The Pentagon is sounding the alarm: the famous Abrams tanks, the main striking force of the US army, are not ready for an armed conflict with Russia. It turned out that the last modification is not adapted for combat operations in Eastern Europe. What is the problem with this car-in the material of RIA Novosti.

Russia will start selling T-14 Armata tanks, RIA Novosti reports, referring to Rosoboronexport. According to the company, the tank"has an advertising passport". "In the near future, you will see its foreign debut," the ministry said.

For the Russian army, a multi-purpose unarmored SUV based on the Strela car will be developed. This was reported to TASS by the general director of the "Military-Industrial Company" (MIC) Alexander Krasovitsky.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will remain ready to respond to Russia's aggressive actions, despite the agreement between the United States and Russia to extend the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START) for 5 years.

The maximum range of its launch for some types of targets reaches 200 km

State joint tests of a promising export long - range air-to-air missile RVV-BD were conducted in Russia, according to the corporate newspaper Vimpel of the State Design Bureau Vimpel (specializing in the development of air - to-air missiles, part of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation, KTRV).

Short-range air defense to be upgraded

The Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system will become interspecific, learn to swim and see targets twice as well. According to Fanil Ziyatdinov, General Director of the Kupol IEMZ (part of the Almaz-Antey Concern of the East Kazakhstan Region), work on the marine – ship – version of the short-range system is already underway.

At the same time, John Raymond found it difficult to clarify whether military space will become one of the areas of regular negotiations between the countries in the field of strategic stability

The commander of the US Space Forces, Air Force General John Raymond, supports a professional dialogue with Russia and China on military activities in near-Earth space. He said this while answering questions from a TASS correspondent at an online briefing for journalists on Wednesday.

The Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched in the US state of Florida with another group of Starlink Internet satellites. SpaceX is broadcasting live on its Twitter page on Thursday, February 4.

NASA specialists have begun the assembly stage of the automatic interplanetary station Psyche, which will go into space next summer, according to the website of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The spacecraft will study the unusual metallic asteroid Psyche, which scientists believe may be the core of a protoplanet.

[b]Russia plans to launch more than 600 communication and remote sensing satellites, President Vladimir Putin said earlier.]

FSUE "Space Communications" and JSC "Gazprom Space Systems" plan to invest more than 140 billion rubles in the "Sphere" program. This was announced by the Deputy General Director for Development and operation of communication Systems of FSUE "Space Communications" Evgeny Buidinov and Deputy General Director for Business Development of JSC "Gazprom Space Systems" Igor Kot.

The Indian industrial association Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) presented a full-size model of an unmanned slave. It must interact primarily with the HAL Tejas fighter.

At the international aerospace exhibition Aero India-2021, held in Bangalore, a mock-up of the TEDBF twin-engine carrier-based fighter is presented for the first time.

Earlier it was reported that it will be created on the basis of the already produced Tejas fighter ("Diamond"), however, judging by the photos, the Indian designers decided to thoroughly rework the original. For example, the front horizontal tail is installed, and measures are taken to reduce radar visibility.

The fourth-generation F-15EX Advanced Eagle fighter, which is called an analog of the Russian Su-57, took off for the first time. The corresponding video was published on the Twitter account of the Boeing company.

In accordance with the plan for re-equipping the troops of the Southern Military District (SE), the Ka-27PS search and rescue helicopter was delivered to the aviation regiment of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense, based in the Krasnodar Territory.

At the production sites of JSC "RSC "MiG "(part of the Military Aviation Division of the UAC of the State Corporation Rostec), an "Interactive complex of technological processes" for the assembly of aircraft has been launched.

The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) of the Ministry of Defense of India has published a list of weapons approved for export.

In Poland, the exercise "Winter-2020"was held. But at some point something went wrong, and they ended in an "impressive disgrace " — the" war " on the border with Russia and Belarus was lost by the Poles. "The commanders of individual units were in shock," EADaily quotes one of the Polish publications.

In the course of combat training, military personnel of the RCHB intelligence units of the VVO stationed in the Trans-Baikal Territory are trained to work with the latest remote-action chemical reconnaissance devices PCRDD-3.

The Ministry of Defense has begun to create a coastal defense division in Chukotka. At the end of last year, the first regiment was formed, which took up combat duty. The unit will patrol the coast and will have at its disposal everything necessary to repel the landing. The area of operation of the new part will extend along the Northern Sea Route up to Wrangel Island. According to experts, the connection should provide safer navigation in the region.

"Rosoboronexport" in the next 5-7 years will bring to foreign markets about 50 new models of weapons and special equipment, including the latest complex "Derivation-air defense", as well as an air-independent power plant (VNEU) for submarines, the press service of the company told RIA Novosti.