The second URO-class frigate "Jose Rizal" arrived in the Philippines"
The URO (151) frigate "Antonio Luna" of the Jose Rizal class, built by the South Korean company Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), arrived in the Philippines.
Underwater unmanned vehicle "Sarma" will be created in Russia
The underwater unmanned vehicle "Sarma" will be prepared for mass production in 2024. It can be used for cargo transportation, maintenance of surveillance systems and lighting under the ice.
Russian Navy ships went to the Arabian Sea for the "Aman-2021" exercise"
According to the Ministry of Defense, the participants of the exercises will work out joint counteraction to piracy, inspection operations and perform firing from various complexes of ship artillery weapons.
The exit to the sea of the frigate "Admiral Grigorovich" was shown on video
Exclusive video from Pakistan about the launch of the Russian frigate "Admiral Grigorovich" published by RT. The ship participates in the international exercise AMAN-2021.
The quantum computer was stronger than the classical one in the applied problem
The quantum computer was ahead of the classical one in solving a new problem, or rather in testing this solution. Physicists have experimentally implemented a protocol for verifying the solution of a problem that cannot be solved on a classical computer in polynomial time. They showed that a quantum machine requires a thousand times less information to test. The work is published in Nature Communications.
In "Kalashnikov" told about the new AK-19 machine gun
With the new Kalashnikov AK-19 machine gun under the NATO cartridge (5. 56x45 mm), the shooter is less tired due to the low weight of the weapon, Vladimir Onokoy, head of the Kalashnikov concern directorate for military-technical cooperation, told RIA Novosti.
Russian AK-19 gets NATO ammunition
The AK-19 machine gun will be able to be loaded with NATO cartridges, RIA Novosti reports the statement of the general director of the Kalashnikov group of companies Dmitry Tarasov.
Chinese Type 15 light tank with "jet armor" shown on video
Chinese television showed an improved version of the latest Type 15 light tank, also known as the ZTQ-15.
Apparently, the experience gained in operating the machines of the first releases allowed us to make some changes.
They'll be back: "Terminators" were given a year of testing
The Ministry of Defense has launched a test program for a trial batch of tank support vehicles (BMPT) "Terminator-2". The tests will take about a year, and the final decision on the purchase of these products will be made based on their results. Until the successful verification in Syria, the fate of this new type of armored vehicles remained uncertain. Now their first unit is undergoing intensive military tests. The military has yet to fully study these machines, both tactically and technically.
U.S. marine corps is experimenting with a new anti-tank weapon
After the US Marine Corps command completely abandoned the tanks last year, the search for an adequate replacement began. The main task is to make the Marines more dangerous to the enemy than before. As we wrote earlier, the United States is preparing for the possible seizure of Chinese military bases on artificial islands in the South China Sea, where the use of tanks is ineffective.
The general designer said that the modernization of parts of the SPRN does not disrupt its work
According to Sergey Saprykin, the missile attack warning system is able to track missile launches from anywhere in the world, including from areas of combat patrol of nuclear submarines.
New Voronezh-type radars will replace all existing radar stations
They solve the problems of obtaining and issuing data on missile launches and missile trajectories for warning about a strike at points of state and military control
All existing radar stations (radars) of the "Dnepr", "Daryal" and "Volga" types will be replaced with new radars of the "Voronezh"type. This was announced by the head of the Main Center for Warning about a Rocket Attack of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces, Colonel Andrey Revenok.
Nanoracks has signed a contract with the UAE for the construction of orbital greenhouses
Private space company Nanoracks has signed an agreement with investors from the UAE to build orbital greenhouses for growing edible plants. According to Nanoracks director Jeffrey Manber, plants that can survive in space will solve the problem of food shortage here on Earth. A considerable number of experiments in this area speak in favor of this hypothesis.
Russia has officially announced its intention to build a lunar station together with China
There was an order of the Russian government, in which Roscosmos was instructed to sign a memorandum with the People's Republic of China on the creation of a lunar station. Earlier it became known that Russia was excluded from the expert group discussing the creation of the Gateway station.
Production of ground infrastructure for the Arctic-KN satellites has begun"
The active life of the devices will be 8 years
The company "Barl" has started the production of ground infrastructure for the space group "Arctic-KN". This was announced by the general designer of JSC "NPK "Barl" Valery Labutin.
Progress MS-16 enters orbit
The Progress MS-16 spacecraft successfully entered orbit. According to the plan, the flight to the ISS will take two days, according to the Izvestia TV channel. The ship will deliver almost 2.7 tons of cargo to the station, including drinking water, equipment, fuel and clothing. The crew will receive instruments for a detailed study of the air leak. At the end of the mission, Progress will detach along with the Pirs module, which was used for spacewalks. In the summer, the compartment will be replaced by the latest module "Science".
Creation of a new electronic warfare aircraft in Japan
The Japanese Ministry of Defense announced on February 10, 2021, that the Japanese defense procurement agency Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has awarded Kawasaki Heavy Industries Corporation (KHI) an initial contract worth 15 billion yen ($143.1 million) to begin implementing a program to create a new electronic warfare aircraft for the Japan Self-Defense Air Force based on the new Japanese medium military transport aircraft Kawasaki C-2.
The pursuit of a fighter for a cruise missile was shown on video
The US Navy has released rare footage of an F/A-18E Super Hornet carrier-based fighter chasing a Tomahawk cruise missile launched from a Ticonderoga-class cruiser. The time and location of the shooting, as well as the name of the shooting ship, are not reported.
"Completely different possibilities": what the US wants to fight in the air
The United States has successfully tested a prototype of a deeply modernized F-15EX fighter. The event for the American defense industry is significant — the last "fifteenth" entered the army almost 20 years ago. The Pentagon is very much counting on the updated machine and assure that this program will not affect the purchase of fifth-generation aircraft. What is known about the F-15EX-in the material of RIA Novosti.
The Bulgarian Air Force received all 8 upgraded Su-25 attack aircraft in Belarus
The Bulgarian Air Force received all 8 Su-25 attack aircraft that underwent major repairs at the 558th Aviation Repair Plant (Baranovichi, Republic of Belarus).