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The us Department of Commerce has included several dozen Russian enterprises and organizations in the list of those to be subject to export restrictions. The us authorities consider these companies "military end-users", which makes them subject to export control rules. This means that they will need a license to export or re-export certain goods.

The Chinese medium-class rocket "Changzheng-8" ("Great campaign-8", CZ-8) on Tuesday launched into orbit with a secret satellite XJY-7, as well as a group of space micro-devices, a live broadcast was conducted on the Chinese website DouYu.

the Nebo-UM radar is capable of detecting hypersonic aircraft manufactured using Stealth technology

on December 14, 2020, a new Nebo-UM radar station took over combat duty in the Rostov region.

JSC "Okskaya shipyard"was declared the winner. The initial (maximum) price of the contract is 3 billion rubles. JSC "Okskaya shipyard"was declared the winner. The initial (maximum) price of the contract is 3 billion rubles.

The US space Agency has conducted the final tests of the heat shield of the new James Webb space telescope for deployment. The launch of the device is planned for 2021.

The US Department of defense plans to support national production in the field of semiconductor products suitable for use in the"defense industry".

The President stressed that "such weapons significantly increase the potential of parts and compounds"

Russian President Vladimir Putin is confident that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the management of weapons in the future will largely determine the outcome of the battle. He said this, speaking on Monday at an expanded meeting of the Board of the Ministry of defense.

Construction of the newest radar station "Yakhroma" will begin in Sevastopol in 2021. This was announced by Russian defense Minister General of the army Sergei Shoigu during the final Board of the Department on December 21.

How to build a medical center in a month, build a seismic-resistant kindergarten on the Kuril Islands and break the " water blockade in the Crimea? Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov answers the questions of "RG".

the truth and myths about the light scalpel

In February 2020, near the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, an American anti-submarine aircraft P-8A Poseidon was illuminated and blinded by a laser from a Chinese destroyer. This incident, some believe, marked the beginning of the open use of laser weapons as an independent system. From that moment on, they started talking about the rapid spread of laser weapon combat systems (LO).

The President spoke about the "antidote" at the annual press conference

At the final press conference on December 17, Vladimir Putin said that Russia is "actively working" on an "antidote" to the future hypersonic weapons (GZO) of other countries. The President did not specify which systems are in question, but information about some of them has previously appeared in open sources. Experts note that protection against such weapons is an extremely difficult, but feasible task. how it is going to be solved in our country-izvestia understood.

the company from the united states began to provide commercial services for radar survey of the earth's surface from space in a resolution of 50x50 centimeters per pixel. This is the best indicator available on the market, and the images themselves are formed in such a way that even a layman can work with them.

On December 15, 2020, the US Department of Defense's Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned upcoming sale to Italy through the US intergovernmental foreign Military Sales program Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of equipment for creating radio and electronic intelligence and electronic warfare (AISREW) aircraft based on two large Gulfstream G550 business jets. This delivery is approved by the US Department of State. The total cost of the proposed delivery will be $ 500 million, including training and technical support packages.

commander of the airborne forces, colonel-general andrey serdyukov on reforms in the "winged infantry" and advanced weapons

the russian airborne forces have been undergoing serious reforms in recent years. in the future, they should form the basis of rapid reaction troops that will be able to perform tasks in any region of the world.

artificial intelligence for the first time during the flight replaced the co-pilot of the us air force aircraft

This week, the artificial intelligence artuid, created on the basis of an algorithm for playing chess, acted as a co-pilot during a training flight of the U-2 aircraft. The US Air Force expects that this AI can be modified for use on other models of combat aircraft. The development of artificial intelligence has already become one of the key areas of the Pentagon's innovation programs.

This year, four launches were also planned, but they were postponed due to the pandemic, the head of the state corporation noted.]

Roscosmos plans to launch approximately six British OneWeb communications satellites from the Vostochny cosmodrome in 2021. This was stated on Friday by the General Director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

The patent for such a simulator was received by the company "Center for training and training of personnel"

The company "Center for Simulator Construction and Personnel Training" has received a patent for a simulator for astronauts, which will use an exoskeleton and augmented reality to simulate weightlessness to prepare for in-ship activities. This is stated in the patent distributed by the Federal Institute of Industrial Property.

Robot dogs will help scientists in the study of Martian caves

Scientists have proposed to explore the Martian caves with robotic "dogs". Without fear of getting lost or stuck, they will be able to significantly expand the possibilities of missions on the surface of the planet.

A cyber police will appear in the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. On Friday, Deputy Interior Minister Igor Zubov told about the adoption of the relevant decision by Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev.

The telescope has found several dozen previously unknown objects both in the Milky Way and beyond.]

The ART-XC telescope of the Spektr-RG Space Observatory has completed a second survey of the entire sky. This is written by the Institute for Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences on its website.