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Source: new Russian helicopter carriers will be armed with unmanned boats
With the help of an onboard sonar station and magnetometers, they will independently detect and identify sea mines
The universal landing helicopter carriers (UDC) of the project 23900 "Ivan Rogov" and "Mitrofan Moskalenko", which are being built at JSC "B. E. Butoma Shipbuilding Plant" (Kerch), will be equipped with mine-free unmanned boats (BEC) of Russian design. This was reported to TASS by a source in the shipbuilding industry.
Tests of the deep-sea rescue vehicle AS-36 began on SF
The crew of the autonomous inhabited deep-sea rescue vehicle AS-36 "Bester" of the emergency rescue detachment of the Northern Fleet (SF) has started testing in the Kola Bay of the Barents Sea. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry on Friday, December 17.
In the Sea of Japan, the Admiral Panteleev BOD destroyed an enemy submarine
The large anti-submarine ship (BOD) "Admiral Panteleev" of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) conducted an exercise to search for and destroy a submarine of a conditional enemy in the waters of the Sea of Japan, Ilya Kolesnikov, head of the information support department of the press service of the Air Defense for the Pacific Fleet, told RG.
The Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation turned 62 years old
The Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces) turned 62 on Friday, December 17. It was on December 17, 1959 that the General Staff of the Strategic Missile Forces was formed and the post of Commander-in-Chief of the missile forces was established.
A meeting of the Board of Directors of PJSC "Tupolev" was held
On December 16, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC "Tupolev" Rustam Minnikhanov chaired the Board of Directors of PJSC "Tupolev" (part of the United Aircraft Corporation of Rostec State Corporation).
The timing of the "Sarmatians" on combat duty has been announced
Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces Karakaev: the first regiment "Sarmatov" will be on duty by the end of 2022
The first regiment of the newest Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles "Sarmat" will take up combat duty at the end of 2022. The commander of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) told about this on the air of the Zvezda TV channel Sergey Karakaev, RIA Novosti reports.
The differences between the S-500 and the S-400 are named
The S-500 Prometheus anti-missile system is a close relative of the famous S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft system, but with a narrow specialization and wide capabilities. If Triumph is engaged in air defense, then Prometheus is mainly anti-missile. His ammunition is too expensive to waste on ordinary targets. The S-500 works with complex threats that are inaccessible to other systems.
IL-78 entered the top 10 most popular tanker aircraft in the world
The share of Russian machines accounted for 4% of the global fleet of aircraft of this type
The Russian Il-78 took the sixth place in the ranking of the ten most popular tanker aircraft in the world, compiled by the leading profile magazine Flight Global. The top 10 is published in the directory World Air Forces 2022, available to TASS.
Serial deliveries of the KUB-UAV strike drone to the troops may begin in 2022
ZALA Aero reported that the new barrage munition has successfully completed state tests
Serial deliveries to the troops of a new attack drone - the KUB-UAV barrage ammunition, developed by ZALA Aero (part of the Kalashnikov Group of companies), may begin in 2022. This was reported by the company's press service.
China has started mass production of fifth-generation aircraft
China has increased production of fifth-generation Chengdu J-20 fighters
Chengdu Aircraft Industrial Group has announced an increase in the pace of production of fifth-generation aircraft. In the fourth quarter of 2021, the demand for Chengdu J-20 fighters from the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) increased. This is reported by Military Watch.
Karakaev: There are more nuclear warheads in the stationary grouping of the Strategic Missile Forces than in the mobile one
The commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, Colonel-General Sergei Karakaev, spoke about the ratio of mobile and stationary strategic complexes in the Missile Forces.
According to him, the missile systems of stationary mine-based Avangard, Voevoda, Stiletto, Topol-M and Yars are now in service with the Strategic Missile Forces. And the mobile-based grouping includes mobile soil complexes "Topol", "Topol-M" and "Yars".
Military aircraft performed 200 refueling operations in the sky over Chelyabinsk
Crews of three types of aircraft performed about two hundred refueling from the IL-78 air tanker during exercises in the Chelyabinsk region.
36 RVSN regiments are equipped with modern missile systems
The commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, Colonel-General Sergei Karakaev, told how the fleets of strategic missile launchers are being updated.
According to him, of the eight divisions equipped with mobile missile systems, six have already completed rearmament. In addition, the re-equipment of the stationary-based Yars complex in the Kozelsky compound continues.
The US Navy has adopted the destroyer (DDG-118) "Daniel Inue" of the Arleigh Burke class
The command of the US Navy announced on December 8 at the naval base "Pearl Harbor" the ceremony of commissioning into the fleet of the destroyer URO (DDG-118) "Daniel Inue" class "Arlie Burke".
Amphibious AAV became land-based
After half a century of service, AAV landing vehicles lost their main feature — the ability to move through the water. December 17, portal defensenews.com He reported that the US Marine Corps has imposed a ban on the use of these armored personnel carriers as a watercraft.
"Voivode" will be replaced by "Sarmatians" in 2022
The Strategic Missile Forces plan to begin the phased replacement of heavy ballistic missiles "Voevoda" with a new generation ICBM "Sarmat" in 2022. The first new weapon will receive the Uzhur rocket compound near Krasnoyarsk.
Cosmonaut Skvortsov did not rule out that he could deliver the following tourists to orbit
Two non-professional participants of the flight are currently on board the ISS - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his business assistant Yozo Hirano
Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov did not rule out that he could become the next pilot to fly into orbit with space tourists.
An unusual "jet trailer" was shown at the exercises of the ZVO
At the exercises of the units of the Western Military District, a lightly armored multi-purpose MT-LB tractor was seen towing a trailer with an unusual cargo - a UR-83P rocket launcher.
Previously, this younger brother of the UR-77 Meteor self-propelled complex, also known as the Serpent Gorynych, was moved with the help of cross-country vehicles. For example, recently KAMAZ-5350 all-terrain vehicles have been used for this purpose. Previously, ZiL-131 were used, in the bodies of which two sets were placed at once.
UAC will ensure stable loading of Beriev TANKC due to orders for Be-200ChS
The United Aircraft Corporation (part of Rostec State Corporation) will ensure the expansion of production capacities for the implementation of the Be-200CHS program at the Beriev TANTK.
F-35 will receive upgraded electronic warfare equipment
Defense Blog: BAE Systems has received a contract to modernize the electronic warfare system of F-35 aircraft
BAE Systems has received a contract for the modernization of electronic warfare equipment of fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft. The aircraft will receive upgraded jamming equipment. This is reported by the Defense Blog.
