A number of technical problems have been identified on the International Space Station (ISS) that interfere with the normal operation of its Russian segment. This was announced on October 4 at the conference "Scientific Space of the XXI century: challenges, solutions, breakthroughs" by the head of the flight segment of the station, Deputy general designer of the rocket and space corporation ENERGIA Vladimir Solovyov.

In 2021, four launches of sOyuz-2 rockets with military satellites and the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile were carried out at the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

The Vanilla Unmanned drone of the American company of the same name spent eight days, 50 minutes and 47 seconds in the air. The developers say that he broke the world record for the duration of the flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle with an internal combustion engine without refueling.

At the Airshow China 2021 in Zhuhai, the first flight of a Chinese carrier-based fighter of the next generation was announced, which will be made before the end of the year. In the United States, they doubted China's ability to introduce a new aircraft this year. Former US Army officer Brent Eastwood wrote about this in 19FortyFive.

Military personnel of Russia and Mongolia for the first time at the international exercises "Selenga-2021" conduct joint flights on Mi-8 helicopters, the press service of the Eastern Military District reports.

On the air of the Zvezda TV channel, a prototype of the S-70 Hunter strike drone was shown. The chief designer of the device, Sergey Bibikov, revealed the features of a promising drone in the "Military Acceptance" program.

Military communication has been restored between North and South Korea, Yonhap reported on Monday. "Inter-Korean military communication lines were restored at 9 a.m. (3:00 a.m. Moscow time)," the message says.

The defense expenditures approved by the government in the Estonian state budget for 2022 will increase to 748 million euros (an increase of 103 million euros), which is 2.31% of the projected GDP.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed the law "On the specifics of reforming enterprises of the military-industrial complex of the state form of ownership".

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu explained in detail his country's position on relations with Russia. The words of the head of the Foreign Ministry sounded quite categorical. In his opinion, the unilateral policy ended with Trump, and will not return again. But this is not the only stone in the garden of the USA.

Military personnel of motorized rifle units of the 201st Russian military base during the exercise practiced conducting combat operations to destroy a sabotage group of a conditional enemy in the mountains of Tajikistan, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Monday.

The second generation of the chip, addressed to researchers, contains more than 1 million neurons. The Loihi 2 IC was created using a preliminary version of the Intel 4 process technology, which uses EUV lithography.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahiyan said that Tehran insists that Washington, as a sign of goodwill and readiness to resume negotiations in Vienna on the atom, return $10 billion of Iran's frozen funds to Tehran.

Iran is enriching uranium at an unprecedented pace, but Tehran does not have the ability to create nuclear weapons in the near future, said the head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Department, Major General Tamir Hayman.

The Royal Navy of Great Britain tested the launches of drones from an aircraft carrier of the Queen Elizabeth type. A jet unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was launched from the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales. This is reported by the UK Defense Journal.

The US Navy has officially decommissioned the lead ship of the Freedom type. Earlier, the first trimaran of the Independence type was written off, which also belongs to the LCS class.

The head of the Spanish shipbuilding company Navantia, Ricardo Dominguez, said that the Ria de Ferrol enterprise will begin construction of the first sections of the F-110 frigate intended for the Spanish Navy in March 2022.

Japan is ready to temporarily convert its helicopter carriers into aircraft carriers. Yesterday, on September 30, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Japan announced that in the period from October 3 to October 7, flight tests of F-35 fighters will take place on the ship JS Izumo.

It is not known how long it will take to test the Poseidon nuclear submarine system or its prototypes on board a submarine, since it has no analogues in the world. It will probably take two or three years. Military expert Dmitry Kornev told Izvestia about this on October 1.

State tests will also be completed by the Novosibirsk and Knyaz Oleg nuclear submarines

The carrier of the Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicles, the Belgorod nuclear submarine, as well as the Novosibirsk and Knyaz Oleg nuclear submarines will complete state tests by the end of the year, Mikhail Budnichenko, Director General of sEvmash, told TASS.