News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The US Navy is focused on improving its unmanned vehicles capable of working underwater and solving a wide range of tasks. So, the Navy declares the need for at least five large robotic underwater vehicles that could perform numerous functions underwater.

Recently, many European countries have started talking about the need to strengthen defense capabilities, increase military spending and even create the largest armies on the continent. France did not stay away from this trend either. The day before, the Ministry of the Armed Forces of the Fifth Republic published the defense budget for 2023 and provided some details on the procurement of military equipment and equipment for the Navy.

The first detailed photos of the collision point will appear in 2026, after the launch of the Hera mission

TASS, September 29. The Hubble and James Webb orbiting telescopes received the first photos of the double asteroid Didymus after one of its halves collided with the DART probe on Tuesday, which presumably led to a change in the course of the celestial body's movement. This was reported on Thursday on the official website of the James Webb telescope.

The prolongation of hostilities in Ukraine and the accompanying events in the economic sphere, including sanctions against the Russian Federation and the inevitable energy crisis in their case, will lead to the fact that Europe will destroy most of its industrial potential. Bi Xing, the author of the Chinese edition of the Global Times, writes about this, predicting the deindustrialization of the European Union.

Half of the total energy consumption by mankind is accounted for by heat, almost 50% of this amount is spent on heating and heating water in homes. For electricity — only 19%. From this it is clear that the issue of heating is even more important than the electric power industry, and without abandoning fossil fuels, a green transition is impossible here. However, as the new scientific work shows, hydrogen in this role is only an impossible dream.

The age of the glass microparticles found in lunar soil samples coincides in time with several of the largest asteroid impacts on Earth

Planetary scientists have found microparticles of glass in samples of lunar soil collected by the Chinese probe Chang'e-5, whose age coincides with several of the largest asteroid impacts on Earth. They include a celestial body that killed the dinosaurs 65.5 million years ago, the press service of the Australian Curtin University reported on Wednesday.

The Su-47 fighter, first flown on September 25, 1997 by Igor Votintsev, a test pilot at the Sukhoi Design Bureau, is considered one of the most unusual aircraft. First of all, due to its main feature – the reverse sweep wing. The digital control system and composite materials have become less noticeable externally, but no less advanced technologies in the Su-47.

As Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaak noted, he is serious about the fact that the latest hypersonic anti-ship missiles "Zircon" will soon be in service with the Russian Navy, participation in tests ...

The combat readiness of the Russian Navy will increase after the end of the conflict in Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by the commander-in-chief of the German Navy, Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaak, in an interview published on Sunday with the newspaper Welt am Sonntag.

Inside the $100 billion Project to Modernize America's Obsolete Nuclear Missile Arsenal

A Time correspondent visited one of the American missile warning bases and was surprised: the light suddenly turns off in rooms with ballistic missiles, and when something breaks, Air Force repair crews take parts from military museums. Biden wants to modernize the arsenal, but not everyone in the United States agrees that it is advisable.

Recently, China has adopted a strategy of using civilian vessels to increase the country's naval potential. For military purposes, Beijing can use a variety of vessels – from fishing boats to ocean ferries. This is reported by CNBC.

On September 25, the NATO Dynamic Messenger-22 naval exercises began. This is the first full-fledged operational exercises of the North Atlantic Alliance, the main purpose of which is to monitor the operation of unmanned systems in the marine environment. The exercises involve 18 ships, 48 unmanned vehicles and 1,500 military personnel from 16 countries of the North Atlantic Alliance. The maneuvers will take place at the training grounds of Portugal, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

Will Russia be able to implement the plan for a future aircraft carrier based on the Su-57 with an electromagnetic catapult?

Recently, Russia presented a mock-up of a warship carrying a modified Su-57 with an electromagnetic catapult, writes the user Sohu. The new version of the fighter would allow her to strengthen the fleet with minimal costs. But there is one thing, the author notes.

The American newspaper "The Wall Street Journal" published an interesting article by Warren P. Strobel "CIA Unveils Model of Ayman al-Zawahiri's Safe House in Revamped Museum. Closed to the public, the museum chronicles agency's highs and lows, including the killing of al Qaeda leader in July" ("The CIA presented a model of Ayman al-Zawahiri's hideout in its renovated museum. The museum, closed to the public, tells about the agency's ups and downs, including the assassination of the Al-Qaeda leader in July.") about the renovation of the museum of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States, which is closed to the general public.

In addition to stormtroopers and other military specialists, there are also military paramedics and medical instructors in the units of the Wagner group, which are now in the Donbass and in adjacent territories and perform very serious combat tasks. Their main task is to evacuate the wounded from the battlefield and provide first aid before the wounded are taken to a field hospital.

Military medicine should help soldiers and the population in the special operation zone

For more than six months, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have been conducting a special military operation (SVO) to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine.

The use of the DART probe is a variant of the so-called soft power, noted astronomer Leonid Elenin

The methods of changing the orbit of asteroids dangerous to the Earth, which NASA plans to work out on September 26, may not have an effect for objects that are too close to our planet - several months or even years before the moment of collision with it. This opinion was expressed to TASS on Friday by astronomer Leonid Elenin, a researcher at the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Zhaparov spoke in an interview with the state National News agency "Kabar" about the state of the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan. Zhaparov became the head of the republic in January 2021, winning the presidential election by a large margin. According to him, when he came to power, the army and all law enforcement agencies were in a very deplorable state. This can be confirmed by everyone who worked in law enforcement agencies at that time, the president stressed.

After the beginning of partial mobilization in the Russian Federation, the Western media, having recovered a little after the initial knockdown, began to publish articles not only criticizing the political decision of President Vladimir Putin, but also with arguments that partial mobilization allegedly would not lead to the consequences desired by Moscow.

Today, he is increasingly being talked about in the international arena

In mid-September, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared his readiness to use nuclear weapons to protect the country, among other things. The topic of its application in recent days has been heard at the highest level and in the speeches of other world leaders.

Who cares about the Russian stealth fighter when there is a Su-35?

The Su-35 is the best fighter for gaining air supremacy available in Russia today, writes TNI. He has already been called the "apotheosis of the fourth generation."