The combat launch of an anti-aircraft missile was carried out by the crew of the Baltic Fleet corvette "Savvy" during a tactical exercise off the coast of the Kaliningrad region.

A detachment of warships of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) left Vladivostok for a long hike. As reported to "RG" in the information support department of the VVO press service for the Pacific Fleet, the detachment includes the Varyag missile cruiser, the large anti-submarine ship Admiral Tributs and the large sea tanker Boris Butoma.

December 29 marked the 40th anniversary of the signing of the acceptance certificate of the heavy nuclear-powered strategic submarine Dmitry Donskoy. The nuclear-powered project 941 was built on Sevmash (part of USC).

In August, a ceremony of laying two new strategic class nuclear submarines was held in Russia: "Prince Potemkin" and "Dmitry Donskoy". With them, the total number of submarines under construction designed to launch ballistic missiles has grown to five.

The American carrier strike group led by the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman is delayed in the Mediterranean Sea by order of the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, the previous plans for its relocation have been changed, the USNI News publication reported, covering the activities of the US Naval Forces (Navy).

Admiral Jorge Wilson, Commander of the Uruguayan Navy, signed a letter accepting a proposal for the gratuitous transfer of three Protector-class boats from the US Coast Guard within the framework of the intergovernmental agreement between the United States and Uruguay.

The US authorities cannot call the current successes during the eighth stage of the Vienna talks on the revival of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) significant, State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Tuesday

According to the serviceability of military equipment, it was possible to reach a leading position among the armies of the world

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu thanked the Defense Industrial complex (MIC), which in 2021 helped significantly upgrade the armament of the Russian army.

On December 28, the final thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

In 2021, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted a number of major maneuvers that increased the combat readiness of the army.

The largest was the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercise "West-2021", where for the first time mass-produced shock robotic systems were used in combat formations.

Russian military doctors managed to maintain a "doc-like" level of routine care for patients with other diseases in the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The head of the Russian Defense Ministry noted that now there is "more and more peace and tranquility in the region"

The Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh has completed the difficult tasks of separating the warring parties and is currently solving planned profile tasks in the region, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said during a conference call of the military department.

On December 27, the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Alexander Fomin, held a briefing for military attaches and representatives of embassies of foreign states accredited in Moscow.

General Biden: the "bad guys" from Russia are experts in conducting hybrid warfare

The Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, General Mikael Biden, in an interview with the American edition of Defense News, spoke about the Russian approach to waging war in modern conditions.

Negotiations between American and Russian representatives on arms control and the Ukrainian problem will take place on January 10, a representative of the National Security Council (NSC) of the US White House told reporters on condition of anonymity.

The most significant expansion of NATO to the east occurred in 2002, during several waves of the alliance's infrastructure approaching the western borders of Russia, the bloc significantly increased its combat potential, said Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin.

The readiness of Washington to provide support to its NATO allies on the eastern flank with the application of Article 5 of the NATO Charter in the conditions of Russia's concentration of troops on the border with Ukraine was announced by President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan.

The Su-25SM3 and Su-25SM attack aircraft of the Southern Military District conducted special flight training exercises, during which they trained bombing and launching unguided missiles at a conditional enemy. According to the press service of the Southern Military District, in total, the pilots made about 70 scheduled sorties.

The Su-25SM3 and Su-25SM crews made about 70 scheduled sorties

The crews of the Su-25SM3 and Su-25SM attack aircraft launched a missile and bomb attack on the forces of a conditional enemy during exercises in the Stavropol Territory. This was reported to journalists on Tuesday in the press service of the Southern Military District (SE).

Forbes: E-8 Joint STARS and RC-135 aircraft collected data on the Russian army

The American E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) combat control and targeting aircraft and the RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft, which recently flew over Ukraine and the Black Sea, tracked the location of the Russian army, Forbes magazine says.