News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
The keel of the LPD-30 DVKD for the US Navy was laid at the Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard
The Command of the US Navy announced the ceremony of laying the keel of the LPD-30 Harrisburg of the San Antonio class, which took place on January 28 at the Ingalls Shipbuilding company Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII).
China talks about cooperation with Russia on the Moon
Xi Jinping spoke about his readiness to promote cooperation with Russia in space exploration
China is ready to promote cooperation with Russia in the field of cosmonautics, reports TASS, referring to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
The Russian military conducted an exercise in Tajikistan to destroy conditional terrorists
Helicopters and armored vehicles were involved
Motorized rifle units of the 201st Russian military base, with the support of helicopters and artillery, destroyed conditional terrorists at an exercise in the mountains of Tajikistan, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Friday.
The United States will acquire imitations of T-72B3 tanks and Chinese VN17 infantry fighting vehicles for exercises
The US military intends to convert some of the M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles in storage into equipment depicting a likely enemy during exercises. We are talking about imitations of the Russian T-72BZ and the Chinese-made VN17 infantry fighting vehicle.
The Ministry of Defense will receive the first Tu-160M of new construction before the end of the second quarter
Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade, said that the Tu-160M opens up prospects for the subsequent development of a new PAK DA project - a promising long-range aviation complex.
Rogozin showed a car flying in space from Chelyabinsk
Rogozin on Twitter showed a car flying in outer space from Chelyabinsk
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin showed a car flying in outer space on Twitter. Thus, the manager illustrated the reporting for 2021 of the Ust-Katavsky Carriage Building Plant (UKVZ) from the Chelyabinsk Region, which is part of the state Corporation.
"Excellent performance." Military expert on the Tu-160M bomber
The Tu-160M strategic bomber will be handed over to the Ministry of Defense for state testing before the end of the second quarter, the Ministry of Industry and Trade reported. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Yuri Knutov spoke about the advantages of this aircraft.
Experts from the United States asked to reduce the orbit of the ISS on a permanent basis
Now the flight will be carried out in an orbit of 416 km, said the head of the ballistics department of the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia Rafail Murtazin
The American colleagues asked to reduce the ISS orbit by several kilometers on a permanent basis. This was reported to TASS by the head of the ballistics department of the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (part of Roscosmos), Rafail Murtazin.
Russian helicopter pilots conducted reconnaissance in the area of Laperusa
Crews of Ka-27PS deck helicopters of the Pacific Fleet Naval Aviation conducted ice reconnaissance in the area of the La Perouse Strait connecting the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk as part of the exercise. This was reported on February 4 in the press service of the Eastern Military District.
The United States has named its only hypersonic missile
Vice Admiral of the US Navy John Hill called the only hypersonic missile SM-6
Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) missiles can be used against hypersonic weapons, writes The Drive, referring to a statement by Vice Admiral of the US Navy John Hill.
Calculations of the "Cornet" base of the Russian Federation in Tajikistan hit the targets of the "enemy" in training in the mountains
In preparation for the operation of the "Cornet", the personnel of the anti-tank unit of the base underwent retraining at the specialized training center of the Ministry of Defense of Russia in the Saratov region
Calculations of anti-tank missile systems (ATGM) "Kornet" of the 201st Russian military base stationed in Tajikistan conducted a training on hitting targets of a conditional enemy at the Lyaur mountain range. This is stated in a message distributed on Saturday by the press service of the Central Military District (CVO).
Exercises of the Caspian Flotilla units were held in Dagestan
Preparations were underway for the operation of the Kornet complexes
Units of the Caspian Flotilla conducted exercises in Dagestan, the press service of the Southern Military District told reporters on Saturday. Rocket scientists and Marines trained.
Ground-based VKS facilities took control of a military satellite launched from Plesetsk
The Ministry of Defense clarified that a stable telemetry connection has been established and maintained with the spacecraft
The spacecraft, launched in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry from the Plesetsk cosmodrome on Saturday, was taken over by ground-based VKS facilities. This was reported to journalists in the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Ministry of Defense: Soyuz-2 rocket.1a" successfully put the spacecraft into orbit
In the interests of the Russian military department, the spacecraft was launched into the calculated orbit by the Fregat upper stage, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.
Russia told about the role of Ukraine in the production of Turkish Bayraktar TB2
Expert Shurygin said that Ukraine can be used by Turkey to circumvent sanctions
Ukraine can help Turkey circumvent the sanctions regime imposed on Ankara after the last conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Military expert Vladislav Shurygin told Izvestia about the possible role of Kiev in the production of Turkish Bayraktar TB2 attack and reconnaissance drones.
Information about the Kosmos-2553 spacecraft launched from Plesetsk is included in the main catalog of space objects
Launched on Saturday from the Plesetsk cosmodrome by the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle.1a" the spacecraft is included in the Main Catalog of Space Objects of the Russian Space Control System (SCCP) VKS of the Russian Federation, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation told reporters.
Military personnel of the Far Eastern Military District in the framework of the exercises were convinced of the reliability of air defense at the western border of the Russian Federation
The exercises involved 40 units of weapons, military, special and aviation equipment of the ZVO
The units of the military air defense (air defense) and operational-tactical aviation of the Western Military District (ZVO) conducted exercises, within the framework of which they were convinced of the security of the western borders of the Russian Federation. This was announced by the commander of the ZVO troops, Hero of Russia, Colonel-General Alexander Zhuravlev.
Roscosmos will lower the ISS orbit at the request of NASA
The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) will be lowered at the request of NASA, the Russian state corporation Roscosmos announced on Saturday.
The military in the Kursk region conducted exercises to guide fighters to targets - ZVO
The Russian military conducted a training session in the Kursk region with duty shifts of aviation guidance points of the Leningrad Army of the Air Force and Air Defense, the Western Military District (ZVO) reported on Saturday.
The only means of protecting the United States from hypersonic missiles is named
The development of hypersonic weapons poses a serious threat to the US Navy. The US military intends to counteract warheads flying at a speed of several Mach with the help of space satellites and an SM-6 interceptor missile.
