The growing activity of NATO near the Russian borders dictates the need to maintain the combat readiness of nuclear forces, increase the potential of non-nuclear deterrence forces, including equipping with high-precision weapons and effective means of destruction, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Plans for the development of armaments of the army and navy have been implemented despite restrictions due to COVID-19 and rising prices for raw materials

More than 20 thousand basic weapons, about two million pieces of equipment and support equipment were sent to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from 2018 to 2020, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The Polish Ministry of Defense has ordered the repair of Soviet short-range anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) "Osa". The combat readiness of Soviet weapons will be maintained until the creation of new missile defense systems (air defense). This is reported by Defence24.

Following a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, where the expansion of the practice of military training of students of civilian universities was considered, the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, gave a number of instructions.

"It is necessary to prepare a schedule for regular certification of military training centers. This applies not only to those on whom we have made a decision today, but also to all training centers," the minister ordered.

On November 21, the Ministry of Defense of India announced the ceremony of the adoption of the Indian Navy's lead destroyer URO (D66) Visakhapatnam, built under the Project-15B program, at the Mumbai Naval Base.

The US Navy reported that on Tuesday, the American destroyer Milius with Arleigh Burke-class guided missiles made a passage through the Taiwan Strait.

At the Austal USA company's facility in Mobile (Alabama), the baptism ceremony of the EPF (Expeditionary Fast Transport) high-speed expeditionary transport of the "Sperhid" class, intended for the US Navy Maritime Transportation Command, took place.

The British Foreign Ministry has published the full text of the framework agreement on granting Ukraine a loan of 1.7 billion pounds to finance contracts for the purchase of weapons and the construction of fleet infrastructure, RIA Novosti reports.

Two Island-type patrol boats arrived on November 23 from the United States to Ukraine, soon they will provide maritime security in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Ukrainian Navy.

They will be held in Indonesia

The first-ever naval exercises of Russia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be held from December 1 to 3 this year in Indonesia. This was announced to the TASS correspondent on Tuesday by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to ASEAN, Alexander Ivanov.

The crew of the Russian submarine Veliky Novgorod carried out the laying of mines as part of tactical exercises in the Black Sea, writes Argumenti.ru with reference to the press service of the Southern Military District.

The first-ever naval exercises of Russia and the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be held on December 1-3 in the area of North Sumatra in Indonesia. This was stated on November 23 by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to ASEAN, Alexander Ivanov.

On November 19, 2021, it became known that the state-owned company was on the verge of default. So, a message about a meeting with creditors and large bondholders appeared on the company's website.

During the preparation of the contract, "Russian and Indian specialists carried out a lot of preparatory work," the press service of the Kalashnikov Group of companies indicated

The contract for the supply of AK-203 submachine guns to the Ministry of Defense of India may be signed before the end of this year. This was reported to TASS on Tuesday in the press service of the Kalashnikov Group of Companies (GC).

The production of South Korean K9 Thunder self-propelled artillery units will be organized in Egypt. The agreement on this is planned to be signed at the International Defense Industry Exhibition EDEX-2021, which will begin its work in Cairo on November 29.

There are no specific details about the deal yet, but it is expected that these combat vehicles will replace some of the outdated artillery systems.

"Silver lions" in sandy coloring: from Germany to Estonia in the place of the commander of the main battle tank of the US Army

This video, taken from the commander's workplace at the training grounds in Germany and Estonia, shows the work of the crew of the tank of the currently main modification M1A2 SEP V2, belonging to the 1st battalion "Silver Lions" of the 68th armored Regiment. The crew practices landing in a tank, charging and firing from a gun and a machine gun, maneuvering, as well as using smoke grenades to set up a curtain during retreat.

During the exercises of the Serbian army held last week, the country's President Aleksandar Vucic was shown the latest military equipment and weapons.

According to the country's defense ministry, we are talking about more than sixty samples that are planned to equip parts of the ground forces.

The operation of several thousand T-55 and T-62 tanks continues in the world. Somewhere they are planned to be replaced with more modern combat vehicles, somewhere they are being upgraded and left in service, and somewhere they are being converted into equipment of a completely different purpose.

In Russia, new images of a two-link armored personnel carrier DT-BTR for the Arctic were shown. His images were published in the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

Russian wheeled vehicles on the unified combat platform "Boomerang" will receive parts printed on a 3D printer. The production of complex parts for promising armored personnel carriers has already been mastered. This was reported on Instagram by the Military-Industrial Company.