News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
The United States suspected the presence of a nuclear triad in China
The Army of the People's Republic of China, presumably, already has a nuclear triad. This is stated in the report of the US Department of Defense, distributed on Wednesday, November 3.
"Varshavyanka" worked out the launch of "Calibers" after the US destroyer entered the Black Sea
The crews of the Russian submarines Rostov-on-Don and Veliky Novgorod of the Varshavyanka project worked out the launch of Kalibr-PL missiles during the exercises. Conditional defeat of surface targets was made after the entry of the US Navy destroyer USS Porter (DDG-78) into the Black Sea. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) of Russia.
"Unexpectedly and harshly." Military expert on sea-based "Zircons"
The upcoming equipping of the Russian Navy with Zircon missiles will be a powerful deterrent to any potential enemy, military political analyst Alexander Perendzhiev expressed this opinion on Sputnik radio.
State tests of the large hydrographic catamaran "Grigory Shadrin" have been completed - Ministry of Defense
A large hydrographic catamaran of modular design "Grigory Shadrin" has completed the marine phase of state tests in the designated area of the Barents Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.
The honored pilot described the problems with the AN-12 aircraft
Major General, Honored Test Pilot Magomed Tolboev described the problems with the AN-12 aircraft, one of which crashed in the Irkutsk region the day before. According to the expert, these aircraft are old, there are no spare parts and factories in the country where they could be repaired. He stated this in an interview with URA.ru .
The results of the SIRIUS-2021 experiment will be extended to the cosmonaut training system
The experiment starts on November 4 in Moscow
The results obtained during the SIRIUS-2021 isolation experiment, which starts on Thursday, will be implemented into the cosmonaut training system at the CPC. This was announced to TASS on Thursday by Vladimir Dubinin, Deputy head of the Gagarin Research Institute for Science and Development.
The US Navy has ordered a new version of the Tomahawk missiles
The US Navy is expanding the Tomahawk missile family. November 3, portal navalnews.com He reported that the command of the US Navy has signed a contract with Raytheon Missiles & Defense for the small-scale production of Maritime Strike Tomahawk Block Va missiles.
The SIRIUS-2021 crew will conduct more than 70 experiments during the mission
Sergey Ponomarev, Executive Director of the project, said that an operational and technical program aimed at increasing the realism of the mission is also planned
The crew members of the SIRIUS-2021 mission will conduct more than 70 experiments during 240 days of isolation. This was announced to TASS on Thursday by the executive director of the project Sergey Ponomarev.
The mascot of SIRIUS-2021 was an emblem with the names of all 12 applicants to the crew
The SIRIUS-2021 isolation experiment will start on November 4 in Moscow on the basis of the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences
The emblem with the flags of the countries participating in the SIRIUS-2021 experiment, as well as the names of all 12 applicants for crew members, will become the mascot of the project participants. This was announced to journalists on Thursday by the crew commander Oleg Blinov.
The Progress MS-17 spacecraft will take more than a ton of garbage from the ISS
According to cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, one of the units being removed is the docking mechanism of a multi-purpose laboratory module, which was the first to touch the ISS during docking
More than a ton of spent equipment and household waste will be on board the Progress MS-17 cargo ship, which will be undocked from the ISS on November 25 before flooding. This was announced by Roscosmos cosmonaut Peter Dubrov on Thursday.
China has accelerated the production of nuclear warheads
China continues to develop its nuclear weapons program. November 3, portal cbsnews.com He reported that a new report from the US Department of Defense indicates that by 2030, China will be able to have thousands of nuclear weapons.
The ESA representative considers the SIRIUS-21 experiment to be part of the preparation for the flight of a European astronaut to the moon
Participation in the scientific work of the SIRIUS-21 experiment will allow the European Space Agency (ESA) to prepare its astronaut for a flight to the Moon, head of the ESA representative office in Russia Rene Pichel told Interfax.
NASA astronauts ate the first harvest of pepper grown on the ISS
NASA astronauts have grown and eaten chili peppers on the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time in history. This was announced by American Catherine MacArthur on her Twitter account.
Russian 125mm tank missiles shown on video
For the last 45 years, the peculiarity of domestic tanks is that they can use guided missile weapons. Initially, these were complexes with radio command guidance.
Then, in the mid-80s, combat vehicles were adopted by the ground forces, the ammunition of which included more advanced ammunition, already guided by a laser beam.
A new batch of improved T-72B3M tanks entered the army corps of the Baltic Fleet
The tank received a 1,130 hp engine.
A batch of T-72B3M tanks with improved characteristics entered service with the army corps of the Baltic Fleet in the Kaliningrad region. This was reported on Tuesday by the press service of the fleet.
The captured T-64BV in the Donbass, like the T-90 tank, got "red eyes"
Fighters of one of the units of the People's Militia of Donbass modified the captured Ukrainian T-64BV. According to the project of the Rossiyskaya Gazeta "Russian Weapons", the main battle tank was equipped with two special searchlights, nicknamed "red eyes".
Russian military intelligence officers will receive systems for real-time combat coordination
The use of drones increases the survivability of personnel, said Major General Alexei Belousov
Starting this year, Russian military intelligence officers will begin receiving the latest communication systems for real-time coordination on the battlefield. This was announced in an interview with the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda" by the head of intelligence - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Ground Forces for Intelligence, Major General Alexei Belousov.
The final launch dates of the Russian mission to the moon will be determined in the spring of 2022
The nearest date of dispatch from the point of view of ballistic requirements is May 25, said Igor Mitrofanov, Head of the Department of Nuclear Planetology at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
The final decision on the timing of the launch of the first mission to the Earth's natural satellite Luna-25 in the history of modern Russia will be made in March-April 2022. This was reported to TASS by the head of the Department of Nuclear Planetology of the Institute of Space Research (ICI) RAS Igor Mitrofanov.
Source: The Russian Navy in 2022 will receive two nuclear submarines - strategic and strike
They will be part of the Pacific Fleet
The largest Russian shipyard Sevmash will transfer two nuclear submarines to the Russian Navy in 2022 - the strategic Generalissimo Suvorov of project 955A (code "Borey-A") and the strike Krasnoyarsk of project 885M (code "Yasen-M"). This was reported to TASS by a source close to the Russian military department.
The military in the Far East conducted more than 200 command and staff exercises
In the 2021 academic year, the Russian military conducted more than 200 command and staff exercises on the territory of the Western Military District. This was announced on Wednesday, November 3, by the press service of the ZVO.
