The Department of Defense announced the destruction of the last M55 rocket containing venomous agent X, or VX nerve agent. The M55 was destroyed at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Richmond, Kentucky on April 19, 2022
Russian Navy's Project 885M (Yasen-M) nuclear-powered submarine 'Kazan' dived to as deep as 600m underwater during drills in the Barents Sea. Under its designed properties, the submarine can dive to a maximum depth of 600m
Russias new-generation S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft systems are beginning to enter service with the Army, Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov confirmed today. “Today, systems that practically combine the functions of air defense and missile defense (air defense-missile defense) are already beginning to enter service - these are S-500 systems,” Borisov said at the New Knowledge marathon
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Russias Almaz-Antey Concern, the developer of the famed S-400 missile system, has confirmed that is it working on new-generation Kalibr cruise missile. “Work to improve the Kalibr is underway
Russias Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) can be equipped with several Avangard hypersonic warheads, a top official revealed today. Sarmat is planned to be put into service this year
Russia test-launched the Sarmat Inter continentaL Ballistic Missile (ICBM) today which carries multiple warheads amidst an escalation of its war with Ukraine. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the launched took place today at 15:12 Moscow time
Moscow will host a massive military parade on May 9 to commorate the 77 th annivarsary of its victory in the Great Patriot War (WWII) even as it continues its nearly two-month long war against Ukraine. The aviation part of the parade will include 15 helicopters and 62 aircraft, including the Il-80 nuclear command plane, known as the "doomsday aircraft", which will fly in formation accompanied by MiG-29 fighters, the Russian MoD said in a statement quoted in local media
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and ENEOS Corporation have jointly developed a second-generation “EX ROVR,” a plant inspection robot with explosion-proof features, by utilizing remote maintenance technology for nuclear power plants. Realization of a practically viable model has been achieved after successful verification of the robots explosion-proof capability, incorporation of a manipulator, development of requisite software, and completion of demonstration testing of the first unit