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Alexey Podberezkin, director of the MGIMO Center for Military and Political Studies, explained what the successful tests of the Zircon hypersonic missile from a nuclear submarine say on Sputnik radio.

The first successful launch of the Zircon hypersonic missile from the Severodvinsk submarine indicates that the tests are on schedule and the Russian Navy will receive the missiles on time. This was announced on October 4 by Admiral-submariner, former commander of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation Vladimir Valuev.

Crews will perform combat training tasks for their intended purpose in difficult conditions

A heterogeneous grouping of ships of the Caspian Flotilla went to sea to pass the final inspection for the 2021 academic year, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) reported on Monday.

Divisions of anti-ship coastal missile systems "BAL" and "Bastion" of the Baltic Fleet are practicing a missile strike on the ships of a conditional enemy on the coast of the Kaliningrad region.

The American fleet was replenished with another destroyer. October 4, portal defence-blog.com He reported that the christening ceremony of the Carl M. Levin ship took place at the Bath Iron Works shipyard located in Bath (Maine).

In Australia, the first full-scale target was demonstrated, copying the appearance of the Russian T-14 tank on the ARMATA heavy unified platform.

At the end of last month, GaardTech posted a photo of this sample on its Twitter page and described it as a "robotic opponent of the 5th generation."

A number of technical problems have been identified on the International Space Station (ISS) that interfere with the normal operation of its Russian segment. This was announced on October 4 at the conference "Scientific Space of the XXI century: challenges, solutions, breakthroughs" by the head of the flight segment of the station, Deputy general designer of the rocket and space corporation ENERGIA Vladimir Solovyov.

Only 10% of this amount of real money was spent, the corporation noted

The cost of the International Space Station (ISS), according to independent estimates, currently amounts to about $ 150 billion. This was stated on Monday by Vladimir Solovyov, General Designer of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) ENERGIA, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, at the conference "Scientific Space of the XXI Century: Challenges, Solutions, Breakthroughs" at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

General designer of the corporation Vladimir Solovyov suggested that in a year the manipulator will work brilliantly

A number of problems are now observed in the operation of the ERA manipulator, which is installed on the multipurpose laboratory module "Science" of the International Space Station. This was announced on Monday by twice Hero of the Soviet Union, General Designer of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) ENERGIA, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Solovyov.

According to Vladimir Solovyov, the general designer of RSC Energia, now 80% of the equipment in the Russian segment is beyond resources

Russia cannot fully use one of the docking nodes of the ISS due to leaks in the transition chamber of the ZVEZDA module.

The modules of the American segment of the International Space Station (ISS) have about 250 serious technical comments. This was announced on October 4 by Vladimir Solovyov, General Designer of the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, at a conference at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Over 2,500 new weapons and military equipment were received by the Ground Forces this year, Commander-in-Chief Oleg Salyukov said.

The upgraded Mi-28NM attack helicopter made its first flight on October 12, 2016

A batch of the latest Mi-28NM "Night Hunter" attack helicopters has been delivered to the troops as part of the state defense order. This is stated in an infographic published on Friday in the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

The pistol complex has improved ergonomic characteristics, increased accuracy and accuracy of firing, high barrel life, said the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, Army General Oleg Salyukov.

Strike robotic complexes "Uran-9" will be put into trial operation in the Ground Forces from 2022, in the near future they are planned to be put into service, said the commander-in-chief of this type of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Oleg Salyukov.

The Iranian army has transferred a brigade of the 16th Armored Division armed with "Chieftain" tanks to the border with Azerbaijan. These combat vehicles purchased in the UK before the Islamic Revolution, of course, cannot be considered modern, although some of them underwent modernization, including the installation of 840-horsepower B-84 engines from T-72S, improved sights, including night sights.

The reasons for this decision are not reported

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) postponed the launch of the Epsilon-5 launch vehicle with nine satellites, including the Vietnamese NanoDragon spacecraft, scheduled for Friday. This is stated in the JAXA message.

He delivered about 2.9 tons of cargo to Earth from the ISS

The Dragon cargo ship of the American company SpaceX landed on water in the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of Florida on Thursday evening. This was reported on Twitter by SpaceX.

The Royal Navy of Great Britain tested the launches of drones from an aircraft carrier of the Queen Elizabeth type. A jet unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was launched from the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales. This is reported by the UK Defense Journal.

Specialists of the communications troops of the Eastern Military District (VVO) conducted a large-scale radio training.

During the exercises, they worked out ensuring stable and continuous communication between the control points of the association.