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Su - 30SM fighters of the VKS and the Russian Navy will undergo a deep modernization
The Su-30SM fighters in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces and the Russian Navy will be upgraded to the Su-30SM2 variant, the Izvestia newspaper reported on Sunday, citing sources in the Russian Defense Ministry.
In Russia, the ship of the project 12700 was launched
Russian shipbuilders held the ceremony of launching the project 12700 mine defense ship "Pyotr Ilyichev". It can be transferred to the customer this year.
Tests of a new French ballistic missile for a Triomphant-type submarine were shown on video
France has tested a new M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile. Its carrier is a strategic submarine of the Triomphant type.
The Fregat upper stage and 36 British OneWeb satellites are included in the catalog of space objects - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Launched on Monday on a Soyuz-2.1 b rocket from the Vostochny cosmodrome, 36 British satellites, together with the Fregat upper stage, are included in the Main Catalog of Space Objects of the Russian space Control System, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.
The record-breaking Progress MS-14 ship was sunk in the non-navigable part of the Pacific Ocean
The Progress MS-14 spacecraft was launched to the ISS from the Baikonur cosmodrome on April 25. He set a record for the longest stay in orbit
The Progress MS-14 space cargo ship, which spent more than a year in orbit, was driven out of orbit and burned up in the atmosphere on Thursday night. The unburned parts were flooded in the non-navigable part of the Pacific Ocean, Roscosmos said in a statement.
China has successfully put the base module of the future space station into orbit
The Changzheng-5B heavy launch vehicle successfully launched the Tianhe base module of the future Chinese space station into low-Earth orbit on Thursday, the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) said.
The reusable Falcon 9 stage made a successful landing on a platform in the Atlantic
The reusable first stage of the American Falcon 9 launch vehicle, which launched on Thursday Moscow time into orbit with 60 Internet satellites of the Starlink project, made a successful controlled landing on a floating platform in the Atlantic, the developer company SpaceX said.
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.
