At the beginning of 2022, tests of the light floating tank "Octopus-SDM1" will be completed. The preparation of production for the serial production of armored vehicles has already begun.

The American armed forces have always tried to acquire foreign military equipment, including armored vehicles. For example, in Vietnam they carefully studied captured Soviet PT-76, T-54 and Chinese Type 59.

The Russian military is developing methodological manuals for the preparation of calculations of the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which they plan to start putting on combat duty next year, as well as the Sirena-M command missile.

On December 26, 2021, in the Indian city of Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the new Manufacturing Center of the Russian-Indian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace with the participation of the country's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.

MIC: the X-35 missile of the Bal complex can be used against targets in Norway

On the Sredny Peninsula in the Murmansk region, there is a battery of the coastal anti-ship complex "Bal", capable of hitting the Norwegian Kirkenes and Verde, says the Military-Industrial Courier (MIC).

Sabah Newspaper: Turkey is developing systems that will replace the S-400 and Patriot

Turkey will present new developments in the framework of air defense systems (air defense) projects in 2022. Promising complexes will be able to replace the Russian S-400 Triumph and the American Patriot. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Sabah newspaper.

According to a TASS source close to the Russian Defense Ministry, state tests of the new S-550 anti-aircraft missile system have been completed. The complex went on combat duty.

A completely new system has no analogues, it is capable of hitting spacecraft, intercontinental ballistic missile warheads, hypersonic targets at altitudes of several tens of thousands of kilometers.

RIA Novosti: the S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile system has been tested in the Arctic

The next tests of the S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile system have been conducted in the Arctic. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a source.

The next tests of the S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile system have been conducted in the Arctic, RIA Novosti writes. On the air of Sputnik radio, the director of the MGIMO Center for Military and Political Studies, Alexey Podberezkin, told why the air defense system is being tested in this region.

The S-500 anti-aircraft missile system was once again tested in the Arctic, RIA Novosti reports with reference to an informed source.

It is used for the study of land resources

China on Wednesday successfully launched the Tianhui-4 scientific and experimental satellite into orbit, which will be used to study land resources. This was announced by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

Deputy Chairman of the Space Transport Committee of the International Federation of Astronautics Yang Yuguang said that the normal operating altitude of Starlink exceeds 500 km and does not coincide with the position of the Chinese space station.

In 2021, on average, one Falcon 9 first stage was used 3.1 times

In 2021, the first 10 stages of SpaceX's Falcon 9 heavy rocket were launched 31 times, the portal writes NASASpaceFlight.com .

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing a new means of transportation for the exploration of the Moon, and in the future, large asteroids. One day humanity will land on them, for the purpose of extracting useful resources or studying, and then the question of moving on the surface of such cosmic bodies will arise. American engineers propose to use the gift of space itself – the abundance of static electricity there.

The program will include a plan to create an inclusive International Scientific Lunar Station by 2035

China and Russia are going to sign a new space cooperation program for 2023-2027 next year. This was reported to the Chinese newspaper Global Times in Roscosmos, the publication reports on Wednesday.

In particular, the company launched the Arctic-M meteorological satellite and the British OneWeb communications satellites

Russian rockets put 340 satellites into orbit in the outgoing year, according to the final video of Roscosmos posted on Wednesday on the YouTube channel of the state corporation's TV studio.

Voronezh Chemical Automation Design Bureau conducted tests of a forced oxygen-hydrogen engine for the Angara-A5 heavy rocket, Roskomos reported.

The Perseus upper stage did not put the overall mass model of the satellite into geostationary orbit, it follows from the data Space-track.org . The press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation did not respond to the request of N + 1 about the situation with Perseus.

NASASpaceFlight.com: the Russian upper stage "Perseus" did not turn on the engine

The third launch of the Russian heavy Angara-A5 rocket with a Perseus upper stage and a 2.4-ton payload mock-up did not pass completely normally, the American portal reports NASASpaceFlight.com .