Russia inherited most of the weapons and equipment from the Soviet Union, and a large number of them are still in service.

There is actually not much research and development on upgrading Russian military equipment.

In the field of aerospace, Russia’s achievements are almost negligible, as they are basically all Soviet-era technologies. After the Soviet Union, Russia has never set any new first records in the field of aerospace.

Since the 21st century, a total of 20 world records have been created in the aerospace field, one of which is held by the United States, and the other 19 are all held by China.

In the field of aviation, Russia has not only failed to develop civil aviation, but has also taken a big step backwards, and all passenger aircraft are imported from foreign countries. In terms of military aircraft, Russia has not yet developed a new aircraft, and the T50 has not yet been completely developed, and various rumors are flying around. As for the Su-30, Su-34, Su-35, etc., they are all improved based on aircraft developed during the Soviet era.

Almost all of the land combat equipment is from the Soviet era. No new land combat equipment was developed during the Russian era.

In terms of naval equipment, they are all products from the Soviet era, or even produced during the Soviet period!

Is Russia’s military power stronger than the Soviet Union’s in the 80s and 90s?
I guess not!

Today, Russia is also carrying out synthetic construction, using synthetic battalions as combat units to form synthetic forces.

However, compared with China’s combined forces, Russia’s current combined forces are the poor version.

In the military exercise, facing a heavy combined battalion and a medium combined battalion, a motorized infantry regiment was annihilated by a medium combined battalion in 24 hours. The two combined battalions attacked together and directly chased a reorganized division.

Russia’s military reform has a long way to go.

The economic base determines the superstructure. Russia’s military expenditure is actually not that much, and a considerable amount of it is used for the maintenance of its nuclear arsenal and strategic weapons. The amount of military expenditure that can be used for military development is actually very limited.

In terms of military size, Russia only maintains about one million troops.

A million troops may seem like a lot, but you have to know that Russia has the largest land area in the world, so this number of troops is actually not enough.

As for Libya and Syria, they are mainly in the form of mercenaries, which are mercenaries, not regular troops. As for the regular troops sent by Russia, they are mainly the air force, navy and military advisory group.

In North Africa and Syria, Russia has more than 10 mercenaries.

Of course, the United States also mainly relies on mercenaries, supplemented by regular troops, and the regular troops basically provide military backup.

This is a proxy war, which aims to reduce large-scale military confrontation between the two sides as much as possible, thereby avoiding triggering a large-scale military war between the two sides and thus detonating a world-class war.

Russia also showed great support at the Zhuhai Air Show, sending more than ten types of aircraft and performing aerial performances. This was both a show of support and a way to develop customers.

At every Zhuhai Air Show, Russia receives some orders for military aircraft.

Then at the Zhuhai Air Show, there will be quite a lot of forums, including forums on the military field.

By now, there is basically a consensus in the world that with the development of science and technology, the large-scale troop operations of the past are almost impossible.

For powerful nations, large-scale warfare is tantamount to suicide.

Because large-scale military operations are carried out, the movement of troops cannot be concealed from reconnaissance aircraft and reconnaissance satellites. Whether it is an air strike or a missile strike, it is enough to cause heavy losses.

A very important reason why the combined battalion is a combat unit is that the battalion-level combat unit has small targets, flexible operations, and strong firepower.

Compared with the previous Zhuhai Air Show, this year’s Zhuhai Air Show not only has a larger number and more styles of drones on display, but also there are obviously more discussions on the use of drones in the military field at the forum than ever before.

Various military applications of drones are constantly being proposed.

Zhurihe training base.

I saw a Y-20 strategic transport plane arrive at the preset battlefield, the hatch opened, and inside the cargo hold were shelves, each of which was filled with densely packed drones. I saw the drones flying out one after another under the control of technicians, just like bees.

These are all suicide drones. Having large transport aircraft carry them and drop them from the air can make up for the short range of suicide drones and allow them to be dropped onto the battlefield as soon as possible.

