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Naval exercises have been held since February 15

The warships and submarines of the Northern Fleet (SF) returned to their bases after the exercises that took place in the Barents Sea. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the fleet.

Astronomers have proposed chlorofluorocarbons as a sign of an alien civilization

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is capable of detecting signs of activity of alien civilizations on exoplanets by atmospheric pollution. This is reported in the preprint of the article published in the arXiv repository. Briefly about the study tells the publication Universe Today.

Iran lost a fighter jet and two pilots. On February 21, the Reuters news agency reported that an F-5F fighter of the Iranian Air Force crashed in the city of Tabriz.

Academician Zeleny called the Spektr-UV space telescope a "new Hubble"

The Spektr-UV space telescope will allow observation in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum, which is inaccessible to observations from Earth. This will allow the Russian telescope to take the place of the American Hubble. This was announced by the Deputy chairman of the RAS Council for Space, Academician Lev Zeleny, RIA Novosti reports.

On March 14, the State Commission will decide on the readiness to export the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-21 manned spacecraft to the Baikonur launch complex

The State Commission approved the launch date of the new expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 18. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Tuesday.

St. Petersburg LLC "Electric Vehicles Manufacturing Rus" (EMR) plans to open a factory in Moscow for the production of EVM PRO electric trucks in the third quarter of 2022. This is stated in the materials for the presentation of the car, which were reviewed by Interfax.

In Dagestan, at the Adanak training ground, the gunners of the Caspian Flotilla (CFl) practiced conducting fugitive and barrage fire on the infantry of a conditional enemy.

Detachments of warships of the Pacific, Northern and Black Sea fleets of Russia, together with anti-submarine aircraft of the Il-38 naval aviation, conducted an exercise in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. This was announced on February 20 by the Ministry of Defense.

10 sets of OVR-2-02 protective suits have been delivered to the engineering and sapper unit of the Western Military District in the Leningrad Region.

The training network of the Strategic Missile Forces has unique training systems for training the on-duty forces of the Strategic Missile Forces.

The Times praised the combat capability of the Russian army.

The British edition of The Times analyzed the current state of the Russian army. The translation of the article is published on the InoSMI portal.

Military personnel of the engineering unit of the Central Military District destroyed the fortified areas of the "enemy" during an exercise in Bashkortostan.

A military plane crashed in the Iranian city of Tabriz in the province of East Azerbaijan.

The head of the Crisis Management Department of the province of East Azerbaijan, Muhammad Bagher Honarbar, said that the plane crashed into a car and the wall of the school building, where there were no students at that time.

Su-30SM fighters were lifted into the air to intercept a simulated enemy reconnaissance aircraft during exercises in the north-west of the Russian Federation, the press service of the Western Military District (ZVO) reported.

Astronauts Raja Chari and Kayla Barron captured the ship using the Canadarm2 manipulator arm

The American Cygnus cargo ship docked on Monday to the International Space Station (ISS). The broadcast is carried out on the website of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

The Command of the US Coast Guard announced the launch ceremony of the fast patrol boat FRC (Fast Response Cutter) of the Sentinel class – (WPC 1146), held in Tampa (Florida). "John Scheuerman" (John Scheuerman).

During the 1979 war, the armies of Vietnam and China practically did not use combat aircraft. Why did this happen? The fact is that the Vietnamese air Force was relatively small and its strike component was involved in operations against the commandos in Cambodia. The opponents did not dare to use conventional MiG-21 interceptor fighters against tanks and infantry advancing in the mountains.

Russian specialists have started the final stage of firing tests of the new self-propelled missile system "Kornet-D1" on the chassis of the BMD-4M combat vehicle. It is designed for Airborne troops.

The tank repair plants of Ukraine that remained without state orders in the 90s, competing with each other, began to offer foreign countries their options for the modernization of the T-72.

A large number of different versions have been developed, including quite unusual ones. For example, you can recall the layout of the so-called T-72-120, first shown in 1999.

The shooting was carried out from Hyacinth cannons at large targets imitating the enemy's military equipment

Gunners of the Army Corps of the Baltic Fleet (BF) in the Kaliningrad region, during exercises at one of the ranges, conducted live firing from 152-mm Hyacinth guns at a range of more than 20 km. This was reported by the press service of the BF.