News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Nine scientific instruments will be installed on board Luna-25, which will allow Russian scientists to study in detail the properties of the oldest rocks of the Moon for the first time

The launch of the Luna-25 research spacecraft and its planned landing at the South Pole of the Moon will be the main Russian scientific event in 2022, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Alexander Sergeev told TASS.

The units of the Marine Corps of the Caspian Flotilla (CFl) have been completely re-equipped and are 100% equipped with modern upgraded AK-74M 5.45 mm caliber assault rifles with a kit of modernization "Body Kit".

The GAZ-3344-20 Aleut two-link tracked floating snowmobile of high cross-country capability was adopted by a division of the railway troops of the Central Military District stationed in Udmurtia.

This year, the Strategic Missile Forces plan to conduct more than 10 launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles, most of which will be test launches.

Aircraft carriers are not just big ships with aircraft. Each of them is a symbol of prestige and power, as well as the pride of the fleet, representing its country. And all because it is very, very expensive to maintain an aircraft carrier.

Lieutenant-General Gostev said that the S-500 will enter the Russian troops by 2025

The S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMS) will be delivered to the troops of the Southern Military District until 2025. The military will also receive new planes and helicopters. This was announced by the commander of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Military District, Lieutenant General Nikolai Gostev, in an interview with the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

On board it will be, in particular, the results of research and failed instruments from the station

The undocking of the Dragon cargo ship of the American company SpaceX from the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for January 21. This was announced on Monday on its website by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

The communications units of the Army Corps of the Eastern Military District (VVO), stationed on Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, received the latest communication systems last year.

In 1991, the German company Jung Jungenthal produced a prototype of the upgraded T-55 medium tank. According to this option, it was supposed to improve combat vehicles of this type, which are in service with the Egyptian ground forces.

This year, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will have new military equipment: launchers with intercontinental ballistic missiles "Yars", "Avangard" and "Sarmat".

Projects to finalize the "fifty-fifths" existed in many countries, but for some reason this one is not so well known compared to the others, although many interesting novelties were introduced on it.

Izvestia: in Russia, the infrastructure for hypersonic complexes "Dagger" is being prepared

At military airfields in the Russian regions, the preparation of infrastructure for hypersonic complexes "Dagger" is being completed. Special facilities are designed for maintenance and testing of hypersonic missiles. This is reported by the newspaper "Izvestia".

An unusual road user - a BLT-72 tank bridge-laying machine on the T-72M1 Ajeya chassis - was filmed in India. A heavy engineering vehicle drove along one of the streets of the city of Avadi, where the production of such equipment is carried out. Judging by the fact that its passage did not cause much excitement, the locals have long been accustomed to this.

The AN-225 Mriya had malfunctions of the main landing gear before departure from Poland

The Ukrainian transport aircraft of the AN-225 "Mriya" extra-large payload damaged the main landing gear before taking off from Poland. This is reported by Liga.net with reference to the press service of the Antonov aircraft manufacturing company.

According to the International Federation of Robotics IFR, the cumulative average annual growth rate of the industrial robot market in the period 2015-2020 in Russia was 22%. TASS writes about this.

This time 49 microsatellites will be launched into low Earth orbit

SpaceX on Thursday launched a Falcon 9 rocket with another group of Starlink microsatellites. The broadcast is conducted on the company's website.

Restoration of the appearance of the honored veteran of the Cold War and local conflicts

The Jaguar fighter-bomber, created by the joint efforts of British and French aircraft manufacturers and first flew in 1968, can rightfully be considered an epoch for the British, French, and Indian Air Forces, where it was produced under license.

Eight people will accompany the billionaire in this mission

Japanese billionaire entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa, who is going to fly to the Moon in 2023 as a space tourist of the American company SpaceX, will soon complete the selection of eight people who will accompany him on this mission.

In the late 50s, work began on a new anti-aircraft self-propelled gun in the Soviet Union. It received the designation ZSU-37-2 "Yenisei" or Object 119. At the same time, the design of the ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" was carried out. It was planned that the former would enter service with tank formations and units, and the latter with motorized rifle troops with lighter combat vehicles.

This year, the new icebreaker Evpatiy Kolovrat will join the Russian Navy. The Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that the icebreaker of the 21180M project was built at the Almaz Shipbuilding Company.