Vladimir Putin held a traditional series of development meetings in Sochi military-industrial complex… An important matter. The new Russian weapon has no analogues in the world. Russia has ensured a high level of military security for “many years, even decades.”

The tests of the Zircon are nearing completion, and from next year the hypersonic shipborne missile will enter service with the Navy. In the near future, the latest S-500 systems will be added to the air defense system. Here are the two main news, which are known from the open parts of the military conferences with the president.

“You and I know – and we know it well – that some of our foreign colleagues do not leave” an attempt to break this parity, including through the deployment of elements of a global missile defense in the immediate vicinity of our borders. – said Vladimir Putin.

So, over the past four years, the most important ground objects have received additional cover. 25 S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems and over 70 modern fighters have been delivered, more than 20 S-300 systems and 90 aircraft have been modernized.

An air defense regiment, armed with S-400 complexes, in one of the negative suburbs of Moscow, is working out a training task to detect and destroy a target. The S-400 complex is on alert in just 5 minutes. After the target and the issuance of target designation, the launchers are brought into a combat position and are ready to fire. A battalion of 8 launchers simultaneously fire on 16 targets of various types.

“The S-400 anti-aircraft missile system has no analogues in the world. The anti-aircraft guided missile can destroy the entire spectrum of aircraft, including hypersonic ones,” said Nikolai Savosin, commander of an anti-aircraft missile regiment.

And even stealth planes. That is, there are no unattainable targets for Russian air defense systems. Well, and the S-500, which are about to start serially calling, can shoot down warheads of nuclear missiles even at the stage of their disengagement, until they reach hypersonic sound.

In the coming years, the troops will be supplied with more than 200 aircraft and 26 S-350 and S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems, the first production samples of the newest S-500 anti-aircraft missile system.

New blood is being poured into combat aviation. In Lipetsk – in the Pilot Training Center – all the latest types of multipurpose aircraft: Su-34, Su-30SM, Su-35.

The successes of the Russian defense complex are forcing our partners to move as well. But they still follow the templates. Trying to rattle old weapons.

“The US ship has entered the Black Sea – it can look at it through binoculars or through the sight of the corresponding defense systems,” said Vladimir Putin. The President talks about the visit of the command ship Mount Whitney and the missile destroyer Porter. Mount Whitney, although a rather old ship (it is already half a century old), but it is simply crammed with spy equipment. And Porter’s holds are filled with Tomahawk. Americans will not boast about them. But the same S-400 complexes easily shoot down the Tomahawk in any operating mode.

The Russian Navy is rapidly being re-equipped. Russia is again ready to demonstrate its presence in the World Ocean, as it once was. Combat drones have also ceased to be a topic of silence. Over the past few years, a whole family of drones has taken off on a wing and have decently flown (in Syria, for example) at once.

“Now we have over two thousand unmanned aerial vehicles in service. We need to continue working on them,” Putin said.

There are many types and types of combat drones. Each was developed for a specific task. Kamikaze drones, scouts, attack drones – each has its own purpose. For example, a swarm of “Lancets” can carry out aerial mining of an entire positional area. Or here is the “Hunter” with a jet engine. Its advantage is speed and firepower. Several tons of combat load – bombs and missiles. The Hunter is undergoing flight tests. And the reconnaissance and shock “Altius” and “Orions” are already being produced and used for their intended purpose.

Final assembly workshop for UAVs of the Kronstadt company. This Orion is already ready for delivery to the troops. Despite the seemingly solid build, this handsome man weighs only a little more than a ton. But because it is made entirely of composite materials. Russian production. Like all internal stuffing. It is thanks to this that he can hang in the air and carry out combat missions for 24 hours and even longer. The company, by the way, is private. But now it fits perfectly into the state defense order and has been building reliable drones for the Ministry of Defense for several years.

– What can your Orion do? Can I take a look at the filling?

– No, we will not show you the filling. But I assure you that the avionics complex fully meets the requirements of the fifth generation fighter. It carries out reconnaissance, target designation and delivery of missile and bomb strikes at its own expense. In a fully automatic mode, it performs takeoff, combat missions (without operator intervention), and landing. The ground station provides interaction, both group and swarm, with the same type of aircraft, – said Dmitry Lysogorsky, deputy general director of the Kronstadt company.

The Kronstadt company is completing the construction of a new plant in the Moscow region. This means that the Russian army will have even more such necessary drones, including defending against enemy drones. And it is unlikely that the Turkish Bayraktar, which Ukraine bought, and now dreams of sending them to Voronezh, to solve unsolvable problems.

Russian hypersonic weapons have already become a brand. “Vanguards” and “Daggers” were on alert. Protecting the peace of the Russians. But the Supreme Commander raises the bar: it is necessary to develop new hypersonic systems, even more powerful and efficient. We need new lasers, robotic systems, and always with artificial intelligence. It should be a completely new weapon in every sense.