News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
In Russia, they will create an analogue of Github for domestic open source software
In Russia, they will create a repository for storing software that everyone can freely use. First of all, it will host programs created with budgetary funds. This is reported by RBC with reference to the relevant draft government decree.
In Italy, the first PPA ship was launched in full configuration
The Italians launched the Giovanni delle Bande Nere Pattugliatore Polivalente d'altura (PPA) type ship. He became the fourth representative of this project and the first in an improved version.
Brazil abandons Russian attack helicopters
The Brazilian army will get rid of Russian attack helicopters. Portal aereo.jor.br With reference to the command of the Brazilian Air Force, it reports that all 12 Mi-35M vehicles (Brazilian name — AH-2 Sabre) belonging to the 2°/8° GAV squadron will be decommissioned by March 1 of this year.
The Russian military conducted exercises in the Black Sea to search for a submarine of a conditional enemy
The maneuvers were conducted in preparation for major naval exercises under the overall leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy
Pilots of a separate mixed aviation regiment of naval aviation and crews of anti-submarine ships of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) conducted joint exercises in the Black Sea to search and track a submarine of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet said on Monday.
A batch of new tankers has been received to equip a separate MTO ZVO brigade in the Moscow region
A batch of ADCPT-10-53501 tankers based on KamAZ-53501 vehicles has arrived at the logistics Support unit (MTO) of the Western Military District (ZVO), stationed in the Moscow region.
The gunners of the Northern Fleet destroyed conventional tanks with direct fire
The servicemen of a separate motorized rifle brigade of the army corps of the Northern Fleet destroyed the tanks of the conditional enemy with direct fire. They fired MT-12 Rapier anti-tank guns of 100 mm caliber and 2S3M Acacia self-propelled howitzers of 152 mm caliber.
The new combat module for the BMP-1 was armed with a 30-mm cannon and a grenade launcher
The Iranian armed forces continue to operate more than two hundred BMP-1s. Some of this equipment was supplied by the Soviet Union back in the 70s, other samples were captured during the eight-year war with Saddam's Iraq.
Work on the modernization of the cruiser "Admiral Nakhimov" was shown on video
The Sevmash enterprise is engaged in deep modernization of the heavy nuclear missile cruiser project 1144 "Admiral Nakhimov". After that, it will become the most powerful ship equipped with modern weapons. In the video, which was presented at Sevmash, you can watch the completion work.
Senator Bondarev: Russia is successfully building up the potential of the armed forces, including nuclear
Russia is successfully increasing the potential and capabilities of its armed forces, including the nuclear component, said Viktor Bondarev, chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security.
T-72B3 crews and EW specialists destroyed a simulated enemy near Orenburg
Tank units and electronic warfare (EW) specialists of the Central Military District successfully conducted a joint operation at a training ground in the Orenburg region.
Mortars of the Southern Military District used a reconnaissance and firing complex at a training ground in the Crimea
Calculations of 82-mm mortars "Tray" and 120-mm mortars "Sani", acting as part of the reconnaissance and fire complex (ROK), worked out the defeat of the enemy's fire means located in shelters and in the open area at the Crimean Opuk training ground. And the gunners carried out fire raids on clusters of manpower and unarmored enemy vehicles.
About 1.5 thousand Russian servicemen are conducting exercises in the mountains of Abkhazia
Battalion tactical groups of the military base of the Southern Military District in Abkhazia arrived at the Tsabal mountain range to participate in a planned live firing exercise, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.
Su-34 checked the Nebo-T radars
Nebo-T complexes went on combat duty in the regions of the Volga region and the Urals
Calculations of the Nebo-T radar complexes have taken up combat duty. The complexes of the air Defense Division of the Central Military District (CVO) will ensure the protection of airspace over the regions of the Volga region and the Urals. "Sky-T" was checked with the help of fighters. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Central Military District.
The James Webb telescope transmitted the first images to Earth after its launch
The images are images of 18 blurred points of light
TASS, February 12. The James Webb orbital telescope has handed over to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) its first experimental images after launch. This is stated in the statement of the department, published on Friday.
Anti-submarine aircraft of the Pacific Fleet delivered minefields during the exercises
In addition, three Il-38 and one Il-38N anti-submarine aircraft were used to work out a joint search for a "foreign" submarine
TASS, February 12. Il-38 aircraft of the Naval Aviation of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) carried out the laying of minefields during the exercises. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the fleet.
The first video from aboard the newest nuclear submarine "Prince Oleg" has appeared
Two weeks ago, reporting on the wires of the nuclear submarine "Prince Oleg" from Sevmash, where it was built, to a temporary base on the Kola Peninsula, we wrote: went north to go east.
Russian engines work reliably in humid equatorial climate
Rocket engines of the first and second stages RD-107A/RD-108A manufactured by the Samara enterprise of the Rostec United Engine Corporation provided a successful launch of the Soyuz-ST-B space rocket with 34 OneWeb telecommunications satellites.
For the first time, modernized T-64 tanks were used in Ukraine
The Ukrainian military used the upgraded T-64BM2 tanks for the first time in the exercises
The Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted exercises at a training ground in the Kharkiv region. During the maneuvers, the military used for the first time an upgraded version of the Soviet T-64 tank. This is reported by Defense Express.
Got it wrong: Soviet MiG-21PFM escaped from a NATO airfield 55 years ago
55 years ago, on February 13, 1967, there was an air incident that could cause great damage to the Soviet Air Force. But the Soviet pilot did not lose his head and everything ended well.
In those days, the four fighters of the newest and then still secret modification of the MiG-21 PFM had to be driven from the Soviet factory to the airfield in the GDR - to replenish the allied aviation under the Warsaw Pact.
New photos of the surface of Mars have been published
Roscosmos and ESA have published new photos of Mars from the ExoMars Trace Gas spacecraft
Representatives of the state corporation Roscosmos and the European Space Agency (ESA) showed a new image of Mars with part of the Argir plain and the Hooke crater. The photo is published on the official ESA website.