News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
SpaceX has launched a new group of Starlink Internet satellites into orbit, bringing the grouping to 1503 vehicles
The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Thursday successfully launched another batch of 60 mini-satellites into low-Earth orbit, designed to continue the deployment of the global Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX said.
There are not many ships - Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy
At the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), the launch ceremony of the mine defense ship "Pyotr Ilyichev" of project 12700 was held.
The third anti-sabotage boat, designed to protect the bases of the Pacific Fleet, arrived in Kamchatka
The connection of the ships of the protection of the water area of the Troops and forces in the North-East of Russia (OKVS) has been replenished with another new anti-sabotage boat of the Grachonok project.
American unmanned helicopter crashed into the side of a warship
An unmanned MQ-8B reconnaissance helicopter crashed into the side of the USS Charleston. The vessel suffered significant damage, but was able to continue its work.
Rostec creates a mobile installation for testing aircraft engines
The United Engine Corporation of Rostec is creating a mobile stand for the AI-222-25 aircraft engine, which will allow testing power plants after repairs in the field, the press service of the Rostec State Corporation reported.
Combat shooting of the cruiser "Moscow" in the Black Sea was shown from the ship
Live firing of the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) of the Guards missile cruiser "Moscow" was shown on video. The corresponding video on Thursday, April 29, is published by the Zvezda TV channel in its Telegram channel.
The mountain motorized rifle unit of the Southern Military District received a batch of new all-terrain vehicles Ural-4320
The mountain motorized rifle unit of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District (SE) received 10 Ural-4320 vehicles of the latest modification.
In the US, they called the" workhorses " of their Navy
Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are the "workhorses" of the US Navy, writes the American publication 19FortyFive.
SpaceX plans to launch a new group of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit
The American company SpaceX plans to launch another batch of 60 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit on Wednesday, according to the specialized website Spaceflight Now.
Military personnel on Sakhalin suppressed control channels of drones of the conditional enemy-VVO
Specialists of electronic warfare (EW) of the Army Corps of the Eastern Military District (VVO) on Sakhalin conducted exercises to suppress the control channels of the simulated enemy drones and cellular communications, the press service of the VVO reported on Wednesday.
In the Novosibirsk region, a large-scale exercise of the RVSN compound has ended
A large-scale exercise with the Novosibirsk missile formation of the Strategic Missile Forces, which is armed with the Yars PGRK, ended in the Novosibirsk region. Large-sized equipment returned to the points of permanent deployment.
TsENKI reported that the modernization of the Gagarin Launch for the Soyuz-2 rocket will take 3 years
The issue of modernization is being worked out by the state Corporation "Roscosmos" with partners from Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates
The contract for the modernization of the Gagarin Launch at the Baikonur cosmodrome for the launch of Soyuz-2 launch vehicles will be designed for three years. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the Director General of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure (CENKI) Ruslan Mukhamedzhanov.
Foreign military attaches were shown the capabilities of the S-400 air defense system near Astrakhan
[b]They included representatives of the military and diplomatic corps from 52 countries of the CIS, Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America.]
The Russian military demonstrated to military attaches from 52 countries live firing from the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems and the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and gun systems at the Ashuluk training ground in the Astrakhan region. This was reported to journalists in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
In St. Petersburg, the ship "Pyotr Ilyichev" was launched"
The mine defense ship "Pyotr Ilyichev" of the project 12700 was launched at the Sredne-Nevsky shipyard, the correspondent of RIA Novosti reports.
ENVG-B: When darkness is not salvation
The United States is ahead of other countries in terms of the technical equipment of the ordinary soldier. Another example is a video from an exercise where soldiers of the 4th Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Regiment use the latest ENVG-B thermal imaging binoculars.
The American "killer" of the Russian S-400 was recognized as a miracle
The promising strategic low-visibility B-21 Raider bomber of the US Air Force, called the killer of the Russian S-400 "Triumph" anti-aircraft missile systems, is a ray of light in the Pentagon budget, the American magazine Popular Mechanics admits.
France tests submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile
France on Wednesday conducted a test launch of the M51 submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile, the country's defense ministry said.
Pre-flight tests of the Jovian JUICE mission have begun
It should go to Jupiter and its moons in May 2022
The JUICE spacecraft has begun undergoing the first pre-flight tests in the laboratories of the European Space Agency (ESA). This is reported by the official Twitter of the mission.
Spektr-RG tracked the awakening of two supermassive black holes
[b]Astronomers assume that a large star or some other object is orbiting around them.]
The eROSITA telescope, installed on board the Russian-German space observatory "Spektr-RG", has discovered two galaxies, supermassive black holes in the center of which recently awoke and began to produce periodic flashes of light and energy. This is reported by the press service of the Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics of the Max Planck Society (MPE).
The most heavily armed version of the "Shot" armored car was spotted in Syria
The latest modification of the Russian armored vehicle "Shot" K-43269 is currently used in the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic. Judging by the photo published on social networks, we have a version with the MB2-04 combat compartment.
