The complex is designed for long-range over-the-horizon detection

The Leningrad Naval Base received the Monolit-BR coastal radar detection and targeting system in 2021, commander of the 55th separate coastal Missile Division Alexey Mitor said on Thursday.

The search for an eco-friendly replacement for plastic led a team of researchers from the University of Birmingham in the UK and Duke University in the USA to sweets. Scientists have managed to create unusual types of plastic with "unprecedented" characteristics based on sugar alcohols.

The Defense Advanced Development Agency (DARPA) of the US Department of Defense has selected ten companies and research organizations that will develop lightweight and powerful night vision goggles. The military wants them to be closer in size and weight to ordinary glasses.

According to preliminary estimates by J'son & Partners Consulting, the volume of the Russian Internet of Things market in 2021 reached 93.5 billion rubles. Compared to 2020, the number of connected devices increased by 16%, to 29.6 million units. Russia accounts for only 1.2-1.5% of the installed global base of IoT devices. 

The RB-111A product has a unique accuracy of the bearing of communication lines and the possibility of exploration of an unlimited number of radiation sources, said Andrey Kondrashov, General Director of the enterprise.

On Wednesday, January 19, the trial of the former chief of one of the military missions of the Ministry of Defense, Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Anatoly Zalivin and the former managing director of JSC "Scientific Research Institute of Electronic Devices" Amir Alyamov ended with a rather harsh sentence.

The new Russian ambassador to the CAR, Alexander Bikantov, speaking about possible deliveries of small arms to the country, said that they would depend on bilateral agreements.

In anticipation of Altay tanks, Turkey is upgrading its existing combat vehicles. Yesterday, January 19, the portal savunmasanayist.com He reported that the Turkish Defense Industry Administration (SSB) has approved the TIYK-LEO 2A4 program, under which more than 300 Leopard 2A4 tanks will undergo deep modernization.

The Republic of Korea showed a tank based on the K21 BMP, which will be offered to India

Hanhwa Defense Company showed a light K21-105 car. A tank based on the K21 infantry fighting Vehicle (BMP) will be offered to India. The development from South Korea will become a competitor to the Russian tank "Octopus-SDM1". This is reported by Janes.

A massive modernization of the T-72 main battle tank fleet has begun in Iran. At the end of last year, at the major maneuvers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Payambar-e Azam-17 ("The Great Prophet-17"), a serial model modified according to the Karrar project was demonstrated for the first time.

The tank has all-round protection against modern anti-tank weapons

General Director of Uralvagonzavod (UVZ, part of Rostec State Corporation) Alexander Potapov reported to the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu on the successful implementation in 2021 of the contract for the supply of upgraded T-72B3 tanks to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. This was reported to TASS by the UVZ press service.

General Director of the company Alexey Maruyev said that the cars have passed all types of control tests and meet the requirements of regulatory and technical documentation

In 2021, the company "Armory Workshops" supplied the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with 21 multi-purpose armored vehicles "Tiger-M" with the combat module "Arbalet-DM". This was reported to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu by the general director of the enterprise Alexey Maruyev.

On their professional holiday - the Day of Engineering Troops - the engineering and technical group of OMON "Zubr" of the Russian Guard demonstrated the identification and destruction of an explosive object.

The Barnaul compound of Strategic Missile Forces will be fully re-equipped with Yars complexes in April 2022, division commander Dmitry Shiryaev said.

The troops also received four mine and three autonomous launchers

The strategic missile forces received 11 intercontinental ballistic missiles of the Yars and Avangard complexes in the fourth quarter of last year, Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko said on Thursday.

In 2021, construction work was completed at 16 airfields

The infrastructure support of the grouping of Russian forces and means of nuclear deterrence in 2021 has been fully implemented, in particular, they have prepared everything necessary for the entry into combat duty of the strategic missile complexes Yars and Avangard in the Kaluga and Orenburg regions, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov said on Thursday.

The missile compound moved to the Astrakhan region from the Krasnodar Territory

Units equipped with Iskander-M missile systems will conduct combat launches at the Kapustin Yar test site in the Astrakhan region. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the Southern Military District (SE).

Serial deliveries of the Zircon hypersonic cruise missile will begin in 2022. This was reported to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu by Deputy Head of the Military Department Alexey Krivoruchko during the single day of acceptance of military products.

According to him, the state tests of the "Zircon" are being completed.

The Zircon hypersonic cruise missile is completing state tests, serial deliveries will begin in 2022, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko said.

Serial deliveries will begin in 2022

The hypersonic cruise missile of the sea-based "Zircon" completes state tests. Serial deliveries of the products will begin in 2022, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko said on Thursday.