News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The United States Department of Defense has expressed concern for the future of artificial intelligence (AI) created by the Pentagon due to the threat of hacker attacks on it, including from hackers acting in the interests of other states. This statement was made by the director of the Joint Center for Research in the Field of Artificial Intelligence of the Pentagon, Lieutenant General Michael Gron on Friday, October 8.

According to a TASS source, one missile will hit the Kura test site in Kamchatka

The strategic nuclear submarine missile cruiser "Prince Oleg" of project 955A (code "Borey-A") will launch an intercontinental ballistic missile "BULAVA" on state tests in November 2021. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

Problems with the supply of components due to sanctions and the closure of industrial enterprises in Ukraine may become a threat to the Russian segment (RS) of the International Space Station (ISS), experts of the rocket and space corporation Energia believe. They presented their arguments in an article published in the scientific journal "Space Engineering and Technology".

The Ukrainian satellite sIch-2-30, which is scheduled to launch in December, can be used to monitor the movements of military equipment in the Donbass and ships on the Black Sea, the head of the country's State Space Agency (SCAU), Vladimir Taftai, said in an interview with RKB-Ukraine.

Researchers from Australia, the UK, China and the USA have determined that the age of the lunar soil delivered to Earth by the Chang'e 5 mission is 1.96 billion years old - which indicates relatively recent volcanic activity. The scientists' article was published in the journal Science.

The rocket and space corporation Energia called one of the main problems the termination of the release of the element base, which existed during the development of the first modules of the Russian segment of the station.

At the end of 2022, American astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) not on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, but on SpaceX Crew Dragon, Spaceflight Now reports.

The Agency for External Labor Migration of the country clarified that, according to the applications of Russian departments and companies, a total of 5 thousand workers are planned to be sent to the construction sites of Vostochny

Agency for External Labor Migration (AUTM) Uzbekistan, with the participation of specialized Russian companies, has already sent 1,466 Uzbek citizens to the Russian Federation, who will take part in the construction of infrastructure facilities at the Vostochny cosmodrome. This was reported to the TASS correspondent on Saturday by the press secretary of the AUTM Ortikhuzha Norov.

Landing from airplanes and helicopters is practiced in the Kaliningrad region by more than 250 military personnel of the airborne assault and reconnaissance amphibious battalions of the Army Corps and the Marine Corps of the Baltic Fleet (BF).

Developed specifically for the Su-57 fighter, the K—77M air-to-air missile will allow the Russian aircraft to gain superiority in air combat, Military Watch magazine writes.

The US nuclear submarine USN-22 Connecticut, which was injured in a collision with an unknown object, returned to its base on the island of Guam.

An assessment of its damage has begun, but it has already been announced that the reactor was not damaged. The incident, as a result of which 11 sailors were injured, occurred during the largest international exercises in the Asia-Pacific region with the participation of four US aircraft carriers and their allies. 

Ultralight launch vehicles will allow the ROSCOSMOS State Corporation to save significant funds when launching light satellites. Retired colonel, military observer Viktor Litovkin told Izvestia about this on October 9.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon 3 manned spacecraft, which will launch into orbit on October 30, will have to dock automatically with the International Space Station in 24 hours, NASA announced on Wednesday.

The department noted that the module where there is a crack is isolated

Specialists of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) do not record the appearance of new cracks on the body of the International Space Station (ISS), which could lead to air leaks. This was stated on Wednesday during a press conference in remote mode by the head of the American ISS program Joel Montalbano.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation plans to conduct another test launch of the newest hypersonic missile "Zircon" by the end of the year. Most likely, for the first time, a volley firing of "ZIRCONS" will be carried out from the frigate Admiral Nakhimov.

Russian military scientists have proposed to defend against potential US naval landings with the help of joint actions of manned aircraft and a swarm of small attack drones, the method is presented in the journal "Aerospace Forces. Theory and Practice", published by the Military Educational and Scientific Center of the Air Force.

Ural-4320 KDZ all-terrain vehicles with a set of additional armored protection have been operated in the Russian Army for a long time. They are intended primarily for the transportation of personnel, cargo, as well as towing trailers weighing up to 11,500 kg, while their own weight can exceed 15,000 kg.

FAR EAST - Missile firing will be conducted by the vAryag missile cruiser and the large anti-submarine ship Admiral Tributs in the Sea of Japan - both vessels have already left Vladivostok, the press service of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) reported on Thursday.

The corvette and submarines of the Pacific Fleet are accompanied by the rescue and towing vessel "Captain Guryev"

A detachment of ships and submarines of the Pacific Fleet (TOF), performing an inter-fleet transition from the Baltic to permanent bases, has entered the Indian Ocean. This was reported to TASS on Thursday on the margins of the Sevastopol Naval Salon by a source close to the power structures of the Crimea.

The diesel-electric submarine Kolpino is currently in dry dock at the Sevastopol Marine Plant. By February 1 next year, its repair will be completed.