US Intelligence believes coronavirus was not developed as a biological weapon - Report
The US declares the need for assistance from China
The US intelligence community has come to the conclusion that the COVID-19 coronavirus was not developed as a biological weapon, according to a report published on Friday.
The military training center will be opened on the basis of the North-Eastern Federal University
It will allow university students to undergo initial military training on the job
The military training center will open on the basis of the North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) named after M. K. Ammosov in Yakutia. This was reported on Saturday in the press service of the regional government.
The fifth joint exercises of the paratroopers of Russia and Egypt ended near Cairo
The closing ceremony was attended by the commanders of the Airborne Forces, Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov and the paratroopers of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Divisional General Atif Ibrahim Mady
The fifth joint tactical exercises of the paratroopers of Russia and Egypt "Defenders of Friendship - 2021", which took place on October 17 with the participation of military transport aircraft of the two countries, ended near Cairo.
The scouts of the Amur Association of the Air Defense Forces cleared the object from conditional terrorists during the exercises
Scouts of the Amur Combined Arms Association of the Eastern Military District (VVO), stationed on the territory of the Amur Region, the Jewish Autonomy and the Khabarovsk Territory, in Tiger and Typhoon-K cars, cleared an important object from conditional terrorists, the press service of the district reports.
Representatives of foreign military departments were informed about the results of ArMI-2021 and plans for ArMI-2022
A conference was held at the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, at which representatives of the host countries brought the results of the ArMI-2021 competitions on national territories to the military attaches of foreign states.
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the signing of an agreement on military cooperation between the Russian Federation and Cameroon
The document is signed for five years
The Russian government has approved the signing of an agreement on military cooperation between Russia and Cameroon. The corresponding order is published on the official website of regulatory legal acts.
Putin will hold military meetings in Sochi next week
The President traditionally gathers the leadership of the Ministry of Defense, key defense industry enterprises and their chief designers twice a year
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a traditional series of military meetings in Sochi in early November. This was announced to TASS on Friday by the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.
Mishustin approved the rules for maintaining the register of results of intellectual activity related to defense and security
Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin signed a resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers approving the rules for maintaining the Register of Intellectual Property results directly related to defense and security. The text of the resolution, which will come into force on January 1, 2022, was published on Saturday on the official portal of legal information.
China tested weapons to destroy ports
Weapons for the destruction of ports have been tested in China. The Chinese military destroyed a training target with an underwater explosion. This is reported by the Global Times.
The US Navy has started using MANTAS T-12 unmanned surface vehicles in the Persian Gulf
According to a video published by the US Navy Central Command (NAVCENT), MANTAS T-12 unmanned surface vehicles under the control of American operators have begun patrolling the waters of the Persian Gulf.
In France, a submarine was launched, "sewn" from two
At the naval shipyard in Cherbourg, the Perle nuclear submarine was launched, which suffered a severe fire and a bow transplant. The repair of the ship will continue at the French Navy base in Toulon.
What damage was received near China by the Connecticut submarine
Specialists of the US Navy base in Guam, examining a nuclear submarine after an accident in the South China Sea, diagnosed damage to the ship's forward ballast tanks. This was reported to USNI by four knowledgeable sources. The submarine's reactor was not damaged. The condition of the torpedo tubes through which the submarine launches all its weapons - including Tomahawk cruise missiles - is not reported.
The frigate of the Black Sea Fleet "Admiral Grigorovich" is heading to the Mediterranean Sea to replace the "Admiral Essen"
The frigate Admiral Grigorovich of the Black Sea Fleet passes the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits in the direction of the Mediterranean Sea to join the Russian Navy, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet reports.
The Admiral Gorshkov frigate has practiced firing anti-aircraft missiles in the Barents Sea
The crew practiced firing with the Poliment-Redut anti-aircraft missile system
The frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov" conducted training anti-aircraft missile firing at air and sea targets in the Barents Sea. This was reported on Thursday in the press service of the fleet.
The Cadet-75 training parachute will allow landing from a height of 150 meters
The Cadet-75 parachute system confirmed the minimum landing height of 150 meters. Flight design tests were successful, the press service of Rostec State Corporation reports.
The multi-caliber AKV-521 was shown in detail
The Kalashnikov Concern has published a detailed video about the AKV-521 civilian carbine with interchangeable barrels for 5x45x39 caliber cartridges and.223Rem.
The plant for the production of AK-103 assault rifles in Venezuela will be launched by the end of 2022
The enterprise can be upgraded after the launch, said Alexander Mikheev, General Director of Rosoboronexport JSC
The commissioning of the plant for the production of AK-103 Kalashnikov assault rifles in Venezuela is scheduled until the end of 2022. This was announced in an interview with TASS on the eve of the international arms exhibition SITDEF 2021 by the Director General of Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec State Corporation) Alexander Mikheev.
The new Russian robot "Marker" will be armed with kamikaze drones and electric missiles
The promising Marker robot will receive a wide range of weapons, which will include barrage ammunition, electric missiles and other loads. This was reported in the NGO "Android Technology", which developed the device.
New ACS: the M-46 cannon was installed on KrAZ in Vietnam
A PTH-130 wheeled self-propelled artillery unit is being tested in Vietnam. Externally, this combat vehicle is very similar to the self-propelled guns from the Jupiter series, which was produced in Cuba and was first demonstrated in the middle of the first decade of the XXI century.
Russia will make efforts to normalize the work of the OPCW - diplomat
Russia is not ready to accept that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is being transformed into an instrument of political pressure, and will make every effort to normalize its work, said Andrei Belousov, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Office in Geneva, speaking at the First Committee of the General Assembly (GA).