News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
The 70-ton Abrams with a powerful 140-mm gun was the answer to the Molot tank
In the early 90s in the United States, having received information about the creation of a new generation of Soviet tanks (for example, about the promising "Hammer"), they began working on a radical modernization of their "Abrams".
Tests of the hypersonic "Zircon" from the submarine may begin at the end of August
It is planned to complete the tests before the ice break on the White Sea with the implementation of several launches
Tests of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" from the submarine carrier-the nuclear submarine (submarine) of the project 885 "Severodvinsk" - are scheduled to begin at the end of August. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.
The latest BMP-3 naval modifications are participating in the exercises in Primorye for the first time
The latest infantry fighting vehicles BMP-3 of the fleet modification, which entered service a few months ago, are being involved in exercises in Primorye for the first time, said Ilya Kolesnikov, head of the information support department of the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO) for the Pacific Fleet (TOP).
The Russian telescope "Spektr-RG" confirmed the Big Bang theory
A number of discoveries with the help of the Russian-German space telescope "Spektr-RG" confirmed the cosmological model of the origin of the Universe as a result of the Big Bang, scientific secretary of the Institute for Space Research Andrey Sadovsky said on Friday, August 6.
Virgin Galactic resumes selling tickets to space tourists
The American company Virgin Galactic, which plans to organize tourist suborbital space flights, has started selling tickets for its SpaceShipTwo spaceplane. The price of one seat starts from $450 thousand. This is stated in the company's statement published on Thursday, August 5.
Shoigu said that import substitution will increase the share of the Russian Federation in the domestic market by 2.5 times
The Defense Minister stressed that the main task assigned to the military-industrial complex is to increase the production of military and dual-use products
The import substitution program will allow to increase the share of Russian products in the domestic market of the defense industry by two and a half times by 2025, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with the staff of Krasmash on Friday.
Possible reasons for the loss of the course of the Russian nuclear submarine near Denmark are named
Doctor of Military Sciences Konstantin Sivkov in a conversation with " Lenta.ru "called the possible reasons for stopping the course of the Russian nuclear-powered submarine missile cruiser "Eagle". According to him, this may be due to the ingress of foreign objects into the water intake, navigation error, winding fishing nets on the screw, and so on.
The newest submarine "Krasnoyarsk" will be equipped with high-precision long-range weapons
On Friday, August 6, at a meeting with the staff of the Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke well about the new multi-purpose boat bearing the name of the city of factory workers. The submarine was built in Severomorsk and launched a few days ago. After completion, it will go to sea for testing.
Borisov said that the new law on the technopolis " Era " will provide state support to its participants
The bill was submitted to the State Duma for consideration at the autumn session
The Federal law " On the military innovative technopolis "Era" will provide state support to legal entities - residents of Innograd. This was stated on Friday by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, while on a working trip to Anapa.
The Angara launch vehicle was delivered to Plesetsk before continuing flight tests
According to the source, the launch vehicle blocks are being unloaded
The train with the Angara-A5 carrier rocket has arrived in Plesetsk. This was reported to TASS on Friday by a source in the rocket and space industry.
Shoigu: Drones and combat robots have become a serious force
On Friday, at a meeting with employees of the Krasmash enterprise in Krasnoyarsk, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told how technological progress has affected the quality of the Russian Armed Forces.
MiG-31BM crews intercepted a "violator" of airspace in the stratosphere during the exercises
Combat pairs of airships at the exercises in the Krasnoyarsk Territory operated at maximum altitudes from 17 to 20 thousand meters, the press service of the Central Military District reported
The crews of ten high-altitude MiG-31BM interceptor fighters of the Aviation Division of the Central Military District (CVO) intercepted a conditional violator of airspace in the stratosphere during exercises in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the Central Military District.
The shipbuilding plant "Severnaya Verf" handed over the vessel "Vsevolod Bobrov"to the Navy
General Director of the enterprise Igor Orlov said that after the ship's admission to the Navy and the ceremony of raising the St. Andrew's flag, Vsevolod Bobrov will begin preparations for the inter-fleet transition to the home port of Sevastopol.
The carrier-based fighters of the Sevflot performed a flight to a "ground aircraft carrier" in the Crimea
During the flight, one intermediate landing was made
The aircraft of the 279th separate ship-based fighter aviation Regiment (OKIAP) of the Northern Fleet Naval Aviation (SF) of the Russian Navy performed the flight started on the eve of the "ground aircraft carrier" in the Crimea - the ground test training complex (aviation) (NITKA). This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.
In the US, they were afraid of the Russian "Robocatyusha"
The report that Russian engineers are engaged in automating the rocket artillery system has caused serious concern in the United States.
Facti (Bulgaria): Russia is developing a new long-range rocket-it seeks to dominate the space sphere
The fact that the US military recognized that Russia is ahead of America in the development and creation of supersonic missiles seems to be "perpendicular"to Bulgarian readers. They do not believe in this fact, as well as in the existence of the coronavirus. But there are also those who note the efficiency and ingenuity of Russian scientists and designers.
Source: preliminary design of the Marathon-IoT grouping will begin within six months
In total, the grouping will include 264 satellites
The preliminary design of the Marathon-IoT satellite constellation for the Internet of Things will start within six months. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.
The frigate of the Black Sea Fleet was sent to the Mediterranean
The ship will become part of the forces of the permanent connection of the Navy and will replace the crew of the frigate "Admiral Makarov"
The frigate of the Black Sea Fleet "Admiral Essen" passes the Black Sea Straits in the direction of the Mediterranean Sea. This is stated on Saturday in the press service of the Black Sea Fleet.
The Tu-142 was aimed at the target for hitting the ship's missiles
The ship's strike group of the Northern Fleet, operating in the areas of the North-Eastern Atlantic as part of the command and staff training on the management of forces and troops of the Northern Fleet, conducted a missile strike exercise for a ship's group of a conditional enemy.
The Russian Navy was recognized as "still Soviet"
A significant part of the ship's composition of the Russian Navy (Navy), especially the ocean zone, still remains Soviet, writes Konstantin Sivkov, Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences (RARAN) for information Policy, Doctor of Military Sciences, in the Military-Industrial Courier, assessing the main parade of the Navy held in St. Petersburg in July.
