News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Chinese electric cars are rapidly getting cheaper. They are already half the price of European models with similar characteristics.

The Russian government has approved the experimental launch of unmanned cargo transportation on the M-11 Neva highway - between Moscow and St. Petersburg.

The document provides for the active introduction of six key innovations into production practice: artificial intelligence, robotics, the Internet of Things, augmented reality technologies, new production and communication technologies. They, in turn, will help to increase labor productivity, reduce the cost of production and accelerate the introduction of goods to the market.

The frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov" made the transition to the White Sea as part of the program of testing modern naval weapons, the press service of the fleet reported on Monday.

In the 80s, China offered tanks to foreign buyers, which were the development of the Soviet T-54 tank created three decades ago. Even the newest Type 80 at that time largely repeated the design of its predecessors, differing from them only in the chassis. In order to compete confidently in the international arms markets, a new generation of equipment was needed.

The USA, Russia and China remain the strongest and most protected countries in the world. On November 1, the Global Firepower analytical center published a rating of the strongest armies in the world according to data for 2021.

The most important issue that stands in the first place within the 240-day isolation experiment is the safety of the crew, said Mark Belakovsky

Participants of the 240-day SIRIUS isolation experiment can withdraw from it at any time without explanation. This was told to TASS by the chief project manager Mark Belakovsky.

During the experiment, it is planned to test the technology of a "kinetic impact" on an asteroid

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) The United States is preparing to test several systems to protect the Earth from asteroids. This was announced by the head of the NASA profile department, Lindley Johnson, on Thursday at a briefing on the upcoming launch of the DART probe (Double Asteroid Redirection Test).

In the second half of the 90s, projects of a new generation of tanks were being worked out in Poland, one of the versions, which received the preliminary designation PT-97, had some similarities with the T-14 Armata.

Three officers of the American nuclear submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22), which collided with a seamount in the South China Sea, were removed from their posts on Thursday, November 4, after the investigation was completed due to loss of confidence. This is reported by USNI News with reference to the statement of the American navy.

The United States is "woefully far behind" Russia and China in terms of the size of the icebreaker fleet. US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas complained about the lack of icebreakers, TASS reports.

The US Navy has transferred the equipping of Zumwalt-type stealth destroyers with medium-range hypersonic missiles. American sailors will receive the first ship with new weapons no earlier than fiscal year 2025. This is reported by The Drive.

At the end of the day on November 4, with reference to the top officials in the command of the US Navy, two messages came about the causes of the emergency with the American nuclear submarine USS Connecticut in the South China Sea and about who and what responsibility was incurred for what happened.

European astronauts can start flying into space again on Russian ships after the conclusion of an agreement on cross-flights between Roscosmos and NASA, the official representative of the European Space Agency Rene Pichel told Interfax.

Modernization costs will exceed 2 billion rubles

The state Corporation Roscosmos plans to modernize simulators for training astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) for 2 billion rubles, it follows from the materials of the public procurement portal.

At the latest exercises at the Kapustin Yar training ground, improved ammunition for the S-300V4 anti-aircraft system was tested.

On November 5, 1976, the missile cruiser "Moscow" was laid down, then it was called "Glory". This is the lead ship of Project 1164 "Atlant". After the decommissioning of the Project 1123 anti-submarine cruiser Moskva, the ship inherited his name.

In the Pacific Fleet in 2021, according to the results of combat training, 27 military units were awarded the honorary name "Shock".

The American army has begun to master a new generation of tank shells. Yesterday, November 4, the portal defence-blog.com He reported that at the Yuma training ground (Arizona), the first crews of Abrams tanks fired M1147 ammunition.

The Russian Defense Ministry has tested an improved version of the S-300V4, equipped with new missiles. Among other things, they worked out the interception of hypersonic blocks.