Moscow. December 14th. INTERFAX-AVN - The Kronstadt Company announced on Tuesday that it is creating a ground control point for the Hunter heavy drone.

Deputy Head of the Ministry of Defense Krivoruchko said that the Hunter UAV is superior to foreign analogues

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko compared the S-70 Hunter strike unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with foreign analogues. He said that the Russian development surpasses the development of competitors. This is reported by Interfax.

The rollout of the first flight model of the newest Russian strike drone S-70 suggests that the aircraft manufacturers of the Russian Federation have achieved serious success in the Hunter program. This was announced on Tuesday, December 14, by the military observer of Izvestia, Alexey Ramm.

The United Aircraft Corporation of the Rostec State Corporation for the first time showed the S-70 Hunter drone equipped with a flat jet nozzle. The aviation complex has reduced radar visibility and will receive a new ground control center.

The production of the newest Russian attack drone S-70 "Hunter" requires a full cycle of development and testing of all components, it is impossible to assemble it from parts available on the market, like many foreign drones, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko told reporters on Tuesday.

Military expert Murakhovsky called less visibility an advantage of the S-70 Hunter UAV

Viktor Murakhovsky, a military expert and member of the Expert Council of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation, called the advantage of the newest S-70 Hunter attack drone equipped with a flat jet nozzle. The UAV is designed in such a way that it will be less noticeable in the radar and infrared ranges than previous versions of the aircraft, the expert said in a conversation with <url>.

Russian aircraft manufacturers have shown for the first time a new version of the Hunter unmanned vehicle. Unlike the first option, it has a flat nozzle designed to reduce the visibility of the UAV.

Preparations for the tests and the first flight have begun

The roll-out of the first flight sample of the newest Russian strike drone (UAV) S-70 "Hunter" took place at the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant (NAZ) named after V. P. Chkalov. Preparations are underway for testing and the first flight of the drone, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko told reporters.

During a working trip to Novosibirsk, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko checked the progress of the state defense order at the V.P. Chkalov Aviation Plant.

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Washington is considering the possibility of additional deployment of troops on a rotational basis on the eastern flank of NATO in the event of a "Russian invasion" of Ukraine, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Monday.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky was outraged that Germany blocked the supply of weapons to Kiev through the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO).

The President of the United States Joe Biden, during a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, "clearly" voiced the specific reasons for Washington's concern about the situation around Ukraine. This statement was made by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby on Monday, December 13.

In Germany, Russia's proposals on the non-movement of NATO were considered unacceptable, since this requirement violates the right of countries to self-determination, a source in the office of the German Chancellor expressed this opinion to journalists.

NATO members from Eastern Europe, as well as the United Kingdom, will seek to ensure that there is no dialogue with Moscow on security guarantees, Russian Ambassador to London Andrey Kelin said.

The Russian President stressed the importance of immediately launching international negotiations to develop guarantees that exclude NATO's advance to the East

The main attention during the telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto was paid to issues related to the internal Ukrainian crisis, the Kremlin's press service reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told French President Emmanuel Macron about the importance of immediately launching international negotiations to develop legally fixed security guarantees, the Kremlin's press service reports.

Centers will appear in Kaliningrad, Bryansk, Kurgan, Orenburg, Moscow, Yakutsk, Tver and Khanty-Mansiysk

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed an order on the establishment of military training centers at eight federal universities. The document was published on Tuesday on the official portal of legal information.