The US predicted the timing of the start of the war with China
There are no signs that China is preparing to launch an invasion of Taiwan, which is supported by the United States, within the next 12-24 months, writes Popular Mechanics, referring to the statement made by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Army General Mark Milley, during a speech to Congress.
Two air regiments of the Central Military District will be re-equipped with Su-34M and MiG-31BM by the end of 2021
As the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, noted, these measures "will significantly increase the district's ability to fire at the enemy"
The combat capabilities of the Central Military District (CVO) for the destruction of cruise missiles and the fire defeat of the enemy will be increased by re-equipping two aviation regiments with Su-34M and MiG-31BM aircraft, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
Source: Russian strike UAV "Altius" used weapons for the first time
According to the data provided, Russia for the first time tested the Altius unmanned aerial vehicle with a bombing strike. The tests were conducted at one of the military training grounds.
An incident with a Ukrainian plane occurred at a British air base
The Ukrainian transport plane An-225 "Mriya" during landing at the British Brize-Norton air base in the Cotswolds demolished the fence set up along the perimeter of the runway with air currents. The incident was reported on Friday, June 25, by the publication GloucestershireLive.
Russia and India continue negotiations on a contract for Ka-31 - FSVTS helicopters
Russia and India continue to discuss the supply of six Ka-31 radar patrol helicopters, the press secretary of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) of the Russian Federation, Valeria Reshetnikova, told Interfax.
Live firing of the Baltic Fleet helicopter pilots was shown on video
The crews of attack and military transport helicopters Mi-24 and Mi-8 of the Baltic Fleet destroyed the objects of the imaginary enemy-aircraft at the airfield, a command post and a column of armored vehicles.
The US allowed the Philippines to buy F-16 fighter jets
The Philippine Air Force can again arm itself with modern fighters. June 25, portal flightglobal.com he reported that the US government has approved the possible sale of F-16 fighter jets to the Philippines.
The Thai Navy received the S-100 Kamkopter UAV"
The command of the Thai Navy has received two unmanned aerial vehicles of the S-100 "Kamkopter" helicopter type manufactured by the Austrian company Schiebel.
The Pentagon will upgrade the Apache: we need a superweapon. Isn't it a little late?
I'm looking for new weapons systems. For ex-super-athletes. So that they can fly past the air defense systems of Russia and China. The customer is the Pentagon. The agency decided to equip its AH-64 Apache with combat-ready systems. Better late than never?
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation presented a video of the launch of the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle"
The Russian Defense Ministry has presented a video of the launch of a Soyuz-2 class launch vehicle with a spacecraft. The launch took place from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region.
The new generation satellite of the Russian Defense Ministry is included in the catalog of space objects
A new-generation Russian military satellite launched on Friday from the Plesetsk cosmodrome has been included in the Main Catalog of Space Objects of the Russian Space Control System, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Roscosmos has developed a way to dock satellites for their repair in orbit
The passive vehicle will be in orbit, the movement of the active one must be synchronized with it
Roscosmos has patented a method for approaching spacecraft in orbit for servicing satellites. This is stated in the materials distributed by the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (available to TASS).
Dust on solar panels will force InSight to shut down in a year
The team of the InSight automatic Mars station decided to complete the operation of the device ahead of time, if effective methods for cleaning solar panels from dust are not found. Currently, the batteries are heavily dusted, and electricity generation has fallen by almost eight times compared to the initial level, according to the website Space.com.
The Ingenuity helicopter has been flying on Mars for almost a kilometer
The eighth flight took place on June 21, the helicopter covered a distance of 160 meters in 77.4 seconds
The Ingenuity helicopter located on Mars flew a total of almost a kilometer during eight flights, which began on April 19. This was reported on Thursday by the American specialized portal SpaceNews, citing a representative of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Teddy Tzanetos.
China has published four new videos of the Tianwen-1 mission on Mars
One of them shows the moment when the parachute of the lander opens
The Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA) has published four new videos of the Tianwen-1 mission on Mars. The videos were posted on Sunday on the official website of the Central Television of China.
Virgin Galactic has received a license for commercial launches after a successful test
After a thorough analysis of the data obtained during the test flight on May 22, the company will be able to continue preparing for the remaining three test flights
TASS, June 25. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has updated the license of Virgin Galactic, which allows sending passengers into space. Information about this appeared on the Virgin Galactic website on Friday.
The US Air Force satellite the size of a football field has completed its work
The experimental satellite Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX)of the Research Laboratory of the US Air Force (Air Force), which is comparable in size to a football field, has completed its work, reports C4ISRNet.
The serial production of a new anti-submarine missile has begun
The newest anti-submarine missile APR-3ME was launched into mass production. The first batch has already been delivered.
Russian "Caliber" predicted a loss
In terms of the depth of impact on the enemy, an aircraft carrier with long-range radar detection and control aircraft and carrier-based fighters will lose to surface ships equipped with Kalibr-NK missiles, Konstantin Sivkov, Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences (RARAN) for information policy, Doctor of Military Sciences, predicts in the Military-Industrial Courier.
State tests of the light tank "Octopus-SDM1" may be completed in early 2022
"Sprut-SDM1" was developed and created on the basis of the self-propelled anti-tank gun "Sprut-SD"
The completion of state tests of the Octopus-SDM1 light tank is scheduled for the beginning of 2022. This was reported to TASS in the holding "High-Precision Complexes "(part of the Rostec state Corporation) during the International Naval Salon (MVMS-2021).























