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Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov — about how heavy bomber aircraft helped to achieve the set military goals

On Monday, October 10, 2022, a massive missile strike was observed from the very morning on the entire Ukrainian territory remaining under Kiev's control. There is something new in this — cruise missile attacks came in waves. In addition to military targets, energy facilities were also defeated. In just the first half of the day, according to Ukrainian estimates, up to two hundred Russian land-, sea- and air-based missiles, as well as kamikaze unmanned aerial vehicles, were used, which made this "air offensive" one of the largest since the beginning of the special operation.

It is known that Iran has been working on its nuclear program for a long time. For this country, the possession of nuclear weapons could become a reliable defense in case of aggression from the "collective West". Although the authorities of the Islamic Republic are negotiating a nuclear deal, in parallel, the country does not abandon developments in the field of nuclear technology.

The American armed forces were right in strategic terms, betting on high-tech long-range weapons and high-intensity combat training of personnel. This was stated by the Chief of Staff of the army (ground forces) US General James McConville in an interview with Breaking Defense.

There are deposits of water ice or "water" rocks

Scientists have found out that the most interesting landing point for the first expedition under the Artemios lunar program is the Leibniz-Beta plateau, where there are deposits of water ice or "water" rocks. The Russian probe Luna-27 may land in the same region, Maria Dyachkova, a researcher at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow), said on Tuesday at the XIII Moscow Symposium on the Study of the Solar System.

MWM: one MiG-25 reconnaissance sortie destroyed the myth of its "short" range

If the speed of the MiG-25 remains unsurpassed even now, then the flight range has long raised questions among Western experts, writes MWM. However, in 1975, NATO radars made it possible to determine it: at least 1200 kilometers at supersonic speed.

October 6, 1977 – the first flight of the MiG-29

The Russian multi-purpose fighter of the fourth generation MiG-29 took to the skies for the first time on October 6, 1977. 45 years have passed since that day, but the aircraft is still in service not only with the Russian Aerospace Forces, but also in more than 20 countries.

Andrey Baranov, Deputy Director General for Foreign Economic Activity and Military-Technical cooperation, told Sergey Safronov, the head of the specialized editorial office of RIA Novosti, in an interview with the Deputy Director General of JSC "Central Design Bureau "Rubin" for foreign economic activity and military-technical cooperation, about the plans of the Design Bureau, the projects of which submarines and drones are being developed, and how work is going on to create an anaerobic power plant for non-nuclear submarines.

The United States underestimates China's advances in the development of sixth-generation fighter jets, the author of an article in Asia Times believes. In addition, he notes that Beijing has a very real chance to shift the balance of air forces in the Pacific region in its favor.

The roots of China's rocket and space power go back to the USSR

Recent events in East Asia have once again drawn attention to the escalation of tensions, military capabilities and combat readiness of a number of countries. First of all, this concerns China.

How the Russian orbiter scared the whole of Australia

The American company Sierra Space has begun assembling a reusable spaceship Dream Chaser, created using developments for the Soviet mini-shuttle BOR.

When it comes to Taiwan, the Eastern Command will start first

The only one of the seven old military districts of the PLA, which in its former form was transformed into a new command, turned out to be the Nanjing Military District. As a result of the 2017 military reform, it became the Eastern Command (VC), or, if translated literally, the Eastern Combat Command Zone.

Russia is not inferior to NATO in the development of nuclear weapons, writes Al Mayadeen. Its missiles can be launched from the sea, air and land, and some of them are equipped with separable individual guidance combat units. In the event of a nuclear war, the alliance forces will be destroyed within half an hour.

With this publication, InVoen info completes an overview of Chinese air-to-air missiles, or AAM [air-to-air missiles] from Thomas Newdick.

The US military department intends to implement a five-year program to combat climate change worth almost $ 7 billion, to be more precise - $ 6.8 billion. Three quarters of the budget will be spent on improving the resilience to climate change of army installations with the help of micro grids and electrification of vehicles. The analytical publication Breaking Defense, with reference to the Pentagon's plan published the day before, told about some details of the implementation of the environmental protection program.

The Indian Air Force is going to expand the fleet of Russian Su-30MKI aircraft equipped with BrahMos missiles, writes The Print. The author of the article notes that the range of a supersonic missile jointly produced by Moscow and New Delhi has been increased to more than 500 kilometers.

In April 2021, the first full-fledged test was finally conducted at the Annaya test site [AMRAAM-ER missile defense system] <...> It was recognized as successful and reported that they had received valuable data that would be used to improve the algorithms of the rocket software. Then Raytheon Missiles & Defense announced that they were planning new tests on Annaya in the second quarter. But neither they nor KDA shared any more news.

On October 7, 2022, in Vyborg, at the Vyborg Shipbuilding Plant PJSC (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC JSC), a solemn ceremony of launching the project 23550 head border patrol ship of the 1st rank of the ice class "Blizzard" (code "Ermak"), which is being built for the Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB of the Russian Federation, was held") with the factory number 235.

As reported on the web resource forums.airbase.ru , On September 30, 2022, in St. Petersburg at Almaz Shipbuilding Company JSC, a flag-raising ceremony was held for border ships, boats and support vessels on the border patrol ship of the 2nd rank PPK-831 project 22120 (code "Blizzard") with the factory number 057 (onboard number "457"), which became part of the Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB of the Russian Federation. It became the eighth ship in the series of Project 22120. Earlier it was reported that the ship was to be named "Roman Chemeryuk", but to date there is no information about the assignment of this name to it.

TFO is preparing to receive the third of six non-nuclear submarines of the 06363 series

In the near future, the combat strength of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy will be replenished by a new unit — the non-nuclear submarine of project 06363 "Magadan". Construction of a series of six submarines of this project for the Pacific Fleet began in 2017 at the Admiralty Shipyards shipyard in St. Petersburg. The Magadan is already the third submarine to leave for the Far East. And after it, the fourth one will be completed — "Ufa". How will these submarines change the combat capabilities of the fleet and what are their features?

As the press service of the Eastern Military District reported on October 9, 2022, a new large diesel-electric submarine B-602 "Magadan" of the 06363 project of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) arrived at its base in Vladivostok. The submarine completed the inter-fleet transition from the Baltic Fleet to the Pacific by the Northern Sea Route, having covered more than nine thousand nautical miles.