The United States and NATO countries are trying to strengthen the air defense forces of the Kiev puppet regime. As noted by "RG: Russian weapons", the old anti-aircraft systems inherited by Ukraine from the Soviet Army have long since exhausted their resource and often miss and hit various civilian ground objects during use.

Expert Pekarski: Polish air defense could not prevent the missile from falling in Przevodow

The Polish air defense has great opportunities to monitor what arrives in the country's airspace, defense expert Michal Pekarski told GW. The situation is worse with the defeat of targets. Warsaw will receive modern Patriot and CAMM anti-aircraft systems only within ten years.

Today in Amsterdam, after more than two years of hearings, the court delivers its verdict in the case of the Boeing shot down in the sky over Donbass in 2014.

On Thursday, a Dutch court issued a verdict in the case of the crash of flight MH17 near Donetsk in July 2014. According to the court's decision, the Malaysian Boeing was shot down by the DPR militia. The commander of one of the detachments Igor Girkin (Strelkov) and two of his subordinates were sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia. However, in Russia, the conclusions of the court in The Hague were called biased and politicized, pointing out all the inconsistencies in the case of the crash of the airliner.

The South Korean Ministry of Defense announced another missile test conducted by the DPRK troops. It is stated that the North Korean military launched an "unidentified ballistic missile".

Lithuania is ready to reconsider its position regarding the transfer of self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine from the presence of the Lithuanian army. In Vilnius, it was decided that by handing over howitzers to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lithuania would not weaken its defense in any way. This was stated by Lithuanian President Ginatas Nauseda.

On November 15, 2022, the Slovak Ministry of Defense signed agreements with the German Ministry of Defense and the German Rheinmetall group to receive 15 Leopard 2A4 tanks. The equipment is transferred by the German side free of charge as compensation for 30 infantry fighting vehicles BMP-1, which Slovakia will transfer from the presence of Ukraine "in the coming weeks."

The cyber war unleashed against Russia has become a serious test of strength for the domestic IT system, but it failed to cause serious damage, according to Igor Lyapunov, Vice President of Rostelecom for Information Security.

Anton Guglya is the head of qApp, a Russian company developing complex cybersecurity software solutions based on post-quantum encryption algorithms. In 2022, the qApp team presented a pilot project unique for Russia, providing quantum-stable data protection of Gazprombank, and also proved the compatibility of domestic Baikal and Elbrus processors with post-quantum cryptography. Anton Gugli's interview is in the TASS project "Conversations with Ivan Survillo".

A team of scientists from MIPT and NUST MISIS implemented a four-qubit quantum processor and demonstrated on it the accuracy of two-qubit CZ operations of more than 97%. The experiment was conducted at MIPT on November 8.

As you know, lithium-ion batteries are considered today as one of the key reliable power sources. They are widely used in a variety of fields of activity, including the military. Not only electric cars or smart watches are powered by lithium-ion batteries.

On November 16, 2022, a laying ceremony of a linear diesel-electric icebreaker of project 21900M2 was held in Vyborg at PJSC Vyborg Shipbuilding Plant (VSZ, part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation). The vessel with the factory number 510 (the name has not yet been assigned) It is being built by order of the Federal Agency for Sea and River Transport, the developer is FSUE Rosmorport.

Severstal has started shipping the first bimetallic sheets for the construction of the outer skin of the bow of the hull of the main linear nuclear icebreaker Rossiya (project 10510 LK-120 I, cipher "Leader"). The ice protection of the nuclear icebreaker, the so-called ice belt of the vessel, will be made of bimetal. This is the reinforced lower part of the hull, which directly resists the ice.

As reported, on November 16, 2022, a solemn ceremony of raising the Naval flag of Russia on the naval minesweeper "Pyotr Ilyichev" (factory number 526) of project 12700 (code "Alexandrite") took place in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. This ship, built by JSC Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (SNSZ, part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC) in St. Petersburg, became the sixth minesweeper of the new generation of Project 12700 commissioned by the Russian Navy, and the second as part of the 114th Brigade of the protection of the water area of Troops and Forces in the North-The East (Kamchatka), after the minesweeper "Yakov Balyaev" (factory number 525), which entered service in December 2020.

On November 16, 2022, a solemn ceremony of raising the Naval Flag of Russia on a large diesel-electric submarine B-588 Ufa (factory number 01617) of project 06363 took place in St. Petersburg at JSC Admiralty Shipyards (part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC). This is the fourth Project 06363 submarine commissioned by the Russian Navy out of six units ordered for the Pacific Fleet. The ceremony was attended by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.

The US Pacific Fleet has published the results of an investigation conducted last year against the command and crew members of the universal landing ship Bonhomme Richard.

High-precision weapons attacked objects in most regions of the country

On November 15, the Armed forces of the Russian Federation launched a large-scale cruise missile attack on the infrastructure of Ukraine, which led to power outages throughout the country. The Russian Defense Ministry thus disables the AFU facilities, and at the same time demonstrates the readiness and availability of resources to continue such operations, experts say.

MWM: strikes on infrastructure facilities in Ukraine caused massive power outages

Russia's continued strikes on Ukraine's infrastructure will strengthen pressure on Kiev and its supporters in the West, writes MWM. Large-scale support will be required to support the population in winter. In addition, a massive outflow of refugees to Europe is very likely. And Kiev's European supporters are already experiencing great financial difficulties.

The Vice-Speaker of the Federation Council also called Zelensky's statement "the words of an irresponsible provocateur"

Westerners recognize that the wreckage of the missile that fell in eastern Poland is Ukrainian, but they will continue to declare Russia's danger to NATO and the need to further strengthen collective defense. This opinion was expressed on Wednesday by the Vice-speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev.

Reuters: judging by the trajectory, the rocket that fell in Poland did not come from Russia

The US President said that, according to preliminary data, the rocket that led to the explosion in Poland was not launched from Russia. He announced this at an emergency meeting of world leaders in Bali, writes Reuters.