News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Fifty years ago, on December 11, 1972, humanity set foot on the lunar surface for the last time — it was the Apollo 17 mission. By coincidence, it was on this date, but already half a century later, that the newest American spacecraft for traveling to the Moon returned from its first full-fledged flight.

The command of the US Navy announced the ceremony of laying the keel of the SSN-803 Arizona multipurpose submarine of the Virginia class, which took place on December 7 at the General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) shipyard.

The crew of the naval minesweeper "Yakov Balyaev" of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) during the exercise to overcome the area with a mine danger in one of the sea ranges of the Avacha Bay used the unmanned boat "Skanda" to search for sea mines. This was reported in the press service of the Eastern Military District.

Not all of the DPRK's ballistic missile tests were successful. Despite this, North Korean Hwasong missiles are capable of reaching American territory.

Wherever a person lives, wherever he works, mastering the planet, he is accompanied everywhere by faithful assistants – machines and various kinds of high technologies – these are the realities of our technocratic age. And if a person, while on watch or conducting scientific research, for example, in Antarctica, must withstand its harsh conditions, then appropriate requirements are imposed on the equipment.

In addition, he told what needs to be done to quickly saturate the Russian army involved in its military with innovative military developments, and revealed plans for cooperation with Dmitry Rogozin's "Royal Wolves".

What is the domestic radar patrol helicopter capable of

The processes of development of ship-based aircraft and helicopters taking place in the leading foreign countries of the world were studied very carefully in the Soviet Union. This included the issues of creating deck-based aircraft systems for long-range radar detection and control (AWACS).

The military department is working on the issue of laying a new ship of project 20380

The Russian Navy (Navy) may receive an unscheduled stealth corvette. We are talking about a new ship of the project 20380 type "Guardian". It was assumed that the series would be finished, but the decision was revised. Experts suggest that this is due to the need to load production facilities while promising ships remain at the development stage. Together with the experts, Izvestia figured out what kind of novelty it is and what kind of fleet it can get into.

The policy of the "Open Sea" adopted by the military and political leadership of Turkey is designed to guarantee the long-term stay of the warships of the national Navy in operational areas, away from coastal supply bases, on a global scale. Western military experts call Ankara's participation (since 2009) in counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden under the authority of the UN Security Council the first signs that the Turkish Navy intends to operate outside regional waters.

In Poland, the practice of purchasing small quantities of ammunition from local manufacturers for the needs of the Armed Forces is widespread. But they do not allow creating sufficient reserves in case of military operations, and the defense industry enterprises are not given a reason to invest in expanding their production.

December 9, 2021 in Zelenodolsk at JSC Zelenodolsk Plant named after A.M. Gorky (the company is part of JSC Shipbuilding Corporation Ak Bars group of companies JSC Holding Company Ak Bars) a solemn ceremony of launching the Naro-Fominsk small rocket ship project 21631 (code "Buyan-M"; developer JSC "Zelenodolsk Design Bureau"), which is under construction for the Russian Navy, took place with the factory number 641. This is the eleventh small rocket ship of Project 21631.

Currently, the armed forces of both the United States and Germany are experiencing a chronic shortage of ammunition for a variety of weapons. This is written by the German edition Frankfurter Allgemeine. Problems with ammunition are associated by the press with the events in Ukraine.

After several years of resistance, the US Congress finally allowed the Air Force to part with part of its A-10 Warthog fleet, approving the service's plans to decommission 21 units in 2023.

The Americans have decided which strategic weapons systems will be deployed in the coming years

In the USA, a new — record—breaking - defense budget was adopted this week. Congress has agreed on the Pentagon's spending for fiscal year 2023 in the amount of $858 billion. This is $80 billion more than this year. One of the reasons for such a significant increase is the work on new missile programs.

Baijiahao: a bulletproof vest will not save the Russian "king of machine guns" from a bullet

The Russian AK-47 is capable of causing such serious damage that it has been called a "weapon of mass destruction," writes user Baijiahao. Reliable design, penetrating power and trouble-free operation in all conditions have provided the "king of automata" with great popularity.

The lower house of Congress approved the US defense budget for 2023 in the amount of $858 billion

The committees of both chambers of the US Congress on Armed Forces Affairs have agreed on a draft defense budget for fiscal year 2023 (started on October 1 of this year) in the amount of $858 billion. At a meeting on Thursday, the House of Representatives of the US Congress has already approved this project. Its priorities are the deployment of serial production of the B-21 Raider strategic bomber and nuclear submarines with Columbia ballistic missiles. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the details of this document.

Makarov's pistol, which has been in the "service" for more than 70 years, has become such a familiar attribute of a Soviet, and then a Russian officer, policeman, policeman, that it seems that no one will come up with anything better. In any case, for mass, serial production. Since the 1980s, they have been saying that Makarov is morally obsolete, but he is still in service.

December 8 marks the 83rd anniversary of the establishment of the A.I. Mikoyan Experimental Design Bureau. Currently, the Mikoyan Design Bureau is part of the United Aircraft Corporation.

On December 7, the Day of the Engineering and Aviation Service is celebrated in the Russian Federation. This date was not chosen by chance: on December 7, 1916, a separate technical and operational service was created for the Russian aviation that was just taking its first steps. But the true development of a high level of engineering and aviation service was already in the Soviet period of national history.

Military observer of Izvestia Anton Lavrov — about Ukraine's new long-range weapons and how to resist them

This Monday, December 5, Ukraine staged the first test for its secret weapons, which it had been developing in secret for several months. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, on this day, an attempt was made to strike long-range aviation airfields in the Saratov and Ryazan regions with Soviet-made jet drones operating at low altitudes.