According to the head of Roscosmos, the "Sphere" will include communication groups "Yamal", "Express-RV", "Express", "Skif" and "IoT Marathon"

The Sphere program will include five satellite groupings providing telecom services, and five more - surveillance. This was announced on Monday by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The station should be operational between 2025 and 2030

American companies Blue Origin and Sierra Space have announced plans to build a commercial space station. The corresponding statement was posted on the companies' website on Monday.

Chinese scientists have developed a method for secretly disabling spacecraft. To do this, it is planned to place small explosive charges in the nozzles of their engines. The consequences of triggering these bombs will look like malfunctions of the engines themselves, according to an article published by Professor Sun Yongzhong from the Polytechnic Institute of Defense Industry. Excerpts of the work are cited by the South China Morning Post.

Russia plans to launch a Space Monitoring System (SCCP) into space, the development of an appropriate satellite constellation is underway, the general designer of the SCCP (IAC Vimpel Corporation, Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region) said in an interview with Interfax Vitaly Goryuchkin.

One of the enterprises of the Goskomvoenprom system of the Republic of Belarus continues to develop a radar of the Rodnik family designed to detect low-altitude aerial targets.

The Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District, stationed in the Moscow region, began to receive modern tankers. This is reported by the press service of the ZVO.

So, in one of the logistics support units (MTO), the operation of the AC-14-63501 tanker truck, made on the chassis of the KamAZ-63501 four-axle all-terrain vehicle common in the Russian Army, began.

The end of state tests of Russian T-14 Armata tanks will be completed in the first half of 2022. After that, the issue of starting mass production of conceptually new armored vehicles will be resolved.

The Russian military base in Tajikistan will receive modern military equipment of the Uralvagonzavod Corporation by the end of the year. This is reported by the press service of the Central Military District, referring to the chief of staff of the 201st military base, Colonel Yevgeny Okhrimenko.

At the Partner 2021 international exhibition in Belgrade, the Serbian Defense Industry presented various samples of new military equipment of national production.

The Marker robotic system will be able to identify several types of targets. The robot, which was previously called deadly, will receive funds to fight drones. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the NGO "Android Technology".

The Turkish company Aselsan will supply remotely controlled Sarp combat modules for Ukrainian Kozak-2M1 armored vehicles, the focus resource reports.ua with reference to the Turkish edition of Savunma.

The Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) has started implementing activities within the framework of the national project "Labor Productivity".

The BDK of project 11711 is capable of receiving hundreds of sea mines, depending on their purpose, a TASS source in the shipbuilding industry stressed

The large amphibious assault ship (BDK) of project 11711, if used as a minelayer, is capable of "closing" not only any strait zone, but also the entire sea area. This was reported to TASS by a source in the shipbuilding industry.

Russia has recently been paying special attention to the development of aerial and underwater drones. And the military will rely on them in the future.

The Americans have put to sea for factory sea trials a new amphibious transport ship - a San Antonio-type dock - USS Fort Lauderdale. It was launched last year.

Moscow expects to send humanitarian aid to Afghanistan this week, including medicines, Zamir Kabulov, special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Afghanistan, head of the second department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told RIA Novosti.

The Afghan Foreign Ministry welcomes the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin about the possible exclusion of the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) from the list of terrorist organizations.

Military Watch magazine made an interesting excursion into history, recalling where the Iranian nuclear program came from, which is perceived by the United States as one of the main threats in the world.

Since the mid-1980s, the possibility of Iran developing nuclear weapons has caused serious concern in the West, which has only intensified as the country's economy and defense sector have been modernized and an increasing number of North Korean-made missiles have been acquired.

Russian and Egyptian paratroopers in the framework of the joint exercise "Defenders of Friendship-2021" in Egypt made the first joint landing, according to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Chairman of the Majlisi Namoyandagon Majlisi Oli (lower house of Parliament) of Tajikistan Mahmadtoir Zokirzoda called on CSTO partners to create a strong security belt around Afghanistan.