News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The Russian S-550 missile defense system probably works on the principle of kinetic interception of targets, which will eliminate the formation of "nuclear ash" over the heads of Russian residents when intercepting enemy missiles, for example, the United States. This is what TASS military columnist Dmitry Litovkin writes about.

Northrop Grumman Corporation and its partners have shown the appearance of a rover that they want to use to study the Moon. It is planned to deliver it to the surface of the Earth satellite as part of the Artemis program.

For the first time, the Checkmate light tactical aircraft was presented at the MAKS-2021 Air Show

Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum attended the presentation of the Russian fighter Checkmate at the Dubai Airshow 2021. This was reported on Monday in the press service of the Rostec state Corporation.

Russia shot down the Soviet satellite Kosmos-1408 during a test of an anti-satellite weapon, the US Space Command reports.

We are talking about drones purchased by foreign customers, said the company's CEO Sergey Bogatikov

Orion unmanned aerial vehicles purchased by foreign customers will be able to operate using satellite communications using foreign spacecraft. This was announced to TASS by Sergey Bogatikov, CEO of Kronstadt JSC, at the Dubai Airshow 2021 International Airshow, which opened in the United Arab Emirates on November 14.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken accused Russia of creating a threat to the safety of space research due to the test of an anti-satellite missile. He stressed that thousands of fragments of the affected target remained in orbit, TASS reports.

Bill Nelson believes there was a threat to the ISS

Tests of anti-satellite weapons, allegedly carried out by the Russian Federation, put the International Space Station (ISS) and the crew on it at risk. This opinion was expressed on Monday by the head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Bill Nelson in a statement published on the agency's website.

The first tests of the Termit unmanned attack helicopter and launches of corrected aircraft missiles with a range of six kilometers have been conducted in Russia, Sergei Bogatikov, CEO of Kronstadt, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that Russia had not warned the United States about testing anti-satellite weapons. This was reported by the Politico portal on November 15.

For the first time in Russia, missiles were launched from the Termit unmanned attack helicopter. Their range is six kilometers, and the flight is adjusted. This was told by Sergey Bogatikov, CEO of the Kronstadt developer company, RIA Novosti reports.

The Russian Ministry of Defense decided to equip the Marines with "Super Kalashnikov" - AK-12 submachine guns. The marines of the Pacific (TOP) and Black Sea Fleets (Black Sea Fleet) will be the first to master the novelty.

According to NASA, we are talking about the COSMOS 1408 satellite, which was put into orbit in 1982

The Pentagon claims that Russia has conducted tests of an anti-satellite missile, during which a device put into orbit by the Soviet Union was hit. Such a statement was distributed on Monday by the Space Command of the US Armed Forces.

The Pentagon named the target of an anti-satellite missile that Russia allegedly launched during tests. According to the Space Command of the US Armed Forces, an apparatus put into orbit by the Soviet Union was hit, TASS reports.

The Russian unmanned reconnaissance and attack helicopter Termit launched guided missiles in flight. The target range was six kilometers.

The feature of the Su-75 Checkmate light tactical aircraft (LTS) was named in Russia. Director of the Museum of the Air Defense Forces, military expert Yuri Knutov spoke about the versatility of the aircraft on Sputnik radio.

At the Dubai Air Show, Russia presented both civil and military aircraft: from the SSJ-100 AURUS business jet to the fifth-generation Checkmate fighter. This was reported on Tuesday, November 16, by a correspondent of Izvestia from the scene.

Creating a complete killer robot for Russia is technically not a problem, the main difficulty is to teach it to accurately use weapons against the enemy, Sergei Bogatikov, CEO of Kronstadt, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Presented by Kronstadt at Dubai Airshow 2021, a new automated operator's workplace for controlling a group of drones can be installed on an airplane or ship

The control system for a group of aviation drones, presented at the Dubai Airshow 2021 by Kronstadt, can be installed on an airplane or ship to create a unified information field in the interests of interspecific formations of the Russian Armed Forces. This was announced to TASS on Tuesday on the sidelines of the aviation exhibition by a representative of the developer company.

A promising Russian light tactical aircraft (LTS), known as Checkmate and Su-75, appeared out of nowhere against the background of information noise and has not yet demonstrated anything related to reality, writes the American edition of The Drive, commenting on the presentation of the aircraft at the Dubai Airshow 2021.

The assembly of a prototype of the Sirius attack UAV has begun at the Kronstadt plant. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Dmitry Litovkin assessed the significance of this event.