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In pursuit of the Beijing
Why the US Navy is going to double the size of the military fleet
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, said it would take a much larger U.S. navy of 500 ships to contain China's "expansionist ambitions."
Shoigu set the task of introducing artificial intelligence into weapons
The Russian Armed Forces will rely on the introduction of artificial intelligence technologies in modern weapons. This was announced on Tuesday, speaking at an operational mobilization meeting with the leadership of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, said Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu.
China's Singapore Way
The state puts likes to its citizens
As previously reported by some media, the PRC allegedly legalized the social credit system. However, the information does not correspond to reality, since such a concept is absent in the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China and in the comments to it. In fact, on the territory of the People's Republic of China, more precisely, in some administrative-territorial units-provinces or cities, the "Assessment of Social Trust"has been introduced. Regional administrations, by an agreed decision of the executive authorities and the Communist Party of China, launch such a system, which applies to local residents or government employees.
The US will review the deployment of troops abroad
The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, will review the deployment of American troops abroad and suspend the withdrawal of army units from Germany. This was announced by US President Joe Biden on February 4, in a keynote speech at the State Department. The speech was broadcast on the official page of the President of the United States on Twitter.
The fifth and sixth submarines of the project 636.3 for the Pacific Fleet will be laid down in 2021
CEO Alexander Buzakov said that submarines of project 677 in 2021 it is planned to establish not
"Admiralty shipyards" will lay in 2021 fifth and sixth submarine of project 636.3 for the Pacific fleet (TOF). This was reported to TASS by the general director of the enterprise Alexander Buzakov.
The Defense Ministry will additionally purchase hypersonic and high-precision weapons
The issues of additional supplies of hypersonic and high-precision long-range weapons were discussed at a meeting held by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the Military-Industrial Corporation NPO Mashinostroeniya JSC in Reutov near Moscow on Friday, February 5.
The Khrunichev Center received orders for the launch of the Angara-A5 in 2022
Earlier, the general director of the Khrunichev Center, Alexey Borochko, said that the third test launch of the heavy launch vehicle "Angara-A5" is scheduled for the second quarter of 2021
The Khrunichev Center has received several orders for the launch of the Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle, in particular for 2022. This was stated by the chief designer of NPO Energomash (part of Roscosmos), Pyotr Lovochkin, on Saturday in an interview with the program " Big Space "on the channel" Roscosmos TV " on YouTube.
India aims to increase defense spending by 1.45% in 2021/2022.
On the eve of the opening of the International Aerospace Exhibition Aero India 2021, which will be held from 3 to 5 February in Bangalore, the main planned indicators of the defense budget of India for 2021-2022 became known.
The conversion is a matter of national
It is not necessary to break the "defense industry" through the knee, setting it unrealistic tasks
Recently, the topic of the need for a new conversion of the military industry has been increasingly discussed in the media. Moreover, the term "conversion", which discredited itself decades earlier, is not used in this context, but they argue that this process must inevitably be started. We need to understand how acute this problem really is, perhaps it is created artificially.
Rogozin said that the Russian lunar program is 10 times cheaper than the American one
[b]The Director General of Roscosmos added that Russia will not participate in any race to the Moon until it understands "the meaning of the prize fund".]
The Russian lunar program is several times cheaper than the American one, but it will bring no less results to science, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin is convinced.
Ukraine's war with the Chinese
As you know, the Ukrainian leadership, after a long torment, resolved the issue with the Chinese investors of Motor-Sich JSC (Zaporozhye), which were objectionable to the United States, simply robbing the Chinese by imposing direct sanctions against them.
Foreign IT-companies operating in the Internet, needs to open representative offices in Russia – the order of the President
The President of the Russian Federation approved the list of instructions following the meeting of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, held on December 10, 2020.
Medvedev allowed Russia to disconnect from the global network
Disconnecting Russia from the global network is likely, but if such a scenario is implemented, the authorities have a plan of action ready, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with Russian media.
The Russian President signed the law on the ratification of the Agreement on the extension of the START-3 Treaty between Russia and the United States
On January 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law "On Ratification of the Agreement on the Extension of the Treaty between the Russian Federation and the United States on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Weapons of April 8, 2010".
The Russian Defense Ministry told about the work of the Commission on Innovative Projects and Technologies in 2021
For the first time, the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center hosted meetings of representatives of the military administration bodies and expert groups of the Russian Defense Ministry Commission on Innovative Projects and Technologies.
The Russian Defense Ministry is upgrading the infrastructure of remote landfills
The development of the infrastructure of remote landfills is one of the most important tasks set by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu.
The US Navy is looking for a replacement for deck-based helicopters and UAVs
The US Navy has begun analyzing possible alternatives to the modern MH-60R/Seahawk deck helicopters and the MQ-8B/C FireScout unmanned aerial vehicles. According to Vertical Mag, the life of the Seahawk and FireScout will expire in the 2030s. The military is considering joining the US Army's FVL tender.
The Russian Navy will be replenished with more than 40 ships and vessels in 2021
About six units of ships and vessels will receive the Black Sea Fleet, said the Chief of the General Staff of the Navy Alexander Vitko. The composition of the Russian Navy this year is planned to be replenished with more than 40 ships and vessels.
From "Zircon" to "Messenger": the army reported on the supply of weapons
State tests of "Zircons" will be completed in 2021
On Friday, the Ministry of Defense held a Single day of acceptance of military equipment. About what weapons, military and special equipment entered the troops in 2020 and what weapons the army and navy expect in the near future, says "Газета.Ru".
Elon Musk said that according to the current rules, " humanity will never get to Mars»
According to the entrepreneur, the existing rules of the US Federal Aviation Administration can become a serious obstacle to the development of the Red Planet by humans. Recall that the next tests of the prototype of the Starship space system are due to take place soon.