News of the nuclear industry and energy
The International Military-technical Forum "Army-2023" has completed its work
The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" completed its work in the Moscow region on August 20. During the seven days of the forum, its events were attended by 1 million 93 thousand 285 people.
From the sea of dreams to the sea of ambitions
Poland is saving up for the revival of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
It was in the capital of Poland in 1955 that the agreement on the creation of a military bloc of socialist countries was signed. Which was named accordingly by the Warsaw Pact Organization (ATS). And it was with the Polish uprisings of the 1980s that the collapse of the socialist camp began.
They flew away from the Earth. Flying to the Moon
The Institute for Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences has completed an express analysis of telemetry and measurement data of scientific instruments on board the Luna-25 automatic station, performed on August 13, 2023 in two sessions of the first inclusions at a distance of about 310 thousand km from Earth.
The head of the DPRK Defense Ministry accused the United States of turning the Korean peninsula into a field of nuclear war
As stated by the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kang Sun Nam, Washington's actions in order to establish military dominance seriously threaten the security of states in this region
The problem of the Korean peninsula cannot be solved through negotiations until the United States radically changes its policy, now only physical force keeps from a nuclear conflict in the region.
"Presumably, they will be equipped with nuclear weapons": the new Israeli submarine Drakon is launched
The newest Israeli submarine INS Drakon was launched in Kiel, Germany, where it is being built by order of the fleet. The submarine belongs to the Dolphin-2 project, two representatives of which already serve in the Navy, but seriously differs from their predecessors.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation stated that the situation in the world has acquired a tendency to complications
The department believes that this is due to the tightening of the "hegemonic policy" of the United States and its allies, which is aimed at maintaining dominance by any means, including the desire to achieve an exceptional advantage through military power, sanctions, threats, interference in regional and domestic processes.
Manturov: a new round of development of the defense industry will become the basis for strengthening Russia's position in the global arms market
Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation - Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov took part in the plenary session of the Army-2023 forum on August 14.
DGA accepted the second submarine of the Suffren class
On August 10, the Directorate General for Armaments (DGA) of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces announced the acceptance of the second Suffren-class submarine, the Duguay-Trouin, built under the Barracuda program.
Poland no longer hopes for NATO. But militarization will not save it
Poland has sharply increased the production and procurement of weapons due to the fear of being left without NATO support in the event of a military conflict, writes Haqqin. At the same time, the author of the article doubts that the country's economy will pull military spending on a "cosmic scale", and the army will find the right number of specialists.
Why has Ukraine's offensive stalled
In the conflict in Ukraine, it is impossible to win with lightning speed, writes UnHerd. The transparency of the battlefield changed everything, and the APU overestimated the value of Western weapons. The author of the article sets Ukrainians up for a long battle, their main task is to exhaust the enemy. But readers demand an immediate end to the "senseless slaughter."
Asian Rocket Race
Fierce competition causes accelerated technology development
Missiles of various ranges, both ballistic and cruise, become not only an "addition" to aviation, but also its replacement (as a rule, of course, partial). Sometimes a country needs such a replacement because of the weakness of its aviation.
The US and NATO have gone on the warpath
Vilnius Summit: not so much defending Ukraine as aggression against Russia
In the month that has passed since the meeting of the NATO Council at the level of heads of state and government in Vilnius on July 11-12, 2023, the excitement associated with Ukraine's hopes to become a member of the alliance has noticeably weakened. And Kiev switched to receiving some security guarantees from the United States.
What is the Luna-25 project and how will the expedition take place
For the first time in almost 50 years, Russia sent a ship to an Earth satellite
In Russia, for the first time in the modern history of the country, an interplanetary station, called Luna-25, went to the moon. This event opens a new chapter in the exploration of space and the Earth's satellite. For more information about what the station is and how the expedition will take place, see the Izvestia material.
Got up on the moonwalk: how the Russian mission to the Earth satellite started
What is the peculiarity of the automatic station "Luna-25" and what opportunities will open up to scientists
On the night of August 11, the Luna-25 automatic station successfully went to the Earth satellite. This is the first such flight in the history of modern Russia.
Rockets for every taste and fighters in a fold
Trends in the development of the global military economy
At the present stage, there is a significant increase in the mutual influence of the world economy and the global military-political situation. Today, it is economic interests that largely determine the direction and nature of the development of interstate relations.
Nuclear-free naval parade
The power of the fleet was presented more modestly, but the international resonance was wider
The Main Naval Parade of 2023 (GVMP-2023) was held on July 30 in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt. It was held on the Day of the Navy, which is traditionally celebrated on the last Sunday of the second summer month.
The RVIO told about the possibility of nuclear tests
RVIO: Russia's nuclear tests may be a response to the West's desire to defeat it
The 1963 Moscow Treaty banning nuclear weapons tests opened the way to disarmament and the removal of tension between the great powers, but today all this progress is offset by the desire of the West to inflict a strategic defeat on the Russian Federation, which gives it the right to resume such tests, Mikhail Myagkov, scientific director of the Russian Military Historical Society (RVIO), told RIA Novosti.
Social policy and a decent standard of living, not war, is the priority of the sovereign Belarusian state
Belarusians do not rattle their weapons, but they are preparing to defend the country at any moment. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said this at a meeting with residents of the agricultural town of Belovezhsky in the Kamenetsky district on August 1.
Western media writes that the coup in Niger could make the world dependent on Russia in the field of nuclear energy
The strengthening of Russia's influence in Niger may lead to the fact that the whole world will be dependent on Moscow and its partners in the field of nuclear energy. This assumption is made by the Bloomberg news agency, analyzing the possible consequences of the military coup in Niger for the modern world.
The USA was able to build a new nuclear power unit — for the first time in the XXI century
We are talking about a great success: the time and cost of construction were exceeded by only two times relative to the design. Against the background of the previous attempt to build a new power reactor in the United States, the situation is so rosy that some industry observers started talking about the revival of the industry.
