The US Navy military base in Maryland near Washington is closed due to a bomb threat. This is stated in a message from the US military posted on Twitter on Wednesday, October 20.

The NATO bloc holds annual exercises "Steadfast Noon" (Steadfast Noon), which began on October 18, during which a nuclear war scenario will be worked out. 14 European countries, including Germany, are taking part in them. Dozens of aircraft are involved, including nuclear-armed fighters, combat aircraft, as well as tankers and reconnaissance aircraft, the Swiss Telegraph Agency (SDA) reports.

The Ukrainian military conducted exercises to respond to the breakthrough of manpower and armored vehicles of a simulated enemy at a training ground in the Kherson region, near the border with Crimea. This was reported on Wednesday, October 20, by the press service of the command of the United Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook.

The Special Monitoring Mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE SMM) does not stop working in the south-east of Ukraine, patrolling in most points of Donbass is in normal mode, the Izvestia newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing the organization's press service.

The United States surpasses Russia and China in its military power, according to Popular Mechanics magazine, referring to a study by the RAND Corporation.

The number of NATO priority engagement forces at the borders of the Union State has increased to 40 thousand troops

The North Atlantic Alliance is strengthening its military infrastructure in the immediate vicinity of the borders of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, the military and political situation is difficult, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Russia is temporarily closing its diplomatic mission to NATO. According to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, this is Russia's reaction to the recent expulsion of eight Russian diplomats from the Russian mission to NATO.

These days, two exhibitions of military technologies are held simultaneously. AUSA 2021 has opened in the United States, where defense industry enterprises present their latest developments to the military. In Russia, the Interpoltech exhibition brought together professionals in the field of digital security.

The most powerful weapon of Russia is named in the publication 19FortyFive. The author noted Russian missiles, air defense systems, a helicopter and a promising underwater vehicle.

The Russian military base in Tajikistan will be completely re-equipped with modern means of communication by the end of the year.

Specialists of the communications troops of the Southern Military District (SE) conducted a large-scale radio training on data exchange, ensuring stable continuous communication between the field control points of formations and military units, air Force and air defense units, as well as military bases in Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Armenia.

The military of Russia and Egypt practiced landing without parachutes from a mock-up of the Mi-8 helicopter, they descended on cables, firing blank cartridges on the move. This was told in the Ministry of Defense of Russia on Wednesday, October 20.

According to the head of the Ministry of Defense, in order to develop cooperation in the field of flight safety, the state Aviation Administration will prepare proposals to improve the procedure for exchanging information about dangerous factors and aviation events with aircraft.

The meeting will discuss joint exercises and training of Korean officers in Russia

Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov will discuss military cooperation between the two countries with his South Korean counterpart Nam Yong Sin and the country's Defense minister So Uk, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Iran is not yet ready to create a military bloc with Russia, but they do not rule out such a possibility in the future, Iranian Chief of the General Staff Mohammad Bagheri said.

The situation in the region is pushing Iran to purchase weapons. A meeting of the joint commission on military-technical cooperation with Russia will be held in Tehran soon

Iran and Russia will soon hold a meeting of the commission on military-technical cooperation (MTC), which will be given a new incentive, said the chief of the Iranian General Staff Mohammad Bagheri.

Iran and Russia will soon hold a meeting of the Commission on military-technical cooperation (MTC).

This will be given a new incentive, said the chief of the Iranian General Staff Mohammad Bagheri. "A meeting of the joint military-technical commission will be held in Tehran soon. I think that our cooperation in this area will develop," he said in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel (VGTRK).

The head of the Ministry of Defense clarified that we are talking about the node of the missile attack warning system in the city of Baranovichi and the Navy radio station in the city of Vileika

The heads of the military departments of Russia and Belarus, Sergei Shoigu and Viktor Khrenin, signed documents on Wednesday extending the validity of agreements on the deployment of two Russian military facilities on the territory of the republic.

The plan of Russian-Belarusian military cooperation for the next year contains 139 measures aimed at strengthening the security of the Union State, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Among the reasons, the head of the Defense Ministry called military threats, political and economic pressure from Western countries

Military threats, political and economic pressure from Western countries have forced Russia and Belarus to take retaliatory measures, one of them is the new Military Doctrine of the Union State, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.