News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 launch vehicle with Starlink satellites

The reusable first stage of the American Falcon 9 launch vehicle made a successful controlled landing on the floating platform A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean. This was reported on the Twitter account of the developer company SpaceX.

49 microsatellites will be launched into low Earth orbit

The American company SpaceX on Tuesday launched a Falcon 9 launch vehicle with another grouping of Starlink microsatellites. The broadcast is conducted on the company's website.

Defense News: Russian S-400 Triumph air defense systems should not be underestimated and overestimated

The capabilities of the S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems purchased by India from Russia "cannot be underestimated, as well as overestimated," aerospace expert Douglas Barry told the American edition of Defense News.

The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Wednesday, Moscow time, successfully launched into orbit a batch of 49 mini-satellites designed to continue the deployment of the global network of Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX reported.

Spacecraft launches will take place in March and September 2022

Specialists of the search and rescue and Parachute Landing Service (PS and PDS) of the Central Military District (CVO) have begun preparing to ensure the safety of launches and landings of Soyuz MS spacecraft, which will take place in March and September 2022, during training camps in the Krasnoyarsk Territory in the conditions of the Siberian taiga. This is stated in a message distributed on Wednesday by the press service of the district.

The Ukrainian company "Motor Sich" is upgrading the Soviet Mi-8TP helicopter

A rare modification of the Soviet Mi-8 helicopter will be repaired in Ukraine. The Motor Sich company has received an order for the repair and modernization of the Mi-8TP helicopter. The Soviet apparatus was designed to transport international groups that monitored the implementation of arms reduction measures. This is reported by Defense Express.

In particular, aspects of the resolution of armed conflicts and stabilization of the situation in the countries of the Central Asian region will be worked out

The number of training events for Russian troops has been increased by 10% in 2022 in the Central Military District (CVO) compared to last year - up to 900 events.

Izvestia: Russia's first Buk-M3 air defense system brigade deployed in the Southern Military District

In the Southern Military District (SE), the first brigade of anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) "Buk-M3", which is part of the 8th Combined Arms Army, has been deployed in the Russian Armed Forces, Izvestia reports, citing sources in the Ministry of Defense.

The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video of a training battle at a training ground near Voronezh. Engineering and sapper units of the Western Military District worked out the assault of the settlement with the use of their special equipment.

Bangladesh will significantly increase the bombing accuracy of its Chengdu F-7BG fighters. January 18, portal savunmasanayist.com He reported that Roketsan supplied Bangladesh with TEBER Guidance Kit kits for converting MK-81/MK-82 bombs into high-precision projectiles.

Beautiful and interesting photos and videos of J-20 fighters from the 1st Brigade of the People's Liberation Army Air Force of China. Currently, J-20 fighters are in service with three combat brigades of the Air Force (9th, 1st and 5th brigades) and two more combat training centers (Dingxin and Cangzhou).

The Russian-made Arena active protection complexes could be installed on German Leopard 1 main battle tanks. Judging by the materials that appeared on the Web, such plans were hatched in the mid-90s.

Along with the American Javelin third-generation anti-tank complexes, NLAW rocket-propelled grenade launchers may begin to arrive in the Ukrainian army.

Currently, the characteristics and combat capabilities of these weapons are being discussed on social networks in comparison with already known RPGs or ATGMs, as well as their advantages and disadvantages

Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov have begun a seven-hour spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS), the first this year.

The French CAESAR howitzer made a record shot and hit the target at a distance of 46 km

The French self-propelled artillery installation (ACS) CAESAR made a record shot. A howitzer on a wheeled chassis hit two targets at a distance of more than 46 kilometers, which is a record for this self-propelled gun. The car used an Excalibur projectile. This is reported by Army Recognition with reference to the company Raytheon Missiles & Defense.

Armament specialists conducted an RPG-7 test, which clearly showed how a grenade launcher shot breaks through various obstacles, including a series of glass windows, sandbags and a building wall.

The RPG-7 was designed to fight tanks, but local conflicts have shown that this weapon is effectively used for other purposes. The authors of the video decided to find out in practice what is capable of stopping a grenade launcher shot.

Uzbekistan has mastered the production of drones for troops and the civilian sector. According to the press service of the State Defense Industry Committee, a vertical take-off/landing drone and a quadcopter are manufactured under the name LOCHIN.

Military personnel of the army corps of the Baltic Fleet conduct live firing exercises from the guns of T-72B3 tanks at a training ground in the Kaliningrad region, the press service of the Baltic Fleet reported.

The US Army was supplied with the first batch of Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) armored vehicles. They were developed as a replacement for the outdated M113 armored personnel carrier.

This may indicate that the rocks of Gale crater were formed in conditions similar to those on Earth. But in order to assert this, additional conditions are needed

The Curiosity rover measured the proportions of carbon isotopes in Martian methane molecules extracted from several dozen samples of Martian rocks. Its isotopic composition turned out to be close to the gas produced by terrestrial bacteria, the results of the study were published by the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.