News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
China has successfully launched two experimental Shiyan-12 satellites
China is preparing to set a new national record for the number of launches in 2021
China on Thursday successfully launched two experimental Shiyan-12 satellites into orbit for space exploration. This was announced by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
A foreign boat with a Russian 57-mm combat module was shown on video
Combat firing boats of the KCR-60M project of the Indonesian Navy were shown on video. During the exercises, the AU-220M automatic installation, created in the joint stock company "Central Research Institute "Burevestnik" (Nizhny Novgorod), was involved among the weapons samples on board.
The Russian Navy will receive the Admiral Levchenko ship by the end of 2022
Izvestia: BOD "Admiral Levchenko" will join the fleet by the end of 2022
By the end of 2022, the Russian Navy will include a large anti-submarine ship (BOD) "Admiral Levchenko" of project 1155. The Russian Ministry of Defense has approved a plan to complete work on the ship. This is reported by the Izvestia newspaper, citing sources in the defense department.
The Russian satellite that launched the inspector burned up in the atmosphere
Kosmos-2519, from which another spacecraft had previously separated, burned up in the atmosphere. The satellite had remote sensing equipment, as well as equipment for shooting objects in space.
In the USA, they remembered Ukraine, which owned the world's largest Tu-160 fleet
The Drive: After the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine owned the world's largest fleet of Tu-160 aircraft
After the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine owned the world's largest fleet of Tu-160 strategic bombers, recalls the American edition of The Drive.
The military personnel of the Air Defense Forces received the latest Verba anti-aircraft missile systems
The servicemen of the Eastern Military District in Buryatia have received the latest portable air defense missile systems (MANPADS) "Willow", the press service of the Air Defense Ministry reports.
The Soviet T-62 tank was declassified 3 years after the start of production
Next year it will be 60 years since the start of serial production in Nizhny Tagil of the medium T-62. These tanks were produced in a "circulation" of 20,000 units.
The possibility of creating an interstellar Bussard engine has been refuted
Scientists in Austria and the USA have recognized Robert Bussard's interstellar drive as impossible
Physicists from Austria and the USA have refuted the performance of the Bussard engine, which, according to the hypothesis, can allow spacecraft to travel interstellar distances, and recognized its creation as impossible. This is reported in an article published in the journal Acta Astronautica.
In Kamchatka, fighter pilots of the Pacific Fleet landed on a "damaged" runway
The crews of MiG-31 interceptor fighters conducted piloting training in difficult weather conditions in the sky over Kamchatka, the information support department of the press service of the Eastern Military District for the Pacific Fleet told RG.
Forbes assessed the growing potential of the Black Sea Fleet
In seven years, the Russian Black Sea Fleet has been transformed. If in 2014 its capabilities could not be called outstanding, now it is a formidable force. And it's not even about new ships and coastal batteries. The main factor of the strength of the Black Sea Fleet lies in another, writes Forbes.
Mechanics-drivers of the VVO tank compound master the new Aleut snowmobiles in Buryatia
Military personnel of the VVO tank unit stationed in the Republic of Buryatia are mastering new two-link tracked floating snowmobiles of high cross-country GAZ-3344-20 "Aleut".
The state of the most reliable Russian nuclear submarine has been revealed
MT Rubin Central Design Bureau: the TK-208 Dmitry Donskoy submarine is in good condition
Igor Vilnit, General Director of the Central Design Bureau of Marine Technology (CCB MT) Rubin, in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, revealed the condition of the heavy nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine TK-208 Dmitry Donskoy of Project 941 Shark.
The timing of the Su-57's entry into the army has been named
Commander of the Air Force Chaiko: the first Su-57 will enter the Air Force in 2022
The troops of the Eastern Military District (VVO) will receive the first fifth-generation Su-57 fighters in 2022. The timing of the aircraft arrival was announced by the commander of the Air Defense Forces, Colonel-General Alexander Chaiko, during the final board of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. This is reported by RIA Novosti.
In Russia, they told about the rise in the cost of nuclear submarines
MT Rubin Central Design Bureau: the increase in the cost of submarines leads to a reduction in their number
The need to avoid the rise in the cost of the life cycle of submarines can be considered the main global trend of the last decades in the relevant industry, Igor Vilnit, General Director of the Central Design Bureau of Marine Technology (CCB MT) "Rubin", told Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
Russian missiles and drones were among the top military technologies of the year
Russian hypersonic missiles and a drone were included in the list of the main military technologies of 2021.
The French portal meta-defense analyzed the military technologies of the world powers in a geopolitical context. Not only the characteristics of the weapons were taken into account, but also how much these developments affected the defense strategy of different countries. The full list consists of ten items. Its first part has been published so far.
"Saboteurs" were caught in the Crimea and Kuzbass
Exercises to repel an attack by sabotage reconnaissance groups of a conditional enemy on military infrastructure facilities were held in formations and military units of the Black Sea Fleet, as well as in the army corps of the Southern Military District stationed in the Crimea.
Combat drones will displace manned aircraft
The test of the Russian Orion drone in air combat has become an important milestone in the development of Russia's air defense. The experiment showed that the drone is capable of hitting enemy drones, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed.
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.
