Tests of hypersonic weapons in the United States were postponed due to problems with the launch of the missile, Reuters reports, citing sources.
According to the agency’s interlocutors, the launch vehicle on which the weapon was placed could not take off.
This test was supposed to confirm the operability of individual elements of a hypersonic combat unit under development, but the tests failed.
Earlier, the Pentagon also announced that they had started developing a new hypersonic missile, called Dark Eagle. The US military believes that the implementation of this project will reduce the gap in the field of hypersonic weapons from Russia and China.
The Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation approved vacations for colleges from October 30 to November 7. This was stated in the press service of the department.
The Ministry noted that secondary specialized educational institutions can go on vacation, while ensuring the adjustment of the further curriculum.
Earlier it was reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the introduction of non-working days throughout the country in the period from October 30 to November 7. The Ministry of Education recommended that the regions also send school students and kindergarten students on vacation. In preschool institutions, duty groups will work for children who have no one to stay at home with. The introduction of non-working days should reduce the burden on the healthcare system.
The Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation has sent recommendations to the regions on the organization of holidays in schools and kindergartens in the period from October 30 to November 7. This was reported in the press service of the department.
The Ministry noted that, if necessary, it is possible to organize the work of duty groups for primary classes in schools in accordance with the requirements of sanitary and epidemiological rules. The Ministry of Education also recommends that educational institutions revise the curriculum.
There will also be duty groups in kindergartens in case parents are forced to work and their children have no one to stay at home with. In this case, the legal representatives must notify the preschool educational institution about this and get a medical certificate for the child.
Earlier it was reported that the president signed a decree on the introduction of non-working days in the period from October 30 to November 7. The heads of the regions received the authority to extend this measure in accordance with the epidemiological situation.
On October 21, the Russian Government supported the initiative to create a scientific and technological valley in Obninsk. The decree on the establishment of the Innovative Scientific and Technological Center “Park of Atomic and Medical Technologies”, specializing in nuclear research and nuclear medicine, was signed by the Chairman of the Government of Russia Mikhail Mishustin.
INTC is a joint project of NRU MEPhI, Rosatom State Corporation, the Kurachatov Institute and the Government of the Kaluga Region. An innovative scientific and technological center will be created in Obninsk.
“This is a very important project for our region. In the future, it will attract investments in the amount of approximately 20 billion rubles, create about 1,000 jobs,” commented Governor Vladislav Shapsha.
The main directions of scientific and technological activities of the Center are nuclear research and development, nuclear medicine, information and communication technologies, new materials and laser technologies.
On Wednesday, October 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the introduction of non-working days on the territory of the whole country from October 30 to November 7 inclusive with the retention of wages for employees. Regions can start the period of non-working days earlier or extend it if a dangerous sanitary and epidemiological situation develops.
According to the decree, the government and the authorities of the subjects must determine the mode of operation of health and cultural institutions. The heads of organizations and various bodies need to determine the number of employees and employees who will work in the period from October 30 to November 7.
What exactly will work across the country during non-working days?
The Russian Post has announced that all branches of the company will operate from October 30 to November 7 in the standard mode according to the usual schedule.
“After all, we are a continuously operating organization,”stopping our work will critically affect people’s lives,” the company said in a statement.
The press service of the Ministry of Industry and Trade also reported on which enterprises and organizations should continue uninterrupted work during non-working days, with reference to the Minister of Denis Manturov . These include:
• grocery stores;
• shops with essential goods;
• backbone enterprises;
• continuous cycle production;
• companies involved in the production and supply chains of anticovidics (medicines, protective equipment, medical oxygen, etc.).
Additional information can also be prepared by the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation and regional authorities.
The military of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet), veterans and public figures honored the memory of the crew of the diesel submarine S-178, who died 40 years ago in Primorye. Wreaths and flowers were laid at the mass grave of submariners. The event was attended by the Honor Guard company and the Pacific Fleet Orchestra. The diesel medium submarine S-178 of the Pacific Fleet was lost on October 21, 1981 as a result of a collision with the RFU “Refrigerator-13”. As a result of the emergency, 32 people were killed. The mass grave of the crew members of the deceased submarine is located in the memorial part of the Marine Cemetery. Monument to the crew of the submarine “C-178” createdat the initiative of submariners and installed at the Naval Cemetery of the city of Vladivostok at the burial place of the dead submariners. It was opened in 1982, on the first anniversary of the death of the submarine. The monument is a metal fence of the conning tower of a submarine of the type “C”, mounted on a granite pedestal.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia urged caution about sermons on social networks. He believes that the issue of the presence of clergy on the Internet is one of the most acute, reports TASS.
According to the patriarch, not every priest can be a preacher. To do this, it is necessary to study in seminaries and constantly improve their qualifications.
He also added that the clergy should think about ways to interact with young people. At the same time, the patriarch urged the priests to be careful in finding new approaches and concentrate more on the content of the sermons and the manner of their utterance.
“In a sense, the preacher should be almost invisible, people should not concentrate on appearance, manner, everything should be focused on what the priest says,” he concluded.
