19FortyFive named M1 Abrams, K2 Black Panther and Leopard 2 tanks the most powerful in the world

The list of the three most powerful tanks in the world, published by the American publication 19FortyFive, did not include Russian ones.

Britain and the United States have been experiencing conflicting feelings for six years. After the appearance of the T-14 Armata in 2015, it became clear that the Anglo-Saxons did not have such equipment. NATO strategists, in fact, overlooked the importance of armored troops. The omission is strategic.

In the outgoing year, units and formations of the Western Military District received 1,400 units of modern weapons and military equipment. This is reported by the press service of the ZVO.

Uraltransmash has completed deliveries of upgraded Acacia howitzers to Belarus

The delivery of upgraded 2S3M Acacia howitzers from Russia to Belarus has been completed. Uraltransmash (part of the Uralvagonzavod concern of the Rostec State Corporation) has repaired and modernized artillery installations under a contract with the Ministry of Defense of Belarus. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the enterprise.

The facts of large-scale theft of spare parts and components for armored vehicles were revealed in one of the military units of the Khmelnitsky region. The damage caused is estimated at UAH 1 million (about 2.7 million rubles).

Army Recognition: Mjölner double-barreled mortars were handed over to the Swedish Armed Forces

Mjölner self-propelled mortars of 120 mm caliber were handed over to the Swedish military. A feature of the new machines was a double-barreled layout with two mortars. This is reported by Army Recognition.

Head of Rospatent Ivliev: the disinfection robot from Sber entered the top 3 inventions of 2021

The disinfection robot from Sber entered the top three inventions patented in 2021. This was stated by the head of Rospatent Grigory Ivliev in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Representatives of the Danish company Ørsted reported on the generation of the first batch of electricity at the Hornsea 2 wind farm. It should take over the status of the largest and most powerful facility of this type in the world from its predecessor, the Hornsea 1 power plant. But this is only the middle of the road – two more segments of the energy complex, Hornsea 3 and Hornsea 4, are already under construction.

A number of projects are linked to combat training

Identification of underwater objects found at the bottom of the Barents and Kara Seas will be one of the main tasks of joint work with the Russian Geographical Society (RGS) in the Arctic region next year, the Northern Fleet (SF) said.

A survey of the Military Harbor area was conducted in Baltiysk.

On the eve of the New Year holidays, the military personnel of the anti-sabotage forces and means detachment of the Baltic Naval Base inspected the permanent deployment points of the BF ships.

The opening of the renovated completion embankment No. 6 took place at the Yantar PSZ (part of USC JSC). The reconstruction was carried out as part of the modernization program of the enterprise.

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. (GRSE) announced the keel laying ceremony of a new anti-submarine ship for shallow water fairway (ASW-SWC) intended for the Indian Navy, which took place on December 21 at the enterprise in Calcutta.

The Celestial Empire commissioned the first serial universal amphibious assault ship Type 075, called Guangxi. The operation of the main UDC began in April.

On December 28, Philippine Minister of National Defense Delphine Lorenzana signed a contract with the leadership of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the supply of two new corvettes to the Philippine Navy during a virtual ceremony.

The political recognition of the new government of Afghanistan formed by the Taliban (banned in the Russian Federation) is rather a "symbolic political act" — de facto recognition is already taking place.

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.

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

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

The new regiment also appeared as part of the 76th Airborne Division in Pskov

The formation of a new airborne assault regiment of Airborne Troops (airborne) has been completed in the Crimea. This was reported on Wednesday by the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda with reference to the commander of the Airborne Forces Andrei Serdyukov.

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