News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
China will launch six spacecraft in 2022 to create an orbital station
In 2021, China carried out 55 space launches
China plans to carry out six spacecraft launches in 2022 to complete the construction of its orbital station. This was announced on Wednesday by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
Old T-72M1 tanks in Iraq acquire a new quality
Modernization of obsolete T-72M1 tanks continues in Iraq. So far we are talking about combat vehicles that are in service with the People's Militia Forces. They were first shown in May last year.
From the usual "seventy-second", the main external difference is the massive elements of the built-in dynamic protection on the turret, which are able to withstand tandem cumulative ammunition of various types.
Video: will the AK-105 be able to shoot through a copper ball
An unusual test was filmed by the authors of the channel "Demolition Ranch" (Demolition Ranch): they took an all-metal copper ball with a diameter of about 20 centimeters and tried to punch it with an AK-105. It turned out very entertaining and ... unexpected.
The composition of the Presidium of the Commission for Scientific and Technological Development of Russia has been approved
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko held a videoconference – the first meeting of the Commission on Scientific and Technological Development in 2022; the composition of the presidium of the commission was approved at the meeting, the government website reported on Tuesday.
At the exercise near Samara, the column of S-400 Triumph air defense systems was closed to aerosols
The operation to disguise the column of S-400 "Triumph" anti-aircraft missile systems was carried out at an exercise in the Samara region by specialists of the radiation, chemical and biological protection regiment of the Central Military District. They hid the moving equipment from the enemy with a solid aerosol curtain. All this happened at the Chapaevsky training ground.
The US military received an upgraded BMP
In the USA, deliveries of upgraded M2A4 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles to the troops have begun
BAE Systems has handed over to the US military a batch of upgraded M2A4 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs). The US Army received an IFV with an improved fire control system (FMS). This is reported by Defense Express.
Ukraine modernizes "Chain Mail"
The Ukrainian company has received a contract for the modernization of the Kolchuga RTR stations
Ukraine is modernizing the mobile radio intelligence station (RTR) "Kolchuga". This is reported by Defense Blog with reference to the press release of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR MO).
The ships of the Northern Fleet entered the Mediterranean Sea for exercises
The press service of the Northern Fleet reported that a detachment of SF ships passed the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea. This detachment includes the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov, the frigate Admiral Kasatonov and the large anti-submarine ship Vice Admiral Kulakov.
In the "newest" APU T-64BM2 tank, they only repeated the development of the USSR of the 70s
The Ukrainian 92nd separate mechanized brigade is stationed in the village of Klugino-Bashkirovka of the Chuguevsky City Council of the Kharkiv region. It is considered one of the most equipped in the Armed Forces of Ukraine with modern weapons.
The Topographic Service in Russia celebrates the 210th anniversary of its creation
The Ministry of Defense noted that the complexity and importance of the tasks solved by the service has increased significantly, taking into account the needs of modern weapons and control systems
The Topographic Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation celebrates the 210th anniversary of its creation on Tuesday.
Russian air defense units have worked out the fight against conditional violators of the airspace on the territory of Armenia
The crews of the Erebuni aviation military base (Armenia) and the calculations of the anti-aircraft units of the air defense of the military base of the Southern Military District in Armenia worked out joint actions with the servicemen of the duty shifts of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.
Both manned Soyuz MS launches in 2022 will follow a three-hour flight pattern to the ISS
Two cargo ships - Progress MS-19 and Progress MS-21 - will fly to the ISS on a two-day schedule, said Rafail Murtazin, head of the Ballistics Department of RSC Energia
Both flights of the Soyuz MS manned spacecraft to the ISS in 2022 will take place according to a two-turn approach scheme (about three hours). This was reported to TASS by the head of the ballistics department of the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (part of Roscosmos), Rafail Murtazin.
A Russian rocket with British satellites was installed on the launch pad
The Soyuz-ST-B rocket with OneWeb satellites was installed on the launch pad of the Kourou cosmodrome
A Russian Soyuz-ST-B carrier rocket was installed at the launch complex of the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana. The rocket will launch British OneWeb communications satellites into orbit. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the Glavkosmos company (part of the Roscosmos state Corporation).
Source: nuclear submarine "Krasnoyarsk" will go on sea trials in the White Sea in June
According to the agency interlocutor, commissioning works are currently being carried out on the ship, which will soon go into mooring tests
The second serial multipurpose nuclear submarine of the 885M (Yasen-M) K-571 Krasnoyarsk project, being built at the Sevmash enterprise in Severodvinsk, will enter factory sea trials in the White Sea at the beginning of June this year. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.
In March, the Russian military will conduct an exercise with S-400 air defense systems and missile launches in the Astrakhan region
Servicemen of the Central Military District (CVO) have begun preparations for major exercises in the Astrakhan region with S-400 Triumph air defense systems and launches of anti-aircraft guided missiles, the press service of the CVO reported on Tuesday.
The South of Russia will be covered by "Shells"
A source in the Russian Defense Ministry said that new units with the Pantsir missile defense system will be formed in the Southern Military District
New units and units of the mobile air defense Reserve will be formed in the Southern Military District (SE), which will cover the south of Russia and the Caucasus. The military will receive anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPC) "Pantsir". Izvestia writes about this, referring to sources in the Russian Defense Ministry.
KTRV has invested 60 billion rubles in the modernization of production over five years. own funds - CEO
The main goal of the corporation is to equip the Russian army with advanced high-precision weapons
The reconstruction and modernization of the enterprises of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation for 80 billion rubles has been carried out over the past five years, Boris Obnosov, General Director of KTRV, told Interfax on Tuesday.
KTRV's revenue in 2021 exceeded 300 billion rubles - CEO
Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) increased production in 2021, turnover exceeded 300 billion rubles, KTRV CEO Boris Obnosov told Interfax on Tuesday.
Topographers of the ZVO will receive in 2022 more than 1.6 thousand devices of satellite navigation equipment
This year, the troops of the Western Military District (ZVO) will receive more than 1.6 thousand devices of satellite navigation equipment for individual use, the press service of the ZVO reported on Tuesday.
Tactical exercises with the use of armored vehicles, missiles and artillery have begun in the south of Russia
The exercises are held in the Volgograd Region, Stavropol Territory, Adygea, Chechnya, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, at Russian military bases in Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Military personnel of the Southern Military District (SE) will take part in more than 30 bilateral company tactical exercises in the coming weeks, which began at 15 training grounds in the south of Russia, the press service of the district reported on Tuesday.
