The Pentagon named the target of an anti-satellite missile that Russia allegedly launched during tests. According to the Space Command of the US Armed Forces, an apparatus put into orbit by the Soviet Union was hit, TASS reports.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken accused Russia of creating a threat to the safety of space research due to the test of an anti-satellite missile. He stressed that thousands of fragments of the affected target remained in orbit, TASS reports.

Bill Nelson believes there was a threat to the ISS

Tests of anti-satellite weapons, allegedly carried out by the Russian Federation, put the International Space Station (ISS) and the crew on it at risk. This opinion was expressed on Monday by the head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Bill Nelson in a statement published on the agency's website.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that Russia had not warned the United States about testing anti-satellite weapons. This was reported by the Politico portal on November 15.

According to NASA, we are talking about the COSMOS 1408 satellite, which was put into orbit in 1982

The Pentagon claims that Russia has conducted tests of an anti-satellite missile, during which a device put into orbit by the Soviet Union was hit. Such a statement was distributed on Monday by the Space Command of the US Armed Forces.

Russia shot down the Soviet satellite Kosmos-1408 during a test of an anti-satellite weapon, the US Space Command reports.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that the United States and its allies will work out a joint response to the anti-satellite weapons test conducted by Russia on Monday.

The Russian Automated System for the Prevention of Dangerous Situations in Near-Earth Space (ASPOS OKP) continues to monitor space debris near the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced on Tuesday, November 16, by the state corporation Roscosmos.

The state Corporation Roscosmos assessed the danger of space debris for the International Space Station (ISS). Representatives of the state corporation noted that all ISS systems are working normally. This is reported by the newspaper "Kommersant".

As the head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation noted, "the fragments formed do not pose any threat to space activities"

The head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, said that the promising Russian system had successfully hit the target as a result of the tests.

A promising anti-satellite system "jewelry" struck the old satellite. This was announced on Tuesday, November 16, by the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, thereby confirming the successful test by Russia of the anti-satellite system, as a result of which the inactive Russian spacecraft "Tselina-D" was hit.

On November 15, Russia conducted tests, as a result of which the inactive Russian spacecraft "Tselina-D", which had been in orbit since 1982, was hit. This was reported to Lenta.<url>" in the press service of the Ministry of Defense.

Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the Roscosmos State Corporation, held a telephone conversation with Bill Nelson, head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). On Tuesday, November 16, Rogozin wrote about this in his Telegram channel.

The Thai Air Force Command has signed a contract with the American company Textron Aviation Defense for the supply of eight AT-6E "Volverin" light combat aircraft.

The American Light Attack (LAE) program demonstrates the first successes. November 15, portal defensenews.com He announced that Thailand became the first foreign customer of the American light attack aircraft Beechcraft AT-6 Wolverine (translated into Russian Wolwerine ― "Wolverine").

The official ceremony of handing over four multi-purpose F-35A Lightning-2 fighters to representatives of the Danish Air Force Command, which flew 100 hours from May to the present, took place at the Luke Air Base (USA).

As part of the flight program of the Dubai Airshow 2021, the Mi-28NE attack helicopter produced by the Russian Helicopters Holding (Rostec State Corporation) made its first demonstration flight.

The Russian Helicopters Holding Company of Rostec State Corporation and the Emirati company AJ Holding LLC have established a joint venture Alpha Aviation LLC in the Ajman Free Zone free Economic Zone.

Andrey Boginsky, CEO of the holding, noted that with the support of operational leasing, they expect to promote about 140-150 civilian helicopters by the end of 2029-2030

Russian Helicopters Holding (part of Rostec State Corporation) plans to sell a sufficient amount of equipment to the Middle East countries, about ten helicopters per year. This was announced on Tuesday by the CEO of Russian Helicopters Andrey Boginsky in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel.

The holding also signed an agreement of intent on the supply of four Ansat helicopters and one Mi-8 to the police of the German city of Rosenheim

Russian Helicopters Holding on the sidelines of Dubai Airshow 2021 signed contracts for the supply of two Mi-171A2 helicopters to Peru. This was announced in an interview with the TV channel "Russia-24" by the general director of the holding Andrey Boginsky.