The design of highly elliptical and small navigation satellites of the GLONASS system is beginning in Russia, Nikolay Testoyedov, CEO of Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The analysis of images from the Perseverance rover carried out by researchers from the USA and France revealed the remains of the delta of an ancient river that flowed into the lake, the bottom of which is now the Jezero crater. In addition, scientists have found evidence of catastrophic floods at a late stage of the lake's existence. The scientists' article was published in the journal Science.

Researchers from Australia, the UK, China and the USA have determined that the age of the lunar soil delivered to Earth by the Chang'e 5 mission is 1.96 billion years old - which indicates relatively recent volcanic activity. The scientists' article was published in the journal Science.

At the end of 2022, American astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) not on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, but on SpaceX Crew Dragon, Spaceflight Now reports.

The American company SpaceX plans to launch another batch of 51 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit in mid-October, according to data from the specialized website Spaceflight Now.

The launch of the Japanese Epsilon light launch vehicle, which has already been canceled twice, is planned to be carried out at the end of October, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) reported.

The Chinese manned ship Shenzhou-13 is scheduled to launch on October 15 to the newly created orbital space station of the People's Republic of China, according to the data of the American specialized website Next Space Flight.

Calculations of anti-aircraft missile systems "TOR-M2" from the tank army stationed in the Moscow region, carried out live firing missiles at the Kapustin Yar range (Astrakhan region), the Western Military District (ZVO) reported on Saturday.

The American newspaper Defense News discussed with one of the high-ranking Turkish officials the specifics of relations between Moscow and Ankara.

The Russian-made Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and cannon system, which is in service with the Syrian air defense forces, destroyed eight Israeli missiles. This was told by the deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit.

The Polish consortium Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) has signed an agreement for the development and supply of a short-range anti-aircraft missile system codenamed Narew. According to Breaking Defense, almost all of its components will be Polish, with the exception of interceptors and launchers. Poles will buy them from a foreign partner, whom they have not yet chosen.

China has presented the concept of a new cruise missile. The ammunition may turn out to be a copy of the Ukrainian Bliskavka (Lightning) missile. Externally, the Chinese missile is similar to the Ukrainian development. This is reported by the Defense Blog.

The publication of the American edition 19FortyFive named the deadliest weapon of the US Air Force (Air Force). First on the list is the "mother of all bombs— - the almost ten-ton GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) heavy air blast munition, first used in 2003 in Afghanistan. The US Air Force has 15 GBU-43/B MOAB units.

The K-77M air-to-air missile of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter can provide Russia with an advantage over NATO countries in air combat, the American magazine Military Watch reports.

Developed specifically for the Su-57 fighter, the K—77M air-to-air missile will allow the Russian aircraft to gain superiority in air combat, Military Watch magazine writes.

Combat crews of anti-ship missile complexes "BAL" and "Bastion" from the missile and artillery formations of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) during the exercises destroyed a landing party of ships of a conditional enemy in the Black Sea, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet reports.

The modernized UAZ-3151 was demonstrated during demonstration performances by the servicemen of the People's Militia of the LPR. According to the Luhansk Information Center, the event is timed to the seventh anniversary of the establishment of the defense Department of the republic.

Tankers of the Western Military District (ZVO) during the exercises near Moscow worked out the destruction of enemy armored vehicles. This was announced on Friday, October 8, by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The heavy flamethrower system TOS-1 "pInocchio" uses projectiles that can be compared to napalm. In the United States, they were concerned about the "life-sucking" Russian weapons. Journalist and former US Army officer Brent Eastwood wrote about the capabilities of the Russian system for 19FortyFive.

The Russian heavy flamethrower TOS-1 "pInocchio" is one of the most terrible means of destruction created by man. Reinforced concrete shelters cannot protect against it, explosions of shells fired by pInocchio literally suck the life out of a person, suffocate him, and then burn him - this is how a former US army officer, and now a military expert and journalist Brent Eastwood figuratively describes the work of a flamethrower.