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The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI, Rusi) is a defence and security think tank with its headquarters in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1831 by the Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley .
As of May 2024, there are 59 vessels on the ‘1718 committee’ designated vessels’ list. [57] There is little public record of successful enforcement against North Korean ‘shadow’ ships, though some cases have been well documented. [58] The Wise Honest incident: this cargo ship was seized by Indonesia on behalf of the United States.
The RUSI Journal is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering international security and defence strategy. It was established in 1857 as the Royal United Services Institution Journal , obtaining its current title in 1972.
As of 10 May 2024 at least 14 (6 BTR-70 and 8 BTR-70M) have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. [46] BTR-80: Armoured personnel carrier 1,200 [43] Soviet Union Russia: As of 10 May 2024, at least 985 (204 BTR-80, 622 BTR-82A(M), 104 BTR-82AT and 55 unknown BTR-80/BTR-82A) have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. [46] BTR-90
The price for one system (including 2 drones, a portable launch complex, a control station and a set of spare parts) was reportedly 5 million rubles ($150,000) in 2013. [18] Over 50 Orlan UAVs were delivered for export in 2021 to Russia's allies. [19] It has seen action in Ukraine, Syria, Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh. [20] [21]
Russia's defense industry employs approximately 3.5 million people as of 2024, and accounts for 20% of all manufacturing jobs in Russia. [2] [3] The combined revenue of the industry's 20 largest companies in 2009 was $12.25 billion. [17]
A pre-production Challenger 3 on display at DVD2024, a defence equipment exhibition at the Millbrook Proving Ground, in September 2024. It was announced on 23 January 2024 that the first pre-production Challenger 3 had been delivered, [52] with trials commencing in Germany in February [53] and the first live-firing of the main armament in April ...
In January 2024, Ukrainian drone operators told Reuters and the BBC that many small first-person view (FPV) drones were cheaply assembled by volunteers at home encouraged by the government, using different controllers and settings, with a lack of quality and reliability that hindered in their use. The most common problem being video or control ...