News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov have begun a seven-hour spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS), the first this year.

The French CAESAR howitzer made a record shot and hit the target at a distance of 46 km

The French self-propelled artillery installation (ACS) CAESAR made a record shot. A howitzer on a wheeled chassis hit two targets at a distance of more than 46 kilometers, which is a record for this self-propelled gun. The car used an Excalibur projectile. This is reported by Army Recognition with reference to the company Raytheon Missiles & Defense.

Armament specialists conducted an RPG-7 test, which clearly showed how a grenade launcher shot breaks through various obstacles, including a series of glass windows, sandbags and a building wall.

The RPG-7 was designed to fight tanks, but local conflicts have shown that this weapon is effectively used for other purposes. The authors of the video decided to find out in practice what is capable of stopping a grenade launcher shot.

Uzbekistan has mastered the production of drones for troops and the civilian sector. According to the press service of the State Defense Industry Committee, a vertical take-off/landing drone and a quadcopter are manufactured under the name LOCHIN.

Military personnel of the army corps of the Baltic Fleet conduct live firing exercises from the guns of T-72B3 tanks at a training ground in the Kaliningrad region, the press service of the Baltic Fleet reported.

The US Army was supplied with the first batch of Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) armored vehicles. They were developed as a replacement for the outdated M113 armored personnel carrier.

This may indicate that the rocks of Gale crater were formed in conditions similar to those on Earth. But in order to assert this, additional conditions are needed

The Curiosity rover measured the proportions of carbon isotopes in Martian methane molecules extracted from several dozen samples of Martian rocks. Its isotopic composition turned out to be close to the gas produced by terrestrial bacteria, the results of the study were published by the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

At the beginning of March 1995, the Chechen capital was mostly liberated from militants. Only a few areas on the outskirts remained under their control, but even there it was planned to carry out sweeps by the forces of internal troops, which were to be given tanks.

TAI plans to produce two Hürjet aircraft per month from 2025

In the next two months, Turkey will present an improved Hürjet combat aircraft. After 2025, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) plans to produce two aircraft per month. Plans for the release of a new aircraft were revealed by the head of TAI Temel Kotil, reports Daily Sabah.

They will work out the tasks of covert movement and hitting targets, as well as modern experience in conducting local conflicts

More than two thousand servicemen of the Western Military District are involved in live firing exercises in the Leningrad Region. This was reported to journalists on Tuesday in the press service of the district.

The new Tu-160M2 strategic bomber received a ticket to the sky

On January 12, the first Tu-160M2 strategic bomber built in the post-Soviet period took to the air. The flight took place at an altitude of 600 meters and lasted half an hour.

The exercises with the participation of 1 thousand servicemen began at the mountain ranges of the Russian military base in Tajikistan, the press service of the Central Military District reports.

The crews of Su-25 attack aircraft worked out the destruction of a simulated enemy in exercises

The crews of the assault aviation of the Eastern Military District (VVO) worked out the destruction of equipment and fortifications of the conditional enemy. Pilots of Russian Su-25 attack aircraft used bombs and cannon weapons during exercises in Primorsky Krai. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the VVO.

The most common ceremonial weapon in the world is the Simonov self-loading carbine. The weekly "Zvezda" figured out what symbolizes the weapons that are armed with honor guards in the armies of various countries of the world.

A new Hephaestus training complex has been commissioned at the S.O.Makarov Pacific Higher Naval School, designed to train naval specialists in the fight for the survivability of a surface ship and a submarine in emergency situations.

Roselectronics Holding of Rostec State Corporation is implementing the IIoT.ISTOK industrial Internet of Things platform at the production complex of the United Aircraft Corporation in the Novosibirsk Region.

Rostec is preparing to launch serial production of Ka-62 multipurpose helicopters.

In November last year, the car completed a big stage in its history - it received a type certificate, and in 2022 the first deliveries of the Ka-62 to customers are already planned.

As noted in the press service of the Central Military District, in the coming days they will take up combat duty in the regions of the Urals and the Volga region

For the first time, the troops of the Central Military District (CVO) have been equipped with deeply modernized Nebo-T radar stations, which will take up combat duty in the regions of the Urals and the Volga region. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the Central Military District.

The presence of hypersonic Zircon missiles in Russia makes it unnecessary to deploy military infrastructure, in particular, in Latin America, believes the head of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrei Kartapolov.

In the units of the Vietnamese People's Army, unusual models of military equipment were used during combat training. For example, enemy armored vehicles were designated samples that only vaguely resemble real tanks.