Virgin Galactic will open the sale of tickets for suborbital flights worth from $450 thousand

The American company Virgin Galactic on Wednesday, February 16, will begin the open sale of tickets for commercial suborbital flights on its spacecraft. The starting price of the tour is 450 thousand dollars. This is stated in the company's press release, which is cited by Interfax.

According to Bloomberg, the EC intends to spend €2.4 billion from its budget for these purposes

The European Union plans to spend €6 billion ($6.8 billion) to create a constellation of communications satellites in low Earth orbit to ensure secure communications for member countries. This is reported by Bloomberg with reference to the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton.

Colonel Suchkov said that Russia will update the missile attack warning system

The Missile Attack Warning System (SPRN) of the Russian Armed Forces will be completely updated by 2030. According to Colonel Sergey Suchkov, head of the Main Center for Missile Attack Warning of the Space Forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces, in an interview with Krasnaya Zvezda, it will be based on a new generation of Voronezh-DM radar stations (radars).

The Russian missile attack warning system will be fully updated by 2030. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Alexey Leonkov told about the new Voronezh high-readiness radars.

The S-500 air defense system will be able to deprive inconspicuous fighters of communication and navigation

The Russian S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile system (SAMS) is designed to combat spacecraft and ballistic missiles. The air defense system can reduce the effectiveness of the use of stealth fighters, hitting navigation satellites and tanker aircraft. The American edition of Military Watch described the opposition of the S-500 to inconspicuous fighters.

Colonel Suchkov spoke about the fixation of the Russian missile launch system in the United States

Over the past year, the Russian Missile Attack Warning System (SPRN) has recorded tests of space rockets (RCN) with an air launch in the United States, Colonel Sergey Suchkov, head of the Main Center for Missile Attack Warning of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of Russia, told the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.

In the Baltic Fleet in the Kaliningrad region, an exercise was held to repel a missile and air strike of a conditional enemy by the forces of S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs).

A simulated enemy air raid was simulated by assault and fighter aircraft

The air defense units of the Eastern Military District (VVO) and the Armed Forces of Belarus in the framework of the joint exercises "Allied Determination - 2022" repelled an air strike of a conditional enemy. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The Russian military recorded tests by Israel and China of missiles as part of the improvement of anti-missile defense systems (ABM) by these countries.

CSIS stated that the US will be able to overcome Russia's advantage in hypersonic weapons

Hypersonic missiles of Russia and China can maneuver, bypassing missile defense systems (ABM). At the same time, the influence of overloads and temperature can make rockets vulnerable. In the publication The Foreign Policy talked about ways to counter hypersonic weapons.

The Indonesian Navy is considering the possibility of acquiring a coastal missile system NSM (Naval Strike Missile) manufactured by the Norwegian company Kongsberg.

The Iraqi army continues to arm itself with inexpensive equipment. February 15, portal armyrecognition.com He reported that the Iraqi Defense Ministry announced the delivery of armored vehicles purchased from the Bulgarian company Apolo Engineering.

The Iraqi army adopted the T-72 and BMP-1 delivered by sea at the end of last week. On this occasion, a solemn ceremony was held at one of the military bases, which was attended by the Minister of Defense of the country, Juma Inad Saadun, who arrived by helicopter.

The Vietnamese army is in no hurry to abandon outdated, but at the same time simple and reliable Soviet equipment. For example, T-34-85 medium tanks and SU-100 self-propelled artillery units are still in operation in coastal defense units.

After the crushing defeat of the Ukrainian armed forces at the end of the summer of 2014, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hastily began to form new formations, for which there was simply not enough serviceable equipment.

In China, for the first time, a new modification of the PLZ−45 self-propelled artillery system was shown, intended for export deliveries. Compared to the original version, it has a thoroughly redesigned external and internal appearance.

Germany will transfer PzH 2000 howitzers and armored vehicles to Lithuania

The German Armed Forces will strengthen the combined NATO battalion in Lithuania. The Bundeswehr will send additional military personnel, armored personnel carriers and self-propelled howitzers to the country. This is reported by Defence24.

A virtual environment for simulating the operation of the Marker robotics complex in various settings and with various equipment was created at the NGO Android Technology and the Robotics Research Institute of the Southern Federal University, Evgeny Dudorov, executive director of Android Technology, told RIA Novosti.

According to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Rostechnadzor and its head Alexander Trembitsky should use modern technologies to ensure safety at work and conduct risk analysis.

Specialists of the analytical company Juniper Research conducted a study, the results of which allowed them to predict that by 2026 the volume of the global cellular Internet of Things (IoT) market will reach $ 61 billion.