"Unacceptable." Rogozin received a response from NASA, ESA and SSA to the demand to lift sanctions
"Either the donkey will die, or the ISS will die by its own death," wrote the head of the Russian space agency, commenting on the response of Western colleagues.
Keys to the sky: Missile defense and PKO troops were created 55 years ago
On March 30, 1967, by a directive of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces, anti-missile and Anti-Space Defense Troops were created as part of the country's air defense forces.
The original abbreviation of this type of troops looked like this: missile defense and PKO troops. The need for their appearance was dictated by a new military threat, namely, the adoption of long-range ballistic missiles by the countries of the probable enemy.
The President banned government customers from buying foreign software to use it at CII facilities
The presidential decree on measures to ensure the technological independence and security of the critical information infrastructure (CII) of the Russian Federation was signed and published on the official portal of legal information on Wednesday.
Rosatom has not stopped any nuclear power plant construction project abroad
Rosatom has not stopped any nuclear power plant construction project abroad in the current situation, said Alexey Likhachev, Director General of the state corporation.
HB11 Energy was the first to master laser nuclear fusion
A demonstration of a prototype of a nuclear fusion plant from the Australian company HB11 Energy took place at the Institute of Laser Engineering at Osaka University. Its founders have developed their own technology, which is fundamentally different from a tokamak in that it does not create extremely high temperatures. Therefore, the reactor design itself is much simpler and cheaper, and its fundamental operability has been confirmed by scientists from different countries.
The Arctic Council suspended its activities due to Ukraine
Newsweek (USA): Russia says the Ukrainian crisis should not penetrate into the Arctic, but NATO says it has already penetrated there
The countries of the Arctic Council decided to boycott future negotiations in Russia because of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, writes Newsweek. From May 2021 until May 2023, Russia is its chairman. It also includes Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, the USA, Canada and Denmark.
Canadians: our efforts in the Arctic are pathetic compared to Russia's
The Globe and Mail (Canada): Russia has plans for the Arctic – how will Canada respond?
Canada can gain a significant military advantage over Russia in the Arctic, says the author of The Globe and Mail. But readers of the publication believe that nothing but incompetence and lack of real steps should be expected from the current government.
The squadron needs a destroyer
China shows an example of increasing the power of Russian destroyers
The first month of the special military operation passed with limited use of the Navy. The main contribution of sailors to the demilitarization of Ukraine so far goes along the line of hitting important military infrastructure facilities with launches of high-precision missiles of the 3M14 "Caliber" family from surface ships and submarines.
The submarine "Ufa" of project 06363 was launched
On March 31, 2022, the launch ceremony of the large diesel-electric submarine B-588 Ufa (factory number 01617), which is under construction for the Navy of the Russian Federation, took place at Admiralty Shipyards JSC (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC - USC JSC) in St. Petersburg project 06363. This is the fourth of six Project 06363 submarines being built for the Pacific Fleet.
"American aircraft carriers are being openly led by the nose"
Why the Russian Navy relies on diesel submarines of the Varshavyanka project
Admiralty Shipyards launched a diesel-electric submarine (DPL) of the 636.3 Varshavyanka project, which was named Ufa. As part of the project, this submarine will become the fourth in the Pacific Fleet and the tenth in the entire Russian Navy. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the peculiarities of "Varshavianok".
The Security Council of the Russian Federation believes that the US Navy ships will not return to the Black Sea until the mine danger is completely eliminated
US warships will not return to the Black Sea until the mine danger created in the region by the Armed Forces of Ukraine is completely eliminated, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council (SB) of the Russian Federation Mikhail Popov believes.
Saudi Arabia received the first corvette of the Spanish project Avante 2200
On March 31, 2022, at the Spanish naval base La Carraca in San Fernando in Cadiz, a ceremony was held for the transfer of the Avante 2200 project built by the Spanish shipbuilding association Navantia in the ordered series of five units of the large corvette Al Jubail (tail number "828", construction number C546) to the Saudi Arabian Navy.
This spring, 134.5 thousand recruits will go to the army
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the spring recruitment of conscripts into the army. "To carry out, from April 1 to July 15, 2022, conscription of citizens of the Russian Federation aged 18 to 27 who are not in reserve and are subject to conscription in accordance with federal law, in the amount of 134,500 people," the document published on Thursday, March 31, says. on the official Internet portal of legal information.
In one formation: cadets, Suvorov, Nakhimov
A twenty-volume almanac about the history and traditions of Russian cadetship has been published
In April, the unique exhibition "Cadet Roll Call", dedicated to the 290th anniversary of primary military education in Russia, which has been working for six months, is coming to an end. Against the background of the exhibition in the Moscow Museum of Military Uniforms, a presentation of the book series of the same name took place. The multi-volume almanac was published as part of the literary and historical project "Cadet Heritage".
The Ministry of Defense told how the tasks were solved at the first stage of the special operation
On Wednesday evening, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said that Russian troops, developing an offensive, broke through the enemy's well-fortified defenses, crossed the Shaitanka River and are fighting with units of the 53rd mechanized Brigade on the approaches to the settlement of Velikaya Novoselka.
The Russian Army is preparing the largest operation since the Great Patriotic War
Russian troops, as well as units of the DPR and LPR, moving towards each other from the north, east and south, will soon have to close a huge cauldron in which the 50-thousandth Donbass group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be. These are the most trained units of the Ukrainian army – they have been in the combat zone since 2014, well trained and strengthened. But only the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donbass will allow us to solve other military and political tasks in Ukraine. How will the offensive develop?
In Uman, nationalists set up an arsenal in a local religious building
The Russian Defense Ministry continues to expose cynical fakes that the Kiev nationalist regime massively stamps and uses to preserve power in Ukraine, as well as mislead its population and the world community.
The US should avoid conflict with Russia. And here's why
Foreign Policy (USA): the cold war on two fronts is beyond America's strength
The Ukrainian crisis gave Biden "leverage" to achieve peace, according to the authors of the FP article. Washington should take into account Moscow's concerns and "quietly and calmly" start working with it and with Kiev. At the same time, we should not forget about China. Otherwise, the United States risks sliding into the abyss of the Cold War on two fronts, the authors warn.
The "era of optimism" in the economy is canceled
The New York Times (USA): Europe redistributes expenses amid a special operation
The Russian special operation in Ukraine is forcing Europe and the United States to restructure their spending and prepare for threats that seemed to be in the past, writes The New York Times. The author of the article tells what money will be spent on in the West now.
Europe after the special operation in Ukraine
Rand predicted the situation in Europe after the end of the conflict
Russia's special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine continues in accordance with the approved plan and will be completed, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation says.
