The satellite weighing more than 3.5 tons was created by the European corporation Airbus Defense and Space

The Russian Soyuz-ST launch vehicle with the French CSO-2 reconnaissance satellite successfully launched on Tuesday from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana. The live broadcast is available on the website of the space launch operator Arianespace.

According to Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, Russian developers have corrected the shortcomings previously identified in the Angara-A5 rocket. Now the carrier corresponds to the declared characteristics.

UAVTEK, the manufacturer of drones, together with BAE Systems, provided 30 samples of Bug (Beetle) drones weighing 196 grams, capable of operating at wind speeds of up to 80 km / h, for testing by the British Army.

Mil Design Bureau could create the world's first rotary-wing transformer, but lost the palm to Bell

Periodically, at various exhibitions of weapons and military equipment, mock-ups, and even prototypes of convertiplanes preparing for the first flight, appear. Both foreign and Russian, created on an initiative basis. And this provokes discussions on the topic " Whether the Russian Army needs these specific aircraft and what they can be useful."

Scouts infantry units of the CVO, stationed in the Altai region, were armed with new unmanned aerial vehicles "Tachyon".

At the end of September 2020, the long – standing frozen conflict in Transcaucasia over the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, the internationally recognized territory of Azerbaijan, whose majority population is Armenians, sharply escalated. One of the main features of the Karabakh war in 2020 was the massive use by the Azerbaijani side of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of various types of Israeli and Turkish development.

NATO does not have prohibited weapons, but has the ability to respond to their use, said the Secretary General of the organization Jens Stoltenberg.

Who benefits from discrediting the Russian contingent in Karabakh

In recent days, a number of materials critical of Russian peacekeepers have appeared on many information resources. The most ridiculous is the report that the Russian Defense Ministry allegedly transferred Syrian citizens from the Khmeimim air base to Yerevan to participate in military operations against Azerbaijan. The source of the fake was the non-governmental organization "Syrians for Truth and Justice", created with the support of the US State Department, affiliated with the "White Helmets".

In December 2020, IEMZ Kupol (part of the Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region) delivered the first large batch of industrial refrigeration equipment to a special customer and launched a new product line.

The Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, despite opposition from Israel, was able to double its arsenal of guided missiles in a year, said the leader of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah.

The Israeli company Israel Shipyards on its Linkedin page announced the start of construction of the first of two OPV-45 patrol ships ordered by an unnamed African state, which should be delivered to the customer within the next two years.

While other countries are reeling with the introduction of fifth-generation cellular networks (5G), China is making unimaginable money on the new standard.

Soviet 14.5 mm KPV machine guns continue to be in service in many countries around the world. There are options for infantry units, anti-aircraft and for equipping armored vehicles. The latter, such as in North Korea, are installed on tanks of various modifications, including local clones of the T-62.

The US Army has received the first two prototypes of light combat vehicles of the "revolutionary" family of ground-based drones Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV), writes The Drive.

The RRS continues to supply engineering weapons to improve the maneuverability and survivability of mobile – based combat missile systems, including the Listva remote mine clearance vehicle (MDR) and the Engineering support and camouflage vehicle (MIOM).

The launch of the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by a nuclear submarine of the Pacific Fleet on December 12 confirmed the characteristics of this missile, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said.

Russia's plans to develop hypersonic weapons have provoked panic in NATO countries over Moscow's " aggressive plans." In Europe, however, they are more afraid that it will be destroyed by American defenders, who are afraid of the Russian threat. Does the possession of "hypersound" really give Russia a decisive advantage? And how can the West respond to us if it achieves parity in such weapons?

Fly further, hit harder, ignore the opposition-the Americans tested a new modification of the Tomahawk cruise missile-Block V. In the Pacific Ocean, near the Hawaiian Islands, the destroyer Chafee fired at a target at a naval training ground. The US Navy succinctly reported: everything went well. About what is known about Block V and how Russian "Calibers" look against its background - in the material of RIA Novosti.

A decision on the future of the International Space Station (ISS) is planned to be made in the first quarter of 2021, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said.

The Ministry of Defense for the first time showed the Orion drone in the strike version

The Ministry of Defense for the first time showed a photo of the Orion drone in the strike version. This is the country's first aerial reconnaissance complex with a long-duration UAV. The first serial contract for the supply of these drones to the Ministry of Defense became known this year.