News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

ships and vessels of the Belomorskaya naval base of the Northern fleet served to Protect the water area and ensure shooting

The lead nuclear submarine of the project 885m ("Yasen-M") "Kazan" during the final stage of state tests hit a target at the Chizha test site in the Arkhangelsk region at a distance of more than 1 thousand km with a Kalibr missile from the White sea. This was announced on Monday by the press service of the Northern fleet.

New UAVS specialize in detecting enemy air defense systems

Planes and helicopters will now be protected by artificial intelligence drones. A high-tech unmanned reconnaissance system has been tested in the Ground forces. The new model specializes in detecting the operation of air defense radars and anti-aircraft missile systems, sources in the defense Department said.

in 2020, parachuting and paratroopers did a lot for the first time

Our airborne forces were the first in world history to perform a group high-altitude jump from 10 thousand meters from the Il-76 military transport aircraft at a flight speed of up to 350 km/h. The jump was made in the area of the Franz Josef Land archipelago on drifting ice. Another evidence of our country's active consolidation in the Arctic.

Prospects for the development of artillery

Almost all classes of military equipment used in the current armed forces were born in the twentieth century. Only artillery appeared in the middle Ages. Now it is even difficult to determine exactly when and where it happened. At the same time, the importance of artillery does not decrease, only the concepts of its use change.

Russia's Nuclear triad switched to digital format

The traditional meeting of President Vladimir Putin with the leadership of the defense Ministry and defense industry in Sochi was one of the main sensations of this year. The head of state said that the construction of a new – exclusively protected – control point for strategic nuclear forces is being completed in Russia.

Russian nuclear-powered missile submarines – 60 years old

The first Russian nuclear-powered ship-a carrier of ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads-entered service on November 12, 1960, when the state Commission signed the acceptance certificate on the completion of the K-19 tests. the Lead ship of project 658 did not receive its own name. And due to severe accidents in July 1961 and February 1972, accompanied by the release of radiation and the death of crew members (9 and 30 people, respectively), it remained in the memory of the people under the nickname "Hiroshima".

In the course of hostilities in Nagorno Karabakh, Armenian armed forces have used various means of defense. Mostly, these were outdated systems created in the sixties and seventies. For example, the ZSU-23-4 Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.

According to us military publications from December 2019, the Iranian Navy is ready to deploy to the Atlantic ocean. Such a bold statement refers to the report presented in the same year by the us Department of defense Intelligence Agency "Iran's Military power". As noted by the authors of the document, missions assigned to Iranian ships are increasingly taking place outside their usual areas of responsibility.

On November 19, the launch ceremony of the second frigate (destroyer) of the project 30DX was held at the enterprise of the Japanese shipbuilding company Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding in Tamano.

Three upgraded supersonic high-altitude fighter-interceptor MiG-31BM entered service with the fighter aviation regiment of the Central military district (CVO) in the Krasnoyarsk territory.

The Russian defense Ministry has received all Ka-52 alligator combat reconnaissance and attack helicopters scheduled for delivery this year. The contract was completed on time.

The reconnaissance units of the Eastern military district (VVO) tank formation stationed in the Republic of Buryatia received a large batch of new intelligence, control and communications complexes (KRUS) "strelet".

The fact that the Arctic is a potential region of confrontation has long been clear. But Russia's position there is well-established, and this is what NATO countries are most concerned about. However, they can't do anything about the" frost resistance " of the Russians yet.

Shvabe - Technological laboratory specialists are developing new methods for rapid assessment of fuel quality, the press service of the shvabe holding, which includes the company, reports

November 22 marks the 105th anniversary of the birth of design engineer Vladimir Rogozhin, Hero of Socialist Labor. He was the author of 150 scientific and technical articles and 188 inventions, and led the development of world-famous Soviet jet systems.

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).