News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Finnish woodworking company UPM announced the postponement of the launch into space of the world's first satellite made of wood WISA Woodsat for the first half of 2022. This was reported on Friday, October 15, on the company's website.

The Taikonauts entered the Tianhe module about three hours after the successful docking

Three Chinese cosmonauts from the Shenzhou-13 manned spacecraft entered the main module of the PRC orbital station on Saturday and began the first operations for its maintenance and operation. This was reported by the Administration of the Manned Space Flight Program of China.

The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) was woken up by a siren on the night of October 16. The sound signal was given due to a malfunction in the control system of the Russian Zvezda module. This follows from the data of the negotiations broadcast by NASA on YouTube.

In Russia, the production of weapons of the Nagant system has resumed. On October 15, the TASS news agency reported that the private Russian company "Sestroretsk Arms Factory" launched the production of a carbine based on the legendary revolver.

The product thrown on the coast of the White Sea in Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk region) turned out to be a Russian simulator of hydroacoustic counteraction "Beryllium", writes the Telegram channel "Military Informant".

The Russian Su-27 fighter is one of the best fourth-generation fighters in the world. The American publication 19FortyFive writes about this on October 15. The journalists of the publication pointed out that the Su-27 can carry up to 10 missiles or a combination of bombs and missiles together with a cannon.

The first developed newest American strategic nuclear submarine of the Columbia class, equipped with intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads, will cost about $ 8.5 billion, follows from the documents under consideration in the US Congress.

Local air defense systems "Joshan" and "Khatam", belonging to the Iranian Air Defense Forces, successfully shot down conditional targets in joint specialized exercises codenamed "Defenders of the Sky Vellayat".

The Soviet anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) "Strela-10M" was modernized. At the international exhibition of armaments and military equipment "Partner-2021" in Serbia, a new version of the SAM was shown, which was made inconspicuous. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

NASA has delivered the James Webb telescope to the Kourou Cosmodrome in French Guiana. The cost of the equipment is estimated at $10 billion, the Izvestia TV channel reports.

Soldiers and officers of the country's combat army reserve called up for field training have mastered the use of UAZ-Patriot rocket-machine-gun car pickups. Retraining classes were held at nine training grounds of the Southern Military District.

Ships make the transition from the Baltic to permanent bases

A detachment of ships and submarines of the Pacific Fleet, carrying out the transition from the Baltic to permanent bases, entered the port of Colombo in Sri Lanka. This was reported to TASS by a military-diplomatic source.

Next, the taikonauts will perform work on the movement of goods and other related tasks

The crew of the Chinese Shenzhou-13 manned spacecraft on Sunday began unloading the Tianzhou-3 spacecraft, which contains food, equipment and other cargo necessary for the astronauts to stay in orbit. This is stated in the message of the Manned Flight Program of the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), published on the official account on the social network WeChat.

After leaving the Earth's atmosphere, space objects remain without any technical support, but this situation may change in the coming years. After a successful experiment in space towing, the United States intends to create full-fledged refueling satellites that prolong the life of objects in orbit.

As reported, at the shipyard of PJSC "Ship Repair and Shipbuilding Corporation" in Gorodets (Nizhny Novgorod region), a special marine vessel (training helicopter ship) of project 14400 (factory number 1440) has been removed from the boathouse for a long time.

On September 28, a representative of Mitsubishi Corporation sent a letter to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in which Mitsubishi confirms the absence of any plans to restart the Mitsubishi SpaceJet regional aircraft program. The text of the FAA and Mitsubishi correspondence is posted on the page of official documents of the US government.

One of the vessels of the Naval Forces of Ukraine crashed in the Black Sea.

Ships, boats and aircraft take part in the rescue operation. This is reported by the press service of the Navy.

The US army should give priority to Russia, not China, writes the American edition of Breaking Defense.

The press service of Sevmash did not comment on this information to TASS

The second serial nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine of Project 955A (code "Borey-A") "Generalissimo Suvorov", under construction at the Sevmash enterprise (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, USC), will be transferred to the Navy of the Russian Federation in December 2022. This was reported to TASS by a source in the shipbuilding industry.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed to create a special fire squadron in the country, which will include 22 aircraft and helicopters. This was reported on October 14 by RIA Novosti with reference to sources.