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".

Dmitry Litovkin-whether the fear of a large-scale conflict is justified

First, the chief of the British defense Staff, Nick Carter, and then the Czech intelligence service, in their annual report, said that the world is on the verge of a global cataclysm.

Moscow should treat its "allies" extremely pragmatically

The coincidence in time (at least partially) of the conflicts in Belarus, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Kyrgyzstan does not necessarily mean that they are United by a single external anti-Russian plan. Each case is different. Although, of course, you can trace many common features.

The war in Karabakh has shown that the tank is an easy target for attack drones. In just a few weeks of fighting, Yerevan lost more than 120 combat vehicles. What conclusions Russia should do at the end of this conflict and how now the Russian tanks are protected from the shock drones and loitering munitions of the enemy?

The end of the second Karabakh war gave rise to many riddles and conspiracy theories. Indeed, some of the circumstances of this conflict are extremely mysterious, or at least paradoxical from the point of view of conventional military logic. Apparently, the Armenian leadