News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Chief of the General Staff Gerasimov: over 95% of nuclear missile installations are ready for combat launches
Russia's nuclear triad provides a solution to the tasks of deterring a potential enemy, more than 95% of ground-based strategic nuclear forces (SNF) launchers are ready for combat use, said Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Chief of the General Staff Gerasimov: Russia is increasing the potential of the Aerospace Forces due to radar and air defense
Russia is fending off potential threats in the aerospace sphere by improving the combat potential of the Aerospace Forces (VKS), Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said at a briefing to military attaches of foreign states on Thursday.
The strategic command and staff exercise "Vostok-2022" will be held in September
The main event of the training of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2022 will be the strategic command and staff exercise "Vostok-2022", which will be held in September, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said.
Gerasimov said that the tests of the Zircon missile system are being successfully completed
The possibility of firing a hypersonic missile from both a surface ship and a nuclear submarine from an underwater position has been confirmed, said the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Tests of the shipboard missile system "Zircon" are being successfully completed, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said at a briefing before the military attaches of foreign states on Thursday.
The cause of the accident of the British F-35 is named
British F-35 fighter sank due to a raincoat
The accident of the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter, which drowned in the Mediterranean Sea in November while trying to take off from the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, was caused by a polyethylene raincoat falling into the air intake of the aircraft. The reason for the incident is called "Rossiyskaya Gazeta".
Rostec will train Mi-38 helicopter pilots on a special simulator
The Russian Helicopters Holding Company of Rostec State Corporation will train pilots to operate the Mi-38 helicopter on a special simulator capable of simulating any weather conditions, vibration and sounds of a running machine.
South African "Griffins" grounded
Buying military equipment is half the battle, you still need to be able to service it. December 8, portal scramble.nl He reported that the entire South African fleet of Saab JAS39 Gripen fighter jets was grounded due to delays in contracts for their maintenance.
The Army-2022 Forum will be held next August
More than 1.5 thousand Russian enterprises have already been invited to participate in its work, said Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022" will be held in August, more than 1.5 thousand Russian enterprises have already been invited to participate in its work, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said.
Gerasimov: More than 95% of RVSN launchers are kept in constant readiness
"One of the main tasks of increasing the combat capabilities of the Russian Armed Forces remains to maintain high combat readiness of the nuclear triad," Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, said at a meeting with military attaches of foreign states on Thursday.
Omicron proteins will be grown on the ISS
Crystals of proteins of the new coronavirus strain "Omicron" will grow on the International Space Station (ISS), said Yusef Hesuani, co-founder of 3D Bioprinting Solutions.
The Tu-160M assembled from scratch will be lifted into the air for the first time in early 2022
According to Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov, it is also possible that a run with new NK-32 engines will be performed
Tests and the first flight of the upgraded Tu-160M strategic missile carrier assembled from scratch are planned for early next year, and a run with new NK-32 engines may also be carried out. This was announced on Thursday by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov at the UEC - Perm Motors enterprise.
India is preparing to mass produce BrahMos ALCM
India has completed testing of air-launched BrahMos missiles. On December 8, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of India reported that the last stage of testing opened the way for the serial production of ammunition in the country.
The timing of the transfer of the fourth-generation nuclear submarine "Emperor Alexander III" to the Russian Navy has been announced
They want to transfer the strategic nuclear submarine of the new generation of Project 955A to the Russian navy at the end of 2023. The launch of the ship was planned for next year.
Gerasimov: Ground forces will be equipped with new armored vehicles
In order to increase the strike capabilities, maneuverability and autonomy of combined arms formations in the interests of the Ground Forces, fundamentally new models of armored vehicles are being created on unified platforms "Armata", "Kurganets" and "Boomerang". In addition, a promising artillery complex "Coalition-SV" and a mobile anti-aircraft artillery complex "Derivation-air defense" are being developed. Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said this at a meeting with military attaches of foreign states on Thursday.
Gerasimov: The Defense Ministry is strengthening the country's aerospace defense
On Thursday, at a meeting with military attaches of foreign states, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Valery Gerasimov, told how the country's aerospace defense is being improved.
In order to increase its capabilities and detect enemy missile attacks in a timely manner, another satellite of the Unified Space System was put into orbit.
Roscosmos plans to launch 20 microsatellites for educational programs in 2022
According to the state corporation, the launch of 16 microsatellites will be carried out within the framework of the Space-Pi project
Roscosmos plans to launch about 20 microsatellites in 2022, including for leading Russian universities. This was reported on Thursday in the state corporation.
The launch of the Proton-M rocket was postponed to a backup date
Dmitry Strugovets, head of the Roscosmos press service, noted that all participants in space activities have postponed rocket launches
The launch of the Proton-M launch vehicle with the Briz-M upper stage and the Express-AMU3 and Express-AMU7 spacecraft is postponed to a backup date. This was reported on Thursday in the Telegram channel of Roscosmos.
The Atlas V rocket put the Pentagon and NASA satellites into orbit
The American Atlas V launch vehicle, launched on Tuesday, successfully launched a group of satellites into orbit in the interests of the US Space Forces and NASA, the operator company United Launch Alliance (ULA) reported.
In Russia, the S-400 was compared with the British Sky Sabre system
The Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom announced the creation of a new air defense system (air defense) Sky Sabre, which is capable of hitting small targets. Russian military expert, Colonel Sergey Khatylev compared the British development with the Russian S-400 system. This is reported by Vzglyad.
Soyuz-2 rocket delivered to Baikonur
A Soyuz-2 rocket and a head fairing for launching OneWeb spacecraft have been delivered to the Baikonur cosmodrome, according to the website of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities on Wednesday.
