News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Russia is increasing the combat effectiveness of MiG-31 interceptor fighters. The task of the upgraded aircraft will be to protect the northern borders of Russia. This is reported by TASS with reference to the Honored Pilot of Russia, Major General Vladimir Popov.

China has successfully placed the Zhongxing-1D telecommunications satellite into geosynchronous orbit of the Earth, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) announced on Friday.

The launch was the 399th for the Long March series launch vehicles

China has successfully launched the Zhongxing-1D satellite from the Xichang Cosmodrome in the southwestern province of Sichuan. This was reported on Friday by the Xinhua news agency.

They were opened at 22:39 Moscow time

Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov opened the transfer hatches and moved to the new Russian module "Berth" on the ISS. This was reported on Twitter by Roscosmos.

The NGO of Mechanical Engineering did not comment on this information to TASS

Reutov NPO of Mechanical Engineering has started fulfilling a contract for the serial production of the latest hypersonic cruise missiles "Zircon" for the Russian Navy (Navy). This was reported to TASS by a source close to the military department.

The Russian submarine Kursk, wrecked in August 2000 in the Barents Sea, could not sink due to a collision with American submarines, because it was significantly larger than them. The impossibility of destroying a Russian vessel by US submarines is explained by the Polish edition of Defence24.

On November 27, Russia celebrates the Day of the Marine Corps - one of the most combat-ready formations of the Russian army.

For more than 300 years of history, these troops have taken part in many fateful battles.

The unit of the Eastern Military District (VVO) will receive multiple launch rocket systems "Tornado-S".

The Russian Defense Ministry has decided to supply new weapons. This is reported by Izvestia with reference to sources in the military department.

At the plant named after. Sverdlov for the production of ammunition and explosives in Dzerzhinsk (Nizhny Novgorod region), a fire alarm went off, and then several explosions occurred, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation reported on Saturday.

Roscosmos will develop a new manned and spacecraft for the new orbital station, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin said.

Russia has completed the assembly of its segment of the International Space Station. Yesterday, on November 26, the press services of Roscosmos and NASA announced the successful docking of the Berth module to the ISS.

The receipt by the 448th Missile Brigade of the Iskander-M operational and tactical missile systems, which is part of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Western Military District, completed the process of rearmament of missile units of the Russian Ground Forces, writes the Military-Industrial Courier.

Turkish Bayraktar TB2 is becoming a bestseller in the world of unmanned aviation. On November 26, Baykar Technologies boasted of the achievements of its brainchild — among them a total flight time of 400,000 hours and supply contracts from 13 countries.

In the space sphere, it is important not to allow interruptions in the development of technologies, and therefore Roscosmos will go into a kind of "technological overlap," said Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the state corporation, in the 17th issue of the Internet program "Chronicle of Russian Space. The General Manager's line".

The T-14 Armata was demonstrated for the first time without a protective turret casing. One of the combat vehicles was caught in the lenses in the workshop of Uralvagonzavod (as part of the Concern UVZ is part of the Rostec State Corporation) during a visit to this enterprise famous for its products by Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko.

The press service of Roscosmos clarified that "according to the time of the Guiana Space Center, it will be 21:31 on December 1"

The launch of the Soyuz-ST-B carrier rocket with two Galileo FOC spacecraft is scheduled for 03:31 Moscow Time on December 2 (21:31 December 1 local time). This was reported to journalists in the press service of Roscosmos.

Russian generals ignore the "cold shower" on the Pantsir anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPC) and other air defense systems (air defense) from Israeli Harop barrage ammunition and Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones, says the Polish edition of Defence24.

"Train number zero" was no different from ordinary freight trains. It was not supposed to know what he was transporting. On November 28, 1989, the combat railway missile system "Molodets" began to run in the USSR. The details are at Radio Sputnik.

As the head of Roscosmos noted, "miracles are born there"

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin expressed the opinion that "the whole world" should be interested in space.

For the first time in recent history, the large landing ship "Azov" of the Black Sea Fleet was awarded the aft St. George naval flag in memory of the victory won by the battleship "Azov" in the Battle of Navarino in 1827. The ceremony took place at the pier of the Sevastopol sea station. Before that, the flag was consecrated in the Vladimir Cathedral - the tomb of the admirals.