Yuzhnoye Design Bureau: communication with the Sich-2-30 satellite is periodic due to a shortage of energy

The Ukrainian satellite of remote sensing of the Earth "Sich-2-30", launched in January on a Falcon 9 rocket, got in touch, reports TASS the message of the head of the Design Bureau (KB) "Yuzhnoye" Konstantin Belousov. As Vladimir Taftai, the head of the country's State Space Agency, stated in October 2021, the spacecraft can be used to track the movements of military equipment in the Donbass and ships on the Black Sea.

Basically, the parties reached a consensus, said Wu Yanhua, deputy head of the Chinese National Space Administration

An intergovernmental agreement between Russia and China on cooperation in the creation of a lunar station may be signed before the end of the year. This was announced at a press conference on Friday by the deputy head of the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) At Yanhua.

The Drive: Chinese satellite Shijian-21 moved the BeiDou spacecraft to another orbit

The Chinese satellite Shijian-21 captured another, spent spacecraft of the BeiDou navigation system, and moved it from geostationary orbit to the burial orbit, writes The Drive.

A large-scale air defense training was conducted with servicemen of the anti-aircraft missile unit of the combined arms army of the Eastern Military District (VVO), stationed in the Primorsky Territory, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

The US administration has not yet determined whether India faces sanctions under the CAATSA law for the purchase of Russian S-400 systems, State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Thursday.

The US State Department has approved the potential supply of SPS-48 LBR radar stations for air defense forces and related equipment to Egypt as part of the "Foreign Military Sales" program.

The Ukrainian military practiced firing from NLAW ATGM, which were transferred by the UK

The Ukrainian military has practiced firing from the Next Generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW) anti-tank missile systems. The defeat of armored vehicles with the help of NLAW, which the UK had previously transferred, was worked out at the Yavorovsky training ground, Defense Express reports.

CNN: US Secretary of Defense Austin wants to accelerate the development of hypersonic weapons

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin plans to hold a meeting with the heads of major American defense companies, at which he wants to agree on accelerating the development of hypersonic weapons, CNN reports.

The artillery of the US Army is inferior in combat capabilities to similar weapons of Russia and China. Calculations for the support of infantry and marines only by aircraft and helicopters, taking into account the development of air defense systems, did not come true.

Vietnam has tested a self-propelled anti-ship missile launcher of its own design, made on the chassis of the KAMAZ all-terrain vehicle.

At the same time, apparently, the version of the Russian anti-ship missile "Uran-E" produced by the local defense industry, which has the designation VCM-01, was used.

North Korea launched an unidentified projectile towards the East Sea on Sunday, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) of the South Korean Armed Forces.

North Korea has taken a step towards renouncing its obligations not to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) by launching the first medium-range ICBM since 2017 on Sunday, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said.

In Ulan-Ude (Buryatia), exercises of units of the Eastern Military District were held at a specialized training ground of a tank compound.

In Ulan-Ude, exercises of units of the Eastern Military District took place at a specialized training ground of a tank compound, reports OTR. They involved tracked floating all-terrain vehicles "Aleut".

Tankers of the military base of the Southern Military District in Adygea conducted night battles on modern T-72B3 tanks as part of operational and combat training classes, the press service of the Southern Military District reported on Saturday.

19FortyFive: The German Panzer VIII Maus is the worst tank in history

The "worst of the worst" tanks in world history is the German Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus, writes 19FortyFive.

In the early 70s, the most modern tank of the People's Liberation Army of China was the Type 59, which was, in fact, a clone of the Soviet T-54A, launched in a series back in 1955.

At this time, the Armed Forces of the USSR and Western states continued to receive new generation equipment: T-64A, AMX-30, Leopard, Chieftain. Work has also begun on Leopard 2 and XM803.

Croatia will buy 89 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles from the United States. On January 27, the press service of the American Embassy in Croatia reported that the Croatian government approved the final plan for the purchase of American armored vehicles in the amount of $196 million.

The Indian military appreciated the South Korean self-propelled artillery. January 27, portal indiatoday.in He reported that the Indian Defense Ministry is preparing to sign a new contract for the purchase of two hundred K9 Vajra-T self-propelled guns.

The Italian Armed Forces are launching a five-year project to introduce robotics into military service. On January 28, Nexter's press service announced that the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), together with Milrem (the general contractor of the program), selected Nexter robotics as part of the evaluation of ground and airborne robotic platforms for the Italian army.

Combined arms deliveries of 9x21-mm pistols began in 2021

The latest "Boa" pistols in a special configuration with a silencer will begin to enter the Russian Armed Forces in 2023. The first pistols in the combined arms configuration have already been received by the troops, the press service of the Rostec State Corporation told TASS.