News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
The Tu-160M assembled from scratch will be lifted into the air for the first time in early 2022
According to Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov, it is also possible that a run with new NK-32 engines will be performed
Tests and the first flight of the upgraded Tu-160M strategic missile carrier assembled from scratch are planned for early next year, and a run with new NK-32 engines may also be carried out. This was announced on Thursday by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov at the UEC - Perm Motors enterprise.
India is preparing to mass produce BrahMos ALCM
India has completed testing of air-launched BrahMos missiles. On December 8, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of India reported that the last stage of testing opened the way for the serial production of ammunition in the country.
The timing of the transfer of the fourth-generation nuclear submarine "Emperor Alexander III" to the Russian Navy has been announced
They want to transfer the strategic nuclear submarine of the new generation of Project 955A to the Russian navy at the end of 2023. The launch of the ship was planned for next year.
Gerasimov: Ground forces will be equipped with new armored vehicles
In order to increase the strike capabilities, maneuverability and autonomy of combined arms formations in the interests of the Ground Forces, fundamentally new models of armored vehicles are being created on unified platforms "Armata", "Kurganets" and "Boomerang". In addition, a promising artillery complex "Coalition-SV" and a mobile anti-aircraft artillery complex "Derivation-air defense" are being developed. Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said this at a meeting with military attaches of foreign states on Thursday.
Gerasimov: The Defense Ministry is strengthening the country's aerospace defense
On Thursday, at a meeting with military attaches of foreign states, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Valery Gerasimov, told how the country's aerospace defense is being improved.
In order to increase its capabilities and detect enemy missile attacks in a timely manner, another satellite of the Unified Space System was put into orbit.
Roscosmos plans to launch 20 microsatellites for educational programs in 2022
According to the state corporation, the launch of 16 microsatellites will be carried out within the framework of the Space-Pi project
Roscosmos plans to launch about 20 microsatellites in 2022, including for leading Russian universities. This was reported on Thursday in the state corporation.
The launch of the Proton-M rocket was postponed to a backup date
Dmitry Strugovets, head of the Roscosmos press service, noted that all participants in space activities have postponed rocket launches
The launch of the Proton-M launch vehicle with the Briz-M upper stage and the Express-AMU3 and Express-AMU7 spacecraft is postponed to a backup date. This was reported on Thursday in the Telegram channel of Roscosmos.
The Atlas V rocket put the Pentagon and NASA satellites into orbit
The American Atlas V launch vehicle, launched on Tuesday, successfully launched a group of satellites into orbit in the interests of the US Space Forces and NASA, the operator company United Launch Alliance (ULA) reported.
In Russia, the S-400 was compared with the British Sky Sabre system
The Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom announced the creation of a new air defense system (air defense) Sky Sabre, which is capable of hitting small targets. Russian military expert, Colonel Sergey Khatylev compared the British development with the Russian S-400 system. This is reported by Vzglyad.
Soyuz-2 rocket delivered to Baikonur
A Soyuz-2 rocket and a head fairing for launching OneWeb spacecraft have been delivered to the Baikonur cosmodrome, according to the website of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities on Wednesday.
The USA named the best tanks of Russia
Russia inherited a large number of Soviet tanks, which were later supplemented with new developments. The best and most dangerous tanks that were released in Russia were named by columnist Caleb Larson in a material for 19FortyFive.
Built for the Pacific Fleet, the corvette "Sharp" has begun mooring tests
FAR EAST - The corvette "Sharp", built specifically for the Pacific Fleet, began to undergo mooring tests in Vladivostok at the delivery base of the Amur Shipbuilding Plant, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reports.
An unusual USSR tank with two 152 mm guns could become a reality
Tanks with two guns are now often found in computer games, and many perceive them as something fantastic. However, in real life, the designers thought about arming combat vehicles with a pair of guns, which would significantly increase their firepower.
The ground station on Hainan received data from the Gaofen-3-02 satellite
Reception, recording and transmission of data from the satellite to the station took place on November 28
The ground station in Sanya (Hainan Province, Southern China) has successfully received data from the recently launched Gaofen-3-02 Earth remote sensing satellite. This was reported by the newspaper Hainan Ribao.
Engineering and sapper units will fight in a new way
Innovations have been introduced into the tactics of the engineering and sapper units of the Central Military District (CVO) in 2021. This was announced by the head of the engineering troops of the Central Military District Dmitry Koruts.
On Baikonur, Japanese cosmotourists were held to the song "Grass at home"
For the first time in history, the crew of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft left the Cosmonaut Hotel at the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the song "Grass at Home" in Japanese. This was announced on Wednesday, December 8, Roscosmos reports in its Telegram channel.
The army told about the development of the "Terminator"
The Terminator tank support combat vehicle has successfully integrated into the 90th Guards Vitebsk-Novgorod Tank Division of the Central Military District. She gained her company status in the tactical link of one of the division's tank regiments.
"Peonies" became "Malki"
The Russian army is mastering the updated giant self-propelled guns. Yesterday, December 7, the press service of Uralvagonzavod reported that the first batch of 203-mm self-propelled guns 2S7M "Malka" was transferred to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Great Britain lifted the sunken F-35 from the bottom before Russia
The United Kingdom, the United States and Italy have raised from the bottom of the Mediterranean the sunken fifth-generation fighter F-35 Lightning II, which got there in November after the crash of the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, reports The Drive.
Glavkosmos called the lottery an unsuccessful way to promote flights to the ISS
The drawing is more suitable for suborbital flights, said the company's CEO Dmitry Loskutov
The lottery draw is suitable for suborbital flights, but is an unsuccessful way to promote flights to the International Space Station. This opinion was expressed during the broadcast of the launch of the Soyuz MS-20 manned spacecraft on the Roscosmos-TV channel by the CEO of Glavkosmos (part of Roscosmos) Dmitry Loskutov.