In the 80s, during the Iran-Iraq war, various unusual-looking samples of military equipment appeared. For example, this T-72 tank in the photo.

The Iraqi military improved it with Chinese help, which, given the very tense relations between the Soviet Union and the PRC at that time, was not quite an ordinary thing.

The French have created dynamic camouflage for armored vehicles. At the defense innovation exhibition held last week in Paris, the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) presented a number of promising developments.

Specialists of the Shvabe holding of Rostec State Corporation are developing a "smart" system for civilian sights that will help athletes and hunters shoot as accurately as possible.

Parachutes that allow you to land a dog handler with a service dog from an airplane will begin to enter the Russian Armed Forces next year.

A parachute system for landing four-legged fighters will appear in Russia for the first time. It will help the fighter to quickly land together with the dog in hard-to-reach places where search, rescue or military operations are necessary.

Roselectronics Holding of Rostec State Corporation presents solutions for communication and control in the troops at the EDEX 2021 exhibition in Egypt.

For the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, NATO will hold annual cyber defense exercises with the full physical presence of participants, Major General Philip Stewart, a representative of the alliance's military command in Europe, said on Wednesday.

Cutlasses will not be subject to registration with the Rosgvardiya, they will also not require obtaining an appropriate permit for the storage and carrying of weapons

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing retired officers of the Russian Navy to wear cutlasses for life as part of a ceremonial uniform, without issuing a special permit for this. The document is published on the official portal of legal information.

20 conscripts from Kaliningrad will go to serve in the scientific and production company of the Baltic Fleet.

Two dozen young men living in the Kaliningrad Region were selected for the special purpose company as part of the autumn draft, the Military-Industrial Courier was told in the information support department of the press service of the Western Military District for the BF.

In the units and formations of the Northern Fleet (SF) of Russia, a special duty regime has been introduced due to frosts, the stay of the military in the open air has been reduced, the press service of the fleet reported on Monday.

At the Fincantieri Marinette Marine Company (FMM) in Marinette (pcs.Wisconsin) On November 18, the ceremony of handing over to the US Navy of the new Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-21) Minneapolis–Saint Paul of the Freedom class was held.

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (part of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, MHI) announced the launch ceremony of the second (out of two ordered by the Philippine Coast Guard) multi-purpose patrol ship MRRV (Multi-Role Response Vessels) on November 18.

The Ministry of Defense of India announced the official ceremony of the adoption of the fourth of the six ordered Scorpen-class submarines ("Kalvari"), which took place on November 25 at the naval base in Mumbai.

The new leadership of Afghanistan, which came to power after the seizure of the country by the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation), is ready to recognize the Russian status of Crimea.

More than 2.5 thousand tons of food and basic necessities were delivered to Syria, Armenia, Afghanistan, Nicaragua and Cuba

The Russian Armed Forces have increased the volume of humanitarian aid delivery to Russian regions and foreign countries several times in 2021, said Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation.

The Russian Armed Forces in 2021 were three times more often involved in international exercises than a year earlier, said Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Center for Defense Management of the Russian Federation, at a conference on Friday.

On November 27, Russia celebrates the Day of the Marine Corps - one of the most combat-ready formations of the Russian army.

For more than 300 years of history, these troops have taken part in many fateful battles.

The sides also discussed the development of military-technical cooperation in the CSTO format

CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas and Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov discussed regional security issues during a meeting in Moscow. This was announced to journalists on Friday by the CSTO press secretary Vladimir Zainetdinov.

Additional details of the dialog are not provided

The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Army General Valery Gerasimov, held a telephone conversation with the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of France, Army General Thierry Burkar. This was reported to journalists on Friday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

On Friday, on the sidelines of the VII scientific and practical conference "The system of interdepartmental information interaction in solving problems in the field of defense of the Russian Federation", the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu and the head of the Russian Historical Society Sergei Naryshkin signed an agreement on the exchange of information between the military department and RIO.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu congratulated the personnel of the Information and Mass Communications Department of the Ministry of Defense on the 50th anniversary of the Information Support System of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and noted their contribution to the implementation of the information policy of the state.