February 23: there is no worse weapon than an IT specialist

Today is the Day of Defender of the Fatherland! Everyone involved with the holiday! Soldiers serving in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - an inevitable demobilization. And for those who did not serve or are just going to pay back their debt to their homeland, under the cut is a curious story about smart pieces of iron. It is possible that if you rummage in technology, computers and software, you are lucky enough not only to chop off a clerk at the headquarters, but also to touch something from the description below. Well, I hope that they will not rake me for disclosing all kinds of state secrets there.



Let's start with the main news of 2017: the cyber military officially created in the Russian army. The request is not to be confused with the couch troops, although it is possible that some will be equipped at the expense of others. So, in the event of an armed conflict, Russia must be prepared for the fact that its command and control system may be in danger and attempts to incapacitate. The soldiers of the invisible front should have begun to save us from this overseas ailment. If you believe the media, the number of Russian cyber troops today totals about 1000 people. Their financing may amount to about 300 million rubles annually. Well, i.e. the maintenance of one fighter costs an average of about 300 thousand rubles a month. Not bad. For example, the salary of an ordinary RF Armed Forces is about 8-11 thousand rubles .

Unmanned tank "Nerekhta"

If you’ve chopped off in civilian life in WoT, War Thunder and other “tanks” in the army, you won’t be bored. Nerekhta is a real unmanned tank. Armed with machine guns of 7.62 and 12.7 mm caliber, he must also carry a new type of ammunition for solving tasks in conditions of indirect visibility. Also, a robotic complex can deal with more difficult and protected targets. This means that in addition to “tanks”, you will most likely be able to practice playing the flight simulator.

The combat robot will also receive a new automated control system that will allow it to independently track and personalize targets on the battlefield. In addition, he will be able to integrate with other complexes and unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as quickly connect various modules and systems that expand the functions of an unmanned platform in the course of “combat”. The Fund for Advanced Research of the Russian Federation generally promises to make a real military Android out of this system.

- The modular architecture of this system allows during the development and operation of unmanned systems to easily change and expand their configuration: combine objects into a single network, add functionality, duplicate the necessary blocks to increase fault tolerance, integrate the necessary type of payload , -specified in the press service of the FPI .

By the way, if you saw or saw software for remote access, you really need the RF Ministry of Defense. Now developers are working on voice, gesture control of this combat robot. Hopefully this will be something more advanced than the ZX Spectrum joysticks.

"Pass-1"

If in the distant Soviet childhood you were talking about “Tetris”, “Minesweeper” or “Boulder” for ZX Spectrum, the next smart piece of iron will brighten up the hardships and deprivations of your army service. Meet the Passage-1 robotic mine clearance system. The title is controversial, of course, but you won’t erase words from the song. Thank God they didn’t call “Tear” or “Razmynyka”, in the manner of the symbol of the upcoming 2018 World Cup with the wolf “Zabivaka”.

The new sapper robot is based on the BRM-3MA armored clearance vehicle. That, in turn, is designed on the basis of the T-90 tank with a 1000-horsepower engine and enhanced mine protection. The front of the hull and the cabin are covered with containers of dynamic protection. BRM-3MA pushes in front of itself a trawl with rollers, cutters and jammers for radio-controlled landmines. It is armed with a 12.7-millimeter machine gun and eight grenade launchers for setting smoke screens.

The most amazing thing is that people can sit in this thing. The crew of the car is two people, in the rear of the cabin there is a landing compartment for three sappers. The question immediately arises - is this generally humane? Although, what kind of humanism in the army, the right word. "There is such a word necessary, and another concept is order!"

