News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Top500.org published on Monday a list of the 500 most productive supercomputers in the world; in the ranking of countries with supercomputers, Russia ranked 10th in terms of a combination of factors that take into account the number and power of machines.

The UAE Special Operations Command at the Dubai Air Show showed a Black Hawk helicopter with electric motorcycles suspended on it. According to Electrek, now the special services are testing how good this transport combination is in intelligence missions.

Representatives of enterprises from Russia, USA, Croatia, India, Mexico participate in the international scientific and practical conference "Manned Space Flights"

The problems and prospects of manned space exploration are being discussed at the international scientific and practical conference "Manned Space Flights", which opened on Wednesday in Zvezdny Gorodok, by representatives of enterprises from Russia, the USA, Croatia, India, Mexico and other countries. This is stated in the message of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

The head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Bill Nelson, expressed concern about the safety of the crew of the International Space Station (ISS). Nelson said this on Tuesday, November 16.

The last member of the fourth crew was American Jessica Watkins

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) named on Tuesday the last member of the fourth crew who will travel on the Crew Dragon ship of the American company SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS) next spring, they became American Jessica Watkins.

The United States is concerned about the possible consequences of the scattering of satellite debris shot down by the Russian military, but so far there have been no contacts about this that could be said, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.

After separation from the station, the device will remain in orbit for a little less than a month

The undocking from the International Space Station of the American Cygnus cargo ship of Northrop Grumman Corporation, which delivered 3.7 tons of payloads to the station in August, is scheduled for November 20. This was announced on Tuesday on its website by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

The indignation on the part of the United States about the tests of the anti-satellite system by Russia is quite cynical, since they themselves shot down their satellite back in 2008, and then the Pentagon itself did not respond to objections from the Russian Federation and China. This was told by military historian Boris Yulin on Wednesday, November 17.

The Pentagon is concerned about the rate of inflation in the United States. Consumer prices at the end of October rose sharply to 6.2% in annual value, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The indicator reached a record high since 1990, when it was 6.3%. Last month alone, prices jumped by 0.9%. Inflation can increase the cost of weapons. You will have to pay more for both current and future contracts. Military-industrial companies are already facing a crisis in the supply chain.

The main crew of the spacecraft includes Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his business assistant Yozo Hirano

The interdepartmental commission at the meeting recommended approving the main and backup crews of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft and continuing their preparation for the flight to Baikonur, the press service of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC) told TASS on Wednesday.

At the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai, the ceremony of handing over to the command of the Indian Navy the fourth of the six ordered Scorpen-class (Kalvari) submarines took place.

According to Rostec State Corporation, it has no Russian and foreign analogues

A shotgun cartridge for hunting and shooting sports with a luminous element indicating the trajectory of the projectile was created in Russia. This was reported on Wednesday in the Rostec state Corporation.

The MiG-25 interceptor fighter is famous for its ability to develop almost three times the speed of sound. Due to the tactical and technical characteristics of the Soviet aircraft for many years terrified the pilots of the United States and NATO countries.

The operation of the T-72B continues in the land forces of the Royal Moroccan Army. Despite receiving 222 American-made M1A1SA Abrams tanks, the command is not going to abandon Soviet vehicles - they have proven themselves to be simple and reliable.

During the year, he was searched for more than 243 thousand times

The Cambridge English Dictionary named "perseverance" the word of 2021 in honor of the Mars rover of the same name, which, as part of the mission of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), was taken to the Jezero crater on Mars to search for life on the Red Planet.

According to the head of the state corporation, this kind of information is of great value - it is needed to assess possible damage and understand the events that have occurred

Roscosmos has prepared photos of the port of Beirut from space, despite the fact that it has not received an official request. This was announced by the general director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin before signing a memorandum of cooperation between TASS and Roscosmos, implying the creation of an agency office on the International Space Station.

An unusual case of sabotage in the supply of steel for the production of submarines is being investigated in the United States. According to Popular Mechanics magazine, it turned out that the director of the foundry had been faking the results of steel strength tests for decades.

The Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 (CH2O), which is in lunar orbit, performed an evasion maneuver that allowed avoiding a rendezvous with the American Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) probe, the Indian Space Research Organization reports.

The carrier-based fighter F-35 of the British Air Force, which took off from the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, fell into the Mediterranean Sea as a result of the accident. This is reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom. The pilot managed to eject.

Northrop Grumman Corporation and its partners have shown the appearance of a rover that they want to use to study the Moon. It is planned to deliver it to the surface of the Earth satellite as part of the Artemis program.