The development of military equipment in India, as a rule, is carried out for several decades, and very often the result is not so successful.

The example of the Arjun tank is illustrative. It began to be created in the 70s, it was planned that it would become the main combat vehicle of the ground forces. The volume of expected deliveries was estimated at more than 2000 pieces. However, in reality, the army has purchased only about 250 units and now expects a completely new generation of tracked vehicles from the industry.

The Russian Armed Forces received tankers with a special bulletproof coating. They joined the logistics brigades of the operational-strategic commands and individual battalions of tank and motorized rifle divisions.

The Russian defense industry is traditionally a leader in many areas. For example, we have no equal in air defense technology. Our fighters, tanks, helicopters, small arms are good.

The American company ABL Space Systems has signed a contract for the first launch of the RS1 launch vehicle. It may be held in the spring of this year.

The Atlas V launch vehicle with the rover launched in July 2020 from the Cape Canaveral space center

Specialists of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) believe that all the systems of the Perseverance spacecraft approaching Mars ("Perseverance") are working normally, the rover is ready for the landing scheduled for February 18. This was stated on Tuesday by Deputy project manager Jennifer Trosper at a press conference, which is broadcast on the agency's website.

The State Rocket Center named after him. Makeeva, the developer of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile and the Sineva submarine - launched ballistic missile, has registered with Rospatent the appearance of a line of super-heavy carriers for launches to the Moon and Mars.

Extreme landing of the U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft of the Air Force (Air Force) The USA was shown on the video. The corresponding video was posted on Instagram by former pilot-instructor Ross Francemont. The video drew the attention of The Drive.

The crews of the Leningrad Army of the Air Force and the Air Defense of the Western Military District used air weapons during tactical exercises. The launch of unguided aircraft missiles S-13 and S-8 can be watched on video.

The National Defense Management Center stressed that no violations of the state border were allowed

Two Russian Su-27 fighter jets escorted a group of French Air Force aircraft, consisting of a KS-135 tanker aircraft and two Mirage 2000 tactical aircraft, over the Black Sea. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the National Center for Defense Management of the Russian Federation.

A Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet has completed test flights with functional mock-ups of a new hypersonic missile, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

The author recommends that President Biden provide military support to Georgia in its confrontation with Russia. The long-time unofficial ruler of Georgia, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, no longer arouses suspicion in the author, although it was previously fashionable to recall that Ivanishvili made his capital in Russia.

As reported by the RBC news agency in the article "The pandemic has reduced secret exports from Russia. Against the background of a decline in supplies to foreign customers, Algeria became the largest recipient of weapons, " exports from Russia according to closed items of customs statistics, which include weapons and military equipment, fell by 16% in 2020, to $ 11.5 billion. This happened against the backdrop of a pandemic that delayed deliveries to a number of foreign customers.

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec Group) will show the main novelties of the Russian defense industry and the most popular Russian weapons in the world at the International Defense Exhibition IDEX 2021, which will be held in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from February 21 to 25.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.