🇷🇺 Huge explosion in Belgorod, Russia

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🇷🇺 "On April 20, during the flight of the plane
Su-34 VKS over the city of Belgorod, an abnormal drop of aviation ammunition occurred" - Russian Defense Ministry

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🇺🇸 Astro III MLRS is announced. It's a very competitive system with excellent range for unguided and guided rockets, and also long range cruise missiles

🚀 The system fire power improved considerably from “Astros II”. Now it can fire 4 cruise missiles per launcher with range of 1500km or a salvo of 12 150mm rockets able to reach 170km.

But for us the most interesting feature was the “Astros AFC”. It is an autonomous launcher, able to do the a target acquisition, fire and move out fast. It has all the command features integrated and can fire 12 guided Ss-150G with range of 150km in just 15 seconds.

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🇺🇸 USAF tests the C-17 in Command and Control role.

Waiting for the E-7 “Wedgetail” to come in line to replace the E-3 AWACS, the USAF took a C-17 GLOBEMASTER from the 62nd Airlift Wing on a new mission by using the strategic transport jet as a mobile command-and-control station for coordinating simulated air and ground operations at Nellis Air Force Base, in Nevada, during Exercise Black Flag 23-1.

This includes ground-based stations such as the Control and Reporting Centers (CRC) and the Air Support Operations Centers, alongside the airborne ones, such as the E-3, E-7, and E-8 JSTARS.
As reported by Air Force Maj. Paden Allen, Commander of the C2 division of the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, the funny thing is that for this experiment, they took off-the-shelf equipment, things that the government either already has, or could easily go get today, pieced it all together, and with a bit of computer science, they reached more than they had previously: lighter, leaner and faster.

The lighter footprint was evident during the Black Flag exercise, where all the equipment necessary for C2 took up just two jump seats in a C-17 or the trunk of a light vehicle.

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