News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
The United States has withdrawn 17 B-1B strategic bombers from the combat composition of the Air Force
The US Air Force has withdrawn 17 B-1B Lancer strategic bombers from combat due to wear and tear, the cost of repair and modernization, the global strike command reported.
In Russia, a supertrauler was launched
The ceremony of launching the fishing super trawler "Captain Martynov"was held in Russia. This ship is the fourth vessel of the ST-192 project. This is reported by the Telegram channel RIA Novosti.
Warships and coastal troops of the Northern Fleet conducted a live firing exercise of the Pantsir-S complex
The Northern Fleet conducted an interspecific exercise in the Laptev Sea with the participation of warships, the Pantsir and Bastion complexes, the press service of the SF reported.
The British began building a new type of frigates
In the next ten years, the British fleet will be replenished with five frigates of the Type 31 project. On September 24, the press service of the Royal Navy reported that the steel for the ship HMS Venturer was solemnly cut at the Rosyth shipyard of Babcock.
Starlink will replace GPS and GLONASS
The Starlink global Internet system can be used as a replacement for the Global Positioning System (GPS) and the Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), according to the Ohio State University, citing a study aimed at publication in the journal IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems.
Why are the Ground Forces equipped with the S-300V4 air defense system
An exercise was held in the anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Southern Military District stationed in the Krasnodar Territory, during which the calculations of the S-300V4 air defense systems successfully prevented a massive attack by a simulated enemy on one of our army facilities. The press service of the Southern Military District reported that the military carried out electronic launches, destroying targets in the sky that denote cruise missiles.
Space Adventures is thinking of offering space tourists a flyby of the Moon
According to the representative of the company Sergey Kostenko, this is a difficult issue that will require further development of the ship
The company Space Adventures, which promotes space tourism on the Russian "Soyuz", plans to offer customers a flyby of the Moon. This was announced to journalists on Sunday by the head of the company's representative office in Russia, Sergey Kostenko.
Space Adventures has found customers who are ready to fly to the ISS and go into outer space
The company said that the flight is planned for 2023 or 2024
The Space Adventures company is negotiating with potential space tourists who are ready to fly to the ISS on the Soyuz and go into outer space. This was announced to journalists on Sunday by the head of the company's representative office in Russia, Sergey Kostenko.
Video: BMP-3 extinguished candles with precise shots
The BMP-3 was able to extinguish the candles with shots from a 30-mm gun
In the program" Acceptance "on the TV channel" Zvezda", the capabilities of the BMP-3 were demonstrated. In particular, they tested the accuracy of the combat vehicle's fire control system. However, instead of the usual shooting at targets, the shooter was given a non-trivial task - to extinguish five candles with shots at a hundred-meter distance.
A space tourist preferred the Soyuz to Elon Musk's ship because of its reliability
One of the potential space tourists doubted the reliability of Elon Musk's ship and preferred to fly into space on the Russian Soyuz . This is reported by RIA Novosti.
NASA transfers work to the Box cloud service
The government organization NASA, following a number of other American federal structures, officially entrusted its documents and communication systems to Box. Cloud technologies and storage will be used to process almost all the agency's working documentation. This was done primarily to ensure reliable remote work of 18,000 employees scattered throughout the United States.
A resident of the capital's SEZ is upgrading a line of industrial microchips for use in the Arctic
Resident of the SEZ "Technopolis Moscow" company "Micron" modernizes the production of industrial chips for efficient operation in the most extreme conditions. This was announced by the head of the Department of Investment and Industrial Policy Alexander Prokhorov.
Russian Success Rockets in November will conduct the first launch of a suborbital rocket from a test site in the Astrakhan region
The private company Success Rockets (SR) intends to set a record for the height of a suborbital flight for Russian private companies in November this year, the SR press service told Interfax.
Soviet "Nuclear BMP" - "Units" could receive missiles with special warheads
Soviet first-generation IFVs in the late 60s were considered by military theorists as a means of delivering infantry in a full-scale nuclear war.
The Black Sea Fleet conducted exercises of coastal missile systems
The division of mobile coastal anti-ship missile systems (BPRK) "Bastion" of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) conducted exercises on missile strikes when deployed from the march and from hidden firing positions. This was announced by the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet on Thursday, September 23.
The shooting of the Bastion missile systems in the Crimea was filmed on video
During the exercises in the Crimea, coastal anti-ship missile systems "Bastion" struck at sea targets. This was reported today in the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet.
Video: Mass helicopter landing landed near Rostov
In the Rostov region, servicemen of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division practiced the landing of a mass tactical landing by helicopter. A squadron of transport and combat Mi-8AMTSh "Terminator" and a pair of multi-purpose Mi-35M were involved in the exercises.
The strategic submarine Generalissimo Suvorov will go to sea in 2022
The second serial nuclear-powered vessel of the Borey-A project will go to sea for testing in 2022. Now the ship is being prepared for launching, the date of the ceremony will be determined before the end of the year.
Bayraktar TB3 attack UAV will make its first flight in 2022
This was announced by Selchuk Bayraktar, Technical Director of Baykar Technologies, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the T3 Foundation, speaking at the International Summit of Take Off Initiatives organized as part of the third TEKNOFES Aviation, Space and Technology Festival in Istanbul.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations confirmed the death of the crew of the crashed An-26
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia confirmed the death of the entire crew of the An-26 laboratory aircraft that crashed in the Khabarovsk Territory, TASS reports on Thursday, September 23.