The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Sunday successfully launched a record batch of 143 mini-satellites, including 10 spacecraft, to continue the deployment of the global Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX said.

Mass media: Russia was removed from the discussion of the lunar station

Russian experts no longer participate in the discussion of the project of the American lunar station Gateway. It became known that they were excluded from the mailing list of letters and deprived of access to the materials.

A decision on the readiness of the communication satellite payload for operation will be made in the near future

The decision on the readiness of the payload of the Express-80 communication satellite for operation will be made in the near future, experts have already conducted its flight tests. This is stated in a video posted on Wednesday on the official channel of JSC "Information Satellite Systems named after M. F. Reshetnev" (ISS) on YouTube.

Dynetics conducted successful tests of the promising X-61A Gremlins air system, which involves launching a UAV from a carrier aircraft. During the test, the drone was in close proximity to the C-130.

The crews of MiG-31BM fighter-interceptors and Su-24 tactical front-line bombers of the separate mixed aviation regiment of the Northern Fleet refueled in the air from the Il-78 tanker aircraft of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation. The refueling took place in the Arctic sky.

In Russia, the development of a new-generation fighter-interceptor has begun

The Russian state corporation "Rostec" reported that experts are conducting development work on the creation of a new fighter-interceptor MiG-41. Earlier it was noted that this modification will be able to perform tasks in space and will be a completely new model of the aircraft, and not a modified version of its predecessor - the MiG-31.

KnAAZ has implemented a project for the digital identification of aircraft components. The work on the project was carried out in several stages. First, the specialists of the Quality management and Standardization department of KnAAZ tested barcoding as an element of automation in the production and storage of tools.

The US army on the background of financial constraints caused by coronavirus infection, this year will hold a private "cupping" for the air force (air force) and naval forces (naval forces) of the country, writes Breaking Defense, Recalling the statement of chief of army staff General James McConville.

Four Indian soldiers and at least 20 Chinese soldiers were injured in a clash on the Indian-Chinese border in Northern Sikkim, India Today reports, citing sources.

Even ten years ago, it seemed that mandatory conscription would sink into oblivion, especially in Europe, where after the end of the cold war, one country after another moved to an entirely professional (contract) armed forces. Among them were the closest neighbors of Belarus and Russia-Poland (2009), Lithuania (2008) and Latvia (2007).

Japan's Nikkei Asian Review believes that Russia is beginning to yield to China in the development of new weapons and military technologies. Gradually, this lag may become irreversible. China is becoming the world's number two arms exporter. Russia is the third. Beijing is targeting traditional Russian arms markets.

On January 23, 2021, in Istanbul, at the Turkish naval shipyard Istanbul Tersane Komutanlığı (Istanbul Naval Shipyard), the launch ceremony of the lead frigate F 515 Istanbul of the national project TF-100 of the MILGEM program (Millî Gemi-national ship) was held. At the ceremony of launching was attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The US Navy stops the supply of Freedom-class coastal ships

The US Navy has suspended deliveries of the Lockheed Martin Corporation's Freedom-class coastal zone ship. The reason for the rejection of the vessel was a structural defect in the power transmission. This is not the first problem faced by American shipbuilders in recent years, which causes wariness in the expert community.

The Russian Black Sea Fleet has begun tracking the USS Donald Cook, which entered the Black Sea on Saturday, the Russian National Defense Control Center said.

The large anti-submarine ship "Severomorsk" in the Barents Sea performed combat training tasks,including artillery firing.

The crew of the Baltic Fleet corvette "Stoyky", which went on a long voyage, conducted an exercise in the Mediterranean Sea to counter air strikes.

The shipbuilders of the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) brought the mine defense ship "Pyotr Ilyichev" of the project 12700 "Alexandrite"out of the workshop.

At present, if we focus not on the list of personnel, but "on what can really be thrown into battle, it is obvious that the Russian Navy has fallen to the level of approximately South Korea in terms of available serviceable and combat-ready surface ships, "the Military-Industrial Courier newspaper writes.

In the United States, jealously watching the development of the Russian military-industrial complex, and therefore the message that the aircraft carrier "Admiral Kuznetsov" is being prepared to replace, aroused interest. But in the article, skepticism is mixed with interest: will Russia be able to implement interesting ideas? Will the Russian Federation repeat the success of its icebreaking shipbuilding?

The Far Eastern Higher Combined Arms Command School received a batch of small-sized satellite communication stations "Belozer".