Roscosmos: NASA astronaut Rubio may fly to Soyuz MS in September 2022

Francisco Rubio may become the only American astronaut who will be delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) by the Russian Soyuz MS spacecraft in 2022. The name of the NASA astronaut was called "Roscosmos".

Cosmonaut recruitment was open, applications were accepted from citizens of the Russian Federation not older than 35 years old, with higher education in engineering, scientific or flight specialties with work experience

Cosmonauts of the 2018 set Konstantin Borisov, Alexander Gorbunov, Alexander Grebenkin, Alexey Zubritsky, Sergey Mikaev and Oleg Platonov can make the first flights into orbit in 2023-2024. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Thursday.

The Soyuz-2.1a rocket is characterized by increased accuracy of removal and increased payload mass up to 7.5 tons

Two Soyuz-2 launch vehicles.1a" and the Soyuz-2.1v rocket, manufactured by the Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC) under a state contract, were accepted by the military representation of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. This was reported to the head of the military department Sergei Shoigu by the general director of the center Dmitry Baranov.

Deputy Head of the Russian Military Department Alexey Krivoruchko said that on November 25, calculations of the Aerospace Forces launched a Soyuz-2 L B carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage.

The American SB>1 DEFIANT helicopter has successfully passed the most difficult flight test. On January 19, the Boeing press service announced that a promising vehicle for the FLRAA army program had completed testing.

The Americans supplied the Mojave drone with a pair of multi-barrel rapid-firing machine guns. This is one of the first cases of equipping shock UAVs with weapons of this type.

The Agency for the Sale of Military Equipment (DESA) of the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom offers interested customers to purchase AWACS E-3D "Sentry" AEW.Mk1 aircraft, decommissioned by the country's Air Force in September 2021.

The United States may approve Turkey's request for the purchase of F-16 fighter jets in order to strengthen a NATO ally on the Black Sea. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported by CNN-Turk with reference to its sources in the United States.

The flight of Ka-52 helicopters, which arrived at the end of last year, completed the formation of a squadron of Alligator reconnaissance and attack helicopters of the army aviation unit of the Southern Military District, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

Russian light aircraft LMS-901 "Baikal" may make its first flight in January

The Russian light multipurpose aircraft LMS-901 "Baikal" may take to the skies in January. This was announced by the Deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia Oleg Bocharov at a meeting on the development of civil aircraft and the renewal of the fleet of civil aviation aircraft, RIA Novosti reports.

By the day of military acceptance, Mi-28NM and Ka-52 helicopters were also transferred to the troops

Upgraded Su-30SM2 fighters and Mi-28NM helicopters began to enter the army. This was reported to TASS by Rostec State Corporation as part of a single day of military acceptance.

According to the general director of the company Alexander Veprev, the aircraft are fully equipped

Four upgraded super-maneuverable multifunctional two-seat Su-30SM2 fighter jets were first manufactured by the Irkutsk Aviation Plant in 2021 in the interests of naval aviation of the Russian Navy. This was reported to the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergey Shoigu by the General Director of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant of PJSC Irkut Corporation - Deputy General Director of PJSC Irkut Corporation Alexander Veprev.

The General Meeting of Shareholders of the United Aircraft Corporation approved the merger of the MiG and Sukhoi companies, the UAC said in a statement at the Corporate Information Disclosure Center.

The instruction to review "confidence-building measures", as well as to consider the possibility of resuming "all temporarily suspended" activities due to Washington's "hostile policy" was announced during a meeting of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea, held the day before under the chairmanship of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

EU Diplomacy Chief Josep Borrel discussed the Ukrainian crisis and Russian proposals on European security with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau.

The Drive: NLAW missiles will act as a balancer for the Ukrainian military

The United Kingdom on military transport aircraft C-17 Globemaster III delivered to Ukraine, probably hundreds of portable anti-tank guided missiles Next Generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW). Defensive weapons will act as "a means of deterring future Russian aggression," says The Drive.

Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia have appealed to the US State Department with a request to approve the transfer of part of their American-made weapons to Ukraine, Politico reported, citing sources.

The Drive: The US Navy's Georgia nuclear submarine could strike Crimea

The nuclear submarine Georgia of the US Navy, which made a short stop in the Cyprus area, has all the means to strike Russia, for example, Crimea, and Ukraine, in particular, with Tomahawk cruise missiles, warns the American edition of The Drive.

The eighth flight to Ukraine in the last three days was carried out by heavy military transport aircraft C-17A Globemaster III of the British Royal Air Force, according to data from Western aviation resources.

Russia is militarily head and shoulders superior to Ukraine, but in the event of an attack, it will face immediate consequences

Russia is much stronger militarily than Ukraine and will win in the event of a conflict, but the price of victory and the consequences of an attack will be high, US President Joe Biden said.