India and the Philippines will sign an agreement to purchase BrahMos supersonic anti-ship missiles developed by the joint Indian-Russian enterprise BrahMos Aerospace Limited for the armed forces of the Philippines in 2021.

The National Interest named the reason for Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400

Turkey could buy s-400 anti-aircraft missile systems from Russia, including due to the events of 2016, when many Turkish F-16 fighter pilots were arrested after the coup attempt, the media write.

According to these documents, problems with the proton-K rocket could disrupt the USSR's lunar program

Roscosmos published on its website declassified materials about the development and launch of the Luna-17 heavy automatic station, which landed on the surface of The earth's natural satellite 50 years ago, on November 17, 1970.

Specialists of the Russian space systems holding company (RKS, part of the Roscosmos state Corporation») we have completed work on creating radiation-resistant solid-state relays. Their use will significantly increase the reliability and service life of on-Board equipment while reducing its weight and size indicators, the press service of the holding said.

The volleys of the last Karabakh war, which ended so abysmally for Armenia and so successfully for Azerbaijan, have died down. What military-technical lessons should Russia learn from what was demonstrated on the battlefield? Does our country have an opportunity to oppose something to the weapons that brought victory to Azerbaijan?

Russian peacekeepers are clearing the Lachin corridor linking Armenia and Karabakh, Deputy commander of the peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Armed forces Alexey polyukhovich said.

On November 13, the day of radiation, chemical and biological protection troops is celebrated annually in the Armed forces of the Russian Federation. By the end of 2025, the share of modern weapons in these troops should be 85%.

More than 200 units of special equipment will be delivered to the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops by the end of this year, also said the head of the Russian armed forces ' rcbz troops, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov

The new heavy flamethrower system TOS-2 is undergoing trial operation in the army. This was stated on Friday by the chief of the radiation, chemical, and bacteriological protection troops of the Russian armed forces, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.

The radiation chemical and biological defense forces celebrate the 102nd anniversary of its Foundation on November 13. Military chemists are responsible for eliminating the consequences of the use of weapons of mass destruction and are involved in the fight against man-made disasters.

Nebenzia assessed the prospects for extending the start-3 Treaty under Biden

Democrat Joseph Biden, who is now considered the most likely winner of the us presidential election, is aware of the importance of extending the Treaty on strategic offensive arms reduction, said Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzia.

The US Senate appropriations Committee published a bill on the NASA budget for 2021. The Agency will be able to receive only a part of the requested amount for the implementation of the Artemis program to return people to the moon, but scientific programs and the development of new automatic devices and telescopes will be fully funded, according to the website SpaceNews.com.

By the end of 2020, the Russian global navigation satellite system (GLONASS) did not reach the accuracy indicators declared in the Federal target program (FTP), RIA Novosti writes, referring to the materials of Roscosmos.

European NATO countries have received new intelligence capabilities. On November 12, the NATO press service reported that the last of five RQ-4D Phoenix reconnaissance drones ordered under the Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) program landed at Sigonella air base in Italy.

The American company Sikorsky in 2021 will test unmanned multi-purpose helicopters Black Hawk flight in formation with simultaneous landing on a small platform. According to Flightglobal, the tests will be commissioned by the defense advanced development Agency of the us Department of defense. Three helicopters will be tested by flight in formation.

British company Rolls-Royce will conduct the first bench tests of the UltraFan aircraft engine powered by biofuels.

During the tests, the engine will be fed undiluted biofuel, which, according to the developer, can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by at least 75 percent compared to conventional jet fuel, the company said.

The Ministry of defense is strengthening the grouping of the southern military district by means of electronic warfare (EW). In the region, it is planned to significantly increase the number of new Mi-8MTPR-1 helicopters with the Rychag-AV radio suppression system. These complexes, according to the developers, are able to interfere with locators and neutralize the operation of almost any air defense systems. The emergence of new "Levers" is an effective response to the possible deployment of NATO short — and medium-range missiles in the region, experts say.

The updated Tu-160 bomber made its first flight

The first flight of the Tu-160M with serial engines of the improved NK-32-02 model took place on November 3. This is an important stage not only for the strategic bomber program – the largest combat aircraft (maximum take-off weight of 275 tons) in the history of world aviation.

The Russian defense Ministry has published a video of highly maneuverable air combat on su-35S fighters.

Britain will take measures to protect the defense industry from foreign influence

The British government is determined to protect the country's defense industry from Chinese investors. The draft law prepared for this purpose largely repeats the measures already taken in other Western States. European countries and their allies fear that China will use the economic crisis caused by the pandemic to influence the geopolitical situation.

Only ground operations guarantee victory in modern conflicts

The center for analysis of strategies and technologies (cast) held for the third time a very productive and very informative conference "Ogarkov readings".