The Drive: Polish Thunder MANPADS would be very useful for Ukraine

Portable anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS) "Thunder", which Poland will supply to Ukraine, would be very useful for Kiev now. The possibilities that Polish weapons will provide to the Armed Forces of Ukraine were evaluated in the American edition of The Drive.

Western countries are actively arming Ukraine. On February 2, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced the transfer of the Piorun MANPADS to the Ukrainian army (Polish. - lightning) and an ATGM of an unnamed type.

"On January 24, 2022, the border service authorities, in cooperation with the Air Force and air defense units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, recorded the fact of violation of the State Border of Belarus in the airspace from Ukraine by an unmanned aerial vehicle, which was subsequently forced to land by the air defense units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus.

The forces of the Union State are being tested in the Republic

The Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system has been relocated to Belarus, where it will take up combat duty as part of the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State. This was reported to journalists in the Russian Defense Ministry.

NASA postponed the first launch of the SLS rocket with the Orion spacecraft from February to March

The first launch of the superheavy Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft, which is supposed to fly around the Moon and then return to Earth, is postponed from February 15 to mid-March. Ars Technica writes about this, referring to NASA.

In August last year, NASA Inspector General Paul Martin reported that the landing of astronauts on the Moon in 2024 is not possible due, in particular, to delays in the development of spacesuits.

A total of seven OneWeb satellite launches are planned for 2022

The launch of the Russian Soyuz-ST-B carrier rocket with 34 OneWeb satellites from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana will take place on the evening of February 10. The corresponding information was published on Thursday by the space launch operator Arianespace.

The corporation noted that the technical possibility of the ISS arch from orbit has been studied since its creation

The technical capability of the ISS arch from orbit has been worked out since its creation. The decision on flooding will be made at the level of the governments of the participating countries of the project, the press service of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia told TASS.

RSC Energia said that the decision to flood the ISS will be made by all project participants

The possibility of flooding the International Space Station (ISS) from a technical point of view has been considered since its creation, the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia (part of Roscosmos) told TASS.

NASA plans to flood the ISS at Nemo Point in the Pacific Ocean in 2031

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) intends to continue operating the International Space Station (ISS) until 2030. This is reported by CNN.

The CEO of Roscosmos noted that the tests will begin in 2023

The sequence of tests of the security system of the promising manned spacecraft "Eagle", which will be held at the Vostochny cosmodrome, has been finally approved. This was announced by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The Russian space Agency told about the scheme of tests of rescue systems and landing of the ship "Eagle". During the tests, his return vehicle will be dropped four times from a helicopter.

Roscosmos has decided on a test schedule for the promising Eagle spacecraft, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin said.

According to the head of the state corporation, the work was carried out together with the redesign of the complex

Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, said that the state corporation had a very difficult time entering into the project of building a launch complex for the Angara launch vehicle at the Vostochny cosmodrome.

Minister of Defense of Ukraine Reznikov announced plans for the construction of the Baykar Makina plant

Ukraine plans to launch the production of Turkish Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Cooperation in the production of unmanned platforms of Baykar Makina will be included in the agreement that Ukraine and Turkey will sign on Thursday, February 3.

The main task of the exercises is to work out the actions of the Russian Navy and the Russian Aerospace Forces to protect national interests in the World Ocean

Norwegian and British fighter jets escorted Russian Tu-142 aircraft during their flight on a submarine search exercise in the Northeast Atlantic. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the Northern Fleet.

British fighters took to the air because of two Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers, which flew over the Barents Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the northeast Atlantic, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

The crews of the fighter aviation of the Southern Military District from the Erebuni Airbase (Armenia) performed training flights on MiG-29 and Su-30SM fighters, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

The stage with combat firing of combined arms and amphibious units using artillery fire, practicing assault and army aviation strikes took place on Thursday at the Brest training ground as part of the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State.

During the exercises in the Kurgan region, the crews of the Central Military District worked out a covert approach to a given area and bombing at fortifications and facilities of a simulated enemy field camp.