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).

The US Department of Defense has decided not to punish American servicemen for the deaths of 10 civilians, including seven children, due to an air strike on Kabul. The department called the incident a tragic mistake. This was reported by The New York Times on Monday, December 13.

It will be called "The Memory of the people. The tape of the military history of the Fatherland"

By the end of 2023, the Russian Military Department will create a portal about military operations in which Russia has ever participated. This was announced by the head of the Department for Perpetuating the memory of those killed in the Defense of the Fatherland of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Valery Kudinsky.

A law has been passed according to which marshals and generals will be able to serve after 70 years. However, for this, in each specific case, a separate decision of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the President of Russia, will be needed. He will also decide for what period the contract with this or that military commander should be extended.

Nine APL-500 field camps with a full support cycle have been established in the Southern Military District (SE) for combat training of battalion tactical groups, the press service of the district reported on Monday.

Servicemen and employees of law enforcement agencies will be able to receive a QR code on vaccination against coronavirus, if the bill is adopted, a clarifying amendment will be prepared for it, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Tatyana Golikova said.

The children from Suvorov, Nakhimov naval schools, presidential cadet corps and boarding schools of pupils of the Ministry of Defense of Russia began winter holidays. They started ahead of schedule on the calendar.

The Ministry of Justice of Tajikistan has published generalized data on state budget expenditures on law enforcement agencies.

The "Summit for Democracy" organized by Washington carried an unambiguously anti-Russian and anti-Chinese charge.

It can be assumed that Russia will transmit its proposals on security guarantees to the United States through diplomatic channels this week, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Specialists of the 27th scientific center of the Russian Ministry of Defense have designed an innovative means of protection - an armored helmet-a gas mask that protects both from the effects of weapons of mass destruction and from "ordinary" damaging elements (cartridges, fragments), follows from a document posted on the Rospatent website.

Ukraine and Georgia can make progress on the issue of NATO membership if they meet the requirements. This was stated by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in an interview with NBC. The North Atlantic Alliance confirmed at the summit in 2008 that Ukraine and Georgia would eventually join it, but we will not provide the countries with an action plan.

The head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov said that the plan of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) to "contain" Russia is useless. As he said in an interview with the Financial Times on December 12, the strategy of "non-provocation" against the Russian Federation "does not work and will never work."

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that the country's defense budget, which is planned for 2022 in the amount of over 1.1 billion rubles. In the future, it will be increased by another 500 million euros for the purchase of equipment and weapons, including combat aircraft.

Su-34 bombers and Su-24MR reconnaissance aircraft of the Central Military District (CVO) are practicing refueling in the air at an exercise in the Chelyabinsk region, the press service of the CVO reported on Monday.

Anastasia Solovyova, Chief designer of the VK-650V UEC-Klimov engine, said that the certification of this engine was also planned for 2023

Flight tests of the latest Russian VK-650V engine on the Ka-226T light multipurpose helicopter will begin in 2023 in accordance with joint plans with Russian Helicopters JSC. This was reported to journalists by the chief designer of the VK-650V engine "ODK-Klimov" (part of the United Engine Corporation Rostec) Anastasia Solovyova.