News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

For the first time in history, the American Parker probe "touched" the Sun. It flew through the upper layer of the Sun's atmosphere - the corona. This was announced on Tuesday, December 14, according to the NASA website.

The first place was taken by the US Army

The Russian Armed Forces have the second largest fleet of military aircraft in the world. This is stated in the handbook World Air Forces 2022, published by Flight Global magazine and available to TASS.

In the Soviet tank industry, great attention was traditionally paid to the characteristics of protection. For example, since the mid-80s, tanks produced in the USSR began to receive first mounted, and later built-in dynamic protection, which significantly reduced the effectiveness of anti-tank ammunition produced at that time: RPG and LNG rocket-propelled grenades, anti-tank guided missiles, artillery shells.

The crews of the Su-25 "Grach" attack aircraft of the Eastern Military District worked out the defeat of ground targets with unguided missiles at the Mukhor-Kanduy training ground in the Trans-Baikal Territory, the press service of the district reported on Wednesday.

The Kazan Helicopter Plant of the Russian Helicopters Holding has completed the next stage of certification work to increase the resources of the main units of the Ansat helicopter.

The mobile reconnaissance point PRP-4A "Argus" was demonstrated for the first time to the command staff of the artillery units of the Central Military District during the operational and combat training camp, which takes place at the training ground in the Orenburg region.

In 2021, the Central Military District troops received more than 25 thousand units of modern small arms. This was announced by the commander of the district troops, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, during the operational combat training of the Central Military District in the Orenburg region.

With proper technical support, the ISS is able to work until 2030, the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin told Interfax.

Military exercises on the protection of airspace using the S-400 Triumph air defense system were held in Crimea, the press service of the Southern Military District reported on Wednesday.

In the near future, Roscosmos is waiting for a government decision on the issue of extending the work of the ISS, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin told Interfax.

In a separate motorized rifle brigade of the army corps of the Northern Fleet, the new Barnaul-T air defense intelligence and control complexes were put into service.

The International Space Station (ISS), with proper technical support, is capable of operating until 2030. This was announced on Wednesday, December 15, by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

Ukraine repaired almost all MiG-29 fighters

Ukraine has repaired almost all of its MiG-29 fighters. Dmitry Matrunchik, Director of the Lviv State Aviation Repair Plant (LGARZ), revealed the condition of the aircraft that Kiev inherited from the USSR in an interview with Armiyainform. Defense Express writes about this.

The frigate "Marshal Shaposhnikov" struck an underwater target with the newest anti-submarine complex "Answer". According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the frigate of the Pacific Fleet launched the latest missile in the waters of the Sea of Japan. The combat part of the complex hit a training underwater target.

Six launches from Russian cosmodromes and one from the spaceport in French Guiana are planned to be carried out by Soyuz rockets under the OneWeb program in 2022, the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said in an interview with Interfax.

It was supposed to take place on December 22, the next date is December 24

NASA postponed the launch of the James Webb orbital telescope scheduled for December 22 by at least two days due to technical reasons. As noted in the press release, "specialists are engaged in eliminating the problem on the transmission and reception line of information between the telescope and the launch vehicle."

The frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov hit a training underwater target in the Sea of Japan with a missile of the newest anti-submarine complex "Answer". On the air of Sputnik radio, captain of the 3rd rank of the reserve Dmitry Litovkin commented on the launch of the rocket.

Roscosmos is ready to conduct a dialogue with NASA on the harmonization of technical standards in lunar programs, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin told Interfax.

The key aspect of the Russian-Chinese project to create a lunar station is the equality of partners, its absence was the main reason for Russia's withdrawal from the American Gateway project.

The Answer anti-submarine complex is a step forward for the Russian defense industry. Military expert Dmitry Boltenkov told Izvestia about this on Wednesday, December 15.