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).

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Russian automatic ADS machine has won recognition among the military of different countries. After all, this is probably the first weapon in the world that is equally effective under water and on land. This is the conclusion reached by the military expert of The National Interest magazine, Peter Suchiu.

How do they understand in production whether the new cartridges meet the expectations of the developer? A specialist of the Kalashnikov concern, Georgy Gubich, demonstrated this on video with the help of employees of the Barnaul Cartridge Factory.

The DOK company announced the progress of work on the project of a unique high-precision ship's near-field radar SID-360-76 with a circular view.

The state tests of the logistics support vessel of the project 23120 Vsevolod Bobrov, built at the Severnaya Verf Shipyard (part of USC JSC), are being completed.

The Italian navy is armed with fifth-generation fighters. August 1, portal navalnews.com He reported that the Italian Navy has begun testing its newest F-35B fighters on the deck of the aircraft carrier Cavour.

The factory sea trials of the large diesel-electric submarine of the project 636.3 "Magadan"have been completed. They were held in the landfills of the Baltic Sea in two stages.

The newest nuclear submarine missile cruiser K-571 "Krasnoyarsk"was solemnly launched in Severodvinsk. This is the fourth ship in the series of submarines of the Ash project. And the third, built in an improved version with the letter " M " - modernized. In total, nine of them are planned to be released.

The third tactical group of ships of the Northern Fleet participating in the Main Naval Parade has completed the passage of the Great Belt Strait, the Northern Fleet said on Monday.

The British media broadcast speculation when they write about the Russian Borey-class submarines submerged 500 m into the Atlantic. This opinion was expressed on Monday, August 2, by Admiral-submariner ex-commander of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation Vladimir Valuev.