Herbarium Project

This is a real bomb. Imagine that Steve Jobs and Sergey Brin were shipped into the Russian army and asked to "gash" Google Play or AppStore for the military. How do you like it? Excited task beard and curls? If so, drop everything and blow on the recruiting station. At the military registration and enlistment office you can immediately say that you are behind the Herbarium. The military are prosaired people, they will understand everything and determine where it is necessary. Well, so as not to get confused, you can refer to the head of the Foundation for Advanced Research Andrei Grigoriev :

-Herbarium is a unified management environment that is designed for the collective creation of engineering software and is designed to replace foreign software in Russia. A household analogue of such a platform is google.play or apple.store, where developers upload applications, and the user downloads, uses and gives comments. The developer in our case may be an organization, university or private individual. They must upload their software product to the system, and if it passes a fixed set of tests, then it enters the database, where it becomes available to all users on a commercial basis. As a result, it will be possible to unite many developers of software modules both in Russia and, possibly, in the world, as well as set a unified quality bar .

T-50

It’s clear that the matter is dark. The military promises a 6th generation aircraft in the area of ​​2025. In the meantime, the fifth generation T-50 aircraft is being finished . It is worth noting that they have been doing this since 2010. There are currently six such cars in the bins. It is possible that when it comes to state defense orders, the aircraft will jump over one generation. Why not? Remember how some at school jumped from 4th to 6th grade right away?

Among other Pribluda, Russian designers can begin to create a promising machine, both on an unmanned basis and on the basis of technologies that involve participation in the management of a human plane. Open sources of data on the tasks of the 6th generation aircraft are few. Among other things, stealth technologyAnd so on. But it is obvious that the demand for import substitution and domestic software in the RF Ministry of Defense will only increase. So, a bearded hipster programmer, the armed forces need your brain 24/7 - 365 days a year.

Uranus-9

Uranus-9 is a multifunctional robotic complex. I wonder how Uranus-8, Uranus-7 and further downward are doing and what are they doing. Well, God bless them. The Uran-9 complex is designed for remote reconnaissance and fire support of combined arms, reconnaissance and anti-terrorist units. It consists of two reconnaissance and fire support robots, a tractor for their transportation and a mobile control station.

The armament of reconnaissance and fire support robots includes a 30mm 2A72 automatic cannon and a 7.62mm machine gun coaxial with it, as well as Ataka anti-tank guided missiles. However, the composition of weapons may vary depending on customer requirements. Uran-9 was designed using the latest technologies to significantly reduce the likelihood of a robot being detected by radar and optical surveillance systems. It is also equipped with a laser warning system.

Platform-M

If you stick on NFS and other races, the good news for you is Platform-M . Universal tracked robotic platform - Platform-M is waiting for you, and for a long time. It can carry a payload weighing up to 300 kg. Its distinctive feature is the incorporated modularity of the design. Depending on the specific conditions of the combat situation, the same platform can be transformed into a carrier of anti-tank missile systems, automatic grenade launchers, machine guns of various calibers, as well as optoelectronic and electronic reconnaissance systems. It is also important that the reservation of the complex was carried out according to the third class of defense, which 5.56 mm caliber bullets, which is the most widespread caliber of automatic small arms of NATO, do not penetrate.

Shooter

The Strelok robotic complex is designed for the hottest sections of a possible clash. In the basic configuration, it is equipped with two AGS-30 grenade launchers, two Bumblebee flame throwers, a Pecheneg heavy machine gun and up to 10 smoke grenades.

An interesting feature of the machine is that all the weapons that are installed on the "Strelka", if necessary, can be removed during battle and given to the fighter, and vice versa.

"Crossbow"

Telecontrolled combat complex ( machine-gun robot ). PKM Kalashnikov machine gun, 750 rounds. No reload. Remote control with a range of up to 2.5 km. Range of targeted shooting - up to 2 km during the day, up to 1 km at night. Video camera. 

Varan

Mobile robot for detecting, neutralizing and destroying explosive devices. Crawler. Development Research Institute SM MSTU. N.E.Bauman (design of the robot and control system), JSC Special Design Bureau of Instrument Making and Automation (JSC SKB PA, Kovrov) - development of documentation for serial production at the plant of Kovrov Electromechanical Plant KEMZ, Kovrov.

