News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The pace of China's development of its own weapons is impressive, Beijing can outpace the United States and Russia, said John Hyten, deputy chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Armed Forces, speaking at a meeting with a Washington Group of military observers.

FAR EAST - Missile strike control training with calculations of operational tactical missile systems (OTRK) "Iskander" was held in Primorye, the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO) reports.

The Indian Armed Forces launched the Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at night. During the tests, the rocket covered a distance of more than 5,000 kilometers. This is reported by Army Recognition.

Currently, the issue of arming ships with these unmanned vehicles is being worked out. Kamikaze drones, or, as they are officially called, barrage ammunition, will be used to strike ground targets and enemy ships.

The Sevmash Navigator program in podcast format is available to users of Yandex.Music, Spotify and Anchor websites and applications

The manufacturer of nuclear submarines "Borey" and "Ash" has launched a series of podcasts about nuclear shipbuilding "Navigator "Sevmash". This was reported on Friday in the press service of the company.

The RD-171MV power unit, known as the Tsar Engine, was sent for assembly as part of the first stage of the Russian promising Soyuz-5 rocket, which should replace the decommissioned Ukrainian Zenit-2 carrier. This was announced on Twitter by the CEO of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The upgraded three-coordinate radar stations "Casta-2E2" (39N6) involved in the exercises in the Leningrad region timely detected the approach of a squadron of drones. The transmitted coordinates allowed the Tor-M anti-aircraft missile systems to successfully repel a massive aerial drone attack.

The German newspaper Bild published an article about the "alarming" training of Russian pilots on the suspension of training bombs on military transport aircraft Il-76.

The Swedish Air Force Command has announced initial plans to adopt the Gripen E multipurpose fighter developed by Saab and named the first base for the deployment of this type of aircraft.

The crew of the Ka-27 helicopter of naval aviation also practiced taking off and landing on the deck of the ship on the move during the exercises

The Pacific Fleet corvette "Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov" destroyed air and surface targets with artillery fire during exercises in Peter the Great Bay (Sea of Japan).

The project of using augmented reaction in the assembly of fifth-generation Su-57 fighters received the main award of the United Aircraft Corporation competition.

In Iran, a MiG-29 fighter destroyed a missile fired by an F-5 Tiger II aircraft. The video posted on YouTube drew attention to The Drive.

In the future, China will inevitably become the main rival of the United States in all components, possibly lagging behind in nuclear weapons. Vasily Kashin, Deputy Director of the HSE Center for Integrated European and International Studies, told Izvestia about this on Friday, October 29.

The Agency for the Acquisition of Norwegian Defense Products (Forsvarsmateriell / Norwegian Defense Materiel Agency – NDMA) received the first three of the six ordered armored repair and evacuation / engineering vehicles "Visent-2" (Wisent 2).

The launch of the Ukrainian satellite for remote sensing of the Earth "Sich-2-30" was postponed. In the United States, it was reported that the launch of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle was postponed to 2022. This is reported by the information and consulting agency Defense Express.

Vietnam continues experiments on the creation of wheeled self-propelled guns. On October 28, the Vietnamese TV channel QPVN showed a story with video footage of tests of a promising self-propelled gun PTH-130-K255V.

Ukraine took the 25th place in the ranking of the strongest armies in the world, improving the previous indicator. At the same time, Kiev claims that they have the "strongest" troops in Europe. However, according to the compilers of the list, the APU is still far from the Russian army.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced a competition for the disposal of aviation ammunition. The agency plans to dispose of 187 guided missiles of the Navy. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the data of the public procurement portal.

The Kasta-2E2 radar station can detect drones and fifth-generation F-35 aircraft. Methods of repelling attacks of inconspicuous targets are reported in the material of the magazine "Army Standard".

The President traditionally gathers the leadership of the Ministry of Defense, key defense industry enterprises and their chief designers twice a year

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a traditional series of military meetings in Sochi in early November. This was announced to TASS on Friday by the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.