News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
The T-72 served as the base for one of the world's most powerful jet systems
The Syrian Golan-1000 still remains one of the world's most powerful multiple launch rocket systems on a tank chassis.
The first demonstration took place at the end of spring 2018 at one of the bases of the fourth armored division of the government army.
The Glonass-K satellite was withdrawn from the orbital grouping
Now the GLONASS orbital grouping includes 25 spacecraft
The Russian navigation satellite of the new generation Glonass-K No. 701 has been withdrawn from the orbital grouping. This is stated in a message distributed on Friday by the GLONASS Consumer application Center.
A submarine was brought into the underground complex in Balaklava for the first time in 30 years
The submarine S-49 of the 633RV project was brought into the underground channel of the Balaklava Museum complex today. After being installed in the dry dock, it will become part of the museum exhibition.
By the end of the year, more than 200 units of special equipment will be delivered to the RCBZ troops
Taking into account deliveries in 2021, the share of modern samples will be 75.6%
The share of modern samples of military equipment in the radiation, chemical, biological protection (RCBZ) troops will amount to 75.6% this year. In the near future, military units will receive more than 200 units of special equipment, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.
A tourist who had been in a suborbital flight crashed on a plane
Glen DeVries, vice president of the French company Dassault Systemes, was killed in the crash of a small Cessna-172 aircraft in New Jersey, USA. This was announced on Friday, November 12, by Blue Origin, which sent the New Shepard rocket on a suborbital flight in October, including with DeVries on board.
NASA astronauts will go into outer space on November 30 to replace the antenna
NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron will go into outer space from the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, November 30 to replace a non-working antenna on one of the truss structures of the station, according to the NASA website.
Roscosmos revealed a malfunction of the Luna-25 automatic station device
Experts discovered a malfunction during tests of the Doppler speed and range meter (DISD-LR), designed to ensure a soft landing of the Luna-25 spacecraft. This was reported to TASS on November 13 in the press service of Roscosmos.
Russia predicted leadership in the "moon race"
Maxim Litvak, head of the laboratory of the ICI RAS, said that the launch of the Luna-25 interplanetary station in 2022 will help Russia to get ahead in the "lunar race", RIA Novosti reports.
"Georgy Kurbatov" successfully copes even with "smart" sea mines
The newest mine defense ship conducted exercises in the Baltic Sea.
At the first stage of the exercises, the crew of the minesweeper Georgy Kurbatov discovered a "floating mine" with the help of sonar equipment. After that, he successfully destroyed it.
Baltflot helicopter pilots conducted exercises to search for a submarine in the Baltic Sea
Crews of shipboard Ka-27 helicopters conducted exercises to search for submarines of a simulated enemy in the Baltic Sea, the press service of the Baltic Fleet (BF) reported on Saturday.
SpaceX launched a new group of Starlink Internet satellites into orbit, brought the grouping to 1842 spacecraft
The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Saturday successfully launched into orbit a batch of 53 mini-satellites designed to continue the deployment of the global network of Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX reported.
In the USA, they told about the "doomed to failure" Soviet "Meteorite"
The Soviet strategic cruise missile "Meteorite" was a powerful and unusual weapon of the Cold War, ultimately "doomed to failure," reports The Drive.
Two communication satellites will be launched from Baikonur on December 6
The Proton-M rocket will launch two Express-AMU3 and Express-AMU7 communication satellites into orbit from the Baikonur cosmodrome on December 6, Roscosmos reported.
SpaceX has launched 53 more satellites into orbit for the Starlink network
Since May 2019, the company has put more than 1.8 thousand satellites into orbit
The American company SpaceX on Saturday successfully delivered 53 more mini-satellites to orbit for its Starlink network.
The ship of the PMO "Anatoly Shlemov" is planned to be launched on November 26 - the Commander-in-chief of the Navy
The next serial mine defense ship of the 12700 project "Anatoly Shlemov" is to be launched on November 26, according to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
China will be able to land taikonauts on the moon before 2030 - Academy of Space Technologies of the country
China is able to land taikonauts on the surface of the Moon in the period earlier than 2030, the technical adviser of the Chinese Academy of Space Technologies (CAST) said on the air of the Chinese Television Network Ye Peijian.
China has announced plans to send taikonauts to the moon by 2030
China plans to land Taikonauts on the surface of the moon earlier than 2030. This was told on the air of the Chinese Global Television Network by the technical adviser of the Chinese Academy of Space Technologies Ye Peijian.
In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, work has begun on the assembly of Checkmate fighters
Work on the production of several prototypes of the newest Checkmate fighter began simultaneously in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. This was announced to journalists on Sunday, November 14, by the head of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec) Yuri Slyusar.
The head of the UAC said that the delivery of the Checkmate fighter can begin earlier than planned
As stated by Yuri Slyusar, according to the initial plan, they should begin in 2026
Deliveries of the latest Checkmate fighter can begin in 2025 - a year ahead of schedule. This was announced to journalists on Sunday by the head of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec) Yuri Slyusar.
In Komsomolsk, work has begun on the production of several Checkmate prototypes
The aircraft includes all the most advanced developments, including an open architecture for building in the interests of the customer and unique artificial intelligence technologies
Work on the production of several prototypes of the newest Checkmate fighter began simultaneously in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. This was announced to journalists on Sunday by the head of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec) Yuri Slyusar.
