News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

We are talking about the unrealized NASA PHLOTE project (Phobos L1 Operational Tether Experiment)

A student of Samara University named after Korolev Daria Neryadovskaya mathematically justified the possibility of using a "space elevator" to conduct remote studies of the Mars satellite Phobos, a university student told TASS on Thursday.

The specialists of the Franco-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis obtained the first results of the program to create a railgun – an electromagnetic gun designed for installation on warships. This is reported by the publication Zone Militaire, which received information from the French Defense Procurement Agency.

About 100 military personnel and more than 10 units of military and special equipment were involved in the activities according to the combat training plan

Combat crews of the launch batteries of the Bal and Bastion missile systems of the Baltic Fleet are involved in exercises on the Kaliningrad coast of the Baltic Sea, where they are solving tasks to counter a conditional enemy, the press service of the fleet reported on Thursday.

There are not enough Japanese and European modules, Roscosmos cosmonaut Dmitry Petelin said

Russian crew members of the International Space Station (ISS) have printed most of the models of its modules, reports the special correspondent of TASS, cosmonaut of Roscosmos Dmitry Petelin.

Type 218SG submarines are tested before delivery to the customer

Acceptance tests of three Type 218SG submarines built by the German concern ThyssenKrupp for the Naval Forces of the Republic of Singapore are being completed. According to the current plan, all three will be accepted by the customer by the end of this year, and next summer will join the Singapore fleet.

Israel's missile weapons inherit Soviet and Western models

The peculiarity of Israel's geopolitical position, given that this country has a very strong science and a powerful military-industrial complex, led to the advanced development of missile weapons of all classes. Moreover, some samples of these weapons, in fact, become "their own classes", having no direct analogues outside the Jewish state.

Romania demilitarizes quickly and independently

Many states that are members of the North Atlantic Alliance supply weapons to Ukraine so that it can fight "Russian aggression". Kiev does not receive any military assistance from Bucharest, since the latter does not have real opportunities for this – almost all the military equipment at its disposal is too outdated.

During the special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, both sides of the conflict actively use drones, the most common of which are civilian UAVs. They are massively used as reconnaissance vehicles or converted into attack drones carrying weapons up to mines.

The creation of separate units of shooters increases their effectiveness

The experience of a special military operation leads to the emergence of new units and the development of new types of weapons in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Big changes have affected the sniper business: in a short time, the range of fire has increased many times, rifles have changed, new tactical techniques are being introduced.

Kyodo: North Korea launched two ballistic missiles

The DPRK launched a second, presumably, ballistic missile. This was reported on Tuesday, July 18, by the Kyodo news agency with reference to the Coast Guard of Japan.

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Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said that it is planned to build new sections of the quantum network with a length of more than 1400 km.

The leadership of the Czech Republic takes an extremely rabid Russophobic position, which in its madness is off the scale and often even exceeds the level of Russophobia in the Baltic countries.

Uralvagonzavod has published a video with dynamic protection of the aft part of tanks

Russian T-72 tanks, after upgrading to the T-72B3M level, began to receive dynamic aft protection for the first time, follows from a video published on Tuesday by Uralvagonzavod (UVZ, part of Rostec).

In Britain, military priorities have changed – in London they say that it is necessary to invest in tanks, and not to increase the size of the army. It is noteworthy, but three years ago London was going to completely abandon heavy armored vehicles. What caused such drastic changes and, most importantly, will Britain be able to restore its tank building?

These regions, named Maaz and Seitah, contain rocks formed about 2.6 billion years ago, when Mars had not yet completely lost its atmosphere and oceans

The Perseverance rover discovered sedimentary rock deposits with large reserves of aromatic organic matter at two different points on the territory of the Jezero crater, presumably resulting from the contact of water with various Martian volcanic minerals.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has approved a plan to modernize the Navy vessels, strengthening them with means of combating drones

The Russian fleet will be armed against drones. The Ministry of Defense has approved a plan to modernize ships and vessels of the Russian Navy to strengthen their protection from surface and underwater unmanned vehicles, sources told Izvestia in the department.

July 12, 2023 in Kerch at JSC "Shipbuilding Plant named after B.E. Butoma" (shipbuilding plant "Gulf", under the control of JSC "Shipbuilding Corporation "Ak Bars") A solemn ceremony was held for the admission to the Russian Navy of the small rocket ship "Cyclone" (factory number 801) of project 22800 (code "Karakurt") and the raising of the St. Andrew's Naval flag on it. The ceremony was held under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov. The Cyclone became the first ship of Project 22800 in the Black Sea Fleet.

Bekhan Ozdoev — about how the state corporation's enterprises rebuilt their work in connection with their

Bekhan Ozdoev, Industrial director of the cluster of conventional weapons, ammunition and special chemicals of the state corporation, told TASS in an interview about how the enterprises of the Rostec state Corporation fulfill the state defense order and have rebuilt to work in connection with the ongoing special military operation, as well as what weapons are being improved based on the experience of combat use.

There was evidence that the statements of the owner of the PMC "Vanger" Yevgeny Prigozhin about the shortage of shells were a lie. Two warehouses belonging to the organization were filled with equipment, weapons and ammunition of different calibers. The day before, everything was handed over to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Izvestia correspondent Ivan Litomin studied the contents of the warehouses of the PMCs.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea continues to build up its military potential against the backdrop of increasing threats from the United States, with countries such as Japan and the Republic of Korea increasingly being drawn into the orbit of Washington's military and political influence in the Asia-Pacific region. Tokyo and Seoul, in turn, do not hide their hostile attitude towards North Korea, traditionally rather out of fear of the unpredictability of decision-making by North Korean leaders.