The satellite constellation of the British operator OneWeb, which plans to provide all the inhabitants of the Earth with global high-speed Internet, has been replenished with 36 satellites launched into orbit by the Russian Soyuz rocket. The launch of the rocket was led by Arianespace specialists. As a result, the total number of spacecraft at OneWeb's disposal has reached 394.

It is not so important when exactly we will find life outside the Earth, and whether we will find it at all, a much more pressing and complex question is how do we respond to it? No matter what scenario the first contact with the inhabitants of other planets unfolds, the very fact of their existence can shake our worldview. To better understand this issue, NASA has resorted to the services of clergymen of different religions.

As the institute clarified, the telescope is a high-precision means of monitoring bright space objects

The Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences has launched a new telescope in Altai, which in the future will allow predicting dangerous approaches of objects in orbit. This is stated in the message of the institute, distributed on Monday.

More than 1.7 thousand spacecraft were launched into orbit in 2021 under the control of the Space Forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces, according to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry.

As specified in the Russian Defense Ministry, the specialists of the Main Center for the Exploration of the Space Situation paid special attention to the control of orbital groupings of foreign satellites

The space forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces controlled the situation in near-Earth space and the termination of the ballistic existence of more than 400 vehicles. This is stated in the message of the Russian Defense Ministry.

The "Thunder" exercises of the three strategic nuclear forces of Russia will be held in early 2022

Strategic command and staff exercises "Thunder" with the participation of all three components of the strategic nuclear forces (SNF) of Russia will be held in early 2022. A source close to the Russian Defense Ministry told TASS about this.

The Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces) have completely switched to digital information transmission technologies, according to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The alteration of weapons on the territory of Russia will be banned in 2022, the corresponding amendments to the federal law "On Weapons" will come into force on June 29, 2022. Previously, the alteration of weapons was not prohibited by law, as well as there was no such term in the regulatory documents. Amendments to the legislation introduce it.

In the summer of 2022, Russians will be banned from storing decommissioned weapons at home without the knowledge of the Rosgvardiya, the corresponding amendments to the federal law "On Weapons" will come into force on June 29, 2022.

The Military Innovation Technopolis "ERA" hosted an IT forum, which launched the "New Year Hackathon" - a forum for IT specialists, during which participants solve case problems, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The Shanghai Pudong District Prosecutor's Office has started testing a new artificial intelligence system on real court cases, which should formulate charges against criminals. In fact, she replaces the prosecutor, but in a limited range of legal cases, and has no right to file formal charges. But the accuracy of the AI prosecutor is unprecedented – 97% of the correct charges.

The armed forces reliably ensure the military security of the country, firmly guard its national interests, the Minister of Defense noted

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu in his New Year's greetings called the Russian armed forces one of the most modern and effective in the world.

The American media have identified five "deadliest" types of Russian weapons.

According to the publication 19Fortyfive, we are talking, in particular, about an unmanned underwater vehicle with a nuclear power plant "Poseidon". The publication describes it as a nuclear torpedo the size of a bus and with a huge range.

From January 1, five law enforcement agencies will carry out all their purchases in closed competitive ways.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called the Russian Armed Forces one of the most modern and effective in the world.

"They reliably ensure the military security of the country, firmly guard its national interests," he said in his New Year's greetings. According to the minister, serving in the ranks of the Russian army has become truly honorable and prestigious.

The Russian military plans to equip a new training ground in Crimea for paratroopers, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

The combat potential of the Southern Military District (SE) will be increased to ensure the military security of Russia, said the commander of the district troops Alexander Dvornikov.

Automated intelligence, control and communications systems have been transferred to the Belarusian army, the State Military-Industrial Committee of Belarus reported.

The special forces compound in the Krasnodar Territory has been equipped with new short-range reconnaissance stations and radar stations (radars), the press service of the Southern Military District reported.

Modern short-range reconnaissance stations have been received by the special forces unit of the Southern Military District in the Krasnodar Territory, Vadim Astafyev, head of the press service of the Southern Military District, told reporters.