The commander of the army of the Southern Military District said that NATO's activity over the Black Sea has tripled
Since the beginning of 2021, the alliance's aviation has performed more than 560 flights over the sea, Nikolai Gostev noted
This year, the NATO reconnaissance aircraft has almost tripled the intensity of flights in the airspace over the Black Sea. This was stated on Thursday in an interview with the newspaper "Military Bulletin of the South of Russia" by the commander of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Military District (SE) Nikolai Gostev.
The characteristics of the Russian replacement of the Ukrainian An-124 are revealed
The Russian advanced aviation complex of transport aviation (PAK TA), which should replace the An-124 Ruslan aircraft of Ukrainian production, is necessary for the transportation, in particular, of armored vehicles created on the Armata platform, self-propelled artillery guns, rocket launchers, multiple launch rocket systems, Sprut-SD anti-tank combat vehicles and MiG-31BM interceptor fighters, writes the Military-Industrial Courier.
MAI-411 made the first high-altitude flight
The MAI-411 aircraft assembled in Dagestan made its first flight to the mountainous region of the republic. In the future, MAI-411 is planned to be used to deliver tourists to the high-altitude area. It takes six hours to get there by car.
F-22 crash landed on Pearl Harbor
The American fifth-generation fighter F-22 Raptor made an emergency landing at the Pearl Harbor-Hickam base (Hawaii). The corresponding video was published on Instagram by the user hnlramper.
Indonesia returns to the KF-21 project
Indonesia will not decide on the choice of new fighters in any way. August 11, portal defenseworld.net He announced that Indonesia is returning its engineers to the headquarters of the KAI company to continue work on the promising KF-21 aircraft.
A drone with an infrared search and tracking system accompanied several targets
The American company General Atomics has tested the Avenger jet attack unmanned aerial vehicle with the Legion Pod infrared search and tracking system. With its help, the Avenger autonomously tracked and escorted several targets.
Schiebel Aircraft demonstrated the S-100 Kamkopter UAV of the US Navy
On August 9, the Austrian company Schiebel Aircraft announced the completion of a demonstration conducted jointly with Arete Associates to the US Navy command of the capabilities of the S-100 Kamkopter helicopter type UAV developed by it.
The Americans will create a manipulator for autonomous refueling of Apache helicopters
The US Army has signed a contract with re2 Robotics to develop a robotic arm for refueling AH-64 Apache attack helicopters in combat. The robot arm will autonomously bring the refueling gun to the filler neck of the tank and independently determine when the helicopter has received enough fuel.
India announced the successful launch of a rocket with an Earth observation satellite
The device will help in monitoring such weather events as cyclones, thunderstorms
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched the GSLV-F10 launch vehicle with the EOS-03 satellite on board on Thursday. As ISRO reported on its Twitter page, the launch took place from the space center named after Satish Dhawan on the island of Sriharikota.
The space industry told who could drill a hole in the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft
According to a high-ranking TASS source in the space industry, a hole in the skin of the Soyuz MS-09 was drilled in zero gravity. At the same time, the alleged culprit did not know the device of the device.
NASA is recruiting volunteers who will live a year in the conditions of real Mars
NASA has started selecting candidates for a project to simulate life on Mars. This is a special simulation mission, during which several people will live for 12 months in a special complex "Mars Dune Alpha".
In five years, the Dragonfly device will go to search for life on Titan
When the Cassini mission explored Titan from the orbit of Saturn, scientists received a lot of new information, but each answer gave rise to a dozen new questions. To answer some of them, in 2019, NASA approved the development of the Dragonfly research vehicle (Dragonfly). It will not be possible to make it universal, so the other day we decided on the priority goal of the mission – it will be the search for life in any form.
The American cargo ship Cygnus docked to the ISS
He delivered 3.7 tons of payloads to the station
The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) has completed the docking of the American Cygnus cargo ship of Northrop Grumman Corporation, which delivered 3.7 tons of payloads to the station. The broadcast is carried out on the website of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The launched Indian satellite had technical problems after takeoff
The mission cannot be completed as planned, the Indian Space Research Organization noted
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) reported on Thursday that the launched GSLV-F10 (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, a launch vehicle for launching geosynchronous satellites) with the EOS-03 satellite on board had technical problems, and the mission could not be completed as planned. This is reported by ISRO on its Twitter page.
US Armed Forces: our sensors are not enough to detect Russian hypersonic missiles
The head of the strategic command of the US armed forces, Charles Richard, said that US military sensors do not effectively detect the presence of hypersonic missiles, and Russia is a leader in creating this type of weapon. He announced this at the annual symposium on space and missile defense, RIA Novosti reports.
The Ukrainian "destroyer" of the Crimean bridge received Czech chassis
The LCD-360MC "Neptune" anti-ship missile system "has become even cooler," says the Ukrainian information and consulting agency Defense Express.
The US has tested an intercontinental ballistic missile
The Americans successfully launched the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Her May tests, we recall, ended unsuccessfully.
Unique two-link tracked DT-10PM transferred to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
The Vityaz machine-building company, part of the Uralvagonzavod concern of the Rostec State Corporation, has handed over a batch of DT-10PM two-link tracked conveyors to the Russian Defense Ministry. By the end of the year, the company will fulfill 2 more contracts.
The Cayman armored cars became the best foreign version of the BRDM-2
The production of Belarusian armored cars "Kaiman" at the 140th repair plant in the city of Borisov began six years ago. These vehicles are designed for conducting reconnaissance, escorting convoys and performing a large list of other special tasks.
The Indian Armed Forces are considering the possibility of purchasing additional K-9 VAJRA-T self-propelled howitzers
As it became known to the Indian resource The Print, the command of the Indian Land Forces is considering the possibility of purchasing up to 40 tracked self-propelled howitzers K-9 VAJRA-T for use in mountainous areas in the border areas with China.






















