News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

In Belarus, a sudden check of the combat readiness of Missile troops began. This was reported on May 18 in the Ministry of Defense of the country. It is specified that up to 100 units of equipment and more than 500 military personnel will be involved in the inspection.

The Pacific Fleet will receive this submarine in November

Mooring tests of the diesel-electric submarine of the project 636.3 "Magadan" for the Pacific Fleet will be completed in early June of this year, the crew of the submarine is involved in them, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

The Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighter could be made a carrier-based aircraft. A member of the board of the Russian Military-Industrial Commission, a member of the Marine Board under the Government of Russia, Vladimir Pospelov, told RIA Novosti about such an idea.

The SBIRS GEO 5 satellite was launched into orbit by an Atlas V launch vehicle

The US Space Force sent the SBIRS GEO 5 early detection system satellite into orbit on Tuesday using an Atlas V launch vehicle. The launch was broadcast on the website of the creators of the launch vehicle - the United Launch Alliance company.

A successful physical launch of the T-15MD tokamak took place at the Kurchatov Institute, which became the first new thermonuclear installation in Russia in 20 years. It is expected that it will carry out both experiments in the framework of the ITER thermonuclear reactor project, and experiments in the framework of the development of a hybrid reactor, TASS reports.

According to Admiral Alexander Nosatov, NATO plans to conduct more than 20 exercises in the region, during which the ship grouping can be increased to 30-40 ships

The US Navy's Arleigh Burke-class URO destroyers are on permanent combat duty in the Baltic and North Seas. This was announced by the commander of the Baltic Fleet, Admiral Alexander Nosatov, in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.

Russia can continue the construction of nuclear-powered strategic missile submarines of the project 955 ("Borey") after all ten such submarines contracted for today are ready, Vladimir Pospelov, a member of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation, a member of the Marine Board under the government, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The Russian Navy will receive about 40 ships and support vessels of various classes this year, Vladimir Pospelov, a member of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission and a member of the Marine Board under the government of the Russian Federation, told RIA Novosti in an interview.

The construction of the Borey-A project 995A strategic missile submarines can be continued after the execution of the contract concluded with the Ministry of Defense for the supply of 10 ships.

During the upcoming military-technical forum "Army-2021 "at the Vostochny airfield in Ulan-Ude, at the site of weapons and military equipment, it is planned for the first time to demonstrate the latest armored vehicle" Typhoon", which this year entered service with the combined arms association of the Eastern Military District.

The Ukrainian medium rocket "Cyclone-4M" in 2023 will fly from the Canso space center in the province of Nova Scotia (Canada), reports CBC.

Military personnel of the special forces unit of the Pskov Guards Amphibious Assault Unit and the Center for Special Parachute Training of the Airborne Forces from Ryazan made jumps from a height of six thousand meters. They jumped in special oxygen equipment.

The ships of the Baltic Fleet will make seven long voyages this year. Russian sailors will visit ports in Syria, Cyprus, Sudan and Oman. The fleet's personnel will conduct more than 34 combat training sessions of various directions, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The most large-scale event will be the Russian-Belarusian exercise "West-2021".

Russia is completing tests of the latest hypersonic missile "Zircon", which will be used both on submarines and on ships, Vladimir Pospelov, a member of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission and a member of the Marine Board under the Russian government, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The training took place against the background of a British Navy patrol ship entering the Black Sea

Exercises to destroy air targets of a simulated enemy were conducted by the crew of the patrol ship "Inquisitive", the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) said on Monday.

The substitute for the "aluminum coffin" is a step away from mass production. May 16, portal armyrecognition.com He announced that the US Department of Defense and BAE Systems have signed a new contract for the development and supply of AMPV tracked combat vehicles.

The Israel Defense Forces lost the Merkava Mark IV tank. The incident occurred at the end of last week. Video footage taken at the scene of the incident appeared on social networks.

The combat vehicle is located on a semi-trailer, which is towed by a tractor. Clouds of thick black smoke can be seen rising into the sky. You can hear the bullets for the machine guns exploding from the open fire.

The latest Buk-M3 air defense systems, which entered service with the anti-aircraft missile unit in the Altai Territory, made it possible to increase the combat capabilities of the unit by more than 5 times without increasing the staff and official composition of the military personnel.

The Marine Corps has begun decommissioning the Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters, a modern version of the AH — 1 Super Cobra. Purchases of new cars of this type will continue.

Interplanetary missions will be included in the national planetary exploration program

China plans to launch new missions to Mars and Jupiter to explore these planets and return rock samples to Earth. This was stated by the chief designer of the national Mars mission "Tianwen-1" Zhang Rongqiao.