A new method of fighting forest fires has been patented in Russia
The Russian research and production enterprise "Moscow Institute of Heat Engineering" has found a way to extinguish forest fires using rocket technologies by patenting a "cannon" for extinguishing, it follows from the documents posted in the Rospatent database.
Factory tests of a "smart" cargo parachute have been completed in Russia
It can transport up to 250 kg of cargo
Factory tests of the transport parachute system of the tEchnodinamika holding (part of Rostec), which with the help of a navigation system can automatically deliver about 250 kg of cargo to the place with maximum accuracy, have been completed. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the press service of Rostec.
Patrushev: over the year, the number of cyber attacks on defense industry, healthcare, education and science enterprises in the Far East has doubled
The number of cyberattacks on the information resources of the Far East, including enterprises of the military-industrial complex and healthcare, has doubled in a year, said the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev.
The US risks ruining its own solar energy
The introduction of new US duties on imports from Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand of products for photovoltaic systems will lead to increased costs, job losses and a decrease in the number of solar installations.
The ship's nArwhal combat module has been successfully tested
The general director of the enterprise said that the nArwhal is planned to be installed on light boats, which are currently being developed to protect the coast of Russia
The newest shipboard remotely controlled combat module NARVAL developed by NPO eLektromashina (part of the Uralvagonzavod concern of the ROSTEC State Corporation) has successfully passed tests. This was reported to TASS by the general director of the company Igor Afanasyev.
New armament of ships tested in Russia
The remotely controlled nArwhal combat module has been tested. The installation with a large-caliber machine gun will become the new armament of the ships that will guard the coast of Russia. The module was developed by specialists of NPO eLektromashina (part of the Uralvagonzavod concern of the ROSTEC State Corporation). This is reported by TASS with reference to the general director of the company Igor Afanasyev.
The multipurpose corvette "Brave" will be laid at the shipyard in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
On Wednesday, the Amur Shipbuilding Plant (part of the USC) in Komsomolsk-on-Amur will host the ceremonial laying of a new multi-purpose corvette "Brave" project 20380.
The crew of the corvette "Agile" under construction arrived for training in St. Petersburg
The crew of the Project 20385 Nimble corvette, which is being built at the sEvernaya Verf shipbuilding enterprise, arrived in St. Petersburg to study at the Joint Training Center of the Russian Navy.
The missile firing of the cruisers of the Pacific Fleet was shown on video
The Ministry of Defense has published a video of missile firing in the Pacific Ocean. During the planned exercise, the flagship of the Pacific Fleet, the cruiser vAryag and the nuclear submarine OMSK, shot the target ship with cruise missiles.
The Pacific people shot back with "volcanoes" and "Granites"
The Omsk submarine and the vAryag cruiser launched cruise missiles at a target at a distance of over 450 km during an exercise off the coast of Kamchatka. This is reported by the press service of the Pacific Fleet.
The amphibious assault of the Northern Fleet conducted exercises to defend the coast of Yakutia
The Arctic grouping of the Northern Fleet (SF) has worked out the landing of a marine landing on the unequipped coast of Yakutia, the press service of the SF reported on Wednesday.
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Fomin discussed the situation in Afghanistan in Islamabad
On Wednesday, September 29, a meeting of the Russian-Pakistani military advisory committee on defense and security issues was held in Islamabad. Our military department was represented there by Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin.
The Pentagon pointed out the senselessness of extending the mission in Afghanistan
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin pointed out the senselessness of extending the stay of American troops in Afghanistan and keeping the base in Bagram in the hands of the country.
The Taliban announced the violation of the airspace of Afghanistan by American drones
The Afghan radical Islamic movement "Taliban" (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) accused the United States of violating the airspace of Afghanistan.
Deputy Defense Minister Kartapolov may head the State Duma Committee on Defense
In the State Duma of the seventh convocation, this post was held by Vladimir Shamanov
Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, head of the main military-political Directorate of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Andrey Kartapolov, elected to the State Duma of the eighth convocation on the list of "United Russia", may become chairman of the committee of the lower house of Parliament on defense. This was reported to TASS on Monday by a source in the State Duma.
Putin announced the indexation of military pay in 2023
In 2023, all military personnel and law enforcement officers in Russia will receive an additional 5% allowance. This was announced on Tuesday, September 28, by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Amphibious troops from the Krasnodar Territory were transferred to the Crimea as part of tactical exercises
Units of amphibious troops were transferred to the Crimea from the Krasnodar Territory as part of tactical exercises, according to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Army special forces from Russia and Pakistan during exercises in the south of the Russian Federation will work out the destruction of militants in populated areas
The Russian-Pakistani exercises of the dRuzhba-2021 special forces units have begun in the Krasnodar Territory, the Southern Military District (SE) reported on Tuesday.
The Azerbaijani Defense Minister discussed the situation in the region with the new commander of the Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh
Azerbaijani Defense Minister, Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov on Tuesday received the new commander of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in the temporary deployment zone on the territory of Azerbaijan in Karabakh, Lieutenant-General Gennady Anashkin.
Foreign officers will be taught in the former Soviet military schools of Uzbekistan
The universities of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan will train military personnel for foreign countries. The corresponding resolution was signed by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on September 20.
