News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The European Space Agency (ESA) supports the decision of the US government to extend the agreement on the operation of the International Space Station (ISS) until 2030 and will send a counter-proposal on the operation of the station to partner countries, said the head of the agency Josef Aschbacher.

Azerbaijan will continue to increase its military power and purchase new weapons in 2022, President Ilham Aliyev said.

Calculations of the Bastion anti-ship missile system, which are on duty on Matua Island (Kuril Islands), monitor the water area and strait zones around the clock, the Pacific Fleet said on Saturday.

The coastal missile complex "Bal" of the Caspian Flotilla went on combat duty in Dagestan on New Year's holidays, the head of the press service of the Southern Military District Vadim Astafyev told reporters.

Roscosmos: 83 cosmonauts have met the New Year's holiday on the ISS for 21 years

83 people in 21 years have met on board the International Space Station (ISS) New Year's holiday. This is reported on the website of Roscosmos.

Roscosmos CEO Rogozin: Russia plans to launch 50-75 missiles annually

Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, said that Russia intends to increase the number of space launches by two or three times. This is reported by RBC.

The Novorossiysk naval base, after modernization, can now receive more than 100 warships, the press service of the Russian Black Sea Fleet reported on Saturday.

In 2022, 21 launchers with Yars, Avangard and Sarmat missiles will be put on duty.

More than 500 calculations of Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) celebrated the New Year on combat duty, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Saturday.

The special forces compound in the Krasnodar Territory has been equipped with new short-range reconnaissance stations and radar stations (radars), the press service of the Southern Military District reported.

Automated intelligence, control and communications systems have been transferred to the Belarusian army, the State Military-Industrial Committee of Belarus reported.

Roscosmos expects a new flight to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a "cross" program with NASA in the second half of 2022, the state corporation said on Saturday.

The module has been operating in the orbit of the planet for 526 days

The State Space Administration of the People's Republic of China released on Saturday a series of images of Mars taken by the orbital module of the Tianwen-1 space probe (Tianwen-1).

The Russian Black Sea Fleet named the composition of the squadron that performs tasks in the Mediterranean Sea.

"More than 10 crews of ships and support vessels of the Black Sea Fleet met the new year 2022 in the Mediterranean Sea, performing special tasks as part of the permanent grouping of the Navy in the far sea zone," the press service of the fleet reported on Saturday.

More than 70 ships and vessels of the Russian Navy (Navy) celebrated the New Year at sea. "A congratulatory telegram from Admiral Nikolay Evmenov, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, has been sent to the commanders and crews of over 70 ships and vessels performing the tasks of naval presence in the ocean and sea zones," the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

The Nauka module, which docked to the International Space Station (ISS) in the summer, will be able to work effectively until 2030, the state corporation Roscosmos reported on Saturday.

As reported in Roscosmos, the purpose of the maneuver is the formation of ballistic conditions for the docking of the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft and the landing of the Soyuz MS-19

The correction of the orbit height of the International Space Station (ISS) is expected on January 12, it will be the first in 2022. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Saturday.

China plans to carry out more than 40 space launches in 2022, including as part of missions to the Tiangong National space station under construction, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said on Saturday.

The American media have identified five "deadliest" types of Russian weapons.

According to the publication 19Fortyfive, we are talking, in particular, about an unmanned underwater vehicle with a nuclear power plant "Poseidon". The publication describes it as a nuclear torpedo the size of a bus and with a huge range.

Diesel submarines Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Volkhov, which recently arrived at the Pacific Fleet, conducted training firing with Kalibr cruise missiles at coastal and sea targets at the end of 2021, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reported.

Modern short-range reconnaissance stations have been received by the special forces unit of the Southern Military District in the Krasnodar Territory, Vadim Astafyev, head of the press service of the Southern Military District, told reporters.