News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The United States analyzed new threats to aircraft carriers. According to experts, they may question the expediency of using this type of weapon, which the United States is proud of.

According to 19FortyFive, underwater drones pose a serious danger to American aircraft carriers. Unlike conventional submarines, they can wait a long time for an aircraft carrier to approach and launch an attack when it is detected. At the same time, underwater drones, unlike the crews of submarines, do not worry about their possible death.

Training to repel the attack of unmanned aerial vehicles of a conditional enemy took place in the Black Sea Fleet, the press service of the fleet reports.

The keel of the third multi-purpose patrol ship of the coastal zone MMIPV (Multi Mission Inshore Patrol Vessel) has been laid at the Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) shipyard as part of the Biro project of the South African Navy.

A backup crew, which includes cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov and Xiong Ogiso, also flew to the cosmodrome

The crew of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft consisting of cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, who will become the first special correspondent of TASS in orbit, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his business assistant Yozo Hirano flew to Baikonur to complete preparations for the flight to the ISS. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Friday.

In the UK, the capabilities of the Russian and British armed forces were analyzed.

According to the Daily Express with reference to the Global Firepower portal, the Russian army consists of almost three million military personnel (including those in reserve), while the British Armed Forces number 275.66 thousand people. Russia has more than 4,000 military aircraft and helicopters, and the UK has just over 700. The gap in the number of tanks is even bigger: 12950 for Russia and 227 for the UK.

The experimental military operation of the interspecific artillery complex "Coalition-SV" is at the final stage. This was announced in an interview with the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda" by the head of the missile forces and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Mikhail Matveevsky.

The missile defense system (ABM) of the United States can be disabled with the help of cyber attacks. The author of 19FortyFive, Daniel Gur, named the main shortcomings of the US missile defense system.

The Mi-17 transport helicopter of the Indian Air Force made an emergency landing in one of the mountainous areas. Video footage taken during this incident appeared on the network.

Apparently, the pilots picked up a not too good place to land their rotorcraft, so when it touched the ground, it fell to the right, damaging the propeller blades at the same time.

"Two Tu-95MS long-range strategic missile carriers performed a planned flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Bering, Chukchi and Okhotsk Seas," the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

Huntington Ingalls Industries announced the christening ceremony of the SSN-796 "New Jersey" multi-purpose submarine of the "Virginia" class, which took place on November 13 at the Newport News Shipbuilding enterprise.

Including resource equipment and consumables will be sent

The Berth node module, which is scheduled to launch on November 24, will deliver cargo and food to the International Space Station (ISS). This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Friday.

Promising self-propelled guns "Coalition-SV", currently at the final stage of experimental military operation, will receive a smart high-precision ammunition operating on the principle of "shot and forgot", the head of the missile forces and artillery of the Armed Forces of Russia, Lieutenant General Mikhail Matveevsky, told Izvestia.

The toilet broke down again on the American segment of the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced on Friday, November 19, by German astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA) Matthias Maurer.

The implementation of the measures planned for 2021 to rearm the Strategic Missile Forces group (RVSN) has allowed to increase the share of modern strategic missile systems and increase the group's capabilities to perform nuclear deterrence tasks, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

The visit of Prince Charles of Wales to the aircraft carrier of the British Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth during the Middle East tour of the heir to the throne has been canceled.

The Day of Rocket Troops and Artillery, established 77 years ago by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 21, 1944, is celebrated on November 19.

On this day in 1942, with the volleys of thousands of artillery pieces, the Red Army counteroffensive near Stalingrad began, marking a radical turning point in the Great Patriotic War. In this battle, artillery proved to be the main fire striking force that contributed to the defeat of the enemy.

This makes it possible to significantly reduce the cost of manufacturing prototypes of equipment, said the general director of the Military-Industrial Company Alexander Krasovitsky

The most complex parts for the newest wheeled armored platform "Boomerang" began to be produced on a 3D printer. This was reported to TASS by the Director General of the Military Industrial Company (MIC) Alexander Krasovitsky.

China has successfully launched a Gaofeng-11 series remote sensing satellite into orbit, the China Space Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said on Saturday.

The Spanish navy is preparing to test the first submarine of the S-80 project. November 19, portal laverdad.es He reported that the first launch of diesel engines of the S-81 Isaac Peral submarine took place at the Cartagena shipyard.

The ultra-light carrier Rocket of the American company Astra, positioned as potentially the cheapest rocket in the world for launching a small payload into space, has reached near-Earth orbit for the first time. The corresponding video was posted on Twitter by the editor NASASpaceFlight.com By Chris Bergin.