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The most powerful Soviet self-propelled guns - 203-mm 2S7 "Peony" were mainly operated in Soviet artillery brigades of high power. In total, according to various sources, more than 500 such combat vehicles were manufactured.

The EU, against the background of the situation with the refusal of Australia from the contract with France for the creation of submarines, needs to make more efforts to strengthen its own defense potential, the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, told reporters at the UN on Monday.

We are talking about small spacecraft under the Space-Pi program, including for automatic identification of vessels

Sputnix (a resident of Skolkovo) plans to launch small spacecraft under the Space-Pi program, including for automatic identification of ships (AIS), in the first quarter of next year. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the organization.

Alan Lushnikov, First Vice-President of the Kalashnikov Union of Russian Gunsmiths, noted that the production of civilian small arms and the strengthening of the position of domestic manufacturers in this market allows defense industry enterprises to fulfill their tasks.

Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers, Su-25 and Su-24MR aircraft together with the Su-25 of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan are working out fire tasks to destroy the positions of a conditional enemy within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) "Peace Mission-2021" exercise in the Orenburg region, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Tuesday.

About 5.5 thousand military personnel and more than 1.2 thousand units of weapons and special equipment are involved in the practical exercises

The military personnel will use more than 70 artillery and missile systems to work out tasks to combat illegal armed groups at the anti-terrorist exercises of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member countries "Peace Mission-2021", which are being held in the Orenburg Region. This is stated in a message distributed on Tuesday by the press service of the Central Military District.

As part of the air detachments, Mi-8 helicopters with VSM-1 mining systems will be involved, tracked minelayers of modern modification GMZ-3 will also be used

The Syrian combat experience will be the basis for the actions of the Russian engineering troops at the international exercises of the military contingents of the SCO member states "Peace Mission-2021", which are taking place in the Orenburg region. This was announced to journalists on Tuesday by the head of the engineering troops of the Central Military District (CVO), Major General Dmitry Koruts.

According to the head of Roscosmos, SpaceX is trying to squeeze the Russian state corporation out of the space launch market, using various tools, including dumping

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin ruled out direct cooperation between Roscosmos organizations and Elon Musk's company SpaceX.

The American company SpaceX, headed by Elon Musk, is squeezing Roscosmos enterprises out of the international space services market, RIA Novosti reports the statement of the general director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

Since non-nuclear submarines are inferior to nuclear submarines in their effectiveness, the termination of the contract with France for the construction of submarines of the Shortfin Barracuda Block 1A project in favor of American (Virginia) or British (Astute) is beneficial to Australia, military expert Dmitry Boltenkov tells in Izvestia.

The Colombian Ground Forces are starting the combat use of five UH-1H multi-purpose helicopters, which were previously operated as part of the Pakistan Air Force Air Corps.

US President Joe Biden may again impose sanctions against the Chinese company Honor. This is reported by The Washington Post.

Large-scale international exercises have begun in the Lviv region of Ukraine. September 20, portal armyinform.com.ua He informed that the multinational Ukrainian-American military exercises Rapid Trident-2021 have begun on the basis of the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security.

Analysts called the shortcomings of the Chinese fifth-generation aircraft with Russian engines, which reduce the efficiency of the J-20. The maneuverability of the aircraft may not be enough to compete with the F-22 and F-35. This is reported by the South China Morning Post.

Russian journalists named the alleged construction site of the Tesla plant in Russia, but the head of the company, Elon Musk, did not confirm this information. This is reported by the publication Electrek.

The crew commander of the first main expedition to the station, William Shepard, said that the ISS could not have been in orbit without the participation of Russia

The International Space Station (ISS) would not have been able to be in orbit if Russia had not participated in this project.

The entry of Canberra into the AUKUS partnership and the rejection of the contract with Paris for the construction of submarines may lead to the fact that Australia will receive submarines a decade later than planned - in 2040, said French Defense Ministry spokesman Herve Grandjean.

The administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Bill Nelson, announced plans to visit Russia in the near future, according to the NASA broadcast.

The meeting of French Defense Ministers Florence Parly and Great Britain's Ben Wallace, which was supposed to take place this week, was canceled due to Paris ' dissatisfaction with Australia's decision to build nuclear submarines within the framework of AUKUS, The Guardian reports.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seeking to smooth over the sharpness in relations with France that arose after the British-American deal with Australia on the construction of submarines instead of French ones.