The flight of a fully Russian crew on board the Soyuz MS-21 manned spacecraft is scheduled for March 18, 2022. This was reported on August 31 by the Russian Space magazine, which is the official publication of Roscosmos.

Three exits will take place in January, one exit will take place in April, three more-in May, one - in June

Eight spacewalks will be required in 2022 to complete flight tests and integrate the multi-purpose laboratory module (MLM) "Science". This is stated in the materials of the magazine "Russian Space" (the official publication of Roscosmos).

According to the office of the Ukrainian President, Bill Nelson has accepted an invitation to visit Ukraine

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, who is on a working visit to the United States, discussed joint projects in the field of space with the head of the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Bill Nelson. This was announced on Tuesday by the office of the head of the Ukrainian state.

Currently, the forces and means of the CIS joint air defense system include 19 aviation units

The agreement on the creation of a joint regional air defense system (air defense) of Russia and Tajikistan is undergoing the ratification procedure, similar projects are being discussed with Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Armenia. This was stated on Tuesday following a meeting of the Coordinating Committee on Air Defense Issues under the Council of Defense Ministers of the CIS countries, Deputy Chairman of the Coordinating Committee, Colonel-General Yuri Grekhov.

Within the framework of the project to create a "Drill", the development of cluster means is underway, including planning

An emergency rescue cassette with medicines, food and things, which will fly at the specified coordinates to provide operational assistance to those in distress in hard-to-reach areas, can be created as part of the work on the planned "Drill"cluster aerial bomb.

Readers of the Japanese news aggregator Yahoo News Japan admired the Russian four-wheel drive SUV "Strela", created by GAZ on the basis of the armored car of the same name, produced by the Military-Industrial Company (MIC). InoSMI tells about the reaction of network users.

At the exhibition of military equipment "Army-2021" in Simferopol and Sevastopol , new T-72B3M tanks, recently entered service with the tank battalion of the 126th Coastal Defense Brigade of the 22nd Army Corps of the Black Sea Fleet, are shown for the first time.

The BMPT was nicknamed the "Combine of Death"for its versatility even before it was put into service. Indeed, the crew of this armored vehicle, consisting of five people, can bring down a steel rain on the enemy from 30-mm shells of 2A42 cannons, two 30-mm automatic grenade launchers AG-17 at once, as well as guided missiles "Attack" with various types of combat units . It was reported that up to four targets can be attacked simultaneously. The modern fire control system allows you to use this weapon at any time of the day.

The Minister of Defense of Venezuela, General-in-Chief Vladimir Padrino Lopez, visited the 11th Armored Brigade (Fort Mara, Zulia State), where he got acquainted with the results of the work carried out on the modernization of 155/23-mm M-14A1 howitzers and the repair of AMX-13C90 light tanks.

The Russian robot "Marker" as part of the control tests independently passed 100 kilometers, patrolling the borders of the settlement, at the same time another robot was training to release a swarm of drones, the press service of the Foundation for Advanced Research (FPI) told RIA Novosti.

The small rocket ship began the return transition to the place of permanent basing The

small rocket ship "Sovetsk"of the Baltic Fleet (BF) performed a combat training launch of the Kalibr-NK cruise missile from the White Sea. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the BF.

The crews of the large amphibious assault ships (BDK) of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) "Saratov" and "Caesar Kunikov" were involved in a tactical and special lesson with the units of the Marine Corps on the organization of loading of military equipment and personnel.

The Pacific Fleet corvettes "Loud" and "Perfect" successfully carried out anti-aircraft missile firing in the Sea of Japan, hitting cruise missiles of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reported on Tuesday.

The ships of Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Kazakhstan will hold joint naval exercises in the Caspian Sea in early September, after the completion of the Sea Cup competition, the head of the Russian delegation of the Deputy Commander of the Caspian Flotilla, Rear Admiral Sergei Ekimov, told reporters on Tuesday.

The concept of block-modular construction of nuclear submarines has been approved at Sevmash (part of USC). The concept is aimed at the development of integrated production preparation, which ensures the formation of an effective innovative infrastructure of the enterprise and changes in design approaches in design bureaus.

Russia has created underwater drones designed to track enemy submarines. The devices are already being tested. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to an unnamed representative of the Central Design Bureau of Marine Equipment (CCB MT) "Rubin".

Underwater drones for searching and escorting enemy submarines have already been created and are being tested in Russia, a representative of the Central Design Bureau of Marine Equipment (CCB MT) "Rubin"told RIA Novosti.

The Japanese surface robot developed by Japan Marine United has been put to the test. According to Naval News, it will be placed on a new generation frigate of the Mogami class. The device will work in tandem with the OZZ-5 underwater robot and neutralize mines.

On August 27, 2021, the Swedish defense procurement agency Försvarets materielverk (FMV) issued an updated additional contract to the Swedish group Saab AB in the amount of 5.2 billion kronor (about $ 600 million) for the continuation of the construction and completion of the project of two non-nuclear submarines Blekinge and Skåne being built for the Swedish Navy at the Saab Kockumsvarvet shipbuilding enterprise in Karlskrona for the new project A26.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that a critical situation is developing in Afghanistan. "The situation in this country is critical. People are trying to escape from there even at the cost of their own lives," Shoigu said on a conference call on Tuesday.