News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Military expert Clark called the Russian nuclear submarine K-329 "Belgorod" a killer of cities

The Russian nuclear submarine K-329 Belgorod is capable of causing "incredible chaos" and destruction in the UK, said defense expert Rob Clark of the Henry Jackson Society. His words are quoted by the Daily Star newspaper.

The Drive: Chinese satellite Shijian-21 moved the BeiDou spacecraft to another orbit

The Chinese satellite Shijian-21 captured another, spent spacecraft of the BeiDou navigation system, and moved it from geostationary orbit to the burial orbit, writes The Drive.

The artillery of the US Army is inferior in combat capabilities to similar weapons of Russia and China. Calculations for the support of infantry and marines only by aircraft and helicopters, taking into account the development of air defense systems, did not come true.

In the early 70s, the most modern tank of the People's Liberation Army of China was the Type 59, which was, in fact, a clone of the Soviet T-54A, launched in a series back in 1955.

At this time, the Armed Forces of the USSR and Western states continued to receive new generation equipment: T-64A, AMX-30, Leopard, Chieftain. Work has also begun on Leopard 2 and XM803.

As part of the continuation of the implementation of the Federal Target Program on the territory of the Novorossiysk Naval Base (NWMB) of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet), the construction of modern logistics facilities (MTO) continues.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that by the end of 2021, 69 new outstanding achievements were included in the Book of Records of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The Su-35 was called the most combat-ready fighter of Russia, which can hit targets at distances twice as large as the aircraft of the North Atlantic Alliance. Attention to the characteristics of domestic fighters turned out to be riveted after the Russian Aerospace Forces transferred the Su-35S to Belarusian airfields.

On Friday, January 28, at a meeting of the operational headquarters of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation to combat a new coronavirus infection, Deputy Chief of the Main Military Medical Directorate, Major General of the Medical Service Maxim Kuandykov reported to First Deputy Minister of Defense Ruslan Tsalikov on the widespread introduction in military medical institutions of a new method of testing for covid, developed in the departmental 27 Central Research Institute.

All engine tests were successful

NPO Energomash last year transferred the first RD-171MV engine to the Progress Rocket and Space Center for testing. This was announced by the CEO of NPO Energomash Igor Arbuzov.

Vietnam has tested a self-propelled anti-ship missile launcher of its own design, made on the chassis of the KAMAZ all-terrain vehicle.

At the same time, apparently, the version of the Russian anti-ship missile "Uran-E" produced by the local defense industry, which has the designation VCM-01, was used.

The submarine was transferred to the Navy on December 21, 2021

The nuclear submarine "Prince Oleg" of the Borei-A project has begun the transition to the Northern Fleet. This was reported to journalists on Friday in the press service of Sevmash.

The Prince Oleg submarine missile carrier, built on Sevmash and accepted into the Navy in December 2021, left the place of its birth and went to the temporary base for the Northern Fleet.

This transition is planned, expected and necessary in order for the crew of a strategic missile cruiser to fully master the skills of managing it, work out and pass the training and course tasks necessary to enter the ship and crew into the permanent readiness forces.

The first high-quality video of the combat duty of PLA Navy fighters on the artificial Yunshu Reef (Fiery Cross) in the disputed Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea has appeared on the Web. The J-11 and Su-30MK fighters are on duty there in pairs on a rotational basis.

Space Micro will develop a terminal for transmitting data from the F-35 to the satellite

Air Force (Air Force) The United States has entrusted Space Micro with the development of a terminal that allows data to be transmitted from a maneuvering fighter like the F-35 Lightning II to a geostationary satellite at a speed of about 10 gigabits per second, writes the American edition of The Drive.

The MiG-31 interceptor fighter rolled out of the runway in the Novgorod region, no one was injured, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Military Watch: Su-35S aircraft are among the most combat-ready Russian fighters

The Su-35S planes transferred to Belarus are named the most combat-ready fighters of Russia in the publication of the American edition of Military Watch.

The heavy nuclear missile cruiser "Peter the Great" has worked out the air defense of the main base of the Northern Fleet, the press service of the fleet told reporters.​

During the exercises in Severomorsk, the heavy nuclear missile cruiser "Peter the Great" was able to repel an "attack" from the air of a conditional enemy, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Northern Fleet.

19FortyFive: the Russian Su-57 can be called a fifth-generation fighter with a stretch

The Russian Su-57 can be called a fifth-generation fighter with a stretch, since it lags behind the F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning II and J-20 combat stealth aircraft, 19FortyFive believes.

19FortyFive: The German Panzer VIII Maus is the worst tank in history

The "worst of the worst" tanks in world history is the German Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus, writes 19FortyFive.