Such a Y-20 strategic transport aircraft is specially converted into a drone delivery platform and can carry up to 2.2 suicide drones at a time.

This is a true drone swarm.

However, these drones, just like a real swarm of bees, are deployed in an orderly manner, without the tragedy of drone collision and explosion.

Abroad, the United States is still stuck on PPT.

And now, China is already putting it into practice.

This is modern technological warfare. With the development of technology, large-scale troop operations are simply impossible.

A war between a strong country and a weak country is even more of a dimensionality reduction attack.

The gap in military power between countries is actually larger than during World War II!

In this case, if the gap between the two sides is too big, the war will not be a battle between soldiers of the two sides, but a battle between flesh and blood and drones.

On the ground, everyone in the military observation group looked solemn.

The updating and replacement of weapons and equipment has a huge impact on military command and operations.

Many senior commanders who are 50 years old even feel that they cannot keep up with the times, because new equipment is constantly being put into service. This change in the war mode is huge, and as a commander, they have to keep learning.

If you don’t learn, you will fall behind.

If you fall behind, you will be beaten!

Just like now, we use strategic transport aircraft to directly airdrop drone swarms, making the swarms everywhere. Who would have dared to imagine such a scene 20 years ago?
If this kind of thing were broadcast on TV or the Internet, it would make people’s scalp tingle.

For suicide drones like this, there is no need to consider drone recovery, because there is no need for recovery and there is no value in recycling. This type of suicide drone is simply too cheap to produce.

Once mass-produced, the cost of a suicide drone will be far less than a person’s monthly salary.

As long as 10 suicide drones or 100 suicide drones can kill or injure one person, it would be a huge profit in terms of cost!

It is actually so cruel!

In the military field, the cost of war is always unavoidable.

How to reduce the cost of war is always a research topic among all countries, because low war costs mean that the war can be fought longer, the chances of winning the war are greater, and the benefits of war will naturally be greater.

If a full-scale war is waged, without regard to civilian casualties, the cost of a suicide drone war would be shockingly low.

Just 50 Y-20 strategic transport aircraft can deliver more than 100 million suicide drones at one time. Just imagine what a terrifying scene that would be.

If a suicide drone kills one civilian, it can kill millions of civilians.

On the ground, special combat vehicles were separated. This is how China is, not only pursuing a sharp spear, but also a solid shield.

These special operations vehicles are all designed for air defense.

They are all powerful weapons against drones.

This is attack and defense!

It is also a reflection of the high-tech nature of warfare today.

Three thousand kilometers away, a Y-20 strategic transport aircraft was preparing to take off.

The cargo hold was also modified to form grids. Each row had a mechanical dog equipped with guns, including automatic rifles, submachine guns, and machine guns. Attached to the mechanical dog was a drone, which was much larger than a suicide drone and was specifically designed to transport the mechanical dogs and provide aerial firepower.

The Y-20 strategic transport aircraft started to move towards the runway. After arriving at the runway, it began to accelerate and taxi on the runway. When it reached the take-off speed, it began to take off.

After more than three hours of flight, the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft arrived at the designated airspace of the Zhurihe training base.

Then, the hatch opened and a number of mechanical dogs slid out with the drones. After leaving the hatch, the drones started and carried the drones to the ground.

A Y-20 strategic transport aircraft can transport up to 300 mechanical dogs.

The traditional airdrop with a parachute was not ideal after several tests. The best way is to use a drone to carry the mechanical dog to the ground. Firstly, it can allow the mechanical dog to reach the ground very steadily. Secondly, it can form a combat formation and arrive at the designated location as soon as possible. Thirdly, it can reduce the damage caused by the mechanical dog during airdrop.

Of course, another point is that drones can provide aerial firepower.

It can be said that just this one airdrop was equivalent to delivering a battalion of troops three kilometers away in less than four hours.

The military observation group watched carefully.

