Turkish-Qatari company BMC Otomotiv is cutting staff. The problems of the manufacturer of the Turkish tank Altay ("Altai") were told in the USA. Financial problems may delay the development of the tank, according to Defense News.

Repair and evacuation vehicles REM-KS will enter service in the Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District by the end of this year.

The modern Russian 120-mm self-propelled gun 2S34 "Hosta" was first talked about 15 years ago. Some of the military experts then began to consider it a further modernization of the famous Soviet 2S1 self-propelled gun, which used the technical solutions of the modern 2S31 "Vienna".

An upgraded T-90M tank was demonstrated at the Army-2021 forum in August. A car with an over-the-horizon vision system was evaluated in the USA. The National Interest magazine noted the export prospects of the Russian tank.

As the TASS news agency reported on October 19, 2021, a new missile of the Bal coastal missile complex developed and manufactured by Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) JSC will allow hitting targets at a range of over 500 km. The new capabilities of the complex have made it comparable in range and ground firing capability to the Bastion missile defense system using the Onyx supersonic missile, a source in the defense industry complex said.

In North Korea, work continues on the creation of ballistic missiles for submarines (SLBMs). Last Thursday, it became known about the conduct of new tests of such weapons.

According to military expert Yuri Lyamin, currently only one diesel-electric submarine of the DPRK, which is a carrier of ballistic missiles, is known. This submarine was built in 2014. It was named "8.24 Engun" ("Heroes of August 24th"). In the West, it was designated as Sinpo-B or type Gorae.

North Korea has said its recent test launch of a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) was not aimed at the US.

The President of the United States Joe Biden was concerned about the testing of hypersonic weapons by the People's Republic of China (PRC). This became known on Wednesday, October 20.

The United States has nothing to defend against Russian and Chinese long-range missiles. This was stated during a virtual round table on American air defense, which was organized by the Alliance on Missile Defense.

The Chinese military conducted two tests of hypersonic weapons in the summer of 2021, the Financial Times newspaper writes, citing informed sources.

The Peruvian Navy conducted the first live firing exercises using MM-40 Exocet Block-3 Surface-to-surface and AM-39 Exocet air-to-surface missiles developed by MBDA Group.

The US military predicts that in the event of a hypothetical conflict between the US and Russia, as well as China in the Pacific Ocean, even the remote state of Alaska will become a battlefield.

That is why the missile defense system in Alaska is given priority, Defense Express reports.

The system includes radar detection, radio frequency detection and visual identification using a neural network

Kaspersky Lab, a well-known domestic manufacturer of computer protection systems, has created a system for detecting and combating Kaspersky Antidrone drones. This was told to TASS by the system developer Vladimir Turov at the international exhibition of state security tools "Interpolitech-2021".

The memorandum provides for the expansion of cooperation between the two countries in scientific research, exchange of experience and development of educational programs in space exploration

The United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAE) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Israeli Space Agency in order to expand bilateral cooperation.

In South Korea, the first Nuri rocket of its own design was launched, which has been created since 2010. The carrier was unable to launch a mock-up payload into near-Earth orbit.

The President of the Republic of Korea said that he was proud of the launch, despite the fact that it was not possible to "perfectly fulfill all the goals"

The first South Korean carrier rocket "Nuri", launched in the country on Thursday, failed to fulfill all the tasks assigned to it. This was stated to journalists by the President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in, after watching the launch at the Naro cosmodrome in Jeolla-Namdo province, 470 km south of Seoul.

According to the CEO of CENKI, work is underway on new contracts

Contracts for two launches of the Soyuz-ST launch vehicle have been concluded for 2023. This was announced in an interview with TASS by Ruslan Mukhamedzhanov, Director General of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (CENKI, part of Roscosmos).

The first start of the new year was scheduled for January 6

Three launches of Soyuz-ST launch vehicles are expected in 2022 from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana. This was announced in an interview with TASS by Ruslan Mukhamedzhanov, Director General of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (CENKI, part of Roscosmos).

16 Soyuz rockets have already been launched at various cosmodromes in 2021

The Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC) plans to launch more than 20 Soyuz rockets in 2021. This was announced to journalists on Thursday by the general director of the company Dmitry Baranov.

The Progress MS-17 spacecraft undocked from the small research module "Search" of the International Space Station (ISS). This became known on Thursday, October 21.