The US Space Agency conducted fire tests of the engines of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which in the foreseeable future should launch astronauts to the satellite of our planet. The carrier can make the very first start this year.

An inactive weather satellite of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States, known as NOAA-17, exploded in space, the 18th Space Control Squadron of the United States Air Force (Air Force) reported on Twitter.

We are talking about preventing collisions between NASA spacecraft and satellites of the Starlink orbital network

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has signed an agreement with the US company SpaceX to expand cooperation to prevent spacecraft collisions.

The US Ground forces showed elements of the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) complex. They will be used for training purposes.

MEDIA: US secretly exports nuclear bombs from Europe

The US has secretly reduced its nuclear arsenal in Europe from 150 to 100 B61 nuclear gravity bombs. The reduction affected military bases in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey, the media reported, citing sources.

Interesting materials (slides) about the main directions of development of anti-tank missile systems in the Russian Federation from the report of S. A. Bakaneev "Conceptual ideas and main results of research of military scientific schools of the Mikhailovsky Military Artillery Academy" at the XXIII All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences (RARAN) in 2020.

The Bundeswehr is digitalizing its soldiers. On March 19, the press service of the German Defense Ministry reported that the Panzergrenadier system was recognized as suitable for combat and will go to the troops.

The military checked how the system of search, recognition and transmission of information about air objects operates in the north-east of the country. First of all, the generals were interested in the effectiveness of this system in the Arctic zone of Russia.

As the press service of the Southern Military District reported, on March 19, 2021, a solemn ceremony of raising the St. Andrew's flag and commissioning a new torpedo boat TL-2195-the lead boat of the 1388N3 project - was held in Novorossiysk.

On March 10, a major emergency occurred near the closed city of Fokina in the Primorsky Territory. An explosion occurred on board a large anti-submarine ship of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation.

For Kamchatka submariners, 2021 is a double anniversary year: it marks the 115th anniversary of the formation of the Russian Submarine Fleet and the 290th anniversary of the Pacific Fleet.

The Zvezda TV channel for the first time aired footage of a once-secret military facility – a special deep-water tunnel for Black Sea submariners.

Two new nuclear-powered submarine missile cruisers of the Borey-A project, Prince Potemkin and Dmitry Donskoy, will be laid on the slipways of Sevmash this year. This was stated in an interview with the newspaper "Red Star" by the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.

The creation of a modern base for submarines of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation in Vilyuchinsk will be completed this year, said the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Evmenov.

In the coming years, the naval strategic forces will be equipped with the latest submarines of the project 955 "Borey", the commander of the 31st Division of submarines of the Northern Fleet, Rear Admiral Stepan Kelbas, told Izvestia.

The service life of nuclear submarines of projects 949A and 971 will be doubled, they will be equipped with new weapons, said the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Evmenov.

The Russian Navy will receive three nuclear submarines by the end of the year, including the strategic project "Borey-A". On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert, captain of the 1st rank of the reserve Vasily Dandykin stressed that this is the only nuclear submarine of the fourth generation.

For the Russian military, two more diesel submarines of the Lada project will be built, the decision on whether to continue the series has not yet been made, said the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, Nikolai Evmenov.

The service life of nuclear submarines of projects 949A and 971 will be doubled, they will be equipped with new weapons, said the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Evmenov.

Kazakh journalist Akmaral Batalova specially for the Kazakhstan resource Tengrinews.kz conducted an exclusive interview with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. Answering questions, Shoigu shared his opinion on the relations between Russia and Kazakhstan, the idea of creating a "Turan army" and the actions of the United States.