In recent weeks, due to the sharp aggravation of the situation in Afghanistan, the military states bordering this "hot spot" have conducted a series of unplanned military exercises. They involved a large number of various military equipment, including tanks.

The engineering systems of remote mining "Agriculture"were involved in the exercises in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

According to the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda", at the training ground in Mulino, a blocking mining unit of a conditional enemy was used for the first time, which fell into a kind of impenetrable"bag". The ISDM platoon with its salvo closed the passages that had previously been made in the barriers, forcing the enemy to raise the white flag.

A separate unit of the Pacific Fleet RCBZ, stationed in the Primorsky Territory, received a batch of five new TDA-3 thermal smoke machines for setting aerosol curtains.

Kingston Reif, a military expert, director of disarmament and threat reduction policy at the Arms Control Association (USA), said that the development of missiles by China and Russia could cause an uncontrolled nuclear war. His words are transmitted by The Sun.

The 122 mm ammunition is designed for the upgraded BM-21U "Willow" multiple launch rocket system.

This is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense. The ammunition from the State Enterprise "Yuzhnoye Design Bureau named after M. K. Yangel" was developed for the upgraded BM-21U "Willow" multiple launch rocket system.

The US State Department has approved the potential supply of FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missiles and related equipment to Thailand as part of the Foreign Military Sales program. The total cost of the sale may amount to $ 83.5 million.

The US Air Force Research Laboratory has announced the search for contractors to create a high-power anti-drone microwave system. The program for its development starts in the fall, and the military wants to get a prototype in 2023.

1 thousand military personnel and more than 200 pieces of equipment were involved in the maneuvers

Military air defense units of the Army Corps and marine corps formations will conduct exercises on the territory of the Kaliningrad Region as part of the field exit that has begun, the Baltic Fleet (BF) said on Monday.

The British have officially launched the Space Command. The Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom indicates that the space forces will protect the interests and capabilities of the country in space.

The launch of the Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to take place on August 3, the aerospace agency NASA announced on Monday, August 2.

The spacecraft will fly over the planet with an interval of only 33 hours

The automatic spacecraft Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo will fly over the planet Venus on August 9 and 10, 2021. This was announced on Monday by the European Space Agency (ESA).

According to the CEO of Roscosmos, the state corporation will not engage in suborbital flights, like American billionaires

The Director General of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, proposed to create a special module at the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS) for tourists to visit it.

This opportunity is due to the equipment and workplaces that are installed on the module, the general director of Roscosmos noted

The multi-purpose laboratory module (MLM) "Nauka" will more than double the number of experiments performed on board the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced by the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin. He gave a lecture on Monday as part of the Summer Space School.

It docked to the ISS on July 29

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov, who are on board the International Space Station (ISS), will begin unloading the multi-purpose laboratory module (MLM) "Science"on Monday. This was reported by a specialist of the Mission Control Center (MCC) to the astronauts, the negotiations are broadcast on the NASA website.

The flight time can theoretically be reduced to 1 hour and 20 minutes, but for safety reasons, the optimal estimated time is 2 hours and 7 minutes, Roscosmos reported

Transport spacecraft will be able to reach the International Space Station (ISS) using a single-turn scheme in about two hours. This was reported to TASS by the head of the ballistics department of the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (part of Roscosmos), Rafail Murtazin.

According to the head of Roscosmos, there are currently restrictive measures on visiting cosmodromes due to the coronavirus pandemic

Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, proposed to hold a Summer Space School at the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

An American-made MD-530F helicopter belonging to the Afghan National Air Corps made an emergency landing in Helmand Province.

The militants of the Taliban terrorist group banned in Russia claimed that they managed to knock him out. At the same time, the command of the government forces reported that the incident occurred for technical reasons. The crew was not injured and was able to reach the territory controlled by the central authorities. After that, he was promptly evacuated.

The IDF will receive new heavy helicopters. August 1, portal defensenews.com He reported that the US State Department approved the sale of CH-53K King Stallion helicopters to Israel.

Multifunctional Su-34 fighter-bombers and Su-24MR reconnaissance aircraft of the Central Military District worked out refueling in the air as part of a tactical flight exercise in the Chelyabinsk Region, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Monday.

On July 31, a brand-new Su-35 fighter took off from the factory airfield in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, fell into the Sea of Okhotsk. The pilot ejected and was not injured. This is the first crash of the aircraft since the beginning of its flight tests. The incident gave Military Watch a reason to assess the potential of the fighter.