Structure and personnel news

In particular, the launch of the Russian-European ExoMars mission and the completion of the construction of the National Space Center are expected next year

About 10 launches of the British OneWeb communication satellites on Soyuz rockets, the launch of the multifunctional laboratory module "Science", the resumption of the lunar program and other launches are planned this year. This was announced on Saturday by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

Murder, rape, theft, and fighting-the US Marines continue to terrorize the population of the island of Okinawa, which is home to the largest US military installations in Japan. Neither the courts nor their own command are able to calm the "elite troops".

Andrey Taranov noted that PR is not the main task of the armed forces, and the closure of some information allows you to achieve success in combat

Full openness of information about the armed forces, equipment and the order of their use can affect the country's defense capability and enable a potential enemy to prepare for any type of conflict, said Andrey Taranov, Deputy Head of the Department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for perpetuating the memory of those killed in the defense of the Fatherland.

Politicians and social activists in Oslo are in an extremely anxious state. They do not understand how the Bergen turbine Plant fell into the hands of Russia, because this can negatively affect the security of the kingdom, reports the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).

During the ceremony of handing over five repaired T-72 tanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the general director of the Ukroboronprom concern, Yuri Gusev, said that it is planned to create a military-industrial industrial park on the basis of the Kiev Armored Plant (KBTO).

In all amphibious assault brigades and regiments, it is planned to create "new type" battalions

The reconnaissance and fire capabilities of the Airborne troops will be enhanced by the formation of units of unmanned aerial vehicles and electronic warfare, said the Deputy Commander of the Airborne Forces, Major General Anatoly Kontsevoy.

The command of the Ukrainian Navy discussed with representatives of the headquarters of Operation ORBITAL (Great Britain) the provision of training assistance and the main areas of cooperation.

Czech arms company Ceska zbrojovka Group has acquired American Colt Defense.

- The acquisition of Colt, an iconic brand of global importance, fits perfectly into our strategy to become a leader in the production of firearms and a key partner for the armed forces. We are proud to include the Colt, which has stood shoulder to shoulder with the US Army for more than 175 years, in our portfolio, " said CZG Chairman Lubomir Kovarzyk.

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.

In particular, we are talking about secret research that concerns aircraft, missile design and cyber weapons

British security services are investigating nearly 200 scientists in the United Kingdom suspected of passing secret information in the field of advanced weapons to China. This was reported on Monday by The Times newspaper, citing an informed source.

Earlier, the head of the Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu said that the level of equipment of the Russian army and navy by the end of 2024 with modern weapons will increase to 75.9%

Almost 40 new formations, regiments and military units were formed in various types of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2020.

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 crew of the newest small rocket ship (MRK) "Grayvoron" of the Black Sea Fleet has started working out measures before the first departure to the sea to independently perform planned combat training tasks.

As reported by the newspaper "Kommersant" in the material of Nikolai Sergeev, " The deputy political officer was completely upset in isolation. What ended the fight against the spread of coronavirus on board a nuclear submarine", a scandalous incident occurred during the coronavirus pandemic on the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine "Karelia".

As you know, the Ukrainian leadership, after a long torment, resolved the issue with the Chinese investors of Motor-Sich JSC (Zaporozhye), which were objectionable to the United States, simply robbing the Chinese by imposing direct sanctions against them.

The now revived motorized rifle regiment will be part of the new motorized rifle division of the 11th Army Corps, formed on December 1, 2020.

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) allowed the first fully automated commercial flights of unmanned aerial vehicles, giving a small firm the "green light" to operate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) without direct control by dispatchers or human operators.

In Tyumen, in 2021, the first graduation of lieutenants in a rare specialty in the army - engineering special forces will take place. Such unique specialists are trained in the Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School.

The merger of French and Italian shipbuilding companies, scheduled for January this year, will not take place. On January 27, the governments of France and Italy released a joint statement on the cancellation of the acquisition by the Italian shipbuilding holding Fincantieri of the French shipyards Chantiers de l'Atlantique (formerly STX France), located in the city of Saint-Nazaire.

At Petrozavodsk State University (PetrSU), with the support of the Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs (FIOP), the RUSNANO Group has completed the development of a professional development program for specialists engaged in the design and production of the element base of radiophotonics with nanoscale components. In February 2021, the training of a pilot group of employees of JSC OKB-Planeta (Veliky Novgorod), which acted as the customer and industrial partner of the educational project, will begin. The new program became the seventh joint project RUN and the University.