In 2021, the troops of the Western Military District (ZVO) received 1,4 thousand units of modern weapons and military equipment.

In the period from June 22 to 25, 2022, Minsk will host the First International Exhibition of the security Industry "National Security. Belarus-2022".

China expects that during the visit of the Russian president to Beijing in February 2022, Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will adopt a weighty political document.

Russia and Belarus will hold joint military exercises in the first quarter of 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Henrique Mora, coordinator of the Joint Commission at the negotiations on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program in Vienna, told reporters that positive solutions are possible during the negotiations, but it will be extremely difficult to achieve them.

Relations between Turkey and Russia began to cool rapidly.

Against this background, Ankara's satellites in Syria have intensified their operations, regularly staging armed provocations, the victims of which are not only the Syrian military, but also civilians. 

Austal Limited has announced the transfer by its Austal USA division to the US Navy Command of the Independence-class coastal zone warship, LCS-30 Canberra.

Despite its relatively modest size, Russian diesel-electric submarines pose a real threat to the US Navy, writes 19fortyfive. The problem is their noiselessness - even compared to nuclear-powered ships. American sailors know this and do not like non-nuclear submarines produced in Russia.

Andrei Kartapolov, head of the State Duma Defense Committee, believes that Russian ships with Zircon hypersonic missiles can be located in the port of Tartus in Syria to completely block the Mediterranean Sea.

In the autumn of 2022, the ship will have to start performing complex mooring and factory sea trials at sea, the interlocutor of TASS noted

The second serial nuclear submarine missile carrier of Project 955A (code "Borey-A") "Generalissimo Suvorov", withdrawn from the boathouse on December 25 at Sevmash (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), after completing the test program at sea, will be handed over to the Navy (Navy) of the Russian Federation in the first half of 2023. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The intelligence units of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District (SE) received another batch of new small-sized radar stations "Sobolyatnik".

The plant in Venezuela for the production of Kalashnikov assault rifles and cartridges for them is planned to be launched in 2022, the press secretary of the Federal Customs Service of Russia, Valeria Reshetnikova, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Russia has signed the first export contracts for the new AK-19 Kalashnikov assault rifle, created under the NATO cartridge. On the air of Sputnik radio, the dignity of weapons and their export capabilities were evaluated by military experts Alexey Leonkov and Viktor Litovkin.

The new AK-12 submachine guns, which entered service with the troops of the Eastern Military District, were tested by military intelligence units in the Khabarovsk Territory.

The press service of the Kalashnikov concern: the state defense order for the supply of AK-12 assault rifles has been fulfilled

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies has fulfilled the state defense order for the supply of AK-12 assault rifles in 2021. The weapons were delivered under a long-term contract. This was reported in the press service of the GC.

In Indonesia, a mysterious object was discovered that caused a lot of noise. Recall that some time ago, an unidentified floating tank approached one of the drilling platforms located in the coastal waters.

The self-propelled anti-tank complex "Sturm-S", which was in service with the Soviet Army, was developed in the 70s and currently no longer fully meets modern requirements.

Therefore, in 2012, Russian designers created an upgraded version of the Sturm-SM, which received thermal imaging sights and more advanced long-range missiles with tandem cumulative and high-explosive fragmentation warheads.

General Salyukov: the adoption of the BMP B-19 is planned for the near future

The Russian military will receive a new infantry fighting vehicle (BMP). Tests of the BMP B-19 with the Epoch combat module will be completed in the near future. The commander-in-chief of the Ground Forces, Army General Oleg Salyukov, told about the adoption of the machine into service in an interview with the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

Russia has offered India to develop a new Indian main battle tank based on the universal Armata platform, the press secretary of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) of Russia, Valeria Reshetnikova, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

In Dagestan, the calculations of the coastal missile complex "Bal" took up combat duty. The servicemen will perform tasks for the defense of the naval base in Kaspiysk during the New Year and Christmas holidays.