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Participants of forums and social networks were surprised by a photo of a Ukrainian T-64BV tank, which was disguised with bed linen. It was noted that one car can take three or four sheets, therefore, it is possible to calculate how much is needed for a battalion of four dozen cars or for an entire brigade, where there are ninety-four units.

The first upgraded Tu-160M strategic missile carrier built from scratch will be handed over to the military for testing ahead of schedule.

At the end of last week, Denis Manturov visited the Kazan Aviation Plant, where the Tu-160M will be mass-produced.

More than 20 Russian ships, including carriers of high-precision missile weapons, made the transition from the Sea of Japan to the Sea of Okhotsk as part of the exercises, the Eastern Military District (VVO) reported on Monday.

At the Alabino training ground in the Moscow region, more than 300 gunners of the tank association of the Western Military District conducted live firing from self-propelled howitzers "Msta-S" and towed howitzers "Msta-B" as part of a tactical exercise of the winter training period, the press service of the ZVO reports.

The spacecraft launched on February 5 in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was launched into the target orbit and taken over by the ground facilities of the Main Test Space Center named after G.S. Titov of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces.

Speaking about the combat qualities of the Russian Su-57 fighter, comparing it in air combat with the F-22 and F-35, they often overlook the outstanding capabilities of the Russian fighter in the field of hitting targets on the ground. Meanwhile, they are impressive and significantly surpass the capabilities of analogues from China and the United States, writes Military Watch.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, new units and units of the mobile air defense reserve will be formed as part of the Southern Military District.

Ars Technica considered that the American Falcon 9 is the most reliable rocket in the world

Russian Soyuz rockets are the "kings of all rockets" in terms of the total number of launches, but they are inferior in reliability to the American Falcon 9, according to Eric Berger, a columnist for the American publication Ars Technica.

NASA has been preparing to save on the ISS since 2028

NASA is preparing to save money on the International Space Station (ISS), follows from the report of the American Space Agency, which drew the attention of SpaceNews.

The Soyuz-ST-B carrier rocket with British OneWeb communications satellites is installed at the launch complex of the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana, Glavkosmos (part of Roscosmos) reported.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a multibillion-dollar bill with a slight margin aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the United States in relation to China and stimulating the production of semiconductor products in the United States.

In the Sverdlovsk region, calculations of launchers of the mobile nuclear missile complex "Yars" of the Teikov division of the Strategic Missile Forces went to the combat patrol routes.

As reported to the correspondent of "RG" in the Ministry of Defense, during the exercises, strategic rocket scientists, among other things, are practicing the covert withdrawal of missile systems to field positions. Everything is happening as it would be done during the war.

The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Thursday successfully launched into orbit a batch of 49 mini-satellites designed to continue the deployment of the global network of Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX reported.

During the process of combat coordination of units of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus, an unusual device was noticed on one of the T-72B3 tanks involved in the exercises, put on a multi-channel sight of the gunner "Sosna-U".

19FortyFive stated that the Su-27 fighter was created as a "killer" of the American F-15

The Russian Su-27 fighter was created in the 1980s as a "killer" of the American F-15 Eagle and F-14 Tomcat, writes Brent Eastwood, a columnist for the American publication 19FortyFive.

The camp gathering of motorized rifle artillery units started at the combined arms training ground of the Southern Military District (SE) Prudboy near Volgograd, the press service of the district reported on Friday.

Russian tankers used the "tank carousel" at the exercises in Brest

The crews of Russian tanks used the "tank carousel" technique as part of the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State. The maneuvers of the Russian and Belarusian military were shown on video. The footage is published by RIA Novosti.

A training on missile strike control with calculations of operational-tactical missile systems (OTRK) Iskander was held in Primorsky Krai, the press service of the Eastern Military District reported on Friday.

Crews of a detachment of warships of the Northern Fleet conducted an air defense exercise in the Atlantic. This was announced on Thursday, February 3, by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

For the first time, the Military Training Center at the Ural Federal University (UrFU) received a cool simulator of the anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex "Pantsir-S".