Structure and personnel news
Luxembourg and Belgium to form joint NATO battalion
Small European states are determined to remain useful to NATO. June 17, portal luxtimes.lu he said that Luxembourg and Belgium are going to form a joint army battalion.
The body of astronauts is modified for the flight to Mars
Experts from Russia and the United States are considering the possibility of modifying people who will have a long-distance space flight, for example, to Mars. In particular, it is discussed whether the spleen should be removed by astronauts to reduce radiation damage. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the director of the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems (IBMP) RAS Oleg Orlov.
Terra Tech and PSB launch space monitoring of bank deposits
Terra Tech JSC, a subsidiary of the Russian Space Systems Holding (RKS, part of the State Corporation Roscosmos) and Promsvyazbank PJSC (PSB) have announced the launch of a joint project on integrated space monitoring and geospatial analysis of the bank's property assets.
The concept of "official secret" in the part of defense was fixed by law
The concept of "official secret" in the field of defense is now fixed at the legislative level - in the Law "On Defense". Official secrets will include information about any activity in the defense sector that is not classified as a state secret, but is not publicly available.
Roscosmos has created a special expertise department, which will include all cosmonauts of the state corporation
Members of the cosmonaut squad will join the new department of expertise, which will control the creation of spacecraft for manned cosmonautics, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, told reporters.
In the Novorossiysk Naval Base of the Black Sea Fleet, training of submariners on the Afalina submarine began"
The crews of submarines of the Novorossiysk Naval Base (NVMB) of the Black Sea Fleet (BSF) have started a training cycle at the training complex (UTK) for rescue and light diving training "Afalina".
In the universities of the Land Forces, modern samples of VIVT are delivered as a matter of priority
In order to ensure advanced training of specialists, modern models of weapons and military equipment are delivered to the universities of the Land Forces as a matter of priority.
Almost 90% of Russians said they believe in the ability of the army to protect the country
The majority of Russian citizens (86%) expressed confidence in the ability of the Russian army to ensure the security of the country. This is evidenced by the data obtained during the survey of the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM), provided on Tuesday, June 15.
The global green energy industry is stalling due to a shortage of qualified personnel
Green energy giants are facing a shortage of skilled workers to help them implement ambitious development plans, writes Bloomberg.
Former managers of the St. Petersburg plant "Zvezda" were arrested»
As the Vedomosti newspaper reported in the article by Alexey Nikolsky, "Former top managers of the Zvezda defense enterprise were detained in St. Petersburg. The criminal case against them may be related to disruptions of import substitution."
Shoigu: 93 percent of military personnel and their families were vaccinated
"We have completed vaccination by almost 93 percent, including not only military personnel, but also their relatives," Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday at a plenary meeting of the Public Council under the Russian Defense Ministry.
"Unique people". Expert on the training of Russian special forces
The head of the Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, attended the training of naval special forces in the Southern Military District. On the air of Sputnik radio, the director of the Center for Military and Political Studies of MGIMO, Alexey Podberezkin, spoke about the peculiarities of the training of special forces soldiers.
Shoigu gave the start of bringing all military enlistment offices in an exemplary form
All military commissariats of the country will be updated, including technically equipped. Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu announced the start of the program of updating military enlistment offices on Wednesday. According to him, military registration and enlistment offices in all Russian regions will be brought up to date.
Rogozin called for clearing the space industry of "filth" and " rot»
The Russian rocket and space industry must be forever cleansed of "filth" and "rot", said on Wednesday, June 9, the head of "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin on the radio station "Vesti FM".
The Russian Defense Ministry announced the imminent appearance of fighter pilots in the VKS
In addition, several girls are preparing for service in the assault aviation, said Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Pankov
The first fighter pilots who will control modern combat aircraft will appear in the near future in the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation. This was reported to journalists on Tuesday by the State Secretary, Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Nikolai Pankov.
The curator of the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome will be a graduate of the General Staff Academy
Tatyana Andreeva-Yanskaya, a graduate of the General Staff Academy, will become the new deputy head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin for construction, RBC reports, citing two sources close to the state corporation.
Rogozin called a new way to make money on the ISS
In 2026-2028, Roscosmos allows the transfer of control of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) to a private company. Dmitry Rogozin, General Director of the state corporation, has named a new way of earning money on the international project "Komsomolskaya Pravda".
The Russian Armed Forces announced a decrease in the number of evaders
Currently, the problem of evaders from military service is not serious, the number of such cases has been declining for several years. This was announced on Tuesday, June 8, by a representative of the Main Organizational and Mobilization Department of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
The special forces officer spoke about the training of snipers
Sniper training is a special art, which is given great attention in the preparation of special forces units. The Siberian officer shared some nuances practiced by sniper groups during the capture of the building of the rifle artillery range.
The Russian Armed Forces announced the formation of collective immunity to coronavirus
As reported by the head of the Military Medical Academy named after S. M. Kirov, Yevgeny Kryukov, vaccination of military personnel is almost finished
Russian military personnel have developed a collective immunity to the coronavirus as a result of a successful vaccination campaign. This was announced by the head of the Military Medical Academy named after S. M. Kirov Yevgeny Kryukov on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
