As reported by the TASS news agency, development work (R & D) on the creation of the latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "Cedar" will begin at the turn of 2023-2024. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

In the United States, the B-52 Stratofortress bomber failed to launch the ARRW hypersonic launch vehicle. The first flight tests of the new weapon took place on April 5 over the Point Mugu sea ridge off the coast of California.

The US Army is studying the possibility of increasing the range of Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) almost three times — from the current 500 kilometers to 1,600 kilometers, according to Breaking Defense.

The contract for the supply of S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems to India is being implemented as planned, Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), told Interfax on Tuesday.

In the Astrakhan region, at the Ashuluk training ground, combat crews of the latest air defense systems of the Western Military District during the exercise repelled rocket attacks of a simulated enemy. In the presented video, you can watch the combat launches of anti-aircraft guided missiles at targets that imitated aircraft and cruise missiles of the "enemy".

A small methane leak caused an explosion during the test of the next prototype of the American manned spacecraft Starship. This was announced on April 5 by the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, on his Twitter account.

Before that, 36 new OneWeb spacecraft arrived at the Ignatievo airport in the city of Blagoveshchensk on an AN-124-100 aircraft, Roscosmos reported.]

Specialists of the Vostochny cosmodrome have begun preparations for the scheduled launch of the next batch of OneWeb spacecraft using the Soyuz-2.1 b launch vehicle and the Fregat upper stage at the end of April. This was reported in Roscosmos on Tuesday.

This is possible when using a two-turn flight scheme

The Soyuz-MS manned spacecraft will be able to reach the International Space Station (ISS) in 2 hours and 45 minutes, using a two-turn flight pattern. This was reported to TASS by the head of the ballistics department of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) "Energia" Rafail Murtazin.

Air Force (Air Force) The US accurately reproduces the large-scale air war of the great powers, simulating the threats and challenges they may face in combat. This was stated in an article for The National Interest by columnist Chris Osborn, who believes that this is how the country is preparing for the Third World War.

A representative of the US Air Force said that the presence of two OC-135B aircraft is no longer necessary

The US military decided to disassemble the aircraft for spare parts, which previously, according to the terms of the International Treaty on Open Skies (DON), were used by the United States to conduct observation flights over Russia. This was reported on Monday by The Wall Street Journal.

On April 4, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced the arrival of the first Oron reconnaissance aircraft at the Nevatim air base.

The Ka-52 Alligator reconnaissance and attack helicopters will be deployed to Abkhazia for planned tactical exercises. According to the head of the press service of the Southern Military District, Colonel Vadim Astafyev, the Alligators will provide air support to the motorized rifle units of the Russian military base of the Southern Military District during the maneuvers.

Pilots piloting fighter jets will take over the function of controlling drones. Drones will be an important part of the wars of the future, and a significant role in this belongs to the Russian S-70 "Hunter". Popular Science military columnist Kelsey Atherton came to this conclusion.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov also allowed an increase in the production of aircraft

The government expects to increase the efficiency of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and the entire Russian aviation industry, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said after visiting the production site of the UAC LAZ named after P. A. Voronin in Lukhovitsy.

The United States is destabilizing the situation in Syria in order to justify its illegal stay in this country, according to a joint statement of the interdepartmental coordination headquarters of the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic.

Japan and Indonesia have signed an agreement on the transfer of defense technologies and the intensification of cooperation in the field of defense industry. The agreement was signed in Tokyo on March 30 by the foreign and defense ministers of the two countries.

It is planned to complete the test cycle of the special-purpose nuclear submarine "Belgorod" by September. - The boat has a reactor running, mooring tests are underway. Then there will be factory and state ones. By September, Belgorod should complete the entire test cycle, " a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

The underwater vehicle will then be returned to combat readiness

The repair of the nuclear underwater habitable vehicle AS-31 (unofficial name "Losharik") will last up to four years. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

During the factory sea trials, the Vsevolod Bobrov logistics support vessel was tested by towing a vessel of equal displacement. The operation in the Gulf of Finland lasted four hours.

It is reported that at the beginning of March 2021, in St. Petersburg, PJSC "Shipbuilding Plant "Severnaya Verf" (as part of JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation"), a technical launch of the hull of the project 20386 Mercury corvette under construction for the Russian Navy (former "Daring", factory number 1009) was made without publicity.