Izvestia: in Russia, the training of the Admiral Nakhimov TARKR crew will begin before the end of the year

In Russia, they will begin to form a crew for the Admiral Nakhimov heavy nuclear missile cruiser (TARKR) of Project 1144.2M "Orlan". According to the training plan, the training of the ship's personnel will begin before the end of the year. This is reported by Izvestia with reference to sources in the military department.

Divers of the Black Sea Fleet conducted an exercise to repel underwater saboteurs, during which they had to practice underwater knife fighting techniques and underwater firefight, the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet reported.

Military specialist Litovkin: Sirius drones will be able to be used on Russian UDC

The universal amphibious assault ships (UDC) under construction in Russia, which are also called helicopter carriers, will be able to carry promising drones. Sirius unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are capable of taking off from the deck of the UDC, Dmitry Litovkin, editor-in-chief of the Independent Military Review, suggested in an interview with TASS.

The marines of the Northern Fleet destroyed the forces of a conditional enemy at a training ground near the village of Sputnik in the Murmansk region. This was announced on Wednesday, February 9, by the Russian Defense Ministry.

The production of Kalashnikov assault rifles in Kazakhstan will be established in 2022 at the Tynys plant, one of the largest machine-building enterprises of the Akmola region, the press service of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the republic reports.

Developed by Soviet designer Georgy Shpagin on the eve of the Great Patriotic War, the PPSH-41 submachine gun is still used in conflicts in the Middle East. Fortunately, the reliable design of the weapon allows you to upgrade and adapt it to modern combat conditions.

An unusual test was filmed by the authors of the channel "Demolition Ranch" (Demolition Ranch): they took an all-metal copper ball with a diameter of about 20 centimeters and tried to punch it with an AK-105. It turned out very entertaining and ... unexpected.

Estonian robotic platforms are going abroad. Yesterday, February 8, the portal armyrecognition.com He reported that Milrem Robotics has announced the delivery of the THeMIS Combat robotic platform to Thailand.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine continues to operate several hundred American-made Humvee SUVs. On Tuesday, photos from the fifth maintenance and repair center of these foreign cars that arrived from overseas, located in Zhytomyr, were posted on the Network.

In Ukraine, they announced the testing of the next version of the Soviet T-64BV tank. Now this car of the 2022 model, modified by the specialists of the Kharkiv Armored Plant, has received "sights and devices of the third generation."

The Ukrainian enterprise KHBTZ has started testing the T-64BV tank of the 2022 model

Tests of the upgraded version of the Soviet T-64 tank began in Ukraine. The state enterprise "Kharkiv Armored Plant" (KHBTZ), which is part of the Ukroboronprom concern, has equipped the T-64BV model 2022 with new equipment. This is reported by Defense Express with reference to the press service of the concern.

Modernization of obsolete T-72M1 tanks continues in Iraq. So far we are talking about combat vehicles that are in service with the People's Militia Forces. They were first shown in May last year.

From the usual "seventy-second", the main external difference is the massive elements of the built-in dynamic protection on the turret, which are able to withstand tandem cumulative ammunition of various types.

More than 300 units of weapons and military equipment will be involved in the exercises

The gunners of the formations of the 49th Army of the Southern Military District stationed in the Caucasus have begun field exercises. As the press service of the district told reporters on Wednesday, more than 2.5 thousand servicemen are taking part in the maneuvers, who will fire from howitzers "Acacia", "Carnation", multiple rocket launchers and other weapons.

American officer Brent Eastwood in an article for 19Fortyfive spoke about Moscow's military advantage over the North Atlantic Alliance.

While on combat duty on the Caspian coast in Dagestan, servicemen of the Bal coastal missile systems division of the Southern Military District successfully worked out electronic missile launches against the forces of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

Northrop Grumman conducted the second flight test of the AARGM-ER rocket

The United States launched an advanced anti-radar missile of extended range AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER). The missile successfully hit a ground target, the press service of Northrop Grumman reports.

One shot of the Kornet-D1 anti-tank missile system is equal to one destroyed target.

The accuracy of such military arithmetic was tested in tests in Dagestan - the result is not in favor of tanks.

The US State Department has approved the potential supply of spare parts to the UAE under the program "Orders for Foreign Military Sales II" (Foreign Military Sales Order II - FMSO II). The total cost of the purchase may amount to $65 million.

According to the Taiwan News newspaper, Taiwan's Ministry of Defense plans to purchase an additional batch of PAC-3 MSE (Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement) missiles manufactured by Lockheed Martin in 2025-2026 to enhance the capabilities of the air defense system/ABOUT countries.

Moscow hopes that the escalation of the situation in Ukraine will not reach the need for a military response from Russia

Russia hopes that the escalation of the situation in Ukraine will not reach the need for a military response from Moscow, calls on the United States not to bring the situation to a standstill with the supply of anti-missile systems, said Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin.