The United States will acquire imitations of T-72B3 tanks and Chinese VN17 infantry fighting vehicles for exercises
The US military intends to convert some of the M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles in storage into equipment depicting a likely enemy during exercises. We are talking about imitations of the Russian T-72BZ and the Chinese-made VN17 infantry fighting vehicle.
There are more robotanks
Ground combat robots are being improved. On February 4, the American company Northrop Grumman on its official YouTube channel published a video of tests of an unmanned combat vehicle with cannon armament.
The Russian military showed a "tank carousel" at the exercises
Russian tankers used the "tank carousel" at the exercises in Brest
The crews of Russian tanks used the "tank carousel" technique as part of the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State. The maneuvers of the Russian and Belarusian military were shown on video. The footage is published by RIA Novosti.
An unusual device was noticed on the Russian T-72B3 tank in Belarus
During the process of combat coordination of units of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus, an unusual device was noticed on one of the T-72B3 tanks involved in the exercises, put on a multi-channel sight of the gunner "Sosna-U".
A number of UN Security Council members condemned North Korea's missile tests, China urged the US to be flexible with regard to Pyongyang
At a meeting of the UN Security Council on North Korea's missile launches initiated by the United States, some of its members described Pyongyang's launch of a ballistic missile last Sunday as a "significant escalation" that "aims to further destabilize the region."
The United States announced the postponement of Russia's nuclear exercises due to the situation with Ukraine
FT: Russia postponed nuclear exercises to February due to the situation around Ukraine
Russia postponed large-scale nuclear exercises to February due to the situation with Ukraine. This is reported by the Financial Times with reference to a source in Congress, reports RBC.
The Russian military is conducting exercises with strategic complexes "Yars" in the Ivanovo region
The Russian military at the exercises of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) in the Ivanovo region, the field positions of the Yars missile systems have been changed, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Sunday.
In the Urals, nuclear complexes were put on combat patrol
In the Sverdlovsk region, calculations of launchers of the mobile nuclear missile complex "Yars" of the Teikov division of the Strategic Missile Forces went to the combat patrol routes.
As reported to the correspondent of "RG" in the Ministry of Defense, during the exercises, strategic rocket scientists, among other things, are practicing the covert withdrawal of missile systems to field positions. Everything is happening as it would be done during the war.
Missile strike control training with Iskander calculations was held in Primorye
A training on missile strike control with calculations of operational-tactical missile systems (OTRK) Iskander was held in Primorsky Krai, the press service of the Eastern Military District reported on Friday.
The Ministry of Defense of India has updated the request for proposals for the purchase of new SAU
On February 2, the Ministry of Defense of India published an updated request for proposals (RFP) for the purchase of towed anti-aircraft artillery installations for the country's Armed Forces.
The only means of protecting the United States from hypersonic missiles is named
The development of hypersonic weapons poses a serious threat to the US Navy. The US military intends to counteract warheads flying at a speed of several Mach with the help of space satellites and an SM-6 interceptor missile.
The United States has named its only hypersonic missile
Vice Admiral of the US Navy John Hill called the only hypersonic missile SM-6
Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) missiles can be used against hypersonic weapons, writes The Drive, referring to a statement by Vice Admiral of the US Navy John Hill.
A new satellite of the US missile attack warning system has been commissioned
The new American satellite of the missile attack Warning System (SPRN) SBIRS GEO 5 has begun to perform operational tasks after the completion of the testing period in orbit, the US Space Operations Command announced on Sunday.
Russian and Belarusian pilots practice elements of air combat
During the inspection of the reaction forces of the Union State, Belarusian and Russian fighter crews perform tasks of patrolling air borders as part of mixed pairs.
The Ministry of Defense of Belarus announced the use of air defense systems "Osa" in joint exercises with Russia
Calculations of anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) "Osa" work out the tasks of air defense during the inspection of the reaction forces of the Union State on the territory of Belarus on Saturday.
For the first time, the UrFU Military Training Center received the Pantsir-S ZRPC simulator
For the first time, the Military Training Center at the Ural Federal University (UrFU) received a cool simulator of the anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex "Pantsir-S".
China talks about cooperation with Russia on the Moon
Xi Jinping spoke about his readiness to promote cooperation with Russia in space exploration
China is ready to promote cooperation with Russia in the field of cosmonautics, reports TASS, referring to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
SpaceX launched a new batch of Starlink Internet satellites into orbit, brought the grouping to 2089 vehicles
The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Thursday successfully launched into orbit a batch of 49 mini-satellites designed to continue the deployment of the global network of Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX reported.
Musk's satellites began to interfere with the study of dangerous asteroids
Scientists have found out that SpaceX's Starlink satellites spoil 18% of the images taken by astronomers
Scientists said that SpaceX's Starlink satellites, which have filled a low Earth orbit, interfere with the study of dangerous objects such as asteroids and comets. The study was published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Space production has a new GOST
The state standard developed by the Academician M. F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems Company (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) has been approved in Russia.