News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
The SpaceX rocket successfully put 88 satellites into orbit, including four military ones
The Falcon 9 launch vehicle on Wednesday successfully put 88 satellites into orbit, including four vehicles in the interests of the US military department, the developer company SpaceX said.
The Russian military in the Crimea conducted a training test of air defense systems
The Russian military, as promised, reacted to the large-scale NATO Sea Breeze exercises near our borders. So far, American, British, Ukrainian and others (32 countries in total) ships, armored vehicles and aircraft are practicing joint actions of an allegedly defensive nature, our military decided to check the operation of anti-air defense (air defense) systems in the Crimea.
The Pentagon was recommended to prepare for military operations on the moon
The laboratory of the US Air Force has published a report "Primer on Near-lunar Space", which contains recommendations to the US space forces on preparing for a situation in which the Moon and the outer space around it will act as a war zone. This became known on Tuesday, June 29.
The newest hydrographic boat will be laid at the shipyard in the Nizhny Novgorod region
The vessel will be named "Anatoly Knyazev" in honor of the organizer and participant of the tests of the first high-latitude navigation complex during the nuclear submarine's trip to the North Pole in 1963.
Snipers of the Central Military District destroyed the "enemy" point near Novosibirsk
Military personnel of the special purpose compound of the Central Military District (CVO), with the support of snipers, destroyed a field node of a potential enemy in the Novosibirsk region. The event took place within the framework of special tactical exercises, as reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense on Wednesday, June 30.
The Soyuz-2.1 a rocket put the Progress MS-17 spacecraft into orbit
The Soyuz-2.1 a rocket successfully coped with the task of launching the Progress MS-17 spacecraft with cargo for the International Space Station (ISS) into near-Earth orbit. This was announced on Wednesday, June 30, by the press service of Roscosmos.
The inability of the United States to produce the F-22 is explained
Currently, the United States cannot produce fifth-generation F-22 Raptor fighters, since the corresponding production facilities and supply chains are involved for F-35 Lightning II aircraft, explained Alex Hollings, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, in the Sandboxx blog.
Russian submarine with "Calibers" went on exercises in the Black Sea against the background of Sea Breeze maneuvers
In the Black Sea, the Russian military conducted an exercise with anti-submarine helicopters
The Russian diesel submarine Kolpino, capable of using Kalibr cruise missiles, went on exercises in the Black Sea against the background of the Sea Breeze maneuvers, in which the United States, other NATO members and their partners participate.
About 30 structures will be built at the base of the submarine forces of the Pacific Fleet in Kamchatka by the end of 2021
By the end of this year, specialists of the Military Construction Complex of the Russian Defense Ministry will erect 30 different buildings and structures as part of the development of the infrastructure of the mooring front for the deployment of the submarine forces of the Pacific Fleet in Kamchatka.
Anti-aircraft gunners of the Russian military base in Tajikistan have received the latest MANPADS " Willow"
The air defense units of the Russian military base in Tajikistan received 20 modern man-portable air defense missile systems (MANPADS) "Verba".
The batch of BTR-82A entered service with the newly formed motorized rifle regiment of the Southern Military District in Ingushetia
More than 10 BTR-82A entered service with the newly formed motorized rifle regiment of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District in Ingushetia.
Su-57 will leave the F-35 out of work with two missiles
Two hypersonic missiles from the arsenal of the Russian Su-57 fighter are capable of leaving the entire fleet of American fifth-generation F-35 aircraft on the ground. The first is the aviation version of the X-47M2 "Dagger", which can disable aircraft carriers and concrete runways that the F-35 needs.
UAC has joined several manufacturers of transport aircraft to PJSC "Il"
The corporation clarified that we are talking about JSC Aviastar-SP, PJSC VASO, JSC EMZ named after V. M. Myasishchev
The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of the Rostec state Corporation) has joined several large enterprises that create transport aircraft to PJSC Il. This was reported on Wednesday in the press service of the UAC.
Nature (UK): the first video and audio recordings from the Chinese rover intrigued scientists
The Chinese rover "Zhuzhong" transmitted to Earth audio and video materials that interested scientists. Among them are a dangerous landing on the surface of the planet, selfies of the rover and sounds with which researchers hope to study the nature of the wind on Mars.
The American fleet was replenished with a new coastal ship
The ships of the LCS project became the second largest in the American fleet after the Arleigh Burke-type destroyers. On June 29, Austal USA officially handed over the USS Savannah to the US Navy.
The ships of the Pacific Fleet conducted exercises with rocket and artillery firing
A detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet (TOPF) conducted exercises with rocket and artillery firing, said on Wednesday the head of the information support department of the press service of the Eastern Military District for the Pacific Fleet, Captain of the first rank Nikolai Voskresensky.
When and alone in the field is a warrior
In the Kaliningrad Region, the Borisoglebsk-1 electronic warfare system was successfully used against drones.
German "Cougars" will be digitized
German Puma BMP will become the most high-tech in the world. June 29, portal defenseworld.net he reported that the Bundeswehr had ordered Rheinmetall to modernize the first batch of these machines.
Exercises of Russian strategic submarines were held in the Barents Sea
Two strategic nuclear submarines of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation conducted an "underwater duel" during an exercise in the Barents Sea, the press service of the fleet reported on Wednesday.
In the US, they told about the "punching a hole" in the Russian F-35B ship
The fifth-generation fighter of the shortened take-off and vertical landing F-35B Lightning II, which flew next to Russian ships in the Mediterranean Sea, in particular, the Admiral Makarov patrol frigate of project 11356R, is not armed with anti-ship missiles, says the American magazine Forbes.
