Electronics and optics news

Chinese military scientists have published a technique that allows massively disabling satellites over a given territory using a hydrogen bomb. Moreover, this method differs from the previously proposed or even tested methods of anti-satellite warfare with nuclear weapons in the selectivity of the striking action. According to the statements of its developers, a specially organized detonation of the charge should affect only vehicles on specific orbital planes.

The Starlink satellite communication system, kindly provided to Ukraine for free use by the owner of SpaceX, Elon Musk, is in fact the only communication channel for providing communications for the APU both locally and over long distances. Musk recently announced that he was no longer ready to finance the work of receiving and transmitting stations, much less supply new ones, at his own expense, but quickly changed his mind under the outright pressure of the US authorities.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov said that the financing of the Starlink satellite communications, which caused a conflict between Kiev and the entrepreneur, can be carried out from three sources

The Ukrainian authorities are in direct contact with entrepreneur Elon Musk on the issue of SpaceX's Starlink satellite communications, and are trying to resolve the contradictions.

A group of technical and policy experts said the U.S. Navy views artificial intelligence from two perspectives: the infrastructure that makes unmanned systems work, and technologies designed to improve how sailors and their commanders make decisions.

The richest businessman in the world is burdened by relations with Ukraine

The richest man on the planet, American entrepreneur Elon Musk, put forward the plan "Peace of Ukraine and Russia" (Ukraine – Russia Peace). An important detail: the SpaceX company controlled by him has been providing the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) for almost eight months secure space communication services, independently paying for the lion's share of them.

The Starlink satellite Internet system, whose services are provided by the American company SpaceX, headed by engineer and businessman Elon Musk, has practically no alternatives in Ukraine. Experts interviewed by the American edition of Breaking Defense admitted this.

The patented small-sized space platform "AIST-3" is a complex of onboard systems and equipment

The Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks has granted a patent to the Samara National Research University named after Academician S. P. Korolev for a utility model of the universal small-sized space platform "AIST-3".

SpaceX has launched a satellite Internet service in airplanes. This is reported on the Starlink website. The description of the service states that Starlink Aviation will provide on-board speeds of up to 350 megabits per second with low latency.

It is planned to double their number in the near future, the businessman noted

The founder of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk, claims that his corporation has more satellites than the rest of the Earth.

Onet: in cloudy weather, Ukrainians watch Russians from satellites with Polish radars

Optical satellites are unsuitable for observing the enemy when the sky is covered with clouds, writes Onet. In Poland, this problem was solved and a mini-satellite with radar was sold to Ukraine. It was used in the attack on the Saki airport in Crimea and in the attack on the Crimean Bridge, the author of the article claims.

On October 20, the Day of the Military Signalman is celebrated in the Russian Federation. This is a professional holiday of servicemen and civilian personnel of the Russian signal forces.

The Israeli newspaper "The Jerusalem Post" in Anna Ahronheim's article "Israel won't give Ukraine weapons, will help make missile warning system - Gantz" ("Israel will not give Ukraine weapons, but will help develop a missile attack warning system - Gantz") reported that on October 19, 2022, Israeli Defense Minister Beni Gantz Referring to "a number of operational considerations" and "restrictions", he said that Israel would not supply Ukraine with any weapons systems.

She takes into account in her work the intensity of the modulated radiation of searchlights, the Federal Institute of Industrial Property reported

Military Educational and Scientific Center (VUNC) The Air Force "Zhukovsky and Gagarin Air Force Academy" has patented a visual system for landing aircraft on unequipped airfields in difficult weather conditions and at night. This follows from the patent for the invention distributed by the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (available to TASS).

Within one year, the applications of the developers of "Elbrus" for state support for the creation of a new chip were rejected three times by the competition commission of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The amount of the requested subsidy, apparently, is measured in billions.

Sohu: the "queen" of Russian missiles will deliver a crushing blow anywhere in the world

The West did not have time to recover from the appearance of "Satan", as a new rocket replaced him, writes the user Sohu. It is capable of flying through the entire North Pole and reaching anywhere on the planet. The world's most powerful ICBM will protect Russia from external threats.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on October 15, 2022 at 22:55 Moscow time from the State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Plesetsk Cosmodrome) in the Arkhangelsk region, the combat crew of the space forces of the Aerospace Forces of Russia successfully launched a light-class carrier rocket "Angara-1.2" with a spacecraft in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Over 800 specialists in the field of micro- and nanoelectronics, robotics, advanced communication systems and telecommunications will be trained at the Southern Federal University (SFU) for three years. The training takes place on the basis of the advanced engineering school "Cyberplatform Engineering", which was formed at the SFU with the participation of Rostec State Corporation. Investments in the creation of modern educational infrastructure will amount to more than 500 million rubles until 2024.

Enemy drones are destroyed by an electromagnetic pulse, the source told TASS

The latest hand-held systems for combating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) "Harpoon-3" are successfully used by the Russian military during a military operation in Ukraine. This was reported to TASS by a source in the law enforcement agencies.

The company also provided 43 million free Skype communication hours to Ukrainians and their families outside the country

The American corporation Microsoft has provided Ukraine with more than $ 250 million in technical support. This was reported on Thursday by Bloomberg with reference to a representative of the company.

The Russian command has expanded the range of targets being hit in Ukraine

The Aerospace Forces, Navy and Missile Forces of Russia continue to carry out massive strikes on military and infrastructure facilities of Ukraine. On the morning of October 11, the Ladyzhinskaya Heat and Power Plant (CHP) suffered a fire defeat in the Vinnytsia region, electrical distribution equipment went out of order.