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Military Watch called the Russian Ka-52, Mi-28HM and Mi-24 the most dangerous helicopters in the world
US military experts have included the Russian Ka-52, Mi-28HM and Mi-24 in the top five combat helicopters in the world, Military Watch magazine reports.
The launch dates of the superheavy Angara rocket have been named
The launch of superheavy-class Angara missiles is planned to begin in 2026. This was announced by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin in an interview with the Zvezda TV channel.
In September, SpaceX will launch a new group of Internet satellites
SpaceX plans to launch another 60 Starlink satellites into orbit at the end of September, according to the data of the specialized website Space Launch Now. The launch of the Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle is scheduled for the first time from the US Space Force Vandenberg Air Base in California, the Izvestia TV channel reports. This will be the 31st launch of Internet satellites into orbit since May 2019.
Rogozin said about the unique capabilities of the new airport at Vostochny
The general director of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said on the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live" that the new airport, which is being built at the Vostochny cosmodrome, will have unique runway capabilities.
Mountain shooters in the Terskol Center are trained using a mobile complex
On Saturday, September 4, State Secretary-Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Nikolai Pankov inspected the new mobile training complex at the army Center for Mountain training and Survival "Terskol".
Roscosmos plans two more launches from the Kourou cosmodrome by the end of the year
Launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk are also planned
Roscosmos plans to conduct two more launches of launch vehicles from the French Kourou cosmodrome by the end of the year. This was announced on Saturday on the air of the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live" by the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.
In Kazakhstan, the troops were raised on a combat alert
In the light of the implementation of the instructions of the President of the country Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, indicated in the Address to the People of Kazakhstan dated September 1, 2021, as well as at the Board of the Ministry of Defense in November 2020, a number of military units of regional commands, Amphibious assault troops, Naval forces, Air Forces are alerted to check combat readiness.
Marine drones will take off from a cyclocopter
Russia wants to replace the search and reconnaissance helicopters on its ships with longer-range unmanned aerial vehicles.
This week, such a statement was made by the Russian Foundation for Advanced Research (which is an analogue of the Office of Advanced Research and Development of the US Department of Defense).
Rogozin assessed the degree of aging of the ISS
The operation of the International Space Station (ISS) will not create any big problems until 2025, said Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, on the air of the Solovyov Live YouTube channel.
An unusual project to turn the T-62 tank into a BMPT was told in Algeria
What is necessary for the old Soviet tank of the early 60s T-62 to get a new life? In Algeria, they decided to massively remake these combat vehicles into a kind of BMPT.
Protection of astronauts from radiation in deep space will be tested on the ISS in 2023
The Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences will test the protection of astronauts from radiation in interplanetary flights on the Science module of the International Space Station (ISS) in 2023, Igor Mitrofanov, head of the Department of Nuclear Planetology of the Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told RIA Novosti on September 5.
Helicopter-drone made another successful flight on Mars - NASA
The helicopter-drone Ingenuity ("Ingenuity"), which arrived on Mars together with the Perseverance rover ("Perseverance"), made the 13th successful autonomous flight on the Red Planet, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported.
The "Eagles" coped with the combat task without refueling
Exercises on conducting reconnaissance by unmanned aerial vehicles were held in the Baltic Fleet.
The training was held in preparation for the joint strategic exercises of the Armed Forces of Russia and Belarus "West-2021".
The existence of US aircraft carriers was under threat
The short range of the F-18 Super Hornet fighters complicates their use in the fight against Russia and China and makes US aircraft carriers vulnerable to long-range attacks. This is reported by the publication Military Watch.
The US is investigating the deviation from the course of the Virgin Galactic spacecraft
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) The United States is investigating an incident with a deviation from the course of the Virgin Galactic Unity-22 spacecraft, which threatened it with an emergency landing, The New Yorker magazine reported on Wednesday, September 1.
The developer said that satellite communications will increase the radius of use of the Orion-E UAV
Now the drone can be controlled via a radio channel at a distance of 250 km, said Sergey Bogatikov, General Director of Kronstadt JSC
The radius of application of the Orion-E unmanned vehicle will be significantly increased after it is equipped with satellite communications. This was reported to TASS by the general director of JSC "Kronstadt" Sergey Bogatikov.
TOS-1A "Solntsepek" will be included in the automated control loop of troops
There is no foreign analogue of this heavy flamethrower system yet, said Omsktransmash CEO Igor Lobov
The Omsk Plant of Transport Engineering (Omsktransmash, part of the Uralvagonzavod concern of the Rostec State Corporation) is working on the inclusion of the TOS-1A "Solntsepek" heavy flamethrower system in the automated control circuit of troops. This was reported to TASS by the general director of the enterprise Igor Lobov.
The Arctic garrisons of the Ministry of Defense received more than 2.5 thousand tons of cargo as part of the northern delivery
The logistics units of the Central Military District (CVO) delivered more than 2.5 thousand tons of cargo for various purposes to the garrisons of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stationed in the Arctic, remote areas of Siberia and the Far East as part of the northern delivery, the press service of the CVO reported on Thursday.
The Ministry of Defense sued the UAC for 10.7 billion rubles
The Moscow Arbitration Court has registered a claim of the Russian Ministry of Defense, in which it demands to recover more than 10.7 billion rubles from the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), it follows from the information in the file of arbitration cases.
British nuclear-powered submarines can be transferred to Brest
The UK Ministry of Defense is considering the possibility of deploying its submarines with a nuclear arsenal on US or French military bases in the event of Scotland gaining independence. This was reported on September 1 by the Financial Times newspaper.
