The prototype of the Starship SN15 rocket performed a successful test flight, soaring to an altitude of 10 kilometers. The rocket made a soft landing, but, unlike the prototype SN10, did not explode after that. The broadcast was conducted on the SpaceX YouTube channel.

Calculations of anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMS) S-400 "Triumph" conducted exercises in the Pskov region to repel air attacks of a simulated enemy, the press service of the Western Military District (ZVO) reported on Thursday.

The Turkish defense industry is celebrating another achievement — the domestic air defense system successfully hit the "fighter". On May 5, the press service of the Turkish Defense Association (Savunma Sanayii Başkanlığı, SSB) reported on the successful testing of the HISAR A+system.

The American low-profile destroyer Zumwalt wants to equip a new hypersonic weapons system in 2025. By that time, Russia should have already put into operation the sea-based missile "Zircon".

The TASS news Agency reported on May 5, 2021, that three launches of a promising Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as part of flight design tests (LKI) will be performed in 2021. This was reported to TASS by sources in the military-industrial complex and close to the military department.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, approved the acceptance certificate for the completion of the tests of the Kazan submarine, which was previously signed by the General Director of Sevmash, Mikhail Budnichenko, and the chairman of the Commission for State Acceptance of ships, Captain I Rank Alexey Poteshkin.

Russia has prepared a trap for US warships on the Baltic Sea coast, the portal claims Avia.pro.

The US military presence in Syria is illegal, the Russian Embassy in Washington reminded. "We would like to remind you that the US military presence in Syria is primarily illegal," the embassy said in a statement posted on the social network.

The withdrawal of the US military contingent from Afghanistan is proceeding as planned, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday.

The next round of talks in Vienna on the return of the United States and Iran to the JCPOA, starting on Friday, may be the final, suggested on Thursday the Russian Permanent Representative to international organizations in the Austrian capital, Mikhail Ulyanov.

The Russian government has approved the denunciation of the Open Skies Treaty. Military expert Dmitry Litovkin on the air of Sputnik radio expressed his opinion about the possible consequences of Russia's withdrawal from the treaty.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed a government decree on submitting a proposal to the President of the Russian Federation to denounce the Open Skies Treaty (DON).

The head of the Czech military intelligence, Jan Beroun, said that Russia was ready for accusations of involvement in the explosions at the warehouses in Vrbetice. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.

The head of the State Border Service of Ukraine (SBSU), Serhiy Deineko, said that in recent years, 400 km of an anti-tank ditch was dug on the border with Russia, 100 km of metal fence was installed and 70 km of barbed wire was stretched.

The US exercise in Europe "Swift Response" (Swift Response) will begin on Wednesday evening in Estonia with live firing at the Central Range of the Defense Forces.

[b]It is expected that it will move 15 billion km from the Earth, the Xinhua news agency reports.]

Chinese scientists are considering sending a spacecraft to the edge of the Solar System - a distance of 100 astronomical units (15 billion km) from Earth. This was reported on Wednesday by the Xinhua news agency.

The American company SpaceX is preparing on Sunday to put into orbit the second batch of 60 Starlink Internet satellites in a week, the specialized website Spaceflight Now reported.

The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Tuesday, May 4, successfully launched another batch of 60 mini-satellites into low-Earth orbit, which should replenish the orbital grouping of the global Internet coverage of the Starlink system. This was announced by the developer company SpaceX on Twitter.

Blue Origin will start selling tickets for the New Shepard cruise ship on Wednesday, May 5. The price of the ticket is estimated at 200-250 thousand dollars.

[b]The press service of the US Space Command noted that this rocket does not have several stages, like many others.]

The Pentagon is not sure that the Changzheng-5B rocket (CZ-5B; Long March 5B), which put the Chinese station module into orbit, will disintegrate upon re-entry into the atmosphere. This was reported on Wednesday by TASS in the press service of the US Space Command.