The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Army General Valery Gerasimov, reported to the Presidents of Russia and Belarus Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko that the purpose of the planned exercises of the Strategic Deterrence Forces is to work out the actions of strategic offensive forces to inflict a guaranteed defeat to the enemy, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Saturday.

The Presidents of Russia and Belarus have completed the observation of military exercises

All missile launches within the framework of the exercises of the strategic deterrence forces of the Russian Federation were successful, according to a statement on the Kremlin's website.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko have completed monitoring the military exercises of the strategic deterrence forces. This was announced on Saturday, February 19, by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

The VKS and the Russian Navy, as part of the exercises of the strategic deterrence forces, launched hypersonic missiles "Dagger" and "Zircon", according to the Kremlin's website.

The exercises with strategic offensive forces have worked out the infliction of guaranteed defeat to the enemy, said the chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov.

Exercises and training launches of ballistic missiles are a regular training process. This was announced on Friday, February 18, by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.

Incidents with military equipment continue in the Ukrainian army. Video footage taken recently in Kharkiv appeared on the Web. A small column of military equipment was moving along one of the city's highways, consisting of KrAZ-6446 three-axle tractors carrying light armored vehicles on trawls.

Developed during the Great Patriotic War, the 14.5-mm ZPU-2 machine gun was installed at various times on various models of equipment. For example, back in the 50s, modifications of wheeled BTR-40, BTR-152 and tracked BTR-50 were equipped with such weapons.

Soviet T-55 medium tanks took part in numerous military conflicts, one of which was the Iran-Iraq war that lasted eight years.

Interestingly, these combat vehicles were in the ground forces of the armed forces of both countries. True, if they made up the majority of the available fleet from the Iraqis, then the Iranians under the Shah bought a relatively small number of "fifty-fifths" in the Soviet Union, focusing on equipment manufactured in Great Britain and the United States.

The Bulgarian government has approved the project of updating the T-72 tanks. February 17, portal sofiaglobe.com He informed that the modernization will take place within the framework of a contract with Terem signed back in 2020.

Rheinmetall introduced the Lynx 120 light tank

Rheinmetall has introduced a new model from the Lynx family of armored vehicles. The Lynx 120 combat vehicle received a smoothbore tank gun. This is stated in a message on the company's website.

Poland has passed the last hurdle before buying new American tanks. On February 18, the press service of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense announced the receipt of a certificate for the sale of M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 tanks to Poland.

The State Department has agreed to sell 250 Abrams tanks to Poland.

This was announced on Twitter by the Minister of Defense of the Republic Mariusz Blaszczak. "This is very important news for the security of Poland. The State Department has agreed to sell 250 Abrams tanks in the most modern version of the M1A2 SEPv3," he wrote.

Outdated military equipment will still serve as robots. On February 18, the press service of the Turkish company FNSS showed a video with tests of robotic combat vehicles created on the basis of the M113 BMP.

Egyptian defense columnist Mahmoud Gamal posted photos on Twitter showing the adviser to the President of Burundi inspecting a Fahd-300 armored personnel carrier with an Egyptian-made 4x4 wheel formula during his last visit to the Kader factory.

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies has started selling a new traumatic pistol based on the Makarov pistol by the Defender of the Fatherland Day, Kalashnikov told reporters.

On February 17, 1979, the war between China and Vietnam began. As part of the two hundred thousandth PLA group that invaded the SRV, there were approximately five hundred tanks. Basically - light Type 62, optimized for action in mountainous terrain.

Sappers of the Western Military District received a batch of sets of the latest protective suits OVR-2-02.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the equipment protects the serviceman from being hit by shrapnel, bullets and from strong sound effects. Fabric armor elements and panels made of pressed polyethylene are used in the design of the suit. 

It will use GLONASS navigation when jamming signals

An interference-resistant antenna for the control, navigation and communication equipment of the combat equipment kit will allow the Russian army to access GLONASS signals even in conditions of electronic suppression. Ashot Oganesyan, Deputy Director of the Moscow branch of JSC VNIIR-Progress, told TASS about this during the Navigation-2021 conference.

The center will employ about 100 designers and production workers

The Center for Marine Robotics, created by the Central Design Bureau "Rubin", began work in Kronstadt. This was reported to journalists on Friday in the press service of the Central Bank.