News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The Russian-French company PowerJet, which produces SaM146 engines for the Superjet 100 aircraft, has stopped their maintenance and repair due to sanctions, a source close to the aviation industry told Interfax.

In Soviet times, being a place of storage of nuclear ammunition, "Object 711" was cut down in rocks at a depth of several tens of meters.

The NASA federal budget plan for fiscal year 2023 does not provide for the further continuation of the SOFIA flying stratospheric observatory and the closure of the project in 2023. Such a decision was made due to the high cost of the annual maintenance of the project and the insufficient level of scientific productivity, according to the website Space.com .

High-precision weapons are being actively used in the framework of a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine. Including the Iskander-M tactical complex.

The design of the complex began in the 1990s. In 2006, it was put into service. Since 2011, the troops began to receive a deeply modernized Iskander-M.

The journey from nuclear missiles to cyberwar planning took seventy years

After World War II, Washington completely abandoned its previously characteristic foreign policy self-isolation (more precisely, "closure" within the Western Hemisphere).

Evolution of the "Crocodile with a propeller"

The combat effectiveness of the Russian army aviation, repeatedly demonstrated during the special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, as a rule, does not require confirmation. But especially vivid emotions are caused by the actions of a veteran of Afghanistan, Transnistria, Abkhazia, Chechnya, Georgia and Syria – the Mi-24 attack helicopter, nicknamed "Crocodile".

Electric cars in Russia and lithium fever in the world

Against the background of the special military operation of the Russian army in Ukraine, Russia came under numerous sanctions mainly from Western countries, which exposed the country's significant dependence on imports in the field of high technologies of a number of industries.

Why the Krasnopol strike does not leave the enemy a chance

On March 13 of this year, as a result of a pinpoint strike by the artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, a camouflaged AFU field command post in the Kiev region was destroyed. And what is sensational about this?

60 years ago, the first satellite of the Cosmos series was launched

The concept of "series" in relation to artificial Earth satellites (ISS) "Cosmos", which in the USSR had serial numbers from 1 to 2174, is itself conditional. Under the name "Cosmos" – so they were registered in the international "space annals" – there were hidden ISS with completely different authentic names.

The Americans finished off an emergency Soviet submarine, and then managed to raise it

The echo of the US CIA's strategic operation Jennifer, carried out by the Pentagon with cynical immorality, cannot be silenced in any way. The first deputy chief of Naval intelligence of the headquarters of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, Captain Anatoly Shtyrov, monitored this extraordinary event in real time. And gave him a merciless assessment years later.

The decision was expected for those who have been following the company's activities for a long time. But even many cosmonautics fans who didn't delve too deeply into SpaceX's development strategy were taken by surprise by this news. Production of Dragon ships has been completed, and now all flights will be carried out on an already created fleet of four reusable passenger capsules.

How the Russian Aerospace Forces achieved dominance in the airspace of Ukraine

During a special military operation in Ukraine, most of the Ukrainian combat aviation was destroyed by Russian means of the Aerospace Forces and air defense, the Ministry of Defense reported. Planes were destroyed on the ground and in the air - including during air battles. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out how the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation achieved superiority in the skies of Ukraine.

The military-industrial complex (MIC) of Russia practically does not experience dependence on foreign supplies, he said in a conversation with Lenta.ru" military political scientist, Associate Professor of the Department of Politics and Sociology of the Russian University of Economics Plekhanova Alexander Perendzhiev. He added that a small shortage of components can be compensated by supplies from China.

Experts told what is the difference between the Mi-28N and Ka-52 helicopters

Russian helicopters Mi-28N "Night Hunter" and Ka-52 "Alligator" participate in the destruction of military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the video of which is published by the Russian Defense Ministry. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the specifics of the use of these helicopters are.

How the Nebo-SV radar helps to shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles

The Russian Defense Ministry showed a video of the calculations of the Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) and the Nebo-SV radar station (radar) during a special military operation in Ukraine. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out how these complexes work in pairs.

We continue to monitor the assessments of foreign (mainly Western) military analysts of Russia's special operation in Ukraine. The ratings of the first two articles (read here and here ) indicate a lively interest in the events taking place. In this article, readers are invited to the next publication of the Institute of Modern Warfare entitled "Would Russia USE tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine?" (WOULD RUSSIA USE A TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPON IN UKRAINE?).

Dmitry Litovkin - what is known about hypersonic missiles of the Russian Federation

High speed, maneuverability and low radar visibility technologies make the Russian hypersonic missile "Zircon" one of the most effective combat systems on the planet.

The next spacewalks of Russian cosmonauts will take place on April 20 and 28, as well as in May

Russian cosmonauts will conduct three spacewalks in April and May to integrate the European ERA manipulator into the Russian segment of the International Space Station, cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, who works on the ISS, said.

On March 22, 2022, the new-generation FFM 2 Kumano frigate (ままの), built at the shipbuilding enterprise of the Japanese company Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co., Ltd (the shipbuilding division of the Mitsui Group) in Tamano in Okayama Prefecture (in October 2021, Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding was sold to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.).

On March 24, 1962, by a resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, a single-stage liquid-fueled ballistic missile for operational and tactical purposes, the R-17, was adopted. In NATO countries , it was called Scud B.