News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Russia has a space constellation of 162 satellites. This was announced on April 21 by the General Director of Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems (part of Roscosmos») Nikolai Testoyedov at the general meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

We are talking, in particular, about Chinese research with the potential participation of Russia, said former US senator and astronaut Bill Nelson

China's space exploration, including lunar exploration and potentially involving Russia, should be of concern to the United States.

Covering the Kuril Islands, the 18th machine-gun and artillery Division decided to equip more modern armored vehicles. More precisely, they will receive the tankers of this division.

The global virtual reality (VR) market will grow by an average of 51.1% (CAGR) annually and will exceed $ 100 billion by 2026. This forecast was announced in the research company ResearchAndMarkets.

The situation associated with the aging of the structures of the International Space Station is becoming catastrophic, and Russia cannot put the lives of astronauts at risk. This was warned by Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Yuri Borisov on the air of the TV channel "Russia 1", his words are transmitted by TASS.

As reported, on April 15, 2021, at PJSC " Shipbuilding Firm "Almaz" in St. Petersburg, traditionally without much publicity, the border patrol ship of the 2nd rank "Admiral Ugryumov" (factory number 055) of project 22120 (code "Blizzard"), which is being built for the Border Service of the FSB of Russia, was launched. This is the sixth ship of the project 22120, and neither the order of this unit, nor the beginning of its construction was previously publicly reported.

The marines of the Caspian Flotilla together with the sailors of the Northern Fleet conducted exercises on loading and unloading military equipment on landing ships on the Black Sea coast, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) reports.

[b]According to the agency's interlocutor, "in November 2020, during the state tests, a salvo was fired from the Kazan, which confirmed the possibility of such launches."]

Nuclear submarines (NPS) of the project 885M cipher "Ash-M" are capable of firing a salvo of cruise missiles "Kalibr-PL" and "Onyx". This was reported to TASS on Tuesday by a source in the military-industrial complex.

A video of the departure of a detachment of ships of the Caspian Flotilla in the Black Sea appeared on the Network. Recall that on the morning of April 17, the detachment passed under the Crimean Bridge. The day before, the ships spent the night in the port of Temryuk, where they replenished their fuel reserves.

Nuclear submarines of the project 885M "Yasen-M" are capable of launching multiple launches of cruise missiles "Kalibr-PL" and "Onyx". First of all, we are talking about the submarine "Kazan".

The holding company "Roselektronika" of the State Corporation Rostec with the support of the Industrial Development Fund (VEB Group.Russian Federation) will increase the production of ultra-high-frequency modules for various radar systems.

The crews of the Su-25SM3 aviation unit of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Military District, based in the Stavropol Territory, flew to the operational airfields of the Crimea.

The Director General of Roscosmos noted that the first basic module is already in operation

The Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia has been tasked with ensuring the readiness of the first base module for the new Russian space station in 2025. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

Seven vessels, a helicopter and a plane took part in an exercise to rescue an emergency ship in the Barents Sea, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported on Tuesday.

JSC "Admiralty Shipyards" (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) has started mooring tests of a large diesel-electric submarine of the project 636.3 "Magadan", the press service of the enterprise reported.

The exercise to repel an air raid by the calculations of the S300V4 anti-aircraft missile system was held on the Kuril Islands, the press service of the Eastern Military District reports.

The Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation will receive another large hydrographic boat of the 19920 project. Yesterday, April 19, the press service of the Vladivostok Shipbuilding Plant named after him. October Revolution reported on the signing of the acceptance certificate on the results of state tests of the boat "Alexander Anishchenko". The timing of the transfer of the vessel to the fleet is not yet reported, but it "will happen in the near future."

The American long-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) MQ-4 Triton was able to scout the situation near Voronezh. This follows from the visualization of the capabilities of the drone, presented by the Telegram channel "Military Informant".

In the repair battalion of the combined arms association of the Eastern Military District, stationed in the Republic of Buryatia, military craftsmen are completing work on the restoration of the legendary heavy tank of the Great Patriotic War (WWII) "Joseph Stalin" (IS-2). The masters plan to put the tank on the move to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War.

Nuclear submarines (NPS) of the project 885M (code "Ash-M") are capable of firing Kalibr and Onyx missiles in a salvo. The unknown possibility of Russian submarines was revealed by TASS, citing a source in the military-industrial complex.