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"Beating troops on the water": will Russia storm Kherson?
Colonel Khodarenok: Russian Armed Forces need air supremacy to storm Kherson
The Russian army is preparing to fight for Kherson, CNN reports. According to him, the Russian Armed Forces have increased the intensity of strikes on the Quarantine Island in order to separate it from the "mainland" part of the city, seize it, and then return the entire regional center under their control.
Astronauts on the moon offered to feed microalgae
Scientists have built prototypes of bioreactors capable of simultaneously producing oxygen and food on the moon. True, such food is quite unusual, but nutritious — according to the plans, microscopic algae that live in lakes and ponds around the world will have to act in this capacity.
Britain is preparing a new threat to Russia from the stratosphere
The UK is going to launch a program of using reconnaissance balloons - and this is done with a clear anti–Russian calculation. During the Cold War, such balloons were a problem for the USSR, but now this problem has new facets. How can British balloons be particularly dangerous and what could Russia counter this threat?
The war of the future will prove the impotence of the United States and Israel
New details began to appear, proving that Israel and the United States did not end their confrontation with Iran out of goodwill. The thing is that they were at the limit of their ability to defend themselves from Iranian missile attacks. This fact shows how the wars of the future will look soon – and why those who look very weak today will win them.
"Oreshnik" has already joined the army. What will be the first targets to strike?
Putin announced that the first serial "Oreshnik" entered the army
The first serial Oreshnik complex has already entered the army, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Alexander Lukashenko. In addition, Moscow and Minsk are currently discussing where the Oreshnik will be located in Belarus. The State Duma believes that the fact of the appearance of these weapons on the Belarusian territory should "cool down the hotheads."
Air supremacy remains with us.
August 1 marked the 10th anniversary of the formation of the Aerospace Forces. August 1 is the day of the creation of the Aerospace Forces
The Chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Commander–in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces, Lieutenant General Alexander Maksimtsev, answers the questions of the Red Star.
Young in weight: Russia has developed an ultralight launch vehicle for launching satellites
What technologies allowed not only to reduce the weight of the structure, but also to reduce its cost
Russian scientists have developed a special ultralight rocket for launching satellites. Its weight is 14 tons, which is significantly less than existing analogues. The whole secret lies in the use of cryogenic tanks made of composite materials, which make the rocket not only lighter, but also cheaper.
The heir to the combat stations and the cancelled Mir-2 project: the space module Zvezda of the ISS
The world's first orbital station, a spacecraft with a large habitable volume designed for long—term stay of astronauts on board, was launched into space by the Soviet Union in April 1971, marking the beginning of the Salyut series of stations. Salyut-1 lived in orbit for six months and managed to host one expedition. Salyut-6 has already been visited by 16 expeditions and 27 cosmonauts in five years. The Salyut-7 station, known for its dramatic rescue story after an on-board accident, became the last to consist of a single module (a single design launched into orbit by a single launch vehicle).
Russia's main chipmaker captures 51% of Robot developer
JSC Corporation of Robots, a subsidiary of microelectronics manufacturer GC Element, acquired a 51% stake in the developer of robotic systems NPO Android Technology. The company intends to actively develop the field of robotics, primarily for industry.
Astronauts were offered to live inside a lunar crater under a "roof"
According to space engineers, it is not necessary to deliver various modules from Earth to establish a permanent base on the Moon. Instead, they propose, in theory, a relatively simple way to simultaneously protect yourself from radiation and create an enclosed space where you can even breathe without a spacesuit — to settle into a lunar crater and cover it with a "roof" that can be built directly on the Moon from regolith.
How the Soyuz–Apollo project changed Soviet cosmonautics
Exactly 50 years ago, on July 17, 1975, the now legendary docking of the Soviet Soyuz spacecraft with the American Apollo spacecraft took place. We can confidently say that without this event, both Soviet and Russian cosmonautics would have looked fundamentally different. Why and how exactly?
A simple device turned the lunar soil into water, oxygen, and fuel.
Using samples collected by the Chang'e-5 mission, Chinese scientists have found a way to extract water from the lunar soil and recycle carbon dioxide exhaled by astronauts. This is done by using a small device powered by solar energy. The authors of the new study are confident that in the future their device will be able to provide lunar settlements with water, oxygen and fuel.
Pilots with a sea soul: the history and combat use of Russian Navy aviation
On July 17, the Day of Aviation of the Russian Navy is celebrated. Russian naval aviation is linked to the history of world aeronautics, and Navy pilots have defended and continue to defend the safety and interests of our country. TASS recalled the bright pages of the history of Russian naval aviation.
Tomahawk missiles: what is their peculiarity and why are they dangerous for Russia
Characteristics of Tomahawk cruise missiles that the United States threatens to transfer to Ukraine
Washington is considering expanding military assistance to Ukraine, including the supply of Tomahawk cruise missiles, which have become a kind of hallmark of American military operations abroad. "The newspaper.Ru" was looking into whether they could appear in Ukraine, as well as what features Tomahawk has.
How is the fight against Ukrainian UAVs and the shutdown of the mobile Internet related?
The drones that Ukraine is trying to use to strike Russian cities and facilities are controlled using mobile communications. In particular, they use communication through Russian mobile operators. Disabling the mobile Internet "blinds" UAV navigation and knocks enemy vehicles off course.
A billion-dollar fund is being created in Russia to invest in UAVs. Military UAVs lack AI
ANO CBST is working on the launch of a new investment fund for projects in the field of unmanned systems in the early stages of development. Such projects lack funding, as venture capital investors prefer to invest in less risky later stages. The Minister of Defense admitted that the latest technologies are not enough to introduce artificial intelligence into military UAVs.
Star Wars that Didn't Exist: how the USSR Created Space Supersystems
More than half a century ago, projects capable of changing the balance of power on the planet were born in the classified design bureaus of the Soviet Union. Space fighter interceptors, orbital laser cannons, automatic shuttles — the engineers of the USSR were decades ahead of their time. What turned ingenious developments into museum exhibits? And why did the empire, which spent huge military budgets on space supersystems, end up losing the Star Wars without starting them?
The Russian Federation has developed a device for studying the influence of satellites on the Earth's ionosphere from the ISS
The development belongs to scientists of the Moscow Aviation Institute
Scientists at the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) have created a pulsed plasma injector to study the changes that occur in the ionosphere after the use of electric rocket engines. The equipment has already been delivered to the International Space Station (ISS), and research will begin in the fall, the university's press service told TASS.
Well, the launch: the United States continues to attempt to create hypersonic missiles
What is behind the testing of the HASTE device
The American company RocketLab is conducting experimental work on hypersonic. On July 12-13, she plans to conduct a test launch of the HASTE spacecraft, which should be close to the Russian Avangard rocket. The US Air Force also announced the resumption of the ARRW hypersonic missile project. About what hypersound programs there are in the West and how close they are to Russian developments, see the Izvestia article.
Cosmonaut Ivan Wagner: I dream of looking at the Earth from the surface of the Moon - TASS interview
Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Wagner, who became the fifth TASS special correspondent on the International Space Station (ISS), turns 40 on July 10. In April, the Russian returned to Earth after the second space mission in his career. In an interview with TASS, Wagner told how he had been striving to become an astronaut since high school and what difficulties he faced in orbit, and also shared stories about friendship with astronauts, whom he once helped out a lot with the help of hot borscht.