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Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov found the last leak site in the module compartment, so the partners' concern is not justified, the state corporation noted

Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov found the last place of the leak in the compartment of the Zvezda module on the ISS, after the delivery of special means it will be eliminated. The concern of the partners is not justified, Dmitry Strugovets, head of the Roscosmos press service, told reporters on Tuesday.

South Korean F-35A Lightning II fighter jet landed "on its belly" because of a small bird

An emergency landing of the South Korean fifth-generation fighter F-35A Lightning II was caused by a small bird getting into its engine, Defense Blog writes.

The project developed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, which introduces a point system for evaluating equipment for inclusion in the register of Russian radio-electronic products and a delay until 2024 for the mandatory use of domestic processors, contradicts the Doctrine of Information security, as well as the Strategy for the development of the electronic industry until 2030, said in a letter from the General director of the ICST Alexander Kim, writes RBC.

The US Navy showed the concept of the next-generation DDG(X) ship

The US Navy has shown the concept of a destroyer with laser weapons and hypersonic missiles, which will be built in 2028. The appearance of the new ship was described in a report by the US Navy, USNI News reports.

The pilots worked out actions for reconnaissance and cover of strategic objects, as well as combat support and fire support of the Mi-8 AMTSH Terminator

Tactical flight exercises of the helicopter regiment of the army aviation were held in the Krasnodar Territory, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) told reporters on Monday. Crews of more than 30 helicopters took part in the exercises.

Conditionally pathogenic bacteria and mold forms of fungi were found among them

Scientists of the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IMBP) The Russian Academy of Sciences has been conducting research on samples from the inner surface of the Zarya functional cargo unit (FGB) of the ISS for several years and found more than 20 types of microorganisms there. This is stated in the theses to the XLVI Academic Readings on Cosmonautics in memory of S.P. Korolev (Royal Readings).

North Korea has launched two short-range ballistic missiles, Yonhap reports, citing the South Korean military. According to them, North Korea launched, presumably, two short-range ballistic missiles to the east from Sunan Airport in Pyongyang.

The pilots of the assault aviation of the Eastern Military District (VVO) dropped bombs on training facilities and fired at the equipment of the conditional enemy as part of the exercises at the aviapoligon in Primorsky Krai, the press service of the VVO reports.

Chinese scientists have created a camera simulating the low gravity of the moon

Chinese scientists have created a special camera to simulate the conditions of low gravity of the Moon. This is reported by the South China Morning Post.

More than 30 combat helicopters Ka-52 "Alligator", Mi-28 "Night Hunter" and Mi-8AMTSh "Terminator" performed missile launches and firing from air cannons during the exercise in the Kuban, said the head of the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) Vadim Astafyev.

China has extended the construction of a series of its own Type 055 destroyers. They are the largest surface ships in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China and are considered the most combat-ready destroyers in the world.

Last year, the crews of the army aviation Association of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Eastern Military District on Mi-8AMTSh and Mi-26 helicopters performed tasks in the Russian Arctic zone.

The RVSN receives unique simulators for training communication specialists. On them, military personnel learn to establish communication with various management links. TCB allows you to monitor the actions of trainees in real time.

The latest mobile engineering power plant ED-30 AI has entered service with a separate engineer-sapper regiment of the combined arms army of the VVO, stationed in the Republic of Buryatia.

Roselectronics Holding of Rostec State Corporation has completed the development of the Digital Production software platform for industrial enterprises.

For a long time, the basis of the armored fleet of the Pakistani army was made up of American and Chinese-made tanks. For example, in the 90s, the troops had more than three and a half hundred M48A5 Patton III and 1200 Chinese clones of the Soviet T-54A - Tour 59 and 250 more advanced Type 69-II.

This is the second postponement of the start

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has decided to postpone the first launch of the new H3 space rocket, which was planned to be carried out until the end of March. This was reported on Monday by the Kyodo news agency.

The Pacific Fleet is waiting for a serious replenishment - upgraded nuclear submarines 949AM "Antey". On the air of Sputnik radio, the captain of the 1st rank of the reserve, military expert Vasily Dandykin, told about their capabilities.

CASC announced the launch of the Shiyan-13 spacecraft into orbit

The Chinese spacecraft "Shiyan-13" was successfully put into orbit. The launch of the Changzheng-2D launch vehicle with the spacecraft took place on January 17. This is reported by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), Interfax reports.

On January 6, the French company Dassault Aviation published preliminary results for 2021. As noted, 55 aircraft were delivered to customers in 2021, compared with 47 units a year earlier.