Russia has made clear the "ten-year plan" for the development of the military industry: hypersonic speed, laser weapons, AI technology...

On November 11, the Russian Independent Military Review website published an article entitled "Church "Poseidon' Reflections on Russia's Clear Direction of The Development Strategy of Armaments", written by Dmitry Litovkin, and the full text is excerpted as follows:

Hypersonic missile technology, laser weapons, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) – these priorities in the development of armaments will be reflected in the new pre-2033 national arms plan. Putin made this request when he held a meeting with the leaders of the military industry and the Ministry of Defense in Sochi. As usual, details were not disclosed.

Putin only announced: "The Zircon hypersonic missile is launched from underwater and surface ships in full compliance with the requirements of the mission, and accurately strikes ground and sea targets." "Next year the missile will be installed in the Russian Navy. He also said that ongoing tests also strongly prove the unique performance of the Pereswert strategic laser weapon, the Pioneer and the Dagger hypersonic system.

The adoption of artificial intelligence technology is equally important, with the goal of ensuring a qualitative breakthrough in improving the performance of high-precision weapons, troop command systems, communications and data transmission tools.

Putin emphasized: "The use of artificial intelligence technology is equally important when building more autonomous robot technology equipment and controlling drones and deepwater submersibles." ”

Artificial intelligence is becoming a major priority for armaments planning. To implement the plan, Russia intends to invest 22 trillion rubles (about $306 billion). The scale of this investment is almost the same as the armaments plan of the past 10 years. Thanks to the program, the rate of modern weapons and equipment of the Russian army reached about 72%.

In March last year, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the launch of an internal scientific research competition to "manufacture test samples for the development, learning and implementation of deep neural networks for a new generation of artificial intelligence military systems." This year, the Russian Ministry of Defense plans to set up a department responsible for artificial intelligence and neural network problems.

In order to develop artificial intelligence, Russia plans to allocate 244 billion rubles by 2024. Within the framework of the "Science" state project, Russia will establish nine world-class scientific research centers by 2023 for the study of advanced digital technologies, robotic equipment, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence issues.

It is difficult to sort out what project this refers to. Putin is talking about both the country's global governance tasks, scientific research activities, and purely military applications. The Poseidon nuclear-powered unmanned underwater vehicle is an example of this. TASS quoted Mikhail Budnitchenko, general manager of the Northern Machine Factory, as saying that the nuclear submarine Belgorod carrying Poseidon is about to complete the national testing phase. He stressed that the testing of the submarine is proceeding step by step without interruption. In other words, this year's "Belgorod" nuclear submarine can go to sea. The standard delivery vehicle for Poseidon will be the Khabarovsk-class nuclear submarine. Earlier, it was reported that Russia planned to build four nuclear submarines of this class.

Today, the Warrior-D nuclear-powered deep-sea submersible has mapped Poseidon's "operational operations." The Warrior-D's Trip to the Mariana Trench was actually to map the bottom of the world's oceans in order to chart the digital sailing routes for Poseidon. After launching from the submarine base in Vilyutsinsk, Kamchatka, Poseidon, as a "doomsday" nuclear torpedo, will reach the U.S. military base on Guam unimpeded. It will act procedurally, rather than completing tactical tasks autonomously. But this is only now, and everything can change drastically in the future.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the Russian Ministry of Defense has begun to purchase "land" robots in bulk. The Russian defense minister revealed the news at the "new knowledge" education marathon introducing Russia's scientific and technological achievements.

He said at the time: "The combat robot has begun mass production. It is no longer a simple experimental sample, but a robot that can indeed fight autonomously like in science fiction movies. I can't get around the weapons of the future. Work is also being done vigorously in this regard. ”

All of this shows that Russia is not only at the forefront of developing mechanized systems that still require human operation, but is also looking for ways to build automated, independent thinking systems. In the end, what will happen, the upcoming armament plan will give the answer.

Source: Reference News Network