Cooperation news

Announcing the recent launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket with a Fregat upper stage of OneWeb satellites, Arianespace executive Director Stefan Israel "remembered" the contribution of the Russian side to the mission only after he was "congratulated" by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin, RIA Novosti writes.

Richard Branson's company has pushed the start of commercial suborbital flights to the fourth quarter of next year. This is due to the refinement of equipment and new tests.

The command of the naval component of the Armed Forces of Papua New Guinea has adopted the second Guardian-class patrol boat, transferred by the Australian Ministry of Defense.

Virgin Galactic, controlled by British billionaire Richard Branson, has postponed commercial suborbital flights of the Unity spacecraft for the last quarter of 2022, according to the company's website.

Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant has released a new ballast tractor MZKT-630240-010 (8x4) in a tropical version, designed for a foreign customer.

At the same time, the PRC does not exclude that such interaction between the two countries is theoretically quite feasible

The Chinese orbital station does not yet plan to exchange its telemetry data (flight parameters) with the Russian space communication centers. This was reported to the TASS correspondent on Friday by the deputy head of the Manned Space Flight Program of the People's Republic of China Lin Xiqiang.

At the 10th International Exhibition of Armaments and Military Equipment "Partner-2021" held in Belgrade, a Serbian version of the modernization of the Strela-10M anti-aircraft missile system of the military air defense was presented.

Russia and Venezuela are jointly developing a secure messenger. This was announced by the deputy head of Rostec, Alexander Nazarov, whose words are quoted on Friday, October 15, on the website of the state corporation.

A serious struggle is breaking out for the Indian tender P-75I. October 14, portal navalnews.com He said that four countries will fight for a contract with the Indian Navy for the supply of six diesel-electric submarines.

The pilots performed combat maneuvers, including U-turns, climbing in an ascending spiral with a decrease in flight speed and subsequent designation of the target attack, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

Joint Russian-Serbian crews of MiG-29 fighter jets have practiced intercepting low-flying drones in Serbia. This was reported on Friday by the Russian Defense Ministry.

The rocket will be launched from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana

The launch of the Soyuz-ST-B carrier rocket with Galileo spacecraft from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana is scheduled for December 1, 2021. This was reported on Friday in Roscosmos.

One of the targets shown was an unmanned helicopter, which was eventually hit by a burst from a cannon

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published a video of the destruction of drones by the forces of calculations of the Pantsir air defense systems during the Slavic Shield - 2021 exercises in Serbia. The video was provided by the Russian military department.

Uzbek-Afghan trade and economic cooperation, border security and transport and communication projects were discussed during talks on Saturday in Termez (an Uzbek city on the border with Afghanistan) by the delegations of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, Uzbek Foreign Ministry spokesman Yusup Kabulzhanov said.

About 100 servicemen of the Novorossiysk Guards Amphibious Assault Mountain Unit, six BMD-2 amphibious assault vehicles and four Il-76MD military transport aircraft will be involved in the exercises from Russia.

The Soviet anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) "Strela-10M" was modernized. At the international exhibition of armaments and military equipment "Partner-2021" in Serbia, a new version of the SAM was shown, which was made inconspicuous. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Ships make the transition from the Baltic to permanent bases

A detachment of ships and submarines of the Pacific Fleet, carrying out the transition from the Baltic to permanent bases, entered the port of Colombo in Sri Lanka. This was reported to TASS by a military-diplomatic source.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Washington had offered to supply Turkey with F-16 fighter jets in exchange for its earlier investments in the F-35 program, from which Ankara was excluded several years ago, Western media reported.

The head of the US Defense Department, Lloyd Austin, during a visit to Georgia and Ukraine next week, will call on these countries to carry out the transformations necessary to qualify for NATO membership, the Pentagon reports.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met with Israeli Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Yair Lapid, the State Department reports. "The Secretary of State and the Foreign Minister discussed a number of issues, including Iran, Syria and the People's Republic of China," the statement said.

The Russian-Chinese exercises "Maritime Cooperation – 2021" have started in the Sea of Japan, which will last until October 17. This was announced on October 14 by the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO) for the Pacific Fleet (TOF).