Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia, unlike the United States, did not start an arms race. According to the minister, an attempt to start a confrontation in orbit is a challenge from the Pentagon, the Izvestia TV channel reports. He also noted that the work of the Russian Federation in space is not related to the monopolization of near-Earth space.

The head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Bill Nelson, expressed concern about the safety of the crew of the International Space Station (ISS). Nelson said this on Tuesday, November 16.

The crew members of the International Space Station were also exposed to danger, stressed Thierry Breton

The resulting fragments of the non-operational satellite "Tselina-D" after its destruction during the tests conducted by Russia may pose a threat to the activities of the European Union in space. This statement was made on Tuesday by the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton.

The test, as a result of which the inactive Russian spacecraft "Tselina-D" was hit, is not directed against anyone, the fragments formed during it do not pose a threat to space activities, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The indignation on the part of the United States about the tests of the anti-satellite system by Russia is quite cynical, since they themselves shot down their satellite back in 2008, and then the Pentagon itself did not respond to objections from the Russian Federation and China. This was told by military historian Boris Yulin on Wednesday, November 17.

There was one less inactive satellite in Earth orbit and one and a half thousand more debris. On November 16, the TASS news agency, referring to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, reported on tests during which an inactive Soviet spacecraft was successfully hit.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Russia opposes an arms race in outer space. Earlier, the Ministry of Defense successfully tested an anti-satellite system, the Izvestia TV channel reports. As a result, the inactive device "Tselina-D" was struck. The US State Department accused Russia of creating a threat.

According to the head of the state corporation, this kind of information is of great value - it is needed to assess possible damage and understand the events that have occurred

Roscosmos has prepared photos of the port of Beirut from space, despite the fact that it has not received an official request. This was announced by the general director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin before signing a memorandum of cooperation between TASS and Roscosmos, implying the creation of an agency office on the International Space Station.

The Cosmonaut Training Center has selected four candidates to prepare for flights on the American Crew Dragon manned spacecraft. This was announced on Wednesday, November 17, by the head of the Center Maxim Kharlamov.

The state Corporation Roscosmos and NASA have reached an agreement in principle on the resumption of "cross-over" flights, the text of the agreement is being agreed in the government of the Russian Federation, the executive director of Roscosmos for manned programs Sergey Krikalev told Interfax on Wednesday.

The design will be financed under the state defense order

The development of a draft design for a new Russian orbital station will begin in 2022, it will take about a year and a half, Alexander Bloshenko, executive director of Roscosmos for Advanced programs and Science, told Interfax.

The main crew of the spacecraft includes Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his business assistant Yozo Hirano

The interdepartmental commission at the meeting recommended approving the main and backup crews of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft and continuing their preparation for the flight to Baikonur, the press service of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC) told TASS on Wednesday.

There are American reconnaissance aircraft operating near Belarus, which can be used to assess the situation in the areas bordering Poland, writes The Drive.

On November 15, the French company Dassault Aviation announced the entry into force of a contract for the supply of 30 additional Rafale multipurpose fighters to the Egyptian Air Force.

The carrier-based fighter F-35 of the British Air Force, which took off from the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, fell into the Mediterranean Sea as a result of the accident. This is reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom. The pilot managed to eject.

Sergey Bogatikov, CEO of Kronstadt JSC, also noted that the concept of integrating drones into a single airspace approved by the government in October will accelerate the process of Orion's civil certification.

The Russian company Kronstadt has begun work on the assembly of the first prototype of the Sirius heavy drone. This was announced by the general director of the company Sergey Bogatikov in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The MiG-25 interceptor fighter is famous for its ability to develop almost three times the speed of sound. Due to the tactical and technical characteristics of the Soviet aircraft for many years terrified the pilots of the United States and NATO countries.

The head of the delegation on military security and arms control, Konstantin Gavrilov, stressed that "we are talking about planned planned exercises"

Russia has conducted planned strategic aviation exercises in the skies over Belarus, which are not directed against third countries and are not related to the crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border. This was stated on Wednesday by Konstantin Gavrilov, head of the Russian delegation to the Vienna talks on military security and arms control, to the participants of the OSCE Forum on Security Cooperation.

Judging by a number of hints and reservations, the promising Russian Su-75 fighter (Checkmate) is being created primarily for sale to the Middle East.