News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

in Ukraine, the latest MLRS "Hurricane" was tested

Ukraine has introduced a new multiple launch rocket system "Bureviy" or "Hurricane". The Ministry of defense of the country is extremely interested in receiving this weapon, since it should replace the old Soviet MLRS of the same name that are in service with the APU. Military observer " Newspaper.Ru " Mikhail Khodarenok talks about the subtleties of the new Ukrainian development.

The crews of fighters and bombers of the naval aviation and air defense of the black sea fleet (BSF) checked the air defense system of the Crimean Peninsula.

Kazakhstan does not intend to become a party to the intergovernmental agreement with Russia on the procedure for interaction during missile launches from the Dombarovsky position area in the Orenburg region of the Russian Federation, which provides for the use of a land plot on the territory of the Republic as a drop area for separating parts of missiles.

the launch of satellites will be the first fully commercial launch from the spaceport

The British company OneWeb named December 17 as the estimated launch date for its 36 communications satellites from the Vostochny cosmodrome. This is stated in a message distributed by her on Friday.

after dropping the capsule, an extended mission will begin, in which Hayabusa-2 will study the small asteroid 1998 KY26

TASS, November 20. A capsule containing the primary matter of the Solar system collected by the Hayabusa-2 probe on the surface of the Ryugu asteroid will descend to The earth's surface on December 6 at the Woomera test site in southern Australia. This was announced on Friday by the press service of the Japanese aerospace research Agency (JAXA).

Most of the starts are held jointly with Russia

The crash of the European Vega launch vehicle on November 17 came as a surprise to space experts. Before that, the European space program had long been considered one of the most developed in the world. Many call the cause of the disaster the explosion of the Ukrainian RD-843 engine.

Mountain landing-assault division of Russian airborne troops, which is stationed in the southern military district, November 25, will receive six dozen combat vehicles BMD-4M and BTR-MDM "Rakushka", according to the Ministry of defense.

the construction of this facility, which has four 35-meter-diameter antennas for transmitting and receiving radio signals, took almost two years, the China Daily newspaper reported

China has put into operation antennas to maintain communication with spacecraft that will participate in missions to explore the moon and Mars. This was reported by the China Daily newspaper.

the launch of the Changzheng-5 launch vehicle is scheduled for November 24

The management of the spaceport in the city of Wenchang on the North-Eastern coast of the southern Chinese province of Hainan prepared the infrastructure for the launch of the Chang'e-5 spacecraft, which will deliver samples of lunar soil from the planet's natural satellite to Earth. According to the Chinese aerospace science and technology Corporation, all work is being carried out in normal mode in accordance with the schedule.

Two crews of Tu-142 anti-submarine aircraft of the Northern fleet performed scheduled flights in the Arctic, the press service of the Northern fleet reports.

Russian sailors will be able to sink enemy ships and submarines using jamming

The defense Ministry plans to re-equip the Navy's electronic warfare centers by the end of next year, sources told Izvestia in the military Department. Every year such means become more and more important in wars and various conflicts.

Strategic bombers B-52H Stratofortress performed a non-stop flight from the United States to the Middle East and back, said the Central command of the US armed forces.

Turkey is negotiating with South Korea on the Altai tank program

Ankara plans to solve the problem with engines, transmission and armor for its national tank program "Altai" through cooperation with South Korean companies. Earlier, Turkey wanted to cooperate with Germany and France, but the damaged relations between the allies put the purchase of necessary parts in question.

Battleships are obsolete-that's a fact. However, the fact remains that there are no weapons in the world that look more impressive than them. One of the largest battleships that have survived to this day is the American "new Jersey", nicknamed Big Jay and the Black dragon. "Firepower of freedom" is the motto of this ship.

As reported by the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation, on November 20, 2020, PJSC "Almaz Shipbuilding company" in St. Petersburg, the hull of the icebreaker "evpatiy Kolovrat" (factory number 800) of the project 21180M was removed from the boathouse. It is planned that the icebreaker will be commissioned by the Navy in 2022.

On November 21, 2020, a solemn ceremony of raising the Naval flag was held in Baltiysk on the small rocket ship Odintsovo (factory number 253) - the third ship in the series of the project 22800 (code "Karakurt"). The ceremony was attended by the commander of the Baltic fleet, Admiral Alexander Nosatov. By order of the commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Odintsovo is included in the combat structure of the Baltic fleet and will serve in the 36th brigade of missile ships and boats of the Baltic naval base.

Over the years (since 1908), the US FBI has accumulated a huge archive of documents. Since the beginning of this year, the secret service archive has been located in the small town of Winchester, Virginia and covers an area of 22,500 square meters. meters, where 360,000 boxes store almost 2 billion rubles. office management pages.

The history of American fighter aviation has more than a hundred years. Today, us air force fighters are head and shoulders above their competitors in terms of technology, but at the dawn of their existence, American aviation purchased aircraft from the allies.

In the latest edition of the program "Military acceptance" on the TV channel "Zvezda", the capabilities of combat boats manufactured by the Kalashnikov concern-BK-10 and BK-16 were demonstrated. the Numbers in this case indicate the length of the vessel in meters.

The team of the Chinese mission "Chang'e-4" published new photos of the surface of the back side of the moon, obtained by the lunar Rover "Yutu-2", including a circular panorama and a three-dimensional image of the surrounding area. To date, the lunar Rover has traveled several hundred meters on the surface of The earth's satellite and worked for almost two years, although initially its service life was estimated at three months, according to the website Space.com.