News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
The new project 12700 minesweeper "Alexandrite" will be laid on September 9
The mine defense ship "Afanasy Ivannikov", which belongs to the project 12700" Alexandrite", will be laid in St. Petersburg on September 9. This was reported to journalists on September 6 in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The commander-in-Chief of the Navy: the Grad ship with Kalibr missiles will be launched before the end of September
The Gorky Zelenodolsk Plant will launch a small Grad rocket ship of the project 21631 (Buyan-M), armed with Kalibr missiles, by the end of September, the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Evmenov said.
The newest ship "Vladimir Yemelyanov" made of composite arrived at the place of permanent basing in Sevastopol
The newest mine defense ship "Vladimir Yemelyanov"arrived in Sevastopol after the transition from the Baltic to the Black Sea Fleet.
The Buran spacecraft will be returned to Russia
Specialists of the Molniya Research and Production Association are preparing to return the Buran spacecraft to Russia. Representatives of the company that developed the ship visited the Baikonur cosmodrome to inspect the infrastructure and the orbiter itself, according to the official website of the NGO Molniya.
The latest American and Russian nuclear submarines were compared
The American magazine Popular Mechanics, referring to the analysis conducted by Naval News, compared the latest nuclear submarines (submarines), which are available to the US Navy (Navy) and the Russian Navy (Navy).
Zelensky boasted about the creation of non-existent weapons in Ukraine
In recent years, Ukraine has started producing its own planes and helicopters again, President Vladimir Zelensky said during his speech at Stanford University. The broadcast was conducted on the Facebook page of the office of the Ukrainian leader.
Kalashnikov said that the AK-12 adapts to the anthropometry of any serviceman
The AK-12 submachine gun was developed as a new standard model of small arms of the Russian army
The latest 5.45-millimeter AK-12 assault rifle, supplied to the Armed Forces of Russia, adapts to the anthropometric data of each serviceman. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the Kalashnikov Group of Companies (GC).
The Czech Republic will abandon the Soviet BMP
The Czech military plans to abandon the Soviet-designed infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs). The British company BAE Systems has confirmed its application for the supply of the CV90 BMP. The new vehicles will replace the BVP-2-a licensed copy of the Soviet BMP-2. This is reported by the Army Recognition portal.
Russian ships will be equipped with hypersonic "Zircons" after the decision of the Ministry of Defense - the head of the USC
The new Russian hypersonic missiles "Zircon" will be installed on Russian ships after the relevant decision of the military, the head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) Alexey Rakhmanov said in an interview with Interfax on Friday.
USC completes the relocation of the main office to St. Petersburg-Rakhmanov
JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) will complete the transfer of the main office to St. Petersburg this fall, about 1.5 billion rubles will be spent on the move, the head of USC Alexey Rakhmanov told Interfax on Friday.
USC expects to build a large series of multi-purpose nuclear submarines of the Yasen-M project-Rakhmanov
The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) plans to build a large series of multi-purpose nuclear submarines of the Yasen-M project equipped with cruise missiles, the head of USC Alexey Rakhmanov said in an interview with Interfax on Friday.
The command flights were conducted on strategic missile carriers
Commander flights were conducted at the Engels airfield in the Saratov region under the leadership of the commander of the unit, Major General Oleg Pchela. The crews of more than 10 Tu-160 and Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers took part in them.
Tests of the nuclear submarines Generalissimo Suvorov and Krasnoyarsk will begin in 2022 - the head of the USC
The tests of the strategic missile submarine of the Borei-A project Generalissimo Suvorov and the multi-purpose nuclear submarine of the Yasen-M project Krasnoyarsk are scheduled for 2022, the head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) Alexey Rakhmanov said in an interview with Interfax on Friday.
Rostec will supply the Ministry of Emergency Situations with four Arctic Mi-8AMTSh-VA
The Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (U-UAZ) of the Russian Helicopters holding and the Ministry of Emergency Situations signed an agreement for the supply of four Mi-8AMTSh-VA Arctic helicopters within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum.
"Varshavyanka" headed for the Far East
Two "Varshavyanka" went to the Pacific Ocean. On September 3, the TASS news agency reported that the diesel-electric submarines of project 636.3 "Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky" and "Volkhov", which were part of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy, are making the transition from the Baltic Sea to the place of permanent basing.
The manufacturer revealed the features of the AK-12
The manufacturer of the new Russian AK-12 assault rifle, which is supplied to the military, has revealed the features of the AK-12. The ergonomic automatic can be adapted to the anthropometric parameters of each serviceman. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Kalashnikov Group of Companies (GC).
The truck was dressed in armor and armed with a machine gun
The family of equipment based on the armored car K-4386 "Typhoon-airborne" (4X4), created in JSC "Remdiesel", continues to increase.
Baltflot planes bombed the "enemy" before the exercise "West-2021"
The crews of Su-24 bombers and Su-30SM multi-purpose fighters of the Baltic Fleet in the Kaliningrad Region carried out high-precision bombing attacks on important objects of the imaginary enemy.
Artillery novelties for the Turkish Navy
The development of weapons for the national fleet continues in Turkey. On September 3, the Turkish state-owned company Makine Kimya Endüstri (MKE) presented a 76-mm naval artillery installation and a 20-mm anti-aircraft art complex at the IDEF-2021 weapons exhibition. As the portal notes navalnews.com if information about the creation of a gun for the Navy has already appeared in the press, then the new anti-aircraft art complex turned out to be a surprise for most specialists.
The first pepper grown in space bloomed on the ISS
Pepper bloomed for the first time on board the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced on Friday, September 3, by American astronaut Megan MacArthur.