Kyle Mizokami, a military observer of the Popular Mechanics publication, called the Arena-M active protection complex (KAZ) installed on the T-72B3 tank" Cool military technology". According to him, the system allows you to leave vehicles that have been in service for many years in the ranks, without hanging additional armor on them.

More than 10 modern armored personnel carriers with improved combat and driving characteristics of the BTR-82A entered service with the newly formed [503rd] Motorized Rifle Regiment [19th Motorized Rifle Division]of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District in Ingushetia.

Russia already has the research and production potential to create a new generation main battle tank (MBT). In particular, it will be distinguished from existing models by increased survivability due to air defense and upper hemisphere protection, as well as control using voice commands.

The Russian National Security Strategy, signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, fixes the threats that may arise in the event of the deployment of American medium-and shorter-range missiles in a number of regions of the world.

The French MMP ATGM turned out to be very successful. July 3, portal defenseworld.net he reported that the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) has signed an agreement with the Swedish Defense Procurement Agency (FMV) to create new missiles based on the French counterpart Javelin.

American strategic aviation will be able to destroy enemy targets with nuclear weapons without response. With the new cruise missiles, missile-carrying bombers will be inaccessible to enemy air defense systems. On June 2, the press service of Raytheon Technologies announced the signing of a new contract with the US Air Force for the development of a Long Range Stand-Off missile (LRSO).

The cost of developing the Ukrainian coastal missile complex LCD-360MC "Neptune", called in Kiev the" destroyer " of the Russian Crimean Bridge, amounted to $ 40 million, Defense Express reports.

According to the developer, one simulator allows you to train up to three anti-aircraft gunners both in the classroom and in the field

A modern training system for the latest portable anti-aircraft missile system (MANPADS) "Verba" was developed in Russia. This was reported to TASS by Alexander Skorkin, Deputy General Director for Science of JSC "Simulator Systems" (the simulator developer company).

The US Space Forces are considering the possibility of launching new satellites of the missile attack warning system, which will be located in unconventional orbits, reports The Drive.

On July 2, the US Space Command explained the situation with an American satellite "secretly launched" from the ISS as an error. The day before on a specialized website space-track.org there was information that the American satellite BD-28 was launched from the ISS.

Two members of the Shenzhou-12 crew returned to the Tianhe main module of the Chinese Tiangong Orbital Station under construction after successfully performing extravehicular work in outer space. This was reported on Sunday, July 4, by the CGTN TV channel.

The rocket reached a maximum altitude of 99 km, after which it fell into the Pacific Ocean

The private Japanese company Interstellar Technologies on Saturday successfully launched a rocket of its own development MOMO. She announced this on her Twitter.

Stefan Israel recalled that the main European competitors are the American company SpaceX, as well as China

Mass launches of satellite groups and large financial injections into the space industry in the United States can lead to a significant advantage in favor of American companies in the space launch market, and Europe should join forces to create competition.

Specialists of the European Space Agency conducted another high-altitude test of the parachute system for the landing module of the ExoMars-2022 mission, which ended with the successful landing of the module layout. Nevertheless, a small gap appeared again on the fabric of the second main parachute, which did not affect the landing process, according to the ESA website.

NASA has announced a new competition within the NeXTSTEP program, the purpose of which will be to solve all sorts of technological and engineering tasks to minimize risks when developing a lunar landing system for the Artemis program. The cost of contracts can reach up to $ 45 million, and applications will be accepted by NASA in early August of this year, according to the agency's website.

RSC Energia specialists plan to develop a navigation and communication system for future Russian missions to the moon. This is stated in the corporation's annual report for 2020. 

The British company OneWeb plans to complete the deployment of the entire satellite constellation to provide global coverage by June 2022, the company said in a statement published on its website.

A total of four launches took place in 2021

The Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region has set a record for the number of rocket launches in a year, twice exceeding the figure of 2018, according to TASS calculations.

The ship docked to the station in automatic mode

The Progress MS-17 transport cargo ship, carrying more than 1.5 tons of dry cargo, fuel and air supplies, docked at the Search module of the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday. The broadcast is conducted on the Roscosmos website.

Russian radar stations (radars) for a week found 53 foreign aircraft that were conducting reconnaissance along the borders of the Russian Federation. Such data of the Ministry of Defense of Russia is published by the newspaper of the Armed Forces "Krasnaya Zvezda".