Russian Embassy evaluates US-Turkish military exercises in the Black Sea

The Russian Embassy in Washington, in response to the US and Turkish exercises in the Black Sea, called on the US military "not to rattle weapons" and not to interfere in the peace and security of the Black Sea. NATO previously explained its maneuvers by strengthening the Russian fleet.

The US Navy has just purchased two high-speed French five-seat Iguana boats, equipped in addition to two 350-horsepower outboard engines with a pair of retractable tracks.

Russian air defense forces repelled a missile attack on an air base in Syria

The Russian Khmeimim air base in Syria has been shelled by long-range multiple rocket launchers. The shelling was conducted from the north - from the territory of the Idlib de-escalation zone, which is controlled by illegal armed groups. However, the militants failed to cause damage to the Russian military - air defense systems repelled the attack.

Scientists of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia will create for the first time a mobile complex for work in the zone of radiation pollution, as well as a special "field camp" for conducting search operations at low Arctic temperatures. All this is in the plans of the research activities of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the next couple of years.

In particular, we are talking about secret research that concerns aircraft, missile design and cyber weapons

British security services are investigating nearly 200 scientists in the United Kingdom suspected of passing secret information in the field of advanced weapons to China. This was reported on Monday by The Times newspaper, citing an informed source.

The Chinese and Indian military began withdrawing troops from the joint border in the area of Lake Pangong-Tso. This was announced on Wednesday, February 10, by the press Secretary of the Ministry of Defense of the People's Republic of China Wu Qian.

The concern of the East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz-Antey" has tested an upgraded interceptor drone "Wolf-18", designed to automatically intercept other drones. According to RIA Novosti, now the company plans to present an unmanned vehicle for state tests. They are expected to begin before the end of 2021.

Rostec State Corporation has received a certificate from the Federal Air Transport Agency for the serial production of PD-14 engines for the Russian MS-21 passenger aircraft. This is reported on the website of Rostec.

According to the data provided, the first deeply modernized Ka-52M helicopters may enter the army in 2022. Recently, the Aerospace Forces received the first Mi-28NM.

Two NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hai and Ann McClain at the Moscow Cosmonaut Training Center prepare for a flight to the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced on Wednesday, February 10, RIA Novosti reports, citing sources in the rocket and space industry.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaking at a press conference on February 9, 2021 in Ankara at the ceremony of proclaiming the ten-year National Space Program of Turkey (Milli Uzay Programi) and the opening of the Turkish Space Agency (TUA), announced the ambitious Turkish space plans. "The national space program will put our country in the top league in the global space race," Erdogan said.

NASA has commissioned SpaceX to launch the first two modules of the future Gateway space station. The modules will go to the Moon on a Falcon Heavy rocket no earlier than May 2024.

A Chinese spacecraft with a rover on board has reached Mars

The Chinese mission "Tianwen-1" with a rover on board has reached the orbit of Mars. If all goes according to plan, the Chinese rover will land on the surface of the planet in the spring.

According to reports coming from Syria, severe fires broke out at a number of oil refining facilities near the city of Al-Bab, which are under the control of pro-Turkish militants.

The most secret superweapon of Russia turned out to be the Burevestnik cruise missile with a nuclear engine, military expert Dmitry Kornev writes in Izvestia.

An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), probably UGM-133A Trident II (Trident D5), was launched from a nuclear submarine in the Atlantic Ocean at night (Moscow time) on Wednesday, February 10, according to The Drive. The corresponding video of the flight of the weapon is available on Twitter (for example, here and here).

Specialists of the analytical company Canalys summed up the results of 2020 in the global market of electric vehicles.

The Chelyabinsk company, which produces electric vehicles, has improved the characteristics of its Hunter combat module with a new version of the machine gun. The efficiency of hitting the target has become higher by 20-30 percent. This was stated by the manufacturer of the combat system after the tests ended at the test site in Nizhny Tagil.

Physicists from the University of Basel, Switzerland, and the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, have developed a new type of single photon source that can produce billions of these quantum particles in one second. With a record-breaking performance to date, this source is becoming a new and powerful "standard block" for a range of quantum technologies, including quantum computing and communications technologies.

The creation of the aircraft carrier project "Manatee" will provide a technological breakthrough in many segments of the Russian economy, including the nuclear industry, says the General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) Alexey Rakhmanov.