With the advent of the era of drones and robots, the demand for domestic air defense systems and electronic warfare has increased.

About ten countries are interested in Russian S-400 air defense systems, said Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC).

The closure of public procurement of Russian law enforcement agencies deprives foreign intelligence of information, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Igor Korotchenko said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Purchases of the Federal Security Service (FSO) and Rosgvardiya from January 1, 2022 will be carried out at closed tenders. The corresponding decree was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed the importance of creating new hypersonic weapons systems, high-power lasers and new robotic military complexes for the armed forces.

The creation of weapons in Russia that have no analogues in the world has ensured a high level of military security of the country for decades, helped to strengthen strategic parity, the president said.

At the final meeting in Sochi on strengthening the Armed Forces, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief proposed to discuss equipping the army and navy with systems based on new physical principles.

Russia has a high level of military security. This result was achieved thanks to the development of weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on November 3.

The AUKUS trilateral defense alliance formed by Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States may lead to a "semi-permanent marriage" in the Indo-Pacific region between "brilliant Russia" and "astute China," Lyle Goldstein, director of Asia relations at the Defense Priorities analytical center, writes in the American edition of Defense News.

The Verkhovna Rada dismissed Andrei Taran, who held the post of head of the country's defense Ministry. The decision was made at a meeting on November 3, it was supported by 341 parliamentarians with the required minimum of 226 votes.

All Russia's priorities should be reflected in the new state armament program until 2033, the development of a unified system of initial data for its formation is already underway in the Ministry of Defense, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The Pentagon believes that the channel for preventing conflicts and incidents between Russian and American troops in Syria is working, and the United States will continue to use such communication lines. This was announced on Monday, November 1, by the press secretary of the military department John Kirby at a briefing.

Washington is not behaving responsibly in connection with the October 2 incident with the US Navy nuclear submarine USS Connecticut in the South China Sea and is withholding information, the Associated Press (AP) reported on Tuesday, citing Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin.

Fincantieri has announced the transfer to the Qatar Defense Ministry of the Doha-class lead corvette, Al-Zubarah, ordered as part of the national modernization program of the Qatari fleet.

According to unofficial data, the first full-time underwater carrier of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" will be the multipurpose nuclear submarine "Perm" project 885M. Earlier it became known that the first full-time surface carrier of the complex will be the frigate Admiral Golovko.

The ships also conducted artillery firing on the sea towed shield

Crews of large amphibious ships of the Pacific Fleet conducted artillery firing in the Sea of Okhotsk, destroying an "enemy" command post on the shore and floating sea mines, the press service of the fleet reported on Tuesday.

A new corvette has been built for the Pacific Fleet. On November 1, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that the first sea trials of the new Sharp corvette will be held on November 2 and 3.

According to the document, the ship's charter will be a separate special regulatory legal act, including in relation to general military charters

The Government of the Russian Federation has submitted to the State Duma a bill providing for the empowerment of the President of the Russian Federation to approve the Ship Charter of the Russian Navy. The document was posted on Tuesday in the Duma electronic database.

China will accelerate the energy transition with wind farms and photovoltaic projects. This promise was made by Chinese President Xi Jinping in his written address to the participating countries of the climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, Xinhua news agency reports.

Servicemen of the Military Academy of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection named after Marshal of the Soviet Union S.K.Timoshenko have developed models of new personal protective equipment of an anti-infectious nature, as well as introduced new methods of disinfection of enclosed spaces.

Russian weapons were evaluated in the United States. The 19FortyFive edition has published a list of the most common submachine guns. The list included a Russian-made submachine gun.

According to Sergey Urzhumtsev, Deputy General Director and Chief Designer of the concern, Russia has potential in the international market of fire support weapons

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies intends to develop modifications of the latest Russian 5.45mm RPL-20 light machine gun for 7.62 x 39 and 5.56 x 45 mm cartridges. This was reported to TASS by Deputy General Director - Chief Designer of Kalashnikov Sergey Urzhumtsev.