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The Russian Su-57, which a number of experts do not consider fully fifth-generation fighters, are currently under development and testing, as a result of which the appearance of such serial aircraft and the start of their full-scale production should be expected in at least a few years, the Polish edition of Defence24 notes.

The first start of the new year was scheduled for January 6

Three launches of Soyuz-ST launch vehicles are expected in 2022 from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana. This was announced in an interview with TASS by Ruslan Mukhamedzhanov, Director General of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (CENKI, part of Roscosmos).

In India, more and more old Soviet T-55s are becoming monuments. For example, last year a decommissioned combat vehicle was installed on a pedestal in the city of Alibag.

Recently it became known that another such "fifty-fifth" took pride of place on the campus of Kendrapara College. It is hoped that it will motivate students to serve in the armed forces of the country.

According to the CEO of CENKI, work is underway on new contracts

Contracts for two launches of the Soyuz-ST launch vehicle have been concluded for 2023. This was announced in an interview with TASS by Ruslan Mukhamedzhanov, Director General of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (CENKI, part of Roscosmos).

The Peruvian Navy conducted the first live firing exercises using MM-40 Exocet Block-3 Surface-to-surface and AM-39 Exocet air-to-surface missiles developed by MBDA Group.

In North Korea, work continues on the creation of ballistic missiles for submarines (SLBMs). Last Thursday, it became known about the conduct of new tests of such weapons.

According to military expert Yuri Lyamin, currently only one diesel-electric submarine of the DPRK, which is a carrier of ballistic missiles, is known. This submarine was built in 2014. It was named "8.24 Engun" ("Heroes of August 24th"). In the West, it was designated as Sinpo-B or type Gorae.

The President of the Republic of Korea said that he was proud of the launch, despite the fact that it was not possible to "perfectly fulfill all the goals"

The first South Korean carrier rocket "Nuri", launched in the country on Thursday, failed to fulfill all the tasks assigned to it. This was stated to journalists by the President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in, after watching the launch at the Naro cosmodrome in Jeolla-Namdo province, 470 km south of Seoul.

On October 21, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu went to a new military town, which was built in less than a year in one of the Moscow districts. There are two departmental centers located there - the 27th Scientific and the Aviation Safety Center of the Armed Forces.

16 Soyuz rockets have already been launched at various cosmodromes in 2021

The Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC) plans to launch more than 20 Soyuz rockets in 2021. This was announced to journalists on Thursday by the general director of the company Dmitry Baranov.

Repair and evacuation vehicles REM-KS will enter service in the Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District by the end of this year.

The Air Force of the People's Liberation Army of China has begun a massive conversion of outdated Shenyang J-6 fighters into unmanned aerial vehicles. This is reported by Defense News.

These aircraft have long been the basis of the PRC Air Force. They are, in fact, a clone of the Soviet MiG-19 aircraft. The production of the "sixth" was organized in the early 60s at the aviation plant in Shenyang and lasted for almost a quarter of a century. During this time, according to various sources, about 4,000 pieces were released.

"The co-pilot" and the spherical radar station leave the American competitor far behind, said military expert Alexey Leonkov

The newest domestic fifth-generation fighter Su-57 is ahead of its competitors from the United States in weapons systems, robotics, radar surveillance systems and electronic warfare (electronic warfare).

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation posted on social networks a video taken at the time of the launch of the Bulava ballistic missile from the strategic submarine Prince Oleg. Earlier on Thursday, the agency reported that the launch was carried out as part of state tests of the carrier of the latest naval ammunition.

In the Nizhny Novgorod region, a special vessel of the project 14400 was launched, which is sometimes called a "training helicopter carrier". It is intended for the training of crews of deck rotorcraft.

American private aerospace companies Boeing and SpaceX will seek to increase the number of flights to the ISS under contracts with NASA, said John Vollmer, head of Boeing's commercial manned flight program.

Boeing Corporation's promising CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, if technical problems are eliminated, can be launched into the second test flight (Orbital Flight Test-2 - OFT-2) in unmanned mode in the first half of 2022, John Vollmer, vice president and manager of the company's manned flight program, said on Tuesday during a NASA teleconference.

The first manned test flight of the CST-100 Starliner Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) spacecraft to the International Space Station may take place at the end of 2022, said John Vollmer, head of the Boeing Corporation Commercial manned flight program.

The joint NASA and Space X mission to the International Space Station (ISS), which was scheduled to launch on October 30, has been postponed to October 31. This is stated on the website of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on October 19.

This will allow for a phased transfer of the military communications system to digital methods of processing and transmitting information

The communications troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will receive more than 12 thousand samples of modern equipment this year. This was announced by the head of the Main Communications Department of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Vadim Shamarin, in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper on the eve of the Day of the Signal Troops.

The DPRK confirmed that on October 19 it successfully tested a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), Yonhap news agency reports, citing the Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA).