A small methane leak caused an explosion during the test of the next prototype of the American manned spacecraft Starship. This was announced on April 5 by the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, on his Twitter account.

In the Astrakhan region, at the Ashuluk training ground, combat crews of the latest air defense systems of the Western Military District during the exercise repelled rocket attacks of a simulated enemy. In the presented video, you can watch the combat launches of anti-aircraft guided missiles at targets that imitated aircraft and cruise missiles of the "enemy".

The contract for the supply of S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems to India is being implemented as planned, Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), told Interfax on Tuesday.

The US Army is studying the possibility of increasing the range of Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) almost three times — from the current 500 kilometers to 1,600 kilometers, according to Breaking Defense.

In the United States, the B-52 Stratofortress bomber failed to launch the ARRW hypersonic launch vehicle. The first flight tests of the new weapon took place on April 5 over the Point Mugu sea ridge off the coast of California.

As reported by the TASS news agency, development work (R & D) on the creation of the latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "Cedar" will begin at the turn of 2023-2024. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

Russian armored personnel carriers can significantly increase their firepower. On April 5, the Interfax news agency reported that the BTR-BM remote-controlled combat module (DUBM) was demonstrated to the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko at one of the training grounds of the Military-Industrial Company (MIC) near Moscow.

During the upcoming exercises, the Thai Navy Marine Corps will test the first batch of Israeli-developed guns received last year, which are assembled at the facilities of the local defense industry.

Wheelbarrows, gun-trucks, installation of NURS on pickups — what people will not come up with when full-fledged army equipment is not available or "ended". To mark the seventh anniversary of the launch of the Warspot portal, we offer you a selection of photos of military homemade items that can be found in combat zones.

At least three US Air Force military transport planes have arrived in Ukraine over the past four days, according to Western air observers.

Severnaya Verf carried out the technological launch of the Mercury corvette. It happened in March, but it became known about it only now.

In the fall of this year, the Navy will receive a new small missile ship (MRK) "Kozelsk" project 22800 "Karakurt". This is the fourth MRC in the series. He will serve in the Baltic Fleet.

On Tuesday, the Pacific Fleet frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov launched a Kalibr cruise missile at a ground target for the first time. This shooting was conducted by the crew of the ship from the waters of the Sea of Japan.

The press service of the Pacific Fleet reported that at the estimated time, the missile successfully hit the target position at the test site in the area of Cape Surkum. The range of fire at the same time exceeded 1 thousand kilometers.

According to the newspaper "Sea News of Russia", after 2030, Russia can continue to build up the nuclear icebreaker fleet. And in particular, to build four icebreakers: two nuclear-powered vessels of the project 22220 type "Arctic" and two vessels of the project 10510 type "Leader".

As the Kommersant newspaper reports in the article by Anastasia Vedeneeva, " Nuclear icebreakers will find a dock in Turkey. Kyzey Star will build it for Atomflot for 5 billion rubles, " the Turkish shipyard Kyzey Star Shipyard became the winner of the competition for the construction of a floating dock for 5 billion rubles for nuclear icebreakers of Atomflot.

[b]At the same time, it will be able to solve its tasks anywhere in the world's oceans, the source said.]

The special-purpose nuclear submarine "Belgorod" of Project 09852 will serve in the Pacific Ocean after the completion of state tests and transfer to the Russian Navy. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the military department.

The project 636.3 diesel-electric submarine Magadan, built at the Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg, will go to sea for sea trials in June. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. After a thorough check of all systems and mechanisms, the new submarine will be transferred to the Navy's combat staff. According to the general director of the manufacturer Alexander Buzakov, this should happen before November 25 this year.

Chinese television published an interesting report from the aircraft carrier "Shandong". This is the first detailed account of the life of a huge ship. It shows the take-offs of carrier-based fighters, the work of anti-aircraft systems - in particular, the spectacular explosions of short-range missiles were captured in the frame.

A video has appeared on the Internet, which captures the moment of the explosion of an American Humvee from a close distance.

In the explanation to the video posted on YouTube, it says that the shooting was made in 2005, but the video was made public only recently.

Deputy Defense Minister Dmitry Bulgakov checked in Abakan the readiness of military personnel, vehicles and special equipment of the 5th separate Poznań Red Banner Railway Brigade to participate in a large-scale construction project.