News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Kalashnikov assault rifle and RPG-7 hand grenade launcher were among the five deadliest weapons systems in the world, compiled by 19fortyfive. They were accompanied by the first machine gun, a bomber of the Second World War and a drone.

The American company SpaceX plans to launch another batch of 51 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit in mid-October, according to data from the specialized website Spaceflight Now.

A flight sample of the F-104 Starfighter fighter is for sale in the USA. A car that once broke all possible records in its class can be purchased for $850,000.

The cause of the crash of the L-410 aircraft in Tatarstan, according to preliminary data, was a technical malfunction. This was reported on Sunday, October 10, in DOSAAF of Russia.

Iranian specialists now have at their disposal more than 120 kg of uranium enriched to a level of 20%, said Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

The Chinese manned ship Shenzhou-13 is scheduled to launch on October 15 to the newly created orbital space station of the People's Republic of China, according to the data of the American specialized website Next Space Flight.

Tests of rocket engines of the Voronezh Design Bureau (KB) "Himavtomatiki" will be suspended until the end of October 2021. This was announced by the head of ROSCOSMOS Dmitry Rogozin on Twitter.

The fact that the crews of the carrier-based aircraft of the Northern Fleet arrived at the Saki airfield in the Crimea for training at the ground test complex NITKA (Ground Test Training Complex Aviation) may indicate progress in the repair of the only Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, writes the Polish edition of Defence24.

According to the plan of the exercise, a detachment of warships was attacked by a ship group of a conditional enemy

The naval strike group of the Caspian Flotilla repelled a naval attack by a conditional enemy as part of the exercises, the press service of the Southern Military District reported. The group was supported by aircraft from the Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the district.

According to a TASS source, the helicopter carrier will become the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet

The newest universal landing ship-helicopter carrier of the project 23900 "Mitrofan Moskalenko" after completion of construction at the Kerch shipyard "Gulf" will become the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, infrastructure is being prepared for its basing in Sevastopol. This was reported to TASS by a source in the naval sphere.

The Russian Defense Ministry plans to create a new association of the Navy - the Arctic Fleet. Its task will be to ensure the security of the Northern Sea Route and the Arctic region as a whole.

The problem of protecting our Arctic borders is becoming more acute every year. The Ministry of Defense is strengthening the cover of the Arctic region by commissioning military bases that have no analogues in the world and sending the most modern weapons there.

Tankers of the Western Military District (ZVO) during the exercises near Moscow worked out the destruction of enemy armored vehicles. This was announced on Friday, October 8, by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Formations of the Pacific Fleet Marine Corps (Pacific Fleet) have completed a planned bilateral brigade tactical exercise (DBRTU) with a live firing stage in Primorsky Krai. This was reported in the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia on Friday, October 8.

During the active phase of the exercise, live firing took place at the Clerk training ground

The marines of the Pacific Fleet practiced conducting combat during the offensive and defense of the coast at bilateral tactical exercises, which ended in Primorye. More than 5 thousand military personnel were involved in the exercises, the information support department of the Pacific Fleet reported.

The military will have to work out the order of actions for the alarm, make a multi-kilometer march and improve their skills in the possession of weapons

Bilateral exercises with the participation of more than 2 thousand servicemen of the Eastern Military District began in Primorye, involving 400 units of combat and special equipment, the press service of the district reported on Friday.

At the forum of the Russian game War Thunder, the secret of the French Leclerc tank was revealed. The player, who introduced himself as a former tankman, published part of the tank's documentation. A forum user tried to prove the unreliability of the characteristics of the machine displayed in the game. This is reported by the portal UK Defense Journal.

Combat crews of anti-ship missile complexes "BAL" and "Bastion" from the missile and artillery formations of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) during the exercises destroyed a landing party of ships of a conditional enemy in the Black Sea, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet reports.

At the Vostochny cosmodrome, they began testing the Marker robotic security platform. This was reported by the press service of ROSCOSMOS.

The design of highly elliptical and small navigation satellites of the GLONASS system is beginning in Russia, Nikolay Testoyedov, CEO of Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

In Ukraine, work is underway to launch the country's cosmonaut into orbit. This was announced on October 8 by Vladimir Taftai, head of the State Space Agency of Ukraine.