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The strategic submarine "Prince Vladimir" has arrived in the Baltic to participate in the Main Naval Parade
For the first time, three nuclear submarines will be involved in the Navy holiday
The strategic missile submarine "Prince Vladimir" has arrived from the Northern Fleet in the Gulf of Finland, the commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, said.
Tu-160 strategic bombers returned from Chukotka to the base
Two strategic Tu-160 aircraft flew from the Anadyr airfield to a base in the Saratov Region during the exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
The cosmonaut of Roscosmos spoke about the encryption of information from the ISS
Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky said on July 9, as part of the international online training Cyber Polygon, that some information is transmitted from the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth encrypted and even when intercepted, it cannot be decrypted.
Source: state tests of hypersonic missiles "Zircon" will begin before the end of July
State tests of Russian hypersonic missiles "Zircon" will begin before the end of July by firing from the frigate of the project 22350 "Admiral Gorshkov", a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.
The Admiral Golovko frigate will become the first full-time carrier of the Zircon missiles"
The frigate is scheduled to be sent for sea trials in the spring of 2022
The frigate of the project 22350 "Admiral Golovko" will become the first full-time carrier of hypersonic missiles "Zircon". This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.
Roscosmos specialists told about the nuclear power plant project for Mars
Specialists of the Arsenal design Bureau, which is engaged in research on the creation of promising spacecraft for Roscosmos, propose to supply the future Russian base on Mars with a nuclear power plant. This was reported on Saturday, July 10, by RIA Novosti with reference to the materials of the enterprise available to the agency.
The US has designated a "turning point" for the F-35
In 2036, the operations of the US Air Force( Air Force), the Marine Corps (KMP) and the US Navy (Navy) with fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters will reach peak values, which may lead to difficulties with supporting these aircraft if the costs of their operation remain at the current level, Defense News writes.
Cargo Dragon spacecraft successfully landed in the Atlantic
The American cargo spacecraft Cargo Dragon, which undocked from the International Space Station (ISS), landed normally in the Atlantic on Saturday, the developer company SpaceX reported.
Ex-intelligence officer Rebecca Koffler admitted the US is not ready for war with Russia
The probability of a war with Russia can no longer be called hypothetical, but the US government is not ready for it at all. This was stated in an interview with The Hill by former American intelligence officer Rebecca Koffler.
A Russian satellite took down an air base in Afghanistan, from where the US withdrew the military
The image was taken by the Resurs-P satellite
The Russian remote sensing satellite of the Earth removed the Bagram base (Afghanistan), from where the US and NATO withdrew their forces. This was reported to TASS in the press service of Roscosmos.
Humvee does not give up on the new army SUV
The purchase of new JLTV army SUVs is hampered by the desire of the US army to maintain an existing fleet of Humvee vehicles. July 9, portal thedrive.com he reported that the US Army has submitted a request for the redistribution of funds allocated for the purchase of new cars.
The first full-time carrier of the hypersonic missile "Zircon"became known
According to the data presented, the first full-time carrier of the latest hypersonic missile will be the frigate Admiral Golovko. It is also known that, in addition to surface ships, submarines will use it.
The US has improved the "most destructive weapon on Earth"
The strategic nuclear submarine Tennessee of the Ohio type of the US Navy has received a passive Large Vertical Array (LVA) sonar system that provides an almost 360-degree view, which reduces the "blind spot" area in the aft part of the submarine, writes The Drive.
Russian planes conducted an exercise to search for bases of conditional militants in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan
The crews of Su-25SM attack aircraft of the Russian Kant air base in Kyrgyzstan conducted an exercise to search for bases of conditional militants, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Saturday.
Gunners in Kuzbass were reinforced with the "Sturm-S" missile system"
The Ministry of Defense reported that the artillery unit of the Central Military District stationed in Kuzbass received 6 modernized self-propelled anti-tank complexes 9P149 "Sturm-S" based on the tracked armored tractor MTLB.
SpaceX showed a self-propelled floating station for landing Falcon rockets
The American company SpaceX has shown the work of a new autonomous floating platform Shortfall of Gravitas, which is designed for landing the stages of Falcon rockets. The corresponding video was published on July 9 on his Twitter account by the founder of the company, Elon Musk.
Russia is preparing for the strategic maneuvers "West-2021"
The Leningrad Army of the Air Force and Air Defense will take part in the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021" scheduled for September, the Western Military District (ZVO) reported.
The Russian Defense Ministry announces the arrival of the nuclear submarine "Vepr" in the Gulf of Finland to participate in the parade
The nuclear submarine of the Northern Fleet "Vepr" arrived on July 10 in the Gulf of Finland to prepare and participate in the main naval parade, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Saturday.
The apotheosis of the NATO exercises Sea Breeze-the stubs of the "Brezhnev boat"
In Ukraine, the sunken boat "Burevestnik", known in Soviet times as the boat of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, was raised from the bottom of the Black Sea in the port of Odessa.
The Israeli Navy plans to build small corvettes of the Saar 72 project
The last time about the corvettes "Reshef "("Saar-72" for the Israeli Navy) I wrote in November 2019. Then the company announced that it had signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense for the development and construction of a new generation of rocket ships to replace the Saar-4.5, but apparently it was only a preliminary design.