News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
In Russia, drones were used to monitor rivers
Orlan-10 UAVs of the Central Military District have started monitoring flood-prone areas on rivers in Siberia
In Russia, Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have started monitoring Siberian rivers. Drones of the Central Military District (CVO) are used to detect ice jams in flood-prone areas in a timely manner. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the district.
Old KrAZy, "shishigi" and ZILs formed the basis of the APU fleet
The armed formations of Ukraine continue to massively use the car fleet of the unilaterally privatized property of three military districts of the Soviet Army, formations withdrawn from Eastern Europe, as well as various power structures of the USSR.
These are ZIL-131, GAZ-66, Ural-4320, Ural-375, KrAZ-255, KrAZ-260, KamAZ-4310 and UAZ-469 all-terrain vehicles.
In Russia, they told about the technical divorce of the ISS
Izvestia: the technical divorce of the national segments of the ISS can be carried out at least a year
If necessary, the technical separation of the national segments of the International Space Station (ISS) can be carried out at least in one year, the head of the Institute of Space Policy Ivan Moiseev told Izvestia.
In Russia, they worked out the destruction of a submarine with jet bombs
The ships of the Baltic Fleet worked out the destruction of the submarine of the conditional enemy in the exercises
The small anti-submarine ships (MPC) "Aleksin" and "Kabardino-Balkaria" of the Baltic Fleet as part of the exercises worked out the fight against the submarine of the conditional enemy. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the fleet.
Roscosmos will focus the resources released due to sanctions on the creation of defense systems - Rogozin
Roscosmos will focus the resources released due to the curtailment of cooperation with Europe and the United States on the creation of defense systems, said the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.
The Ministry of Finance has proposed measures to stabilize and develop the IT industry
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko gave operational instructions to the Ministry of Finance to prepare a third package of measures to support the IT industry and domestic specialists in this field. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the official's office.
A Kazan-based robot manipulator was tested at KAMAZ
According to the "Naberezhnye Chelny News", the "Eidos" robot from the Kazan manufacturer Eidos Robotics was successfully tested at the KAMAZ press-frame plant in Naberezhnye Chelny. A mechanical assistant - a manipulator robot A12 with welding equipment, a positioner for installing equipment and a specially written program - was brought to the enterprise last year.
Swiss will start flying on solar jet fuel
Swiss Airline plans to start using synthetic jet fuel created with the help of concentrated solar energy for the first time in the world. It creates exactly as much carbon dioxide as it takes to produce it. This is reported by the manufacturer of solar fuel Synhelion.
The surface hypersonic missile "Zircon" can shoot at a range of up to 1,500 km
The commander of the frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov, Captain of the first rank Igor Krokhmal, reported that the appearance of a hypersonic missile is one of the secret parameters
The surface-launched hypersonic missile Zircon has a flight range of up to 1,500 km. This was reported by the commander of the frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov, Captain of the first rank Igor Krokhmal in a report for the TV program "Vesti Nedelya" on the channel "Russia-1".
The flagship of the Soviet aviation burned down near Kiev
During the fighting at Gostomel airport near Kiev, the world's largest AN-225 Mriya transport aircraft was destroyed.
"The flagship of Ukrainian aviation, the legendary AN–225 Mriya, was destroyed. It happened at Antonov Airport in Gostomel near Kiev, where the plane was located," Ukroboronprom reported.
The first shipment of coronavirus proteins to the ISS is scheduled for March 18
The experiment, in which coronavirus protein crystals will be grown using a 3D bioprinter, will take place within about eight days
Coronavirus proteins, as part of an experiment to study them, will be sent to the ISS for the first time on the Soyuz MS-21 manned spacecraft on March 18. This was reported to TASS by the managing partner of 3D Bioprinting Solutions, Youssef Hesuani.
The knife" does not save the T-64 tanks of the 2017 model from destruction
Until recently, the Ukrainian army had about two hundred T-64BV tanks of the 2017 model in service. During the modernization, night sights were replaced with them - thermal imaging sights were installed instead of the old infrared ones.
About 600 military personnel of the Southern Military District took part in special forces exercises in the Kuban
The servicemen of the special forces unit of the 49th combined arms Army of the Southern Military District performed a landing from a maximum height and destroyed conditional saboteurs during a tactical and special exercise in the Kuban, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.
In the Arctic, the military of the Air Force during training discovered drones of the "enemy"
Military personnel of a separate radar unit of the Eastern Military District on Wrangel Island in Chukotka during the training conducted monitoring of airspace in the Arctic and found unmanned aerial vehicles of the "enemy", the Air Defense Ministry reports.
North Korea conducted tests to develop a reconnaissance satellite
North Korea said on Monday it had conducted an "important test" to develop a "reconnaissance satellite," KCNA reported.
On Sakhalin, the military began bilateral exercises with live firing
More than 300 people and about 50 pieces of equipment take part in them
TASS, February 28. The servicemen of the Eastern Military District (VVO) were raised on a training alert and marched to the Uspenovsky district as part of bilateral live-fire exercises on Sakhalin, the press service of the district reported on Monday.
Motorized skirmishes of the Central Military District during the exercises repelled the attack of the "enemy" on the settlement
Exercises with the participation of about 1 thousand servicemen were held in the Orenburg region
TASS, February 28. Servicemen of the motorized rifle unit of the Central Military District (CVO) repelled an attack by a conditional enemy on a settlement during exercises in the Orenburg region, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Monday.
Russian servicemen in Tajikistan applied camouflage color to new tanks
Russian servicemen in Tajikistan have applied camouflage paint to upgraded T-72B3M tanks with improved combat characteristics, which recently entered service at the 201st military base.
Exercises with the participation of 2.5 thousand military signalmen of the Central Military District have started in five Russian regions
Training events are held in Kemerovo, Novosibirsk, Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk regions, Altai Krai
About 2.5 thousand military signalmen of the Central Military District (CVO) have started exercises on the management of troops at five training grounds in Siberia and the Urals. This is stated in a message distributed on Monday by the press service of the district.
Cosmonauts of the main crew of the Soyuz MS-21 arrived at Baikonur before the launch
The final composition of the crews will be approved by the state Commission at the Baikonur cosmodrome on March 17
Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov, who are part of the crew of the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft, arrived at Baikonur. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Monday.
