The US Coast Guard boat "USCGC HAMILTON" entered the Georgian port of Batumi
The US Coast Guard cutter "USCGC HAMILTON" (WMSL 753) entered the Georgian port of Batumi on Tuesday. According to the ministry, joint exercises with the Georgian Coast Guard boats were held during the visit.
The Perseverance rover turned out to have regular Intel Atom processors
Intel boasted that the rover received two COMEX-IE38 modules from the company CompuLab, which are based on the Bay Trail generation Intel Atom processors.
The US army will equip its combat robots with live muscles
Army Research Laboratory (USA) robotics engineers are studying the possibility of integrating "live" muscles into combat robots to perform motor functions instead of mechanical arms, wheels and tracks.
Turkey strengthens "tank independence"»
The failures with the Altay tank only encourage Turkey to reduce its dependence on imported military technologies. Yesterday, May 3, portal defenceturk.net he reported that the company Aselsan has started testing a new tank fire control system VOLKAN-M.
In Europe, the assembly of the railgun has begun
European countries have started implementing the PILUM project. On May 3, the press service of the European Defense Agency (EDA) announced the official start of work on the creation of an experimental electromagnetic weapon.
An uncontrolled Chinese rocket is flying to the Ground
An unguided Chinese rocket weighing 21 tons falls to the Ground. Astrophysicists believe that it is impossible to predict the place of the fall, the device can fall on a populated area. Changzheng-5 was delivering a space station module to orbit. Now the rocket freely rotates around the Earth at a speed of 27.6 thousand km / h. gradually decreasing, reports the TV channel "Izvestia". The spacecraft is expected to return to Earth on May 8-12. The time of the collision will be known 6 hours before the event.
The Meteor-M satellite returned to normal operation
The functionality of the spacecraft has been fully restored
The Meteor-M hydrometeorological satellite No. 2 is again operating normally. This was reported to TASS on Tuesday in the press service of JSC "Corporation "VNIIEM".
Stellar "navigator" for small spacecraft began flight tests
The sensor is designed to determine the spatial orientation of the spacecraft relative to the inertial equatorial stellar coordinate system
The small-sized star sensor AZDK-1 for small spacecraft, created in Azmerit LLC (RKS holding, part of Roscosmos), has begun to pass flight tests. This is stated in the message of the holding, distributed on Tuesday.
The US has deployed two more B-52H bombers to Qatar to cover the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan
Two more US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers have arrived in Qatar, the total number of them there has reached six units, according to monitoring of Western aviation resources.
F-35s have begun to protect the airspace of the Baltic States
The airspace of the Baltic states will now be guarded by Italian Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighters. At the Emari air base near Tallinn, the German Air Force, which was engaged in this earlier, transferred authority to the Italian Air Force.
Escorting Russian planes becomes a problem for the US Air Force
Flights of Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft off the coast of Alaska are becoming a problem for American pilots who have to meet them in the air. At the same time, the United States recognizes that Russian aircraft can be in this buffer zone legally.
The passage of the MiG-23 and Mi-24 at extremely low altitude was shown on video
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army Air Force pilots demonstrated how they can fly at extremely low altitudes.
The demonstration of such skills took place at one of the air bases under the control of the LNA. The MiG-23 passed at the highest possible speed just a couple of meters above the runway.
Source: The new NITKA complex in Yeysk may start operating in 2023
According to the agency's interlocutor, the deadline was postponed to at least 2022
The deadline for the delivery of the new ground test training complex (aviation) NITKA in Yeisk - the second Russian ground-based analog of the aircraft carrier-has been postponed to at least 2022 with the start of operation in 2023. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.
The Pentagon announced a major military exercise in Alaska
The exercise of the US armed forces Northern Edge 2021 with the participation of 15 thousand troops and 240 different aircraft begins on Monday, May 3, in Alaska. This was announced by the press secretary of the US Department of Defense John Kirby.
Lukashenko stripped more than 80 ex-security officials of their titles for discrediting actions
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday, May 4, signed a decree on the deprivation of more than 80 former servicemen and employees of the country's law enforcement agencies of military and special ranks for discrediting actions during the aggravation of the situation in the republic. This was reported by the press service of the Belarusian leader.
During the winter training period, paratroopers made more than 65 thousand parachute jumps
According to the results of the winter training period of the 2021 academic year, the servicemen of the Airborne Troops made more than 65 thousand parachute jumps.
As part of the Russian GLONASS group, there are 22 spacecraft
As of May 4, 22 spacecraft are operating as part of the Russian GLONASS orbital constellation, the Information and Analytical Center for Coordinate-Time and Navigation Support said on Tuesday.
Blinken stated the oblivion of the reasons for the presence of the US Armed Forces in Afghanistan
The United States sometimes forgets what the original reason was for sending troops to Afghanistan 20 years ago. This was stated by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in an interview with CBS News, which aired on May 2.
The British assembled the hull of the first frigate of the new generation
In the UK, parts of the hull of the promising Type 26 frigate were successfully docked. In the future, such ships will become one of the main combat units of the Royal Navy, and will also serve in the navies of partner countries.
Russia has developed a new thermal insulation material with a record operating temperature
Scientists from St. Petersburg at the State University of Technology and Design have developed a unique thermal insulation material with record fire-resistant and high-temperature performance. The basis for its manufacture is a mullite – silica fiber, which has the highest fire resistance and low thermal conductivity.