Earlier it was reported that the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church postponed the Bishops’ Council to May 2022 due to the pandemic
Special forces units of the Central Military District used a new tactic “Tiger Carousel” during the exercises. According to the legend of the exercises, a group of armed men on lightly armored vehicles tried to attack a system of strong points and positions of a military unit. Moreover, this group had a numerical advantage. However, the tiger carousel helped to destroy the conditional enemy. Let’s figure out what kind of tactics it is and with what it is eaten.
What kind of exercises were they?
The exercises were held at the Shilovo training ground in the Novosibirsk region. More than 500 fighters and about 30 pieces of equipment were involved in them. According to the legend of the maneuvers, an illegal armed formation on lightly armored vehicles, using numerical superiority, tried to attack the system of strong points and positions of special forces.
What was the tactic?
Armored vehicles “Tiger” entered the battle. They rapidly approached the firing distance and destroyed the enemy’s manpower and armored vehicles. Armored vehicles «Tiger» were firing in pairs, alternately from large-caliber machine guns «Cord » and performed a maneuver on machines, which allowed to fire continuously and compensate for the reloading time. “Tiger carousel” is especially in demand when there is not enough information about the enemy’s weapons. Such tactics increase the survivability of combat vehicles.
This is reminiscent of the tactics of the steppe peoples, they surrounded the enemy with light cavalry, fired from bows and rode smartly to a safe distance. After that, they repeated the maneuver, exhausting and irritating the enemy. Historians write that it was quite effective.
Is this an innovative technique?
Not particularly. Such maneuvers were carried out earlier. For example, in the spring of 2020, at the Golovenki training ground in the Moscow region, the crews of the T-80U combat vehicles of the 4th Guards Kantemirov Division conducted firing and practiced maneuvers of the tank carousel, which tactically repeats the tiger one. In the summer of 2021, in the Moscow region, at the Alabino training ground, the crews of T-72B3 tanks performed live firing with the use of the increased rate of fire method. Yes, and in Syria, this tactic was used by Russian tankers.
What kind of equipment participated in the exercises?
“Tiger” is a Russian multi-purpose all-terrain vehicle, armored car, army all-terrain vehicle. The car is designed to transport people and various goods on roads and off-road. It is a chassis of frame construction, which carries the main part of the units and the body. The car body is all-metal single-volumefive-door with a cargo compartment, designed for the transportation of four people and up to 1500 kg of cargo (armored three-door single-volume, designed for the transportation of 6 9 people and 1200 kg of cargo for army and police versions of the car). The cargo compartment is separated from the passenger compartment by a partition, equipped with seats, which can additionally accommodate 2–4 people.
Cord — automatic weapon with tape power (the feed of the tape can be carried out both on the left and on the right). The machine gun is built according to the principle of a gas-discharge machine gun, where a gas piston with a long stroke is placed under the barrel. The barrel is quick-change, air-cooled. Locking the barrel is carried out by turning the shutter larva and engaging the larva’s combat stops for the barrel’s combat stops. Feeding cartridges is carried outfrom a metal tape with an open link, feeding cartridges from the tape directly into the barrel. The trigger mechanism can be operated both manually (from the trigger mounted on the machine) and from the electric trigger (just for the tank version), has a fuse against accidental shots. An open adjustable sight is used as the main one. It is possible to install optical and night sights.
Scientists of the Gamalei National Research Center have published the results of a study of the effectiveness of the one-component vaccine “Sputnik Light” against the delta strain of coronavirus in Moscow, according to the website medRxiv.org.
For the study, data from the Moscow vaccination registers and COVID incidence statistics were used. The evaluation criteria were the proportion of coronavirus cases among those vaccinated with a single dose and the number of infections among the unvaccinated.
The overall effectiveness for all adults over the age of 18 was 69.8%. “These figures indicate that Sputnik Lite is even more effective against the delta strain than many double-injection vaccines,” the article says.
Earlier it was reported that new records were recorded in Russia for the number of infections and deaths from coronavirus.
The plot is a pandemic of a new type of coronavirus that has spread from China
The Supreme Court supported a resident of Stavropol, who did not have time to file a complaint due to prolonged self-isolation, RIA Novosti reports.
The man disputed the results of land surveying, and the court partially satisfied his claim, after which the plaintiff appealed first to the appellate and then to the cassation instance. He filed the last complaint late, because due to his age he observed the self-isolation regime for a long time, then fell ill and spent about a month in the hospital. He also failed to collect the necessary documents in time due to changes in the work of state organizations against the background of the pandemic.
The Fifth Cassation Court of general jurisdiction did not accept the Stavropol citizen’s complaint and refused to restore the missed deadline, and he appealed to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.
The Judicial Board recalled that the deadline for filing a complaint can be restored for a good reason, and for the plaintiff it is such. The Board ordered the Fifth Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction to consider the complaint.
Earlier it was reported that in Bashkiria, a pensioner who did not show a QR code was forcibly detained at the bus station.
It also became known that elderly Muscovites will be able to unlock social cards after vaccination.
