News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The command of the Chinese Navy for the first time published footage of the launch of a new hypersonic cruise missile by the Type 055 destroyer.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks and Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense for Procurement and MTO Andrew Hunter held a secret meeting with the leadership of eight major American defense companies at the Pentagon on April 13.

In 2022, a 30-year shipbuilding plan of the US Navy was presented, according to which the US Navy should decommission two Independence-class coastal warships - USS Jackson (LCS-6) and USS Montgomery (LCS-8). According to the plan, the withdrawal of the ships is planned to be carried out in 2024. Interestingly, the USS Jackson (LCS-6) was commissioned in 2015, and the USS Montgomery (LCS-8) – in 2016. Both ships were built by Austal USA.

The crew of the Baltic Fleet patrol ship "Undaunted" carried out combat missile firing in the naval ranges of the fleet off the coast of the Kaliningrad region as part of the tests.

By the time of the start of the special operation, the armed formations of Ukraine managed to receive four armored vehicles "Triton - 01". Currently, two of them have already been captured.

If the first sample, lost by the APU in the Raisin area, was pretty shabby, then the second one, recaptured from the nationalists by the DPR People's militia fighters, looks better.

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin called the tests of the new Russian intercontinental ballistic missile "Sarmat" a gift to NATO.

"Accessible Internet anywhere in the world for everyone" – under such slogans, American billionaire Elon Musk is promoting one of his key projects – the Starlink satellite constellation. And until recently, it seemed that everything was exactly like that. However, now it turns out that Starlink has actually become part of the military infrastructure of the Ukrainian armed forces – and that's not all.

Today, thousands of products are manufactured at the enterprises of the Rostec State Corporation's Roselectronics Holding – from electronic components to optical equipment, medical devices, complex software systems and systems. Many of them are presented in the online catalog of civil products of the radio-electronic complex of the Corporation. We are talking about ten products of "Roselektronika" – the most interesting and in demand.

A political scientist and a military expert explained why Washington needs a moratorium on PSO tests

The US authorities announced their refusal to test anti-satellite weapons. This was announced by American Vice President Kamala Harris at the Vandenberg Air Force Base. She added that Moscow and Beijing should do the same. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the meaning of Washington's initiative is.

The crews of four Il-38 and Il-38N anti-submarine aircraft from the mixed aviation regiment of troops and forces in the northeast of Russia conducted an eight-hour flight over the Pacific Ocean along the eastern coast of Kamchatka during which they searched for ships and submarines of the "enemy", the Pacific Fleet said.

Today, the main manufacturers of high-precision missiles, including Kalibr missiles, are contracted by the Ministry of Defense with orders for the supply of high-precision weapons until 2030, and some until 2033. Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, who oversees the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation, said this in an interview with RT.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on April 19, 2022, a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

Why the American anti-tank missile system turned out to be ineffective in Ukraine

The United States has supplied Ukraine with about 7 thousand Javelin hand-held anti-tank missile systems (ATGMs). According to the estimates of the American publication Insider, the stocks of these weapons from the Americans themselves have decreased by about a third and now amount to 20-25 thousand sets. At the same time, the fighting in Ukraine has shown the insufficient effectiveness of these complexes. Details are in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».

For the first time, the Russian Defense Ministry has published footage of electronic warfare systems operating during a special military operation.

Perhaps this is not as impressive a sight as missile launches or air strikes. However, the military knows what a difficult and responsible mission is carried out by electronic warfare specialists in a combat situation. Their main task is to cover groups of Russian troops from enemy missiles and aircraft. Calculations of electronic warfare complexes cope with this task successfully.

Military expert Dmitry Kornev — how Russia will be able to strengthen the western borders in the event of Sweden and Finland joining NATO

Since March 2022, discussions have been going on in Finland and Sweden about renouncing neutral status and joining the North Atlantic Alliance. On April 11, The Times newspaper reported, citing sources, that both states intend to apply this summer.

Serbia has confirmed receipt of the FK-3 anti-aircraft missile systems delivered by military transport planes of the PLA Air Force to Belgrade. The official display of the new SAMs will take place at the end of the month.

The United States has transferred to Ukraine about a third of the stocks of FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile systems (ATGMs). Continued deliveries may reduce the number of ATGMs intended for the needs of the US military. In the publication of The Business Insider, they took care of reducing the stocks of complexes.

The Space Launch System rocket and space program has already gathered almost more criticism than the long-suffering F-35. They complain about the incredible high cost, the use of controversial technical solutions and the regular postponement of the first launch. Now, when, it would seem, everything is ready for launch, the rocket is again removed to the hangar for improvements. How long the new delay will be is an open question.

Russian armored vehicles can withstand the impact of anti-tank grenade launchers even of new generations.

It became known that three rockets from the NLAW grenade launcher flew into our T-72BM, but the tank retained mobility and emerged victorious from a difficult battle.

A garbage dump in the orbit of the planet threatens the development of astronautics

For half a century, people have become accustomed to the constant availability of communications, television broadcasting, satellite navigation, information about weather conditions and other benefits of civilization. Benefits that, oddly enough, may be limited in the next 25-30 years.