News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The supply of a wide range of Western weapons to Ukraine is not only aimed at, as the EU leadership puts it, "defeating Russia on the battlefield." Moreover, according to a number of signs, the combat effectiveness of both Stingers, Javelins, and Bayraktars turned out to be almost shameful. However, the very fact of the participation of these types of weapons in real battles is of great importance for the West. Why?

Recently, many media outlets reported that scientists managed to grow plants in real lunar soil collected by the astronauts of the Apollo mission. However, it's too early to dream of a moon salad. A horticulturist from the University of Florida and the author of this experiment, Rob Ferl, lowered observers from heaven to Earth, showing how frail the first space plants turned out to be. The sprouts from the lunar soil turned out to be much smaller than their terrestrial counterparts and had purple pigmentation, indicating stress.

The only Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov is an aging smoking relic. So the ship was named in the publication of the American edition 19FortyFive.

Russian S-300PM2 Favorit systems destroyed Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles. This was reported on June 2 in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The West is preparing for war before starvation rations

It is quite difficult to unambiguously assess the effectiveness of the actions of the Ukrainian ground air defense during the current conflict. At the time of the collapse of the USSR, it could be considered almost the best in the world in terms of the quantity and quality of air defense systems and air defense systems per unit area of the country. During the post-Soviet period, the Ukrainian air defense was not updated and gradually degraded.

The annual professional holiday of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy has been celebrated since 1996, when the first of June was approved as the date for holding festive events by the Northern Fleet in honor of the creation of the Northern Military Flotilla on this day in 1933, which received the name of the Northern Fleet in 1937.

The modern MG5 machine gun is designed as a medium-class machine gun for special applications. The weapon was adopted by the Bundeswehr as a successor to the MG3. The model can be used by infantry on foot or from a carriage mounted on military equipment. As a reaction to the numerous facts of unintentional firing of the MG3 machine gun, a safety requirement was developed, according to which the new weapon must provide reliable protection in all operating conditions.

The modernization is aimed at increasing the effectiveness of tactical reconnaissance by expanding the technical characteristics and firepower of vehicles designed for reconnaissance on the battlefield. The equipment has passed all types of running and firing tests under the supervision of representatives of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

As the Kommersant newspaper reported in Sergey Mashkin's material, "The pilots did not have enough seconds. Everyone and no one was to blame for the crash of the experimental aircraft," the commission of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, which investigated the causes of the crash of the Il-112B prototype military transport aircraft in Kubinka near Moscow [August 17, 2021], did not publish a report because they were never named.

A meeting of the Navy's Military Council was held at the Admiralty under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.

Plunging into the details of Rosatom's project to create a lithium battery factory near Kaliningrad, Naked Science discovered a full-fledged detective story. There is also the receipt of grants from the US government, and annoying bankruptcies, and cunning takeovers of firms by each other. We talk about the impressive path of electric vehicle technologies to Russia.

Russia confirmed the readiness of the carrier to use a promising rocket. The frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov" has successfully completed a test cycle of the hypersonic cruise missile "Zircon". This was announced by the commander of the fleet, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, RIA Novosti writes.

The process of joining the development companies of MiG and Sukhoi combat aircraft to the United Aircraft Corporation as part of Rostec has been completed, the press service of the UAC reported on Wednesday.

Objects are being built in the cities of Gadzhievo and Severomorsk

At the arsenals of the Northern Fleet (SF) in Gadzhievo and Severomorsk, work has begun on the construction of workshops for the maintenance of marine underwater weapons. This was stated on Wednesday by the commander of the SF Admiral Alexander Moiseev.

The commander of the SF, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, said that the construction of the Nagurskoye and Temp airfields will allow the reception of all types of long-range, transport and naval aviation aircraft.

Omsktransmash, one of the oldest machine–building enterprises in Russia, founded in 1897, is celebrating its 125th anniversary. Omsk Plant has witnessed many historical events: the First World War, the harsh years of the Great Patriotic War and the evacuation of enterprises, the post-war boom and crisis of the 1990s. Despite everything, Omsktransmash has always been revived, each time providing support to the country. About the history of the unique enterprise – in our material.

Rostec United Engine Corporation is introducing an innovative technology for the production of aircraft engine parts using friction welding. The technology has been developed on unique, fully domestic equipment capable of welding parts with a force of more than 400 tons.

Recent developments in the military-political sphere, apparently, will lead to an unprecedented boom in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles, including in Russia. The Russian UAV development and production industry is already in a state of rapid recovery and is preparing for even more large-scale expansion of activities.

The first Finnish F-35 fighters will be put into service in Rovaniemi — 150 million euros will be spent on the construction of an air base in Lapland

The first American F-35 fighters from among the 64 that Finland has decided to purchase will arrive in 2026, Yle reports. They will be stationed at a new airbase in Lapland. Its construction will begin this year and will cost 150 million euros.

Roscosmos told how the Sphere satellite group will work under sanctions

The total amount of financing of the Russian multi-satellite grouping "Sphere" will amount to about 180 billion rubles, Roscosmos reported recently.