News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Nuclear "Well done": how the Soviet "ghost train" scared the USA
"Train number zero" was no different from ordinary freight trains. It was not supposed to know what he was transporting. On November 28, 1989, the combat railway missile system "Molodets" began to run in the USSR. The details are at Radio Sputnik.
Rogozin called on the whole world to be interested in space
As the head of Roscosmos noted, "miracles are born there"
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin expressed the opinion that "the whole world" should be interested in space.
BDK "Azov" received the St. George flag for the first time in recent history
For the first time in recent history, the large landing ship "Azov" of the Black Sea Fleet was awarded the aft St. George naval flag in memory of the victory won by the battleship "Azov" in the Battle of Navarino in 1827. The ceremony took place at the pier of the Sevastopol sea station. Before that, the flag was consecrated in the Vladimir Cathedral - the tomb of the admirals.
Rostec has launched a data center for the design of military equipment at Motovilikha
Technodinamika Holding of Rostec State Corporation has commissioned an updated data processing center of the military division of Motovilikha Plants, which will cover the needs of the enterprise in computing resources for at least the next five years. Digitalization will significantly accelerate the development of new products and improve technological processes.
The names of the modules of the new Russian orbital station are revealed
Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of Roscosmos, revealed on his Twitter account the planned names of the new modules of the promising Russian orbital service station (ROSS). According to him, they will be named after Russian regions.
"Rusting" US Navy compared with the dead Soviet Navy
According to the current state of the ships, the Naval Forces (Navy) of the United States resemble the dead Navy (Navy) of the USSR. A similar comparison in the American edition of 19FortyFive is given by columnist John Rossomando.
The timing of the start of cross-flights of Russia and the United States has been named
The cross-flights of Russian cosmonauts on the US Crew Dragon ships and American astronauts on the Soyuz will begin no earlier than the autumn of 2022, the executive director of Roscosmos for manned programs Sergey Krikalev said in an interview with TASS.
North Korea's nuclear complex in Yongbyon continues to work - Mass media
North Korea seems to be continuing to operate a nuclear reactor producing plutonium at the Yongbyon nuclear research complex, according to the American resource 38 North, which tracks Pyongyang's activities, citing recent satellite images.
The military satellite launched from Plesetsk by the Soyuz-2.1B rocket was put into the calculated orbit
A military satellite launched on Thursday from the Plesetsk cosmodrome by a Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket has been put into a calculated orbit, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
The US will assemble one aircraft carrier out of two
The command of the US Navy decided to use part of the components of the aircraft carrier Kennedy under construction for the early commissioning of the same type Gerald R. Ford. The fleet management called the cannibalization of the ship "a project management tool," Defense News writes.
A fragment of the American Falcon 9 rocket passed 5 km from the ISS
There are no obstacles to the flight of the station, Roscosmos reported
A fragment of the American Falcon 9 rocket passed more than 5 km from the International Space Station, there is no threat to the ISS. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of Roscosmos.
The eyes and ears of the Russian Defense Ministry have started working in space
The military satellite launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome by the Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket has been put into a calculated orbit, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Modern simulators are used to train future officers of engineering troops
In the Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School named after Marshal of Engineering Troops A.I.Proshlyakov, dynamic and virtual training complexes are used in the educational process.
In Voronezh, with the pilots of the Su-34 ZVO, classes were held on a new augmented reality aviation simulator
The pilots of the bomber regiment of the Western Military District (ZVO) relocated to Voronezh took classes on the new Su-34 augmented reality aviation simulator.
In the USA, the Russian submarine was evaluated
The Russian Navy includes the submarine TK-208 Dmitry Donskoy, which remains the largest submarine in the world. The 19FortyFive edition appreciated the Russian submarine with a swimming pool and sauna and noted that its maintenance is comparable to the construction of new ships.
Roscosmos plans to complete the creation of the Earth Remote Sensing Center by 2025
Work is already underway, the state corporation reported
Roscosmos plans to complete the creation of the National Center for Remote Sensing of the Earth by 2025. This was stated on Thursday by the deputy director of the Department of Navigation space Systems of Roscosmos Valery Zaichko.
The United States announced the modernization of Russian tanks due to Ukrainian drones
Amid growing US concerns about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian tanks may be upgraded to protect against barrage ammunition and other unmanned aerial vehicles at Kiev's disposal, the American edition of The Drive says.
By 2025, the Russian orbital grouping of Earth observation satellites will increase to 28
The orbital grouping of civil Earth observation satellites currently has 12 vehicles
The Russian orbital grouping of Earth remote sensing satellites (remote sensing) should increase to 28 spacecraft by 2025. This was stated on Thursday by the head of the Scientific Center for Operational Monitoring of the Earth JSC "Russian Space Systems" (RCS) Alexander Rebri.
NASA has planned to send a cargo ship to the ISS on December 21
Docking with the ISS will take place automatically on December 22
The next launch of SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship to replenish supplies at the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for December 21. This was announced on Wednesday on its website by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
General Dynamics has begun construction of the destroyer URO (DDG-132) "Quentin Walsh" class "Arlie Burke"
The company General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) on its Twitter page announced a ceremony held at the company in Brunswick (Maine) dedicated to the start of construction of the destroyer (DDG-132) "Quentin Walsh" class "Arlie Burke".
