I think the cancellation was due to a combination of factors. With the sanctions, exploration of LNG and oil in the Arctic might be throttled, since most of the gas and oil were supposed to go to the EU, Japan, and South Korea. The prototype Project 10510 icebreaker ship is only projected be finished in 2027 and they might want not to commit to serial production without the prototype being complete. And then there is the cash crunch due to the war with Ukraine. Each of these icebreakers costs about as much as a aircraft carrier ($1.65 billion USD each) so they had to be cut.
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Medvedev announced plans to produce 1.5 thousand tanks in Russia in 2023
Moscow. March 23. INTERFAX.RU - The Russian military-industrial complex will produce 1,500 tanks this year, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, said.“Our enemies believed that our industry would choke, that is, we would spend everything - these are their endless conversations: “Shells have run out, tanks have run out, rockets have run out”, and so on. This year we will make 1,500 tanks alone", he said in an interview with Russian news agencies.
Speaking about the current capabilities of the Russian military-industrial complex, Medvedev recalled that the authorities began to modernize this industry about fifteen years ago.
"Not everyone, by the way, agreed with this. I still worked as president, for example, and some of my colleagues said: "Don't." You know who I mean. But, unfortunately-I emphasize-unfortunately, in this case I was right. Not those who were in favor of cutting it. Because if we approached this conflict with other armed forces and the military-industrial complex, we would not be able to do anything at all", he said.
At the same time, the deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation noted that over the past year the Russian military-industrial complex has changed even more, since "now it is already moving away from the need for a special military operation."
"The military-industrial complex has become very active, and most enterprises (I speak about this not firsthand, but because I go to them) work in three shifts, work, as they say, from the wheels-they directly give everything to the troops, produce the most modern Russian types of weapons, and even in a situation when they really try to deprive us spare parts, cut off the oxygen supply in certain areas, " Medvedev said.
According to him, the Russian military-industrial complex produces "very worthy types of weapons, military and special equipment and weapons of destruction."
As an example, he cited the T-90M Proryv tank, which, according to Medvedev, is the best tank in the world and surpasses the Western Leopard, Challenger, and Abrams.
"They always remember this same HIMARS - it's quite a worthy weapon, nothing can be said here. But we have not the worst type of weapon, which has the same accuracy and depth of destruction and is better", Medvedev continued.
"The most important thing is to produce now all this in the required volumes, and new production facilities are being launched for this purpose. Yes, we did not think about this for some time, but it has become necessary to launch new arms production," the deputy chairman of the Security Council said.
In the context of the Great Patriotic War, Medvedev said that he had recently read Stalin's telegrams on questions of the military-industrial complex. He did not disclose the content of the documents he had read, explaining that he first wanted to "read these telegrams to the directors of our factories in order to cheer them up."
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How does he define "tank"? Is a BMP a "tank"?
Beats me. It could be armored vehicles like you suggested.
We know they were able to deliver close to 300 T-90 tanks a year. At least 50 T-80BVM a year. 300 T-72B3 a year. That is just the deliveries to the Russian Army not counting exports. Since then they also opened a new upgrade facility. It is not that surprising that on war time footing they could deliver 1,500 new or upgraded tanks a year if they wanted to.
We know they were able to deliver close to 300 T-90 tanks a year. At least 50 T-80BVM a year. 300 T-72B3 a year. That is just the deliveries to the Russian Army not counting exports. Since then they also opened a new upgrade facility. It is not that surprising that on war time footing they could deliver 1,500 new or upgraded tanks a year if they wanted to.
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Russian kamikaze drones from the start-up design bureau Oko. Test footage of the prototype of the Russian kamikaze drone "Privet-82" has been published. The kamikaze UAV was developed by the novice Oko design bureau. The main project of the bureau is now the ultra-cheap Privet-82 UAV, within the framework of this project, the concept of using the Podkhvat drones has been developed. Let's explain in a simple way, soldiers on the front line do not always have drones, and it’s impossible to carry a lot of them, so drone launch pads are located in the rear at a distance of about 20 km, which serve several units on the front line. If a soldier on the front line notices an enemy, a drone is called from the rear, which flies to the front line in radio silence. On approaching the front line, the drone control is picked up by the operator, video transmission is turned on and the operator directs the drone to the target. The advantages of this solution are that soldiers do not need to carry a lot of UAVs and catapults with them to launch them, drones are used where they are needed in unlimited quantities. Drones will be controlled through repeaters, thanks to which the drone can fly very low above the ground and is difficult to intercept. The flight range of the current kamikaze UAV prototype has already reached 30 kilometers, while the payload is from 3 to 4 kilograms, and 5.5 kilograms are already being tested. The Bureau is also developing the "Privet 120" UAV with a payload of 20 kilograms. Small-scale production of the Privet-82 UAV has already been launched, 33 drones have been produced, but the designers need funding.
Footage of Russian snipers training using the Russian 12.7mm ASVK sniper rifle has been released. ""Large-caliber Army Sniper Rifle" or ASK for short, was developed by JSC "Plant named after V. A. Degtyarev" and put into service in 2004. The rifle is designed to destroy lightly armored vehicles and equipment at a distance of up to 1000 meters, as well as enemy manpower at a distance of up to 1500 meters. In the video, a Russian sniper fires from it at a BRDM armored vehicle. The 6V 7 rifle is equipped with a 1P71 optical sight and a 1PN111 night sight. The rifle as a whole corresponds to the characteristics of foreign counterparts, but according to snipers, its optics still need to be improved. The rifle weighs 12.5 kilograms and has a 5-round magazine. The comments to the video show an example of the work of a sniper with an ASVK rifle in Mariupol.
Tank T-90M "Breakthrough" inside and the work of its crew. Footage of the equipment and work of the crew of the Russian T-90M Proryv tank has been published. The tankers with the call sign "Krepysh", the driver "Simba" and the gunner "Karas" spoke about their combat vehicle and showed the work of the crew of the T-90M "Proryv" tank.
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February 2023 interview with USC Chairman Alexey Rakhmanov. I have excerpted most interesting bits about ongoing submarine AIP development:
The 2027/2030/2033 schedule did seem very aggressive. I don't necessarily believe that it has anything to do with scaling back of ambitions owing to Ukraine, as in the similar timeframe when this decision has been taken (i.e. over the last year or so) we have also seen the approval of a further two Pr. 22220 nuclear icebreakers, in fact to be delivered earlier, which implies greater near-term budget allocation.
The 2027/2030/2033 schedule did seem very aggressive. I don't necessarily believe that it has anything to do with scaling back of ambitions owing to Ukraine, as in the similar timeframe when this decision has been taken (i.e. over the last year or so) we have also seen the approval of a further two Pr. 22220 nuclear icebreakers, in fact to be delivered earlier, which implies greater near-term budget allocation.
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