News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
In Severodvinsk, a flag was raised on a new submarine missile carrier
The Novosibirsk combat missile carrier, developed at the Northern Machine-Building Enterprise (Sevmash, Severodvinsk), belongs to the class of new multipurpose submarines of the Yasen project.
Modified to the Karrar level, the T-72M tank is seen at exercises in Iran
During the exercises of the units and formations of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Payambar-e Azam-17 ("The Great Prophet-17"), a tank was first seen, very similar to the Karrar first introduced back in 2016.
However, it is reported that this is not a completely new model, but one of the deeply modernized T-72M used in the troops.
A batch of Su-34 fighter-bombers has arrived at the Lipetsk Aviation Center of the VKS
A batch of Su-34 fighter-bombers has arrived at the State Center for Training Aviation Personnel and Military Tests of the Russian Defense Ministry, stationed in Lipetsk.
Kazakhstan has received another batch of kits for the assembly of Mi-8/171 helicopters
17 sets should be delivered by 2023 Russian
Helicopters delivered four more sets to Kazakhstan in 2021 for the assembly of the Mi-8AMT/Mi-171E in Alma-Ata, the press service of the holding reported.
"Tank waltz": tests of T-80BVM and TOS-1A were shown on video
Russian main battle tanks with powerful gas turbine engines have traditionally been admired for their high-speed and maneuverable characteristics. The combat vehicles demonstrated their unique capabilities not only at the company's training ground, special screenings of international exhibitions, various tests, but also during real combat operations.
New tactical techniques of sniper pairs were shown on video
In the Rostov region, training camps for snipers of the Southern Military District were held at the Kadamovsky training ground. The servicemen practiced new tactical techniques based on the experience of modern local conflicts.
The first factory for the production of drones has been created in Russia
The Kronstadt company stressed that the center will additionally create more than 1.5 thousand jobs in the region
The Kronstadt company has created a center for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of aircraft and helicopter types in Dubna near Moscow. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the press service of the company.
Japanese space tourists would like to go into outer space
Assistant to Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa Yozo Hirano noted that if he had been given such a chance, he would have taken it
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano, who visited the ISS, admitted that they would like to go into outer space. They reported this during a conference in TASS, which is held in an online format together with Roscosmos and the CPC.
Cosmonaut Misurkin noted that it was not difficult to manage the Soyuz alone
He said that his colleagues on the crew helped him in his work - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his business assistant Yozo Hirano
Managing the Soyuz MS-20 manned spacecraft alone turned out to be easier than it seemed before the flight, cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin said during a conference in TASS, which was held in an online format together with Roscosmos and the Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC).
The cosmonaut compared a flight into space for 12 days with a race of 800-1000 meters
Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin called this distance the hardest in terms of energy consumption
Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin considered the flight for 12 days difficult in terms of energy consumption, comparing it with a race at a distance of 800-1000 meters. He expressed this opinion during a conference in TASS, which is held in an online format together with Roscosmos and the CPC.
Expert: the plant for the production of shock UAVs is a necessity for Russia
The first factory for the production of Orion and Sirius attack drones has been built in Russia. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Dmitry Litovkin commented on the event.
Shoigu: The Russian armed Forces are staffed by military personnel under a contract of almost 100%
The Russian armed forces are staffed by contract servicemen by almost 100%, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
The Pakistani cruise missile began to fly twice as far
The Pakistani military has launched a version of its Babur cruise missile with an extended range. According to the Associated Press, a munition called Babur 1B can hit targets at a distance of more than 900 kilometers. Its early version had a range of only 450 kilometers.
The Americans defended the projects of hypersonic weapons detection satellites
American companies L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman have defended the projects of hypersonic weapons detection satellites. Now they can move on to prototype production.
In Russia, the number of contract soldiers is more than twice the number of conscripts
The head of the Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, said that the Russian Armed Forces are staffed by contract servicemen by almost 100%
The Russian armed forces are staffed by contract servicemen by almost 100%, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday.
Shoigu: Russia was the first in the world to build an indoor swimming pool in the Arctic
An indoor swimming pool has been built and has already been commissioned on the island of Alexandra Land in the Arctic. This was announced by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the plenary session of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Wednesday. According to him, this is "the world's first indoor swimming pool beyond the 80th parallel."
The new portable anti-aircraft complex "Verba" was equipped with an identification system
The troops will be armed with the latest portable anti-aircraft missile system "Willow". This effective means of combating low-flying aerial objects will be delivered to the air defense units of the tank Army of the Western Military District in 2022, the press service of the ZVO reported on Wednesday.
Launch of a carrier rocket with a British communications satellite took place in Japan
According to NHK, this is the fifth launch of the H-2A with a foreign satellite or an automatic interplanetary station
The Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on Wednesday launched an H-2A carrier rocket with a communication satellite of the British telecommunications company Inmarsat. A live broadcast of the launch from the Tanegashima cosmodrome in Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan was broadcast on NHK.
Construction of a dry dock has been completed at SSK Zvezda
The new dock is one of the largest in the world, its dimensions (480 by 114 meters, depth - 14 meters) allow you to build vessels of any size and complexity.
Kronstadt JSC received the "Aircraft Builder of the Year" award for the de-icing system
The company's designers have created a unique anti-icing system that allows Orion unmanned aerial vehicles to be used in difficult weather conditions
The Kronstadt Company was awarded the "Aircraft Manufacturer of the Year" award for the creation of an anti-icing system for Orion unmanned aerial vehicles. This was reported on Monday in the company's press service.
