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In total, the British company intends to deploy about 600 satellites in low-Earth orbit

Roscosmos plans to carry out eight launches under the OneWeb program from the Baikonur, Vostochny and Kourou cosmodromes. This was reported to TASS by the Deputy Director General of Roscosmos for international Cooperation Sergey Savelyev.

Pushkov responded to Stoltenberg's call to resist Russian aggression

NATO should understand that the world will no longer live by the rules developed in "three or four Western capitals," said Senator Alexei Pushkov. So he commented on the words of the Secretary General of the alliance Jens Stoltenberg about the need to prepare for "Russian aggression" and increase military budgets.

As announced by the Ministry of Defense of Australia, the capabilities of the maritime patrol of the country's Air Force will be strengthened by the acquisition of two additional aircraft BPA P-8A "Poseidon" produced by Boeing.

The merger of French and Italian shipbuilding companies, scheduled for January this year, will not take place. On January 27, the governments of France and Italy released a joint statement on the cancellation of the acquisition by the Italian shipbuilding holding Fincantieri of the French shipyards Chantiers de l'Atlantique (formerly STX France), located in the city of Saint-Nazaire.

The Chinese fighter-bomber of the new generation may be similar to the Russian Su-34. Images of the alleged appearance of a promising winged machine from the Middle Kingdom appeared on the Network.

It is still difficult to say how much the published concept corresponds to what will happen in reality. However, China has long mastered the production of its own clones of Russian Su-27 and Su-33 fighters, so it is possible that a combat aircraft will be created on their basis with the placement of the crew as on the "thirty-fourth".

In December 2020, new US sanctions came into force. The United States has tightened export controls. The sanctions list includes 45 Russian companies. Among them was the manufacturer of titanium and JSC VSMPO-AVISMA.

On January 22, 2021, the 82nd Infantry Regiment "Torino" (82° Reggimento Fanteria "Torino") of the mechanized brigade" Pinerolo "(Brigata meccanizzata" Pinerolo") of the Italian Army, stationed in Barletta, demonstrated for the first time the first light armored vehicles of the Italian army, the LMV 2.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) on January 25 announced the signing of two contracts for the supply of unmanned aircraft systems "Heron" Mk.2 (Heron MK II) to an unnamed customer in Central Asia.

The Weapons Department of the Thai Navy announced the order of five complexes of support launchers "Dzhigit" produced by JSC "Scientific and Production Corporation" Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering "(JSC "NPK "KBM").

On the ground, under water, and in the air. In recent years, Russia has taken a prominent place in the international arms market. Now another export item will be added – combat drones. But will it succeed here?

Global defense spending increased by 1.9 percentage points in 2020 to reach $ 1.9 trillion, showing continuous growth for seven years.

The Venezuelan Air Force has become the strongest in Latin America due to the use of Russian Su-30MK2 multi-purpose fighters and S-300VM anti-aircraft missile systems, writes Military Watch magazine.

The command of the Colombian Navy is taking measures to put into operation the Coast Guard fleet of three new high-speed multi-purpose interceptor boats developed by Safe Boats International.

Roscosmos, according to various reports, either excluded, or he himself left the expert group to discuss the prospects for creating an international circumlunar station Gateway. The United States, Canada, Japan and the European Space Agency (ESA) remain in the project. What really happened and what are Russia's interests in terms of expansion to the moon?

The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Sunday successfully launched a record batch of 143 mini-satellites, including 10 spacecraft, to continue the deployment of the global Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX said.

Japan's Nikkei Asian Review believes that Russia is beginning to yield to China in the development of new weapons and military technologies. Gradually, this lag may become irreversible. China is becoming the world's number two arms exporter. Russia is the third. Beijing is targeting traditional Russian arms markets.

Mass media: Russia was removed from the discussion of the lunar station

Russian experts no longer participate in the discussion of the project of the American lunar station Gateway. It became known that they were excluded from the mailing list of letters and deprived of access to the materials.

On January 22, Austal USA announced on its Twitter page about the keel laying ceremony of the EPF (Expeditional Fast Transport) class "Sperheed", intended for the US Navy, held at the enterprise in Mobile (Alabama).

In Turkey, for the first time, a radically modernized Leopard 2A4 was openly demonstrated, which now comes close to the new generation of cars in a number of characteristics.

Last week, high-ranking military officials led by the country's Defense Minister, Hulusi Akar, visited enterprises engaged in the production of armored vehicles.

Alphabet Holding (Owned by Google) has announced the closure of Loon-a project to develop Internet access using balloons flying in the stratosphere. The company considered the company's business model unstable. This is reported by CNET.