of engaging targets at altitudes of up to 1,500 meters and at ranges of up to 2,500 meters. The system's rate of fire is up to 2,000 rounds per minute. It is not yet clear how many air defense systems have been produced.
> ex-eastern bloc country announces new air defense systems
> looks inside
> ZU-23
If it ain’t broken don’t fix it
Proven systems that are known and easily produced/repaired are nice for fast implementation.
But it's always the guidance system to follow lighter uav that are problematic. I don't know if they have an automatic thermal/sighting system that wake up operators to shot at the incoming threat, it could become interesting if it does.
If you need operators on station 24h to look at the monitor and sky to find them and shot them, it's quite hard to be efficient.