News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Motorized rifle and tank units of the 201st military base of the Russian Federation in Tajikistan conducted more than two hundred live firings in 2021, the Central Military District (CVO) reported.

In October, the troops of the Central Military District (CVO) received more than 150 pieces of weapons, special and aviation equipment, including the upgraded MiG-31BM long-range interceptor and a divisional set of the S-300PM2 anti-aircraft missile system, the press service of the CVO reported on Thursday.

Hexagon nozzles have disappeared on the International Space Station (ISS). Cosmonaut Anton Shkaperov informed the Mission Control Center about this. The words of the Russian are transmitted by RIA Novosti.

The first (out of four ordered) multi-purpose frigate of the Type-054A/P class has been handed over to the Pakistani Navy, the Chinese newspaper Global Times reported.

Pakistani artisans collect artisanal copies of the Soviet TT self-loading pistol, but sell it under the Mauser brand.

The frigate of the Pacific Fleet "Marshal Shaposhnikov" entered the waters of Peter the Great Bay to check and test the updated ship systems recently installed by industry representatives.

In October of this year, formations, military units and institutions of the Central Military District received more than 150 units of weapons, special and aviation equipment.

The Polish Piorun is the best of the worst portable anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS) and does not surpass the Russian Verba, writes TASS columnist Dmitry Litovkin, reacting to the publication of Defence24.

Russian submarines of the project 949A "Antey" are getting a new life. As a result of the modernization, they are expected to be able to carry hypersonic Zircon missiles. And such submarines will become even more formidable.

At the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), the mine defense ship of project 12700 "Anatoly Shlemov" was taken out of the workshop.

Roscosmos has signed a contract with the head scientific institute TsNIIMash for the development of the lunar program and the concept of the orbital station for 1.5 billion rubles, follows from the data of the public procurement portal.

A batch of tank support combat vehicles, unofficially named after the famous American blockbuster "Terminator-2", is about to enter service. According to representatives of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, it has successfully passed the tests.

By the end of the year, the Russian military will receive the first heavy flamethrower systems TOS-2 "Tosochka". The delivery dates were announced by the general director of the scientific and production association (NGO) "Alloy" Alexander Smirnov in an interview with Interfax.

As noted in the Cosmonaut Training Center, during the training for the first time it was possible to work out a mechanism for solving a common task by astronauts who are at different facilities and when one part of the crew is under water.

As the state corporation clarified, it is also planned to use these funds to finance work within the framework of the Russian-European ExoMars mission, research of objects by the Spektr-RG observatory

The additional funds allocated by the government will be used for research of the Moon, astrophysical objects in the ultraviolet and visible ranges and Venus. This was reported to TASS by the press service of Roscosmos on Thursday.

According to a RIA Novosti source, the Russian government has allocated an additional 6.5 billion rubles for the most important space projects. Previously, part of the funding was "cut off".

The US Army has begun flight tests of the armament complex of a promising high-speed reconnaissance helicopter - the XM915 20-millimeter air cannon and a prototype MEL launcher for multipurpose ammunition and missiles. According to FlightGlobal, they are being tested on a modified UH-60 Black Hawk multipurpose helicopter.

In the Russian tank support combat vehicles (BMPT), the Terminator was seen as a threat. The Ukrainian information and consulting agency Defense Express commented on reports about the introduction of a company of BMPT into the staff of one of the regiments of the 90th tank Division.

The Pacific Fleet will soon receive a number of new ships and submarines, said the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sergey Avakyants.

Russian military personnel will hold the strategic exercise "Vostok-2022" next year. According to the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sergei Avakyants, the Pacific Fleet has already begun to prepare for it.