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The United States is concerned about the modernization of the Russian Navy
The modernization of the Russian Navy (Navy) was worried in the United States. The columnist of the 19FortyFive publication Stavros Atlamazoglou noted the increased capabilities of Russian ships.
The United States compared military spending with Russia and China
The annual US military spending on the purchasing power index is comparable to the combined defense spending of China and Russia, writes USNI News.
From Curator of Public Works to Minister of Defense
A new Cabinet of Ministers has been formed in Canada under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The Government consisted of 38 ministers, 19 men and 19 women, who took the oath of allegiance to the country and the head of Canada, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.
The Spanish Navy will receive a new ship of the BAM project
The Spanish government has authorized the Ministry of Defense to conclude a contract with Navantia for the construction of a ship to support underwater rescue operations BAM-IS (Buque de Accion Maritima de Intervencion Subacuatica) for the country's Navy.
Russia believes that the 1967 Outer Space Treaty is applicable to the resources of the Moon
Representative of the Russian Mission to the UN Gloria Agaronova supported "a comprehensive discussion of the topic of exploration and use of space resources within the framework of the General Assembly"
Russia proceeds from the fact that the principles and norms of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty are fully applicable to the resources of the Moon and other celestial bodies.
The revision of insurance activities allowed Roscosmos to save 800 million rubles in three years
The state corporation previously reported that in 2019-2020, in particular, the economy was affected by trouble-free launches
Roscosmos was able to save 800 million rubles of the federal budget thanks to the revision of the insurance activity processes. This was announced on Tuesday by Maxim Ovchinnikov, First Deputy Director General of Roscosmos for Economics and Finance, during the plenary session of the Marathon of Innovators.
The State Duma has secured the right of Navy retirees to wear cutlasses without a permit
Cutlasses will not be subject to registration with the Rosgvardiya, they will not require obtaining a permit to store and carry weapons
The State Duma on Tuesday adopted in the second reading a government bill allowing retired officers of the Russian Navy to wear cutlasses for life as part of the ceremonial uniform, without issuing a special permit for this.
The US Army will revise the standards of height and weight of soldiers
The US Army intends to abandon the old methods of assessing the physical parameters of military personnel in favor of more accurate and high-tech. Four new techniques are being tested at Fort Bragg on a group of volunteers.
The Ministry of Defense believes that self-learning neural networks should be controlled by the state
The ministry stressed that when approving the draft Code of Ethics for Artificial Intelligence, comments on the priority of national interests and on the implementation of the requirements of the National Security Strategy were taken into account.
"Zvezdochka" became a participant of the national project "Labor Productivity"
The Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) has started implementing activities within the framework of the national project "Labor Productivity".
Lithuania intends to increase spending on national defense
According to the Ministry of Defense of Lithuania, the government of the country has developed a draft state budget for 2022, according to which it is planned to increase spending on national defense by 128 million euros (7.1%) to 1.176 billion. euro ($1.367 billion).
The production of Baikal aircraft is planned to be launched in the Khabarovsk Territory
In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, it is planned to place the production of light multipurpose aircraft "Baikal". The new plant will appear in the Dzemga area, near the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft assembly shop.
Putin on PMCs in Mali: this is a private business, they are not there on behalf of the state
If the activities of PMCs come into conflict with Russian laws, the Russian Federation will react
The activities of private military companies abroad do not reflect the interests of the state, this is a private business, and if their activities conflict with Russian laws, Russia will react, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
Former Officer Pine: "crude" nuclear parity and a preemptive strike will save the US from Russia
The Joe Biden administration will be able to save "tens of millions of American lives" from enemy attacks only if it takes steps to strengthen national defense, writes former combat and staff officer of the US Army Devin Pine in the magazine The National Interest.
SpaceX competitor will deliver cargo through space instead of an airplane
The American company Blue Origin, which is a competitor to SpaceX, is considering participating in a competition of the US Department of Defense, which provides for the possibility of using spacecraft instead of aircraft to deliver military cargo around the planet, SpaceNews reports.
The Duma adopted in the first reading a bill on extending the service life of army generals
According to the current legislation, the age limit for military service for them is 65 years, a new contract with them can be concluded before reaching the age of 70 years
The State Duma on Thursday adopted in the first reading a bill allowing to increase by the decision of the President of the Russian Federation the age limit for military service for a marshal, army general and fleet admiral.
Boeing and SpaceX will seek to increase the number of flights to the ISS
American private aerospace companies Boeing and SpaceX will seek to increase the number of flights to the ISS under contracts with NASA, said John Vollmer, head of Boeing's commercial manned flight program.
Source: Roscosmos initiated a case in which the deputy director of the Central Research Institute was detained
The detention of Marat Arustamov is the result of an audit by the internal audit service of the corporation, the interlocutor of TASS noted
The criminal case in which the Deputy Director General of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (CENKI, part of Roscosmos) was detained Marat Arustamov, initiated, among other things, as a result of an audit of the Roscosmos internal audit service. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.
More than 12 thousand new models of equipment will be delivered to the communications troops in 2021
This will allow for a phased transfer of the military communications system to digital methods of processing and transmitting information
The communications troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will receive more than 12 thousand samples of modern equipment this year. This was announced by the head of the Main Communications Department of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Vadim Shamarin, in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper on the eve of the Day of the Signal Troops.
Source: Rogozin "gave a dressing down" to the head of the Central Bank because of dissatisfaction with the work on the East
The enterprise does not cope with the function of the general contractor of construction works at the cosmodrome, the interlocutor of TASS noted
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin "gave a dressing down" to the Director General of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (CENKI) Ruslan Mukhamedzhanov due to dissatisfaction with the progress of construction work at the Vostochny cosmodrome. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.
