News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Got it wrong: Soviet MiG-21PFM escaped from a NATO airfield 55 years ago
55 years ago, on February 13, 1967, there was an air incident that could cause great damage to the Soviet Air Force. But the Soviet pilot did not lose his head and everything ended well.
In those days, the four fighters of the newest and then still secret modification of the MiG-21 PFM had to be driven from the Soviet factory to the airfield in the GDR - to replenish the allied aviation under the Warsaw Pact.
New photos of the surface of Mars have been published
Roscosmos and ESA have published new photos of Mars from the ExoMars Trace Gas spacecraft
Representatives of the state corporation Roscosmos and the European Space Agency (ESA) showed a new image of Mars with part of the Argir plain and the Hooke crater. The photo is published on the official ESA website.
The new version of the amphibious complex "Octopus" has a unique fire control system
Sergey Kotelevsky, Head of the Kurganmashzavod R&D Department, said that the new version of the Octopus amphibious vehicle is radically different from its first generation
The updated version of the airborne self-propelled anti-tank gun "Octopus" based on the latest BMD-4 has a unique fire control system. This was announced on Sunday on the air of the program "Military Acceptance" on the Zvezda TV channel by Sergey Kotelevsky, head of the Kurganmashzavod R&D Department.
The Russian Federation will monitor the activities of foreigners on the moon from an automatic station
The launch of the Luna-26 station is scheduled for 2024
The Russian automatic interplanetary station Luna-26 will allow monitoring the activities of foreign state and private spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. This was reported on Sunday in the state corporation "Roscosmos".
The Russian submarine Rostov-on-Don proceeded through the Bosphorus to the Black Sea
The Rostov-on-Don submarine, which is the carrier of Kalibr cruise missiles, passed through the Bosphorus from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea on Sunday, follows from the data of the Anadolu agency and Istanbul information sites publishing photos of its passage through the strait.
The head fairing prevented the second stage of the Astra rocket from entering orbit
The American company Astra unsuccessfully launched a light rocket with five student cubesats. After turning off the engine of the first stage, the head fairing did not have time to open and the second stage crashed into it, and then, when it did open, it spun. The launch was broadcast on the NASASpaceflight YouTube channel.
The latest Mi-28NM helicopters have been delivered to the troops
The upgraded attack helicopter made its first flight on October 12, 2016
The latest Mi-28NM "Night Hunter" attack helicopters have been delivered to the troops as part of the state defense order. This is stated in an infographic published on Friday in the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.
St. Petersburg State University scientists investigate the behavior of bacterial biofilm in space
These exercises will be the first in the world
Scientists of St. Petersburg State University (St. Petersburg State University) will be the first in the world to study bacterial biofilms (communities of microorganisms) in microgravity. The results of the study will help prevent the appearance of microorganisms inside spaceships and prevent diseases in the ISS crew, the press service of the university reported on Thursday.
The next launch of OneWeb satellites is scheduled for March 4
Soyuz launch vehicle launches from Baikonur
The next batch of 36 satellites of the British company OneWeb will be launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 4. This was announced on Friday night by the launch operator Arianespace.
The crews of the Su-34 Rostov aviation regiment destroyed a simulated enemy in the stratosphere
About 10 aircraft took part in the maneuvers
The crews of Su-34 fighter-bombers of the aviation regiment based in the Rostov region conducted flight exercises, during which they worked out the destruction of conditional enemy aircraft in the stratosphere. This was reported on Friday by the press service of the Southern Military District (SE).
The Fregat upper stage launched 34 OneWeb satellites into orbit
The Soyuz-ST-B launch vehicle launched from the Kourou cosmodrome at 21:09 Moscow Time
All 34 British OneWeb communications satellites launched on Thursday from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana were successfully launched into orbit by the Fregat-M upper stage. This was reported during the broadcast, which is conducted by the launch operator Arianespace.
Source: the second regiment of hypersonic "Vanguards" will take up duty until the end of 2022
The Avangard combat unit is capable of flying in dense layers of the atmosphere at a hypersonic speed of up to Mach 27, maneuvering along the course and altitude and overcoming any missile defense
The second regiment of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) UR-100N UTTH with hypersonic combat equipment "Avangard" will take up combat duty as part of the Yasnensky compound of Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) until the end of 2022. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the military department.
The Russian military carried out conditional launches of Bastion missiles during exercises in the Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory
Military exercises in the Crimea and in the Krasnodar Territory have worked out the deployment of coastal anti-ship complexes "Bastion" with conditional (electronic) launches of cruise missiles, the Black Sea Fleet said on Friday.
In the Tver region, Su-35S and S-300 complexes were involved in live firing exercises
The crews used the Khibiny-2 electronic warfare system to pass the air defense of a conditional enemy
Su-35S fighters and S-300 complexes were involved in tactical flight exercises with live firing in the Tver region. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the Western Military District.
A detachment of warships of the Pacific Fleet destroyed the "enemy" during exercises in the Sea of Okhotsk
A detachment of warships of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) in the framework of exercises in the Sea of Okhotsk fired artillery at the ships of the "enemy", reports the Pacific Fleet.
The military of the Central Military District conducted complex exercises with Mi-8 helicopters and S-400 air defense systems in Siberia
About 500 servicemen and over 40 units of military and special equipment were involved in the exercises
Complex exercises of crews of Mi-8AMTSh-V Terminator transport and combat helicopters and units of the S-400 Triumph air defense system of the Central Military District (CVO) were held in the Novosibirsk Region. This is stated in a message distributed on Friday by the press service of the district.
The Drive: A-100 flying radar will expand the capabilities of the Russian Aerospace Forces
The newest A-100 Premier long-range radar surveillance and guidance aircraft will significantly expand the capabilities of the Russian Aerospace Forces. The flying radar built in Taganrog has already tested radio equipment in flight.
Mountain motorized infantry of the Central Military District destroyed the camp of the conditional enemy in the foothills of the Western Sayan
About 500 servicemen took part in the exercises
Servicemen of the mountain motorized rifle unit of the Central Military District (CVO), stationed in Tuva, destroyed the enemy camp during exercises in the foothills of the Western Sayan. This is stated in a message distributed on Friday by the press service of the district.
An analogue of the "Afghan version" of the Soviet T-55 tank lit up in Yemen
During the fighting in Yemen, President Hadi's T-55AM2 tanks, modernized in Czechoslovakia, were again seen as part of the military formations opposing the Shiite Ansar Allah movement (Houthis).
As a rule, early versions of T-55s are used in battles, which formed the basis of the armored power of the land forces of this country before the civil war began in 2014.
The Russian Academy of Sciences expects to have time to send scientists to the ISS before the end of its work
Institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) are preparing proposals to Roscosmos to organize a program for sending professional scientists to the International Space Station, RAS President Alexander Sergeev said in Yekaterinburg on Friday.
