News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

A US Navy ship hit a training target with an LWSD laser installation

The US Central Command announced the testing of laser weapons. The amphibious transport dock of the US Navy USS Portland (LPD 27) hit a training target in the Gulf of Aden as part of a demonstration firing. This is reported by the Defense Blog.

According to the theory, this ice should gradually evaporate, but for some reason it does not become less

The ExoMars-TGO probe found large reserves of ice in one of the deep canyons located in the center of the Mariner Martian valleys. The results of the study were published by the scientific journal Icarus.

$300 billion is provided for strengthening the defense of Ukraine. The defense budget of 2022 increased by 5% compared to the previous year

The US Senate, following the House of Representatives, voted to adopt the draft US defense budget for 2022 in the amount of $778 billion, Bloomberg reported.

A photo of the nuclear submarine of the US Navy Connecticut in the port of San Diego has appeared on the Web. The ship with severe damage - the nose dome of the sonar is missing - came from Guam. Probably, the submarine overcame 6,200 miles on the surface, The Drive suggested - the transition was secret.

In Russia, work is underway on a platform designed to base deck drones. It will be able to accommodate aircraft and helicopter types of vehicles.

The press service of the Northern Fleet announced the successful completion of state tests of the large hydrographic boat "Leonid Century" of the 23040G project. A corresponding act has already been signed, and the flag of the hydrographic service of the Russian Navy will be raised on the boat by the end of December. This ritual will mean that the Leonid Century has been accepted into the Northern Fleet.

The Pentagon has published a contract for $ 93 million for the production of Abrams tanks

The US military wanted more M1A2 Abrams tanks. The Pentagon has published a contract for the development, design and production of Abrams tanks. This is reported by the Defense Blog.

The US Navy will withdraw from its combat strength five Ticonderoga-type missile cruisers equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles, as part of the optimization of forces and reducing the cost of maintaining them, follows from these Congressional decisions on fleet financing.

The T-62 medium tank created in Nizhny Tagil took part in dozens of wars and armed conflicts. So, in Syria, Yemen, Libya, Ethiopia, they continue to be used until now.

The device will also be used to improve the operation of remote sensing satellites to study the resources of our planet

China on Tuesday successfully launched the Tianlian-2-02 relay satellite into orbit for more efficient data transmission from the Chinese orbital station. This was announced by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

The Chelyabinsk nuclear submarine of the project 949A (cipher "Antey") will be converted into a carrier of Onyx and Zircon cruise missiles under the project 949AM, work on the ship will begin after the modernization of the Irkutsk submarine of the same type is completed, a source in the shipbuilding industry told RIA Novosti.

Deliveries of the latest Ka-52M combat helicopters to the troops will go in parallel with the tests, which are scheduled to be completed in 2022, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

Elon Musk said that this project will also be relevant for flights to Mars

The American company SpaceX has launched a program to remove carbon dioxide from the Earth's atmosphere, the head of the company, American entrepreneur Elon Musk, said on Monday. The company plans to subsequently process carbon dioxide into rocket fuel.

The universal landing ships "Ivan Rogov" and "Mitrofan Moskalenko" will operate helicopter-type attack and reconnaissance drones

The universal landing helicopter carriers (UDC) of the project 23900 "Ivan Rogov" and "Mitrofan Moskalenko", which are being built at the Kerch shipyard "Gulf", will be adapted for basing attack and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This was reported to TASS by a source in the shipbuilding industry.

Kazakhstan and Russia have carried out all domestic procedures for the Gagarin Launch modernization project, but the UAE is delaying the process, Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Bagdat Musin said.

The gunners of the Ussuri separate Guards amphibious assault unit practiced the skills of artillery calculations at command and observation posts and firing positions, as well as conducting fire adjustments from 122-mm D-30 howitzers on a simulator.

Battalion tactical groups of the combined arms army of the Western Military District (ZVO) equipped with the latest sights for small arms 1P63 and 1P29.

In the next 18 months, the authorities will have to make a choice in favor of British or American technologies

The creation of its own nuclear submarine fleet, for the construction of which Canberra broke the largest defense contract in its history with Paris, could cost Australia 171 billion Australian dollars ($122.2 billion) and will require at least 20 years. Such data was published on Tuesday by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI).

The newest logistics support vessel Vsevolod Bobrov makes an inter-fleet transfer from Baltiysk to the main base point – Sevastopol, where it will become part of the Black Sea Fleet, said the head of the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet, Captain 2nd rank Alexey Rulev.

According to the general director of the enterprise Dmitry Semizorov, the work, in particular, allowed to improve the characteristics of military equipment in terms of chassis control, reduce the preparation time for the opening of fire, increase the accuracy of the binding of a self-propelled gun.