The reusable first stage of the American Falcon 9 launch vehicle, which launched on Thursday Moscow time into orbit with 60 Internet satellites of the Starlink project, made a successful controlled landing on a floating platform in the Atlantic, the developer company SpaceX said.

The Changzheng-5B heavy launch vehicle successfully launched the Tianhe base module of the future Chinese space station into low-Earth orbit on Thursday, the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) said.

The first batch of S-400 air defense systems will arrive in India by the end of this year, Indian Ambassador to Moscow Datla Bala Venkatesh Varma told reporters.

The Indian Defense Ministry reported on the successful integration of the 5th generation Python-5 air-to-air guided missile on board the Tejas light combat aircraft, as proved by the test launches conducted on April 27.

France has tested a new M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile. Its carrier is a strategic submarine of the Triomphant type.

The mountain motorized rifle unit of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District (SE) received 10 Ural-4320 vehicles of the latest modification.

During the ceremony held at the plant in Set Lagoas (Minas Gerais), Iveco Defense Vehicles handed over to the Brazilian Army the first (out of 32 ordered) light armored vehicle 4x4 LMV-BR (Viatura Blindada Multitarefa, Leve de Rodas).

American engineers have taught the exoskeleton for the legs to increase the walking speed by an average of 42 percent. After the start of walking, the exoskeleton gradually optimizes the parameters of its work, adapting to the walking of a particular person. The paper is published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering.

Contractors are required to notify the Pentagon about the use of microelectronic components made in China, Russia, Iran and North Korea in their systems, Defense News reports, citing a bill introduced by Republican Senator Joshua Hawley of Missouri.

Russian shipbuilders held the ceremony of launching the project 12700 mine defense ship "Pyotr Ilyichev". It can be transferred to the customer this year.

The connection of the ships of the protection of the water area of the Troops and forces in the North-East of Russia (OKVS) has been replenished with another new anti-sabotage boat of the Grachonok project.

At the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), the launch ceremony of the mine defense ship "Pyotr Ilyichev" of project 12700 was held.

Live firing of the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) of the Guards missile cruiser "Moscow" was shown on video. The corresponding video on Thursday, April 29, is published by the Zvezda TV channel in its Telegram channel.

Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are the "workhorses" of the US Navy, writes the American publication 19FortyFive.

The CSTO Security Council secretaries discussed in Tajikistan the issues of equipping the CSTO collective rapid reaction forces with modern weapons, the prospects for cooperation between the CSTO and the CIS and the SCO. And also the topic of the Afghan settlement. The meeting of the Security Council secretaries began on April 29 with a meeting with the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.

The United States has generally fulfilled the task that faced American troops in Afghanistan, and will return its military to their homeland, US President Joe Biden said.

The administration of US President Joe Biden is considering a near-total waiver of some of the strictest sanctions on Iran in an attempt to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian Nuclear Issue (JCPOA), the Associated Press reports, citing current and former US officials.

Two new motorized rifle regiments have been created in the Kaliningrad region, it follows from the message of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation. In recent years, Russia has strengthened its military infrastructure in the western direction, in particular, in the Kaliningrad region.

It is also necessary to combat the use of terrorism for political purposes

The CSTO countries intend to strengthen the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan and prevent the activation of recruiters on the southern borders of the participating countries, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Rashid Nurgaliyev said.

The United States can send lethal weapons to Ukraine that can be used against Russia, RIA Novosti writes. The equipment that Kiev can get from Washington includes, in particular, "air defense (air defense), anti-ship and anti-tank missiles, operational and tactical strike systems," the agency writes, referring to the American edition of The Wall Street Journal.