India may, if desired, become the first country on the list for the purchase of the S-500 after the Russian army receives these air defense systems in the right amount, said Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Yuri Knutov spoke about the advantages of the S-500.

India may become the first foreign buyer of the new S-500 air defense system, but deliveries will begin only after meeting the needs of the Russian army, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said.

The tactics of "nomadic" mortars based on Syrian combat experience were worked out by servicemen of the Central Military District during exercises at the Yurginsky training ground in the Kemerovo region, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Tuesday.

For the first time, a photo of a mock-up of a Russian 82-mm advanced self-propelled mortar based on a protected K-63968 Typhoon-K vehicle has appeared. The first photo was published by the telegram channel "Militarist".

According to the general director of the enterprise Dmitry Semizorov, the work, in particular, allowed to improve the characteristics of military equipment in terms of chassis control, reduce the preparation time for the opening of fire, increase the accuracy of the binding of a self-propelled gun.

The T-62 medium tank created in Nizhny Tagil took part in dozens of wars and armed conflicts. So, in Syria, Yemen, Libya, Ethiopia, they continue to be used until now.

The Pentagon has published a contract for $ 93 million for the production of Abrams tanks

The US military wanted more M1A2 Abrams tanks. The Pentagon has published a contract for the development, design and production of Abrams tanks. This is reported by the Defense Blog.

The Estonian Ministry of Defense plans to purchase multiple launch rocket launchers with high-precision ammunition by 2031 and increase the number of personnel of the Defense Forces.

This year, the troops of the Central Military District (CVO) received more than 25 thousand modern small arms, the commander of the CVO, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, said on Tuesday.

"Among them are AK-12 submachine guns, upgraded models of silent weapons "Val" and "Vintorez", sniper rifles of various calibers, the latest "Cord" submachine guns and large-caliber machine guns "Utes," Lapin said.

Battalion tactical groups of the combined arms army of the Western Military District (ZVO) equipped with the latest sights for small arms 1P63 and 1P29.

RBC: Russian Foreign Ministry to develop artificial intelligence for foreign policy analysis

The Russian Foreign Ministry is working on a system that will use artificial intelligence to analyze arrays of data on foreign policy issues. RBC writes about this.

The universal landing ships "Ivan Rogov" and "Mitrofan Moskalenko" will operate helicopter-type attack and reconnaissance drones

The universal landing helicopter carriers (UDC) of the project 23900 "Ivan Rogov" and "Mitrofan Moskalenko", which are being built at the Kerch shipyard "Gulf", will be adapted for basing attack and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This was reported to TASS by a source in the shipbuilding industry.

The newest logistics support vessel Vsevolod Bobrov makes an inter-fleet transfer from Baltiysk to the main base point – Sevastopol, where it will become part of the Black Sea Fleet, said the head of the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet, Captain 2nd rank Alexey Rulev.

The press service of the Northern Fleet announced the successful completion of state tests of the large hydrographic boat "Leonid Century" of the 23040G project. A corresponding act has already been signed, and the flag of the hydrographic service of the Russian Navy will be raised on the boat by the end of December. This ritual will mean that the Leonid Century has been accepted into the Northern Fleet.

The Chelyabinsk nuclear submarine of the project 949A (cipher "Antey") will be converted into a carrier of Onyx and Zircon cruise missiles under the project 949AM, work on the ship will begin after the modernization of the Irkutsk submarine of the same type is completed, a source in the shipbuilding industry told RIA Novosti.

Huntington Ingalls Industries announced the cutting ceremony of the first steel for the destroyer URO (DDG-131) held at the Ingalls Shipbuilding division "George M. Neal" (George M. Neal) class "Arlie Burke".

The US Navy will withdraw from its combat strength five Ticonderoga-type missile cruisers equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles, as part of the optimization of forces and reducing the cost of maintaining them, follows from these Congressional decisions on fleet financing.

A photo of the nuclear submarine of the US Navy Connecticut in the port of San Diego has appeared on the Web. The ship with severe damage - the nose dome of the sonar is missing - came from Guam. Probably, the submarine overcame 6,200 miles on the surface, The Drive suggested - the transition was secret.

Seriously injured in a collision with a seamount in the South China Sea, the nuclear submarine of the US Navy Connecticut arrived in San Diego, having overcome 6,200 nautical miles. What it's like to sail on a submarine with an open hull and damaged equipment, The Drive found out.

In the next 18 months, the authorities will have to make a choice in favor of British or American technologies

The creation of its own nuclear submarine fleet, for the construction of which Canberra broke the largest defense contract in its history with Paris, could cost Australia 171 billion Australian dollars ($122.2 billion) and will require at least 20 years. Such data was published on Tuesday by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI).