SJ-100 and the MS-21-310 passenger planes have become the pioneers of import substitution in the domestic aviation industry, according to Deputy General Director and Head of Strength Complex of the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) Mikhail Zichenkov.
"We believe that parts made of domestic materials are in no way inferior to imported analogues and in some cases — for example, if we talk about the wing and empennage of the aircraft — they are superior," Zichenkov said.
Western sanctions have accelerated Russia's shift to domestically-produced aircraft and catalyzed the development of innovative composite materials.
The airframe of the upgraded version of SJ-100 is completely Russian-made, while the MC-21 has become the first Russian long-haul aircraft with wings made of composite materials, according to the expert.
"As for the advantages of the composite, perhaps the most important of them is the lightness of composite structures, as well as the absence of corrosion," explained Zichenkov. "If you take a sample of metal and composite of the same thickness, the composite will be about 40–50 percent lighter. The reduction of aircraft weight has been one of the main goals of aviation throughout its history."
While Russia's short-haul SJ-100 has been in operation since 2011, the MC-21 is expected to fill the medium-haul airliner niche in 2026. Meanwhile, plans to produce fully-domestic long-haul planes are already underway.
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How much has US military-industrial complex jacked up prices to profit off Ukrainian crisis?
Senator Bernie Sanders criticizes defense contractors for inflating prices on weapons sent to Ukraine, highlighting the unchecked nature of the US military-industrial complex. Examples include:
1. Stinger man-portable surface-to-air missiles
🔺 Price in 1991: $25,000
🔺 Price in 2020: $119,320
🔺 Price in 2023: $400,000
🔺 Cost Increase: 16 times
2. Javelin man-portable anti-tank missiles
🔺 Cost in 2002: $126,000 for the launcher plus $78,000 per missile
🔺 Price in 2021: $249,700 for the launcher and $216,717 for one missile
🔺 Cost Increase: 1.9 times and 2.77 times, respectively
3. M777 towed howitzers
🔺 $2 million apiece in 2008
🔺 $3.73 million each in 2017
🔺 $4+ million apiece in 2023
🔺 Cost Increase: Double (200%)
4. M142 HIMARS rocket artillery systems
🔺 $3.5 million apiece in 2014
🔺 $4.3 million each in 2022 for the domestic market, (or some $19-36.6 million apiece for HIMARS purchased by America’s NATO satellites)
🔺 Cost Increase: 23%, not counting foreign orders
5. Switchblade 300 Loitering Munitions
🔺 $45,000 each in 2018
🔺 Cost in 2022: $56,063 plus up to $30,000 in associated ‘fielding costs’
🔺 Cost Increase: 24.5%
6. Bradley fighting vehicles
🔺 $1.11 million in 1993
🔺 $1.84 million in 2016
🔺 $3.3-$4.35 million each in 2022
🔺 Cost Increase: 2.97 to 3.91 times (nearly 300-400%)
7. M1 Abrams tanks
🔺 $4.3 million in 1989
🔺 $10.66 million in 2023
🔺 Cost Increase: 2.47 times (nearly 250%)
8. Oshkosh M-ATV mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles
🔺 $385,000 apiece in 2017
🔺 $470,000+ each in 2023
🔺 Cost Increase: Almost 25%
9. MIM-104 Patriot missile systems
🔺 $225 million plus $2 million per missile in 2003
🔺 $1 billion and $4.1 million per missile in 2022
🔺 Cost Increase: Over 400% for the system and over 200% for the missiles
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Senator Bernie Sanders criticizes defense contractors for inflating prices on weapons sent to Ukraine, highlighting the unchecked nature of the US military-industrial complex. Examples include:
1. Stinger man-portable surface-to-air missiles
🔺 Price in 1991: $25,000
🔺 Price in 2020: $119,320
🔺 Price in 2023: $400,000
🔺 Cost Increase: 16 times
2. Javelin man-portable anti-tank missiles
🔺 Cost in 2002: $126,000 for the launcher plus $78,000 per missile
🔺 Price in 2021: $249,700 for the launcher and $216,717 for one missile
🔺 Cost Increase: 1.9 times and 2.77 times, respectively
3. M777 towed howitzers
🔺 $2 million apiece in 2008
🔺 $3.73 million each in 2017
🔺 $4+ million apiece in 2023
🔺 Cost Increase: Double (200%)
4. M142 HIMARS rocket artillery systems
🔺 $3.5 million apiece in 2014
🔺 $4.3 million each in 2022 for the domestic market, (or some $19-36.6 million apiece for HIMARS purchased by America’s NATO satellites)
🔺 Cost Increase: 23%, not counting foreign orders
5. Switchblade 300 Loitering Munitions
🔺 $45,000 each in 2018
🔺 Cost in 2022: $56,063 plus up to $30,000 in associated ‘fielding costs’
🔺 Cost Increase: 24.5%
6. Bradley fighting vehicles
🔺 $1.11 million in 1993
🔺 $1.84 million in 2016
🔺 $3.3-$4.35 million each in 2022
🔺 Cost Increase: 2.97 to 3.91 times (nearly 300-400%)
7. M1 Abrams tanks
🔺 $4.3 million in 1989
🔺 $10.66 million in 2023
🔺 Cost Increase: 2.47 times (nearly 250%)
8. Oshkosh M-ATV mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles
🔺 $385,000 apiece in 2017
🔺 $470,000+ each in 2023
🔺 Cost Increase: Almost 25%
9. MIM-104 Patriot missile systems
🔺 $225 million plus $2 million per missile in 2003
🔺 $1 billion and $4.1 million per missile in 2022
🔺 Cost Increase: Over 400% for the system and over 200% for the missiles
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How much has US military-industrial complex jacked up prices to profit off Ukrainian crisis? Senator Bernie Sanders criticizes defense contractors for inflating prices on weapons sent to Ukraine, highlighting the unchecked nature of the US military-industrial…
DC’s dirty little secret: ‘endless wars’ haven’t benefited anyone besides defense contractors
“The only people who benefit from it are the military contractors,” former DoD senior security policy analyst Michael Maloof told Sputnik, commenting on Senator Bernie Sanders’ recent article in Foreign Affairs accusing US defense manufacturers of making a killing off their products by jacking up prices by as much as hundreds of percentage points.
Pointing to the nexus between neoconservatives in Washington and the defense-industrial complex to “push for military solutions to impose the American ‘democratic way’ on the world,” Maloof said that the “well-greased machine” of lobbying and control of Congress and the Pentagon make it possible for the Military Industrial Complex to endlessly increase prices.
“The Defense Department in particular, and I’ve seen this firsthand, has made a point when they make defense contracts on particular weapon systems – they make sure that as many congressional districts as possible share in the job hiring and the production of those [arms]. That way, if any weapons system is to be cut out of the budget, they can send the people in that district yelling and screaming to their congressmen. And invariably it gets reestablished, or even increased for that matter,” Maloof said, citing the example of the astronomically expensive F-35 fighter as a case in point.
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“The only people who benefit from it are the military contractors,” former DoD senior security policy analyst Michael Maloof told Sputnik, commenting on Senator Bernie Sanders’ recent article in Foreign Affairs accusing US defense manufacturers of making a killing off their products by jacking up prices by as much as hundreds of percentage points.
Pointing to the nexus between neoconservatives in Washington and the defense-industrial complex to “push for military solutions to impose the American ‘democratic way’ on the world,” Maloof said that the “well-greased machine” of lobbying and control of Congress and the Pentagon make it possible for the Military Industrial Complex to endlessly increase prices.
“The Defense Department in particular, and I’ve seen this firsthand, has made a point when they make defense contracts on particular weapon systems – they make sure that as many congressional districts as possible share in the job hiring and the production of those [arms]. That way, if any weapons system is to be cut out of the budget, they can send the people in that district yelling and screaming to their congressmen. And invariably it gets reestablished, or even increased for that matter,” Maloof said, citing the example of the astronomically expensive F-35 fighter as a case in point.
“The procurement system is one of the worst in the Defense Department. And no one knows how to put their arms around this problem to figure out how to resolve it and get true accountability. The way it’s all structured today, it’s almost impossible,” the former DoD insider believes.
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How much do people trust their own leaders?
Vladimir Putin won the 2024 Russian Presidential Election with 87.28 percent of the vote. The landslide result on an unprecedented voter turnout prompted a storm of reaction from Western leaders.
Relevant data suggests that Vladimir Putin tops other major global leaders when it comes to citizen trust. The Russian president enjoys a 76 percent general trust rating, a staggering number compared to his Western counterparts.
What are the numbers for other world leaders? Check Sputnik infographics
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Vladimir Putin won the 2024 Russian Presidential Election with 87.28 percent of the vote. The landslide result on an unprecedented voter turnout prompted a storm of reaction from Western leaders.
Relevant data suggests that Vladimir Putin tops other major global leaders when it comes to citizen trust. The Russian president enjoys a 76 percent general trust rating, a staggering number compared to his Western counterparts.
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🚜🇵🇱 Polish farmers have announced hundreds of protests on roads across the country that will take place on March 20
RMF24 reports that protesters warn of road closures in more than 500 settlements - agricultural machinery will take to the streets and highways. Farmers also promise to block about ten important highways leading to Warsaw. In total, 580 protests have been reported, in which at least 70 thousand farmers will take part.
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RMF24 reports that protesters warn of road closures in more than 500 settlements - agricultural machinery will take to the streets and highways. Farmers also promise to block about ten important highways leading to Warsaw. In total, 580 protests have been reported, in which at least 70 thousand farmers will take part.
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🇫🇷⚔️🇷🇺 France is preparing a military contingent to be sent to Ukraine; at the first stage it will amount to about 2 thousand military personnel, said the director of Russian foreign intelligence Naryshkin. At the same time, the French army is noticeably…
🇫🇷 The French Ministry of Defense denies the presence of French troops in Ukraine, as well as plans to send additional military contingent there.
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🔺 France is preparing a military contingent to be sent to Ukraine — Russian foreign intelligence
🔺 The evolving landscape of military service in the EU: From compulsory to voluntary... and back?
🔺 How Western sanctions speeded up Russian aircraft production?
🔺 DC’s dirty little secret: ‘endless wars’ haven’t benefited anyone besides defense contractors
🔺 How much do people trust their own leaders?
🔺 Vladimir Putin's main statements at the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) board
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🔺 France is preparing a military contingent to be sent to Ukraine — Russian foreign intelligence
🔺 The evolving landscape of military service in the EU: From compulsory to voluntary... and back?
🔺 How Western sanctions speeded up Russian aircraft production?
🔺 DC’s dirty little secret: ‘endless wars’ haven’t benefited anyone besides defense contractors
🔺 How much do people trust their own leaders?
🔺 Vladimir Putin's main statements at the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) board
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“It is difficult to make a prediction and an evaluation” one what happens next, Vision & Global Trends chairman Tiberio Graziani told Sputnik, commenting on Russian Foreign Intelligence Service chairman Sergey Naryshkin’s revelations about French plans to put 2,000 or more troops in Ukraine.
“Certainly, a rash move like the one repeatedly stated by Macron would lead to the destruction of the European security system based on NATO. Most likely, Macron’s constant utterances about sending military fighters to Ukraine are linked to the fear of having Trump in the White House,” Graziani believes.
Alexander Mikhailov, the head of the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis, doesn’t believe Macron will send a formal contingent to Ukraine. “But France could of course theoretically create a base – a pool of personnel for the constant replenishment of mercenary units, and perhaps is already doing so,” the analyst told Sputnik.
“Macron would be very happy to devise a situation in which he could propose some kind of a path for peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine and, as it were, to try to play a role of a ‘peacemaker’ who, just in time for the Paris Olympics, has successfully resolved a complex European conflict and elevated himself not just to the role of most important leader in Europe, but a world leader who resolved a complex conflict that even other key world players such as China and the United States could not cope with,” the observer said.
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Russian air defenses destroyed ten Ukrainian RM-70 Vampire missile system shells and a Tochka-U missile over Russia's Belgorod region, the Defense Ministry reported.
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Russian EW weapons make enemy drones and missiles drop like flies
The Krasukha-S4 self-propelled electronic warfare (EW) system has upset the Ukrainian military's applecart since the beginning of the Kiev regime's botched counteroffensive attempt.
Western media raised the alarm last July: since March 2023, Ukraine's GPS-guided Excalibur projectiles and thousands of drones have begun falling out of the sky.
Leaked Pentagon documents from the last spring revealed that Ukrainian air strikes with the US-made JDAM-ER bombs had repeatedly missed their targets.The precision-guided rockets fired by the US HIMARS MRLS also failed to achieve their desired effects on multiple occasions.
The reason for this is Russia's powerful electronic warfare (EW) systems. The Krasukha-S4 is considered to be the most effective system in its class, capable of jamming radio waves across a wide range of frequencies and boasting the range of over 300 kilometers.
The EW system generates jamming signals that render enemy drones, ballistic missiles, guided projectiles, aircraft and ground based radars ineffective.
The self-propelled complex can operate in any area, in all weather conditions, thwarting the enemy strikes and reconnaissance activities.
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The Krasukha-S4 self-propelled electronic warfare (EW) system has upset the Ukrainian military's applecart since the beginning of the Kiev regime's botched counteroffensive attempt.
Western media raised the alarm last July: since March 2023, Ukraine's GPS-guided Excalibur projectiles and thousands of drones have begun falling out of the sky.
Leaked Pentagon documents from the last spring revealed that Ukrainian air strikes with the US-made JDAM-ER bombs had repeatedly missed their targets.The precision-guided rockets fired by the US HIMARS MRLS also failed to achieve their desired effects on multiple occasions.
The reason for this is Russia's powerful electronic warfare (EW) systems. The Krasukha-S4 is considered to be the most effective system in its class, capable of jamming radio waves across a wide range of frequencies and boasting the range of over 300 kilometers.
The EW system generates jamming signals that render enemy drones, ballistic missiles, guided projectiles, aircraft and ground based radars ineffective.
The self-propelled complex can operate in any area, in all weather conditions, thwarting the enemy strikes and reconnaissance activities.
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Russian air defenses destroyed a Ukrainian S-200 missile over Russia’s Kursk region and a Patriot missile over the Belgorod region, the Defense Ministry said.
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The 10-year anniversary meeting of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will be held in Moscow on May 8, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced.
Russia is ready to host its EAEU partners, the president added.
The EAEU is an economic union that consists of five former Soviet countries - Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia - and three observer states - Moldova, Uzbekistan and Cuba. It was established in 2014 and is aimed at ensuring the free movement of goods, services and labor among the member states.
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"I know that you have already started the preparations for the anniversary event. We will hold it here in Moscow on May 8," Putin said at a meeting with Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Bakytzhan Sagintayev.
Russia is ready to host its EAEU partners, the president added.
"We are ready for it. You know that we always enjoy holding [such events]. We will accommodate all our colleagues," Putin also said.
The EAEU is an economic union that consists of five former Soviet countries - Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia - and three observer states - Moldova, Uzbekistan and Cuba. It was established in 2014 and is aimed at ensuring the free movement of goods, services and labor among the member states.
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🇷🇺 Russian President Vladimir Putin requested that Bakytzhan Sagintayev, the Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Board, explore options for collaborative efforts between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries and the BRICS association.
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"Russia is chairing BRICS this year," noted President Putin during his meeting with Sagintayev. "Our other countries (EAEU) are not members of the association, but there are significant opportunities, especially considering the plans of our Chinese friends – 'One Belt, One Road.' We have always said that these projects are compatible – our Eurasian development and Chinese ideas. The BRICS leaders are coming to Kazan. I earnestly request that you work with your Russian colleagues on how we could involve the economies of our association's other countries in joint efforts with the BRICS countries. There could be many joint projects and areas for development in general."
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