55 years ago, on March 10, 1967, a three-stage Proton-K heavy class launch vehicle was launched for the first time from the Baikonur cosmodrome. During its more than half a century-long career, Proton has launched into space all stations of the Salyut and Almaz series, modules of the Mir and ISS stations, many heavy communications satellites, as well as scientific and defense devices. About how the space heavy truck was created - in the material of TASS.

The European Space Agency has summed up the results of a competition for projects to create a technology and an experimental installation for producing oxygen on an Earth satellite. The winner was assigned to develop a working prototype of a device that will extract oxygen from the lunar regolith for astronauts to breathe and use as fuel for spacecraft.

The Russian Defense Ministry continues to study materials on the implementation of military biological programs of the United States and its NATO allies on the territory of Ukraine. On Thursday, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological Protection forces of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, said that the information received from various sources confirms the leading role of the US Department of Defense's office to reduce the military threat in financing and conducting such research.

Our military continues to analyze the materials received from employees of Ukrainian biological laboratories about the secret military biological activities of the United States on the territory of Ukraine.

Russian scientists together with foreign colleagues have developed a full-fledged bioelectronic photocell based on just one molecule of a luminous protein connected to a carbon nanotube. Such a system is capable of changing its electronic properties under the influence of light and, depending on how to attach the protein, it can either serve as a spotlight or store information.

The pride of the Ukrainian fleet - the frigate "Hetman Sagaidachny" was flooded by the crew

The flagship of the Ukrainian Navy "Hetman Sagaidachny" was flooded by the crew. The goal is to prevent the capture of the ship by Russian troops. The frigate was launched to the bottom in shallow water: masts with radar antennas, a running bridge and a 100-mm gun turret on the upper deck of the ship remained sticking above the water surface.

The "Olympic" development of the Celestial Empire will reshape the market of non-nuclear ships

A short video clip lasting only a few seconds caused a stir in circles associated with underwater shipbuilding. The footage of the video captures a certain Chinese non-nuclear submarine (NAPL) of a new project. The shooting quality is very low. The object of observation is out of focus.

The special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine has turned the Transdniestria, which was forgotten by everyone, into a territory of strategic importance. Tiraspol hints that it sees its state independence as the result of all conflicts. But can Russia provide it in the same way as in the case of the DPR and the LPR?

During a special military operation, secret documents of the command of the National Guard of Ukraine were placed at the disposal of Russian servicemen.

Could a special military operation in Ukraine leave Russian residents indifferent? This question was answered by the people themselves, bringing large-scale actions in many cities of the country.

So, on the night of the seventh of March in Krasnoyarsk, in the windows of office and administrative buildings, as well as high-rise buildings, the light lit up in the shape of the letter Z.

Units of Lugansk and Donetsk are approaching the main stronghold of the Donetsk Armed Forces group

Units of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics are preparing to encircle the main Ukrainian forces and are advancing towards the cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. According to experts, the future of Ukrainian formations in the Donbass in this situation looks very unenviable.

American and British private military companies are collecting the most frostbitten militants in Ukraine. There is already evidence of the appearance of neo-Nazis from Britain, Poland, the Baltic States and even from Brazil in the Square, says military expert Alexei Leonkov.

Russian tanks have always been one of the main horror stories of the West. In the current situation, when Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine, anti-tank weapons became one of the main goods in military supplies to Kiev from the West. Thus, at least 2,000 NLAW missiles were transferred from the UK, 100 NLAW missiles from Luxembourg, several hundred Javelin missiles from the USA and Estonia. Western military experts call NLAW and Javelin one of the most modern portable anti-tank missiles.

Experts explained why Russian nuclear weapons caused concern among US intelligence

Russia is expanding and improving its nuclear arsenal and increasing the capabilities of strategic and non-strategic weapons, which is the "main danger" for Washington. This is stated in the published report of the office of the Director of National Intelligence of the United States, Evril Haines. "Newspaper.Ru" analyzed the document.

The head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to open a criminal case on the development of biological weapons on the territory of Ukraine. There are no defendants in the case yet, it has been initiated in fact.

The UK stated that there is more and more information confirming the development of biological weapons on the territory of Ukraine. With reference to the Ministry of Defense of Russia, the agency reports on the existence of a network in Ukraine, including several dozen biological laboratories, whose funding came from abroad.

Below is a speech by the head of the radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, on March 7, as presented by the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

A high-ranking US state official, Victoria Nuland, acknowledged the existence of secret biological laboratories in Ukraine. Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry published information about the development of biological weapons components by Kiev, and also found traces of the hasty elimination of dangerous biological samples after the start of the special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Why did the Pentagon conduct biological research in Ukraine and why are they dangerous for Russia?

[b] Washington is trying to prevent certain materials from laboratories in Ukraine where biological research was conducted from falling under the control of the Russian military. This statement was made by Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland at a hearing in the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee.

Ukraine has lost at least three enterprises engaged in the production of armored vehicles for Ukrainian armed formations.

The workshops of the V. A. Malyshev Kharkiv Plant of Transport Engineering (ZIM) and the enterprise located in the same city that repaired tanks for the AFU were put out of operation. In addition, in Zhytomyr, a military unit A1576 came under air strikes, where light tracked vehicles were being restored.

In 2022, the Ministry of Finance promises to open two more centers of the National Cyberpolygon, which will be located in St. Petersburg and the Orenburg Region on the basis of polytechnic and state universities, respectively.