Deliveries of THAAD complexes to Saudi Arabia should begin in 2023
According to information published by Defense News, Lockheed Martin plans to deliver the first THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) missile defense system to the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces in 2023.
The Moroccan Armed Forces have acquired an Israeli UAV counteraction system
The command of the Armed Forces of Morocco announced on its Facebook page about the purchase of anti-aircraft systems Skylock Dome Israeli production.
President of Belarus Lukashenko asked for S-400 or S-500 to protect against a missile attack
Belarus needs Russian S-400 or S-500 anti-aircraft missile systems for effective protection against a missile attack, President of the Republic Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
The advantage of the upgraded "Shell" is named
The upgraded anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex (ZRPC) "Pantsir-S1M" will be able to shoot down drones before they launch weapons of destruction. The advantages of the Russian complex were called by the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Arsenal of the Fatherland" Viktor Murakhovsky.
Expert: the improved "Shell" will be able to shoot down attack drones before they launch their missiles
The range of the ZRPC has been increased and sufficiently confident identification of drones is provided in the affected area, the editor-in-chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine noted
The new improved anti-aircraft missile and gun system (ZRPC) "Pantsir-S1M" with an increased target range will be able to shoot down attack drones even before they launch their aircraft weapons. This opinion was expressed by TASS editor-in-chief of the magazine "Arsenal of the Fatherland" Viktor Murakhovsky.
Anti-aircraft gunners of the Southern Military District began receiving the S-350 Vityaz air defense system
The anti-aircraft missile regiment of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Federal District received a modern S-350 Vityaz air defense system. Combat crews of the complexes have started receiving equipment on the territory of the 4th State Central Interspecific training Ground of the Russian Ministry of Defense "Kapustin Yar".
Russia's first ultra-short-range mobile air defense system is ready for mass production
The complex has already successfully completed state tests in 2019
The Engineering Design Bureau (KBM, part of the Rostec State Corporation's High-Precision Complexes holding) has prepared for serial production the first Russian short-range/ultra-short-range air defense system of the VSHORAD [Very Short-Range Air Defense] "Flexible-S" type. This was reported to TASS by Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the cluster of armaments, ammunition and special chemicals of the Rostec State Corporation.
SpaceX shifted orbits of Starlink satellites to avoid space debris
At the same time, the head of SpaceX, Elon Musk, noted that both the ISS and the Dragon cargo ship are equipped with protective screens that allow them to absorb the impacts of high-speed objects
TASS, December 1.. The American company SpaceX has shifted the orbits of some Starlink satellites to prevent their possible collision with space debris. This was announced on Tuesday by the head of the company, Elon Musk.
The Zhuzhong rover has established a connection with the Mars Express probe
The European Space Agency reported that the tests confirmed the possibility of Mars Express in the mode of "blind collection" of radio waves
TASS, December 1. Chinese and European scientists have successfully conducted trial communication sessions between the Zhuzhong rover and the Mars Express probe, confirming the possibility of using the European mission to maintain contact with the Chinese rover. This was announced on Wednesday by the press service of the European Space Agency (ESA).
The launch of the Ukrainian satellite "Sich" in the United States will take place on January 10
This satellite is supposed to be used for civilian needs
The Ukrainian satellite Sich-2-30 has been successfully tested and is ready to be sent to the United States, where its launch is scheduled to take place on January 10. This was announced on Tuesday by the head of the State Space Agency of Ukraine Vladimir Taftai.
A fragment of the American Pegasus rocket will fly near the ISS
A fragment of the American Pegasus rocket will fly 5.4 km from the International Space Station (ISS) on December 3. This was announced on Wednesday, December 1, according to Roscosmos.
The launch of the Soyuz rocket with Galileo navigation satellites was postponed to December 3 due to bad weather
Due to bad weather, the European aerospace company is postponing the launch of the Soyuz rocket with Galileo navigation satellites on board, previously planned on Wednesday, for December 3," the company's CEO Stefan Israel said on Twitter.
A TASS cosmonaut and Japanese tourists will return to Earth on December 20
Landing is expected at 06:18 Moscow time in the steppe of Kazakhstan
The crew of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft, consisting of cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, who will become the first special correspondent of TASS in orbit, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his business assistant Yozo Hirano, will return to Earth on the morning of December 20. This was reported to TASS by the press service of Roscosmos on Wednesday.
Ryabkov said that Russia hopes to continue cooperation with the United States on space
At the same time, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation expressed hope that Washington would see "contradictions in its own position" on preventing an arms race in space against the background of Western accusations against Russia
Russia hopes that cooperation between Moscow and Washington in the space industry will continue on a mutually beneficial basis, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Defense of Bangladesh holds a tender for the purchase of attack helicopters
The Ministry of Defense of Bangladesh is holding a tender for the purchase of new specialized attack helicopters to equip the army aviation of the Ground Forces.
Israel will arm itself with "Stallions"
American heavy helicopters Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion found the first foreign buyer. Yesterday, November 30, the portal flightglobal.com He reported that the Israeli government approved the purchase of new helicopters for the IDF.
Tests of a flying grenade launcher were shown on video
The Norwegian company Nammo is testing a drone with an M72 anti-tank grenade launcher mounted on it. The new weapon can operate in a swarm, the company said in a statement.
French special forces are preparing to fly on "jet skates"
Science fiction stories about flying soldiers are becoming a reality. November 30, portal armyrecognition.com He reported that the French Special Operations Forces are preparing to test an updated version of Frank Zapata's Flyboard Air device.
F-35B dropped a weather-insensitive planning bomb
For the first time, the US Navy and the American company Raytheon have dropped a Stormbreaker planning bomb from an F-35B fighter jet that is insensitive to weather conditions. The flight of the bomb was tracked by another fighter - F/A-18F - over a shared network.
The first serial batch of the training system for Mi-8AMTSh crews was delivered to the Russian Aerospace Forces
The system includes a server, a set of workstations, a place for an instructor, software, a video projector and other equipment
Technodinamika Holding (part of Rostec) delivered the first serial batch of an automated training system (AOS) to the Russian Aerospace Forces for the training of Mi-8AMTSh crew members. This is stated in the message of the holding, distributed on Wednesday.