New weapons, new tactics.

Tactical innovation is very fast.

How to conduct future wars and how to fight future wars well require constant exploration in daily life.

Of course, everything that is going on at this time needs to be kept confidential.

“Oh my goodness, will soldiers still be needed to go to the front lines in future wars?” A student at the National Defense University was stunned.

In the morning, a swarm of drones was launched, with more than 2 suicide drones launched at one time, which made his scalp tingle.

Now, we can directly deploy the combat robots. The drones carrying the mechanical dogs will land steadily on the ground and start fighting. There is no need to rest and we can directly attack the target.

A mechanical dog carries thousands of bullets and has strong endurance.

Even if they run out of bullets, they can still act as scouts on the battlefield and report back on the surrounding situation.

You can even call in air fire support to carry out precision strikes on targets.

A major patted him on the shoulder and said, “The future war may be a war between robots, and the outcome of the war will be decided by robots!”

When he first attended military school, the trend was toward integrated construction, and they were exploring combat operations based on integrated battalions or integrated brigades.

Later, drones continued to appear in training.

Now, it has only been a few years, and he feels that he is no longer important.

The war mode was constantly changing, so that after he got married he had no energy to focus on his family, but instead focused on studying.

For example, this military observation group will stay for half a month, and then go back to study further and write a summary.

Even now, the army still emphasizes the importance of being good at summarizing and learning, as summarizing and learning are the source of the army’s continuous progress.

“Major Zhang, can drones and mechanical dogs really carry out automatic combat?” the college student asked after a moment’s hesitation.

Zhang Heng nodded slightly, “Yes, there is an automatic combat mode that is automatically set by the program. When encountering the set program, it will directly attack the target that meets the requirements.”

“For example, you can set it up in advance to automatically attack when encountering an infrared adult.” Zhang Heng said, “This is used in the enemy area. If you are in a war zone, you can’t use this mode to avoid accidentally hurting your own side.”

“We must continue to learn and never become complacent. Military theories are constantly changing. Look at today’s military textbooks. They have changed a lot compared to ten years ago, not to mention thirty years ago,” said Zhang Heng.

Not only the two of them, but others were also discussing in groups of three or four.

This military observation really gave everyone a great shock.

Once a real war breaks out, the mode of warfare will be radically different from the past.

It is different from the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and it is also different from the current proxy wars in North Africa and Libya in the Middle East.

This kind of subversion is even more powerful than the Gulf War that year.

Although North Africa is currently the most intense war in the world, it is actually nothing to the powerful countries, and it is even like watching rookies fighting each other. The proxy war in Syria is not very intense, and the scope of the battle is not large. Now there are only less than 10 towns left.

The ongoing war in Syria is not even as bad as the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft dropping a swarm of suicide drones this morning.

In the evening, the military observation group held a summary meeting.

Although this is only the first day, the impact on everyone is still very big.

The head of the military observation group is Zhang Zhaozhong, now a real boss.

Zhang Zhaozhong personally served as the head of the military observation group. It can be imagined how strong this military observation group is. In addition to some students from military command academies, most of them are backbone personnel in the military, covering four generations of old, middle-aged, young and children.

Military developments are often beyond people’s expectations, not to mention ordinary people, even professionals cannot predict them.

Over the past thirty years, China’s weapons and equipment have been rapidly updated and military technology has exploded. This has been reflected in military command, with continuous innovations in military theory, constant changes in tactics, and repeated military reforms.

When China’s military strength was relatively weak, it was very keen on asymmetric warfare.

To put it bluntly, an asymmetric war means that if you don’t let me have an easy life, you won’t have an easy life either, and we will all perish together.

After the millennium, there has been a huge shift away from asymmetric warfare and towards the pursuit of how to win wars.

Now, another huge change is how to win the war with the lowest cost!

Over the past thirty years, three major changes in military thought have also represented the great achievements China has made in military construction over the past thirty years. (End of this chapter)