News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Russia's cruise missiles in Syria: Chinese analysts' assessment
One of the main types of weapons used by the Russian Armed Forces to defeat the IG* in the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR) were cruise missiles (KR). Surface ships and submarines of the Russian Navy have repeatedly struck Islamist targets in Syria using the 3M-14 Kalibr cruise missile.
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Military expert Vladislav Shurygin - about what the APU was on the eve of the Russian operation and why it was called a special
The results of the first days of the special military operation in Ukraine allow us to draw the first conclusions about how the Russian army is fighting and what kind of enemy it is opposed to.
Roscosmos will redirect resources to the creation of defense systems
Rogozin announced the direction of Roscosmos resources for the creation of defense systems
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said on Twitter that the state corporation will direct the resources released after the suspension of the participation of Western partners in joint projects with Russia to create defense systems.
FEFU predicted the fall of a space object on the moon
The collision will occur on March 4 with the reverse side of the Earth satellite
Timur Nozdrachev, a student of the Institute of High-Tech Technologies and Advanced Materials of the Far Eastern Federal University (INTiPM FEFU), and scientists from the Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPA RAS) as part of an international team predicted the fall of object WE0913A to the Moon. The collision will occur on March 4, 2022 with the reverse side of the Earth satellite, the press service of the university told TASS on Wednesday.
Gas turbine T-80 did not help the armed formations of Ukraine
During the successful offensive actions of parts of the People's Republics in the Donbas, Ukrainian armed formations lose a large amount of military equipment. Part of it is completely destroyed, other samples have various damages.
"$4.1 billion per launch - such a price tag is unacceptable"
NASA said that they will not have time to land on the moon until 2026
The Inspector General of NASA criticized the American lunar program. Speaking to US lawmakers, he said that the Artemis program required several billion dollars more than planned, and people will not be on the surface of the Moon until 2026.
Beat the flight!
Thirty years of the Scientific research center of the Military Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Smolensk
The military air defense of Russia has gone a long way in development, starting from the three-inch anti-aircraft gun of the 1915 Franz Lender model to the modern S-300V4 long-range air defense system equipped with hypersonic anti-aircraft guided missiles.
The crews of 10 ships of the Caspian Flotilla completed air defense training and combat missions in Dagestan
The ships of the Caspian Flotilla (CFl) of the Southern Military District (SE) conducted an air defense exercise at their base in Kaspiysk, the press service of the SE reported on Tuesday.
Rogozin ironized in response to the idea of ESA to launch satellites on its rockets
The head of Roscosmos also suggested that European colleagues were surprised when they read the news about the continuation of full-time cooperation between NASA and the Russian state corporation
Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin ironically reacted to the idea of the European Space Agency (ESA) to use European rockets to launch satellites into orbit, which were planned to be launched on Russian Soyuz rockets.
Rogozin sneered at the idea of Europe launching satellites without Russia
Rogozin said that ESA will launch satellites on its rockets when they have them
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin, in his Telegram channel, appreciated the idea of the European Space Agency (ESA) to launch satellites planned for launches on Russian Soyuz rockets on its own rockets.
Air defense units from Primorye will perform combat training tasks in the Astrakhan region
FAR EAST - Units of the combined arms Army of the Eastern Military District (VVO) will perform combat training tasks at the Kapustin Yar interspecific training ground in the Astrakhan Region and will work out issues of transportation of formations and military units over long distances, the press service of the VVO reports.
SpaceX received three additional crew delivery missions to the ISS - NASA
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has agreed with the private aerospace company SpaceX to add three additional missions to transport crews to the International Space Station (ISS) on Crew Dragon ships.
The servicemen conducted exercises to protect the airspace on Sakhalin and the Kuriles
The training on the protection of airspace on Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands was conducted by servicemen with combat calculations of the S-400 Triumph and S-300V4 anti-aircraft missile systems of the air defense units (air defense), the press service of the Eastern Military District reported on Tuesday.
Iskander-M calculations at the exercise near Orenburg worked out the destruction of the "enemy" base
More than 500 servicemen took part in the exercise
Calculations of the Iskander-M operational and tactical missile systems of the Central Military District (CVO) at an exercise in the Orenburg region worked out the destruction of the base camp of a conditional enemy at a range of more than 300 km, the press service of the CVO reported on Tuesday.
New mobile radar stations "Casta" entered service with the Central Military District
According to the plan for the supply of the main samples of weapons and military equipment, two new mobile radars "Casta" with improved characteristics have entered service with the units of the radio technical troops of the Central Military District stationed in Siberia.
Details of the tests of the Zircon rocket were shown on video
The first detailed video of the tests of the hypersonic anti-ship missile "Zircon" appeared on the Network. TV journalists went to sea on the frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov" to witness the launch of two cruise missiles at once: "Caliber" and "Zircon".
VVO units are preparing for the strategic command and staff exercise of the East-2022 SKSHU
The units of the combined arms Army of the Eastern Military District will perform combat training tasks at the Kapustin Yar interspecific training ground in the Astrakhan region and will work out issues of transportation of formations and military units over long distances.
Launch of the Russian-European ExoMars-2022 program turned out to be questionable
Another joint space program for Russia and the West, apparently, will be suspended due to the military operation in Ukraine.
There are 11 Angara missiles in production at Polet software
Among them is the first flight rocket "Angara-A5" for the Vostochny cosmodrome
More than 10 Angara launch vehicles are currently in production at Polet Software (a branch of the Khrunichev Center). This was stated by the General Director of the M. V. Khrunichev Center Alexey Brewho.
Ingenuity helicopter on Mars made its 20th flight
The helicopter covered almost 4.3 km in a year
The Ingenuity helicopter has already completed 20 flights during its year on Mars, covering a total of 4,227 meters. This was announced on Tuesday on its website by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), located in Pasadena, California.