Refusal to cooperate with NATO will not entail negative consequences for Russia - Peskov
Russia's rejection of relations with NATO will not entail anything terrible, the efforts of the Russian Federation to develop cooperation with the alliance were still in vain, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.
The political scientist assessed the statements about the possible use of weapons by Germany against the Russian Federation
Sergei Sudakov, an American political scientist and corresponding member of the Academy of Military Sciences, commented on the words of German Defense Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer, who said that NATO could use weapons against Russia if necessary.
"We are ready to use weapons": Germany turned to NATO and sharply threatened Russia with a strike (Editor-in-Chief, Ukraine)
NATO must respond decisively to the aggressive actions of Russia, which is carrying out maneuvers aimed at "destabilizing the situation in Europe." No one should attack the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance in the Baltic or the Black Sea. The Kremlin should understand that the Western security bloc will eventually be ready to use weapons, German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said.
Expert: the exercises of the CSTO forces showed the world the unity of views of the member states on threats
Andrei Kartapolov, head of the State Duma Defense Committee, believes that the past exercises demonstrated a high level of interaction between the military contingents of the CSTO member states.
In Tajikistan, the Belarusian special forces withstood the test of a sandstorm
In Tajikistan, at the Harbmaydon training ground, Belarusian servicemen, together with colleagues from Russia and Kazakhstan, worked out actions to search for a militant camp near the border with Afghanistan.
The CSTO exercises held in Tajikistan were a response to the aggravation of the situation in Afghanistan - Commander of the Central Military District
Large-scale operational and strategic exercises of the collective forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) "Combat Brotherhood-2021", which ended in Tajikistan, is a response to the aggravation of the situation in Afghanistan, said the commander of the Central Military District (CVO), Colonel-General Alexander Lapin.
The Speaker of the Parliament of Tajikistan called on the CSTO partners to create a strong security belt around Afghanistan
Chairman of the Majlisi Namoyandagon Majlisi Oli (lower house of Parliament) of Tajikistan Mahmadtoir Zokirzoda called on CSTO partners to create a strong security belt around Afghanistan.
The Russian and Egyptian military made a joint landing at the exercises
Russian and Egyptian paratroopers in the framework of the joint exercise "Defenders of Friendship-2021" in Egypt made the first joint landing, according to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
China, Russia and the whole world know that Biden is the most powerful army in the United States
The US does not want a cold war with China, but is ready to defend Taiwan
US President Joe Biden believes that American citizens should not worry that Russia and China may have more powerful armed forces than the United States.
Russia is considering the possibility of resuming the work of the Consulate General in Mazar-I-Sharif - Kabulov
Russia is considering the possibility of resuming the work of the Consulate General in Mazar-I-Sharif in Afghanistan, the special representative of the President for Afghanistan, Director of the second Asia Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zamir Kabulov said on the Rossiya-24 TV channel.
The strangest ship of the British Navy is for sale
The Royal Navy of Great Britain has put up for sale an auxiliary vessel Argus - the only one of its kind.
Until 1981, the ship built in Italy was a peaceful container ship MV Contender Bezant. On the eve of the Falklands War, it was mobilized and converted into a floating hospital. Then Bezant was returned to the owners, but due to the decline in shipping, the container ship turned out to be not the lot and in 1984 the British Admiralty finally acquired the 190-meter ship.
"A good example." Expert on the tests of the "Bulava" with the submarine "Prince Oleg"
The strategic missile submarine "Prince Oleg" fired a ballistic missile "Bulava" from the waters of the White Sea. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Viktor Litovkin commented on the tests.
The launch of the Bulava missile from the Prince Oleg submarine was shown on video
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation posted on social networks a video taken at the time of the launch of the Bulava ballistic missile from the strategic submarine Prince Oleg. Earlier on Thursday, the agency reported that the launch was carried out as part of state tests of the carrier of the latest naval ammunition.
The Bulava missile was successfully launched from the Knyaz Oleg submarine
As part of the state tests, a successful launch of the Bulava ballistic missile from the Knyaz Oleg nuclear submarine from the White Sea was carried out. This was announced on October 21 by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Source: The Russian Navy will receive the first serial non-nuclear submarine of the Lada type in 2022
Project 677 submarines of the Lada type belong to the fourth generation of diesel-electric submarines
The first serial non-nuclear submarine of Project 677 (code "Lada") "Kronstadt" built by Admiralty Shipyards is planned to be transferred to the Russian Navy in 2022. This was reported to TASS by a source in the shipbuilding industry.
In the USA, a Russian transport ship with "Calibers" was evaluated
The United States assessed the capabilities of the Russian Arctic transport refrigerator "Ivan Papanin", which will be able to carry Kalibr cruise missiles. The publication 19FortyFive called the ship a sign of the transformation of the Arctic into a battlefield.
Calculations of ships in the Caspian Sea have worked out shooting at the "enemy" during exercises
The shooting took place during large-scale exercises of the district
Calculations of small rocket and artillery ships of the Caspian Flotilla (CFL) hit targets from guns simulating ships of a conditional enemy and a marine landing, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) reported. The shooting took place during large-scale exercises of the district.
Specialists of the Research Institute of Rescue and Underwater Technologies of the VUNC of the Navy took part in the tests of the SSP-200 pontoon
On the instructions of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, specialists of the Research Institute of Rescue and Underwater Technologies of the VUNC of the Navy took part in tests of a modernized steel ship-lifting pontoon with a lifting capacity of 200 tons of Project 528 (SSP-200), held in Sevastopol.
The US will place an experimental nuclear reactor in Alaska
The American Air Force Base Ailson, located in Alaska, was chosen by the military to host a small experimental nuclear reactor as part of a pilot program. The Pentagon, together with the US Department of Energy, is looking for possible ways to meet the growing demand for electricity, including on the battlefield.
Shvabe cooperates with China on localization of production of "smart" electric meters in the territory of the Russian Federation
The Scientific Research Institute (Research Institute) of the Shvabe Holding and the Shenzhen Kaifa Technology company signed a memorandum of cooperation, which defines the procedure for localization of the Chinese company's production in Russia.
