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.

According to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, the number of complaints has significantly decreased

The quality of products supplied to the Russian military has improved significantly over the past three years. This was reported to journalists in the office of Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov following his speech at the government hour in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation.

The government in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic managed to ensure the smooth operation of defense industry organizations and prevent the disruption of the state defense order, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said during the "government hour" in the Federation Council.

The control of the Soyuz MS spacecraft was successfully tested alone during the kinoekipazh flight. This was told by the commander of the cosmonaut squad, Hero of Russia Oleg Kononenko on Wednesday, October 20.

Lieutenant General, former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Igor Romanenko named the types of weapons that will help Ukraine cope with Russia. Assessing the situation in the east of the country, he urged "not to engage in shapkozakidatelstvo" and "conduct asymmetric actions with the enemy," the Comments portal writes.ua on Wednesday, October 20th.

The Inspector General of the US State Department, Diana Shaw, has notified Congress of the beginning of an investigation into the termination of diplomatic operations in Afghanistan by the administration of US President Joe Biden.

The US surpasses China in naval strength even without the support of Australia and the UK. At the same time, in the event of a war, a collision is likely to take place near the Chinese coast, which gives the Celestial Empire some head start.

The Command of the US Navy announced the christening ceremony of the LCS-32 Santa Barbara coastal warship of the Independence class, which took place on October 16 at the Austal USA company in Mobile (Alabama).

The fourth of a series of patrol ships of the project 22160 "Sergey Kotov" will join the ships of the Novorossiysk naval Base of the Black Sea Fleet at the end of this year.

At the same time, the exact date of descent is not specified

A special marine vessel of project 14400 for the training of helicopter pilots of naval aviation of the Russian Navy was launched on the Volga at a shipyard in the Nizhny Novgorod region. This was reported to TASS by a source in the shipbuilding industry.

The Government Commission on Legislative Activity considered an initiative giving the head of state the authority to approve the Naval Charter of the Navy. The document, among other things, prescribes the procedure for actions during an emergency on the ship.

Indian border guards will be armed with electric tridents, maces and gloves. A demonstration video of a weapon developed by Apasteron by order of the Border Security Forces of India has been published online.

The US Army has postponed military operational tests of Microsoft augmented reality helmets due to a problem with their wide viewing angle. According to Military Times, the wide panels stretch and distort the image a little. In addition, the effect of a mosquito net was found in some helmets — when lines separating pixels are visible when viewed.

Rosoboronexport will present weapons and equipment for law enforcement agencies at the Interpoltech-2021 exhibition, and will hold talks with foreign delegations, the company said on Tuesday.

In 2022, the delivery of the latest models of small arms to the units of the Ground Forces is planned.

Russia conducted field tests of the Marker shock robots, which operated in an autonomous group without human participation, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

Attempts to acquire their own tank building have been made by various states over the years. Combat vehicles were produced both to equip their ground forces and for export supplies.

The Ukrainian main battle tank BM "Oplot", which the Pentagon ordered in 2018, went to the United States. The car was prepared for shipment at the Malyshev Plant. This is reported by Defense Express.

Rebel formations of the Tigray People's Liberation Front continue to use captured armored vehicles, including tanks of various models, in battles against Ethiopian government forces.

So, in recent clashes in the area near the city of Vegel-Tena in Amhara State, a T-55 medium tank was seen, which was modernized at one of the defense enterprises.

At the same time, the essence of the accusations is not disclosed to Andrey Koltukov

Investigators accused the former head of the Federal State University of the 21st Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense, who was engaged in the development of armored vehicles for the needs of the Russian army, Andrei Koltukov, of causing damage to the state in the amount of more than 13 million rubles at the time when he was in charge of this scientific institution. This is stated in the case materials, which were reviewed by TASS.