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On April 23, 2021, at the naval base of the Southern Fleet of the PLA Navy in Sanya (Hainan Island), in the presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping, a solemn ceremony was held for the entry into the PLA Navy of the main universal landing ship of project 075, named "Hainan" (tail number 31), the third destroyer "Dalian" of project 055 (tail number 105) and the sixth strategic nuclear submarine "Great Campaign 18" / 長征 18 of Project 094 (tail number 421).

Warships, submarines, support vessels, as well as units of coastal units and air defense troops involved in interspecific command and staff exercises (KShU) to resolve crisis situations in the Arctic, have returned to their permanent locations, the Northern Fleet (SF) said on Sunday.

Employees of the Saratov artillery center demonstrated shooting from the Tornado-G MLRS without manual guidance, the Zvezda TV channel reports.

It should put into orbit the first satellite from the new constellation of Earth monitoring devices

The corporation-operator of rocket launches in France Arianespace told Agence France-Presse on Wednesday that the next launch of the European Vega light rocket will be carried out next week from the spaceport in Kourou (French Guiana), on the night of April 28 to 29. This is stated in the AFP information.

For the sake of security, Russia will create " death zones "that will be almost completely inaccessible to enemy cruise missiles, precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Izvestia reports, citing sources in the Russian military department.

[b]According to the space agency, the method may later allow "obtaining and storing oxygen on Mars".]

Specialists of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the first time received oxygen from the atmosphere of Mars using a device installed on board the Perseverance planetary rover ("Perseverance"). This is stated in a statement published on Wednesday on the website of the US Space Agency.

The Russian naval aviation will take on the newest Su-30SM2 fighters. According to the approved plan for the construction and procurement of aircraft and their components, a copy of which was reviewed by Izvestia, a little more than two dozen vehicles for the Ministry of Defense should be transferred to the customer by the end of 2022. All sides will undergo a special marine revision. Their official name is Su-30SM2 (Navy).

Combat crews of the anti-aircraft missile and gun complex " Pantsir-S "of the Leningrad Association of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Western Military District (ZVO) in the Astrakhan region at the Ashuluk training ground conducted live firing in motion.

The naval search and strike group of the Northern Fleet (SF) has worked out a series of anti-submarine tasks in the near zone of the Barents Sea. The actions were carried out as part of an interspecific command and staff exercise to resolve crisis situations in the Arctic, which is being conducted under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.

Two tactical groups of ships of the Pacific Fleet, as part of a control check for the winter training period, conducted exercises in the Sea of Japan.

The crews of the Su-30SM aircraft of the fighter aviation regiment of the Eastern Military District, stationed in the Trans-Baikal Territory, worked out the maximum allowed time and range of flights, the press service of the district reports.

[b]Its striking power will increase, said Andrey Dyachkov, General Director of the Northern Design Bureau.]

The Admiral Nakhimov heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser will become the strongest surface ship in the world after modernization. This was announced in an interview with TASS in connection with the 75th anniversary of the Northern Design Bureau (SPKB, part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), celebrated on April 22, by the General Director of the enterprise Andrey Dyachkov.

BAE Systems has announced the launch of the Anson Estiute class submarine, which is under construction under a contract with the British Navy, at the Barrow-in-Furness facility.

Small artillery ships "Volgodonsk", "Astrakhan" and "Makhachkala" of the Caspian flotilla performed artillery fire on sea and air targets of the imaginary enemy. The fire was conducted from the A-190 "Universal" and AK-306 gun mounts, as well as from the Igla MANPADS.

Artillery units of the Army Corps of the Baltic Fleet are working out tasks to destroy targets at the maximum distance with the help of unmanned aerial vehicles.

The Russian Helicopters holding company of the Rostec State Corporation will equip the Ansat helicopter with an external suspension that will allow the helicopter to carry oversized cargo weighing up to a ton.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered to return to the places of permanent deployment, the troops that were involved in the exercises in the south of the Russian Federation, by May 1 of this year.

The government Commission on legislative activity approved a project that creates a unified communication system for the armies of the CIS countries.

More than 2 thousand servicemen and 60 units of military equipment were landed during large interspecific exercises in the Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Thursday.

Near Moscow, the exercises of the 45th engineering and camouflage regiment of the Russian Armed Forces were held, during which the military tested unusual inflatable equipment, the Zvezda TV channel reports. At the same time, the maneuvers of the "inflated" troops caused concern in a number of Western media, including the British The Sun.