State regulation and financing news

Rosfinmonitoring revealed damage in the field of state defense orders for 9 billion rubles, 120 criminal cases were initiated, said the head of the department, Yuri Chikhanchin.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov held a meeting on the issue of import substitution of composite materials in the production of aircraft, the office of the Deputy Prime Minister reported.

The Ministry of Defense of Japan has published an annual request within the framework of the defense budget for 2021-2022 (April 2021 – March 2022) for the purchase of weapons and military equipment.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic visited the Vrh Koplja 2021 exercise on February 7, after which he said that the Serbian authorities intend to allocate additional funds for the development of the country's Armed Forces.

There was an order of the Russian government, in which Roscosmos was instructed to sign a memorandum with the People's Republic of China on the creation of a lunar station. Earlier it became known that Russia was excluded from the expert group discussing the creation of the Gateway station.

The railway troops will have to work out the issues of preparation for the construction of the second branch of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM), said the head of the Main Department of Railway Troops of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Oleg Kosenkov.

According to the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure (CENKI), the launch of the new carrier will cost about 50-55 million dollars. Thus, in theory, the rocket will be competitive in the world market.

The Russian Cabinet approved the proposal of "Roscosmos" to sign a Memorandum of understanding between the governments of Russia and China on cooperation to establish an international lunar research station. The order was published on February 12 on the official Internet portal of legal information.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the changing mood in foreign countries on the issue of new types of weapons in Russia.

The Russian Federation and China should not participate in any supply chains for the British defense sector or invest in it, The Independent reported on Sunday, citing the defense committee of the House of Commons of the British Parliament.

A working group is being formed in the structure of the Pentagon, which will develop a US strategy to counter the challenges from China, US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday.

To launch the Europa Clipper mission, the US Space Agency decided to use a commercial rocket. Previously, the promising Space Launch System was considered as a carrier.

[b]Former Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov also noted that with the current budget of the armed forces, these were "almost imperceptible expenses".]

About 10-20 billion rubles a year were spent over 10 years on the development of modern Russian weapons-the Avangard hypersonic complex, the Peresvet laser complex and the Poseidon underwater vehicles. This was announced on Thursday by the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for environmental protection, former Defense Minister (2001-2007) Sergey Ivanov.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaking at a press conference on February 9, 2021 in Ankara at the ceremony of proclaiming the ten-year National Space Program of Turkey (Milli Uzay Programi) and the opening of the Turkish Space Agency (TUA), announced the ambitious Turkish space plans. "The national space program will put our country in the top league in the global space race," Erdogan said.

NASA has commissioned SpaceX to launch the first two modules of the future Gateway space station. The modules will go to the Moon on a Falcon Heavy rocket no earlier than May 2024.

The Italian military-industrial complex is aimed at maintaining its share in the global arms market

In the 80s, the Italian military-industrial complex continued to develop, which allowed the country to reduce arms imports and increase exports. However, in France, several thousand ATGMs "Milan" were purchased, in Germany – aviation PKR "Cormoran".

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."

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.

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 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.