Scientists have proposed to clean spacesuits from lunar dust with liquid nitrogen
Sticky and abrasive lunar dust breaks the tightness of spacesuits, causes short circuits in technology, penetrates into people's lungs. To remove it, you can use the same effect, thanks to which water droplets scatter over the surface of a hot frying pan.
Ukraine will receive two "drone strikes"
Germany will supply two Rheinmetall Skynex anti-aircraft complexes to the APU
Germany will transfer two Skynex anti-aircraft complexes to Ukraine. It is claimed that these systems can withstand even a swarm of drones. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok - about what Skynex is capable of.
The second missile regiment will be fully equipped with the Avangard complex by 2025
According to the source, the number of mine launchers on combat duty will be brought to full staff
The second missile regiment in the Orenburg division of Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) with hypersonic combat equipment "Avangard" will be fully staffed by 2025. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the Russian military department.
Work on the agreements between the Russian Federation and the United States on the conversion of launch vehicles was interrupted - Ryabkov
Russia and the United States have made some progress on the issue of verifying the conversion of strategic offensive arms carriers (START), but no agreements have been reached, work is currently suspended, said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.
An echelon with the latest Russian armored personnel carrier "Boomerang" has been spotted
The network has published footage showing the railway transportation of the latest Russian "Boomerang".
A rare T-84 Oplot tank was attacked by a Lancet kamikaze drone
One of the T-84 "Oplot" tanks of the Ukrainian armed formations was damaged as a result of a kamikaze drone "Lancet" hitting it.
The Pentagon stated that they do not currently have Abrams tanks for transfer to Kiev
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celest Wallander noted that the funds allocated earlier to the Pentagon to help Ukraine "are sufficient for current plans"
The US Army (ground forces) currently does not have M1 Abrams tanks that could be transferred to Ukraine. This was stated on Tuesday by Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander at a hearing in the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.
"Designed for battles in Europe": Pentagon representative assured the US Congress of the effectiveness of Abrams tanks in Ukraine
The Abrams main battle tank was developed during the Cold War specifically for battles in the European Theater of Operations, so it is not necessary to say that American tanks are not adapted for battles in Europe. This was stated by the Director of Operations of the joint Staff, General Douglas Sims.
The West promised Ukraine a stream of tanks. But it turned out to be a weak trickle
NYT: Europe was not ready to provide Ukraine with the promised number of tanks
The supply of tanks to Ukraine from Europe can be compared with a weak stream, the authors of the article in the NYT claim. Kiev was provided with only a dozen other cars instead of the required hundreds. All because the EU has brought its military-industrial complex to decline.
A contract has been signed for the purchase of Borsuk infantry fighting vehicles for the Polish Army
On February 28, 2023, on the territory of the Polish machine-building enterprise Huta Stalowa Wola SA (HSW) in the city of Stalowa Wola, in the presence of Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak, a framework contract was signed for the supply to the Polish Army of almost 1400 promising Borsuk infantry fighting vehicles of Polish design and special armored vehicles based on them.
A framework agreement has been signed for the supply of BORSUK BMP to the Polish Armed Forces
On February 28, the Arms Agency of the Polish Ministry of Defense and a consortium of companies consisting of Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA and Huta Stalowa Wola SA signed a framework agreement for the supply of the Polish Armed Forces with BORSUK BMP.
The French Defense Minister announced a significant increase in the production of artillery shells
In France, the state order for the production of 155 mm artillery shells (the so-called "NATO caliber") will be significantly increased in the near future. This was stated by French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecorny, speaking at a hearing in the Senate.
In May, a prototype of the Russian passenger electric car "Atom" will be shown
According to the general director of KAMAZ Sergey Kogogin, in the spring, in May, a prototype of the Atom passenger electric car will be manufactured and shown to the public — the manufacturer has high hopes for it and plans to gain about 350 billion rubles through the sale of passenger cars.
The United States unleashed a chip war against China with the hands of the Koreans
In modern conditions, whoever produces the most advanced microchips owns the world. In order not to let Beijing catch up with itself, Washington warned that it would ban the release of this product on the territory of China. But it was in China that the Internet giants launched the production of chips. It's funny that the giants themselves belong to a third country – Korea. But America doesn't seem to care about Korean sovereignty.
Medium and large businesses have already started replacing people with chatbots in the workplace
The world has entered a new era when applied AI, like the chatbot ChatGPT, began to gradually deprive people of their usual jobs of different professions. What was a horror story for copywriters, programmers and secretaries yesterday became a reality very quickly. According to a survey by the ResumeBuilder portal, out of 1,000 managers of medium and large businesses, 49% already use chatbots to solve work tasks, and 48% for the same reason began to dismiss live employees from their previous jobs.
An American columnist assessed China's threats to US Navy aircraft carriers
Recently, Chinese military experts have increasingly stated about China's ability to strike at American aircraft carriers. However, the command of the US Navy is confident that in any case, American ships will be able to repel any attacks by the Chinese army, aviation and navy.
How did the industry in Russia survive 2022 and what is it waiting for in 2023
The Ministry of Industry and Trade predicts a fourfold increase in the production of light industry products for its
Sanctions against the Russian Federation and the mass withdrawal of Western companies from the country last year did not lead to the collapse of Russian industry: as follows from the data of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the volume of industrial production decreased by only 0.6%, although a drop of 1.8% was expected.
Russia used sanctions to develop: how the economy stood up in 2022
We talked with experts about what helped the country withstand record sanctions pressure
A year ago, Russia began to forcibly rebuild the economic system. Many measures were prepared in advance — this work has been carried out since 2014.
Belarus and Russia on the way to creating a common defense space
A month ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to sign an agreement with Belarus on the establishment of joint military training centers. The corresponding decree of the Russian president dated January 31 was published on the legal information portal.
The West is pushing China towards an alliance with Russia with its own hands
The peace settlement plan presented by China on the anniversary of the start of the special military operation caused an extremely negative reaction in the West. There is no direct support for Russia in the document, but it was still called "pro-Russian". Thus confirming that the supporters of the unipolar world are most afraid of strengthening relations between Moscow and Beijing. And these concerns are all the stronger the more obvious the partnership between the two countries becomes.