MARS-A800

If you grazed sheep, horses and other large-horned animals before the army, MARS-A800 will be a pleasant reminder of your peaceful past. MARS-A800 is a robomule. I don’t even know in which category this miracle is to be placed. Mobile autonomous robotic system. Designed for use in troops. It can deliver ammunition to the battlefield and evacuate wounded soldiers. Tested in conjunction with the Ryazan Airborne School in 2016.

MRK-002-BG-57

Despite the hellish name, the thing promises to be picky. Mobile shock reconnaissance robotic complexStrategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation. Armament: Kord machine gun or Kalashnikov tank machine gun or 30-mm machine gun AG-30/29 automatic grenade launcher. Laser range finder, weapon platform gyrostabilizers, thermal imager, ballistic computer. Auto capture function. The ability to conduct up to 10 goals in motion. Up to 10 hours autonomously. Cruising range - 250 km. From minus 40 to plus 40. Passed tests at the Serpukhov Military Institute in April 2014. MRK is equipped with equipment for reconnaissance, detection and destruction of stationary and moving targets, fire support units, patrolling and guarding important objects as part of automated security systems. The complex is planned to be used together with the Typhoon-M combat anti-sabotage vehicle, created on the basis of an armored personnel carrier. 

"Companion"

You probably heard about the new military uniforms - “Warrior”. Apparently the next clever piece of iron "Companion" is called upon to carry all this soldier's ammunition on his iron shoulders. Military robotic complex. Tracked armored vehicle. Designed for reconnaissance and relaying, patrolling and guarding territories and important sites, mine clearing and barrage. It can be used as a fire support vehicle or for the transportation of ammunition and fuel and lubricants, the evacuation of the wounded, sentry guards.

"Hit"

Blow is another toy for fans of "tanks". Crewless robotic machine. The cannon and coaxial machine gun PKT with ammunition in 2000 rounds. Complex "Cornet" (4 missiles on two protected launchers). Search for targets in various spectral ranges in the passive and active modes. The simultaneous firing of two targets is possible (automatic cannon - at air targets using an automatic tracking machine). Optical Locator. Leather, erysipelas, "custom Alcantara interior", full stuffing in one word.

Uranus-14

Younger brother of past Uranus. This remote-controlled robot is designed to extinguish fires and dismantle debris. Information is not enough, of course, but there really is.

Drones

There is a real zoo in the Ministry of Defense. You won’t list everything. We can only say that civil engineers and developers have a chance to try their luck at developing new models of equipment. You can even try on a state defense order. In general, the Russian army already uses unique drones that are capable of suppressing cell towers. These unmanned aerial vehicles can also send text and audio messages to subscribers. In the Russian media they are called "mobile weapons."

Blinding Laser

According to media reports, Blinding Laser is a mobile laser system that dazzles the optics of aircraft and missiles. The operation of the complex is simple - the laser beam is directed to the detected optical system and blinds it. The apparatus of the Ministry of Defense will receive in the near future.

Military Internet

More recently, the media reportedthat units of the Russian armed forces experienced high-speed military Internet and the latest generation communications systems during the anti-terrorist operation in Syria. In the SAR (Syrian Arab Republic), the operation of new ground-based communications equipment was tested under real combat operations. Used, in particular, tactical systems R-169 and P-380K. These are digital media using the latest generation communications technology. Well, you get it, right? If you are a system administrator and suddenly feel sad at your workplace, and your favorite sweater has lost its original colors, drop everything and welcome to the administrators of the military Internet. I also hope that the military social networks Odnovzvodniki and Dembela will soon be deployed at its base, as well as the popular groups Perfume, Scoops and Grandfathers will develop.there are a lot of different things.

Z.Y. In conclusion, I want to believe that the weapons described above will remain cute toys in the hands of military personnel in field exercises. I don’t want to think that someday something like this will knock on my door. Peace to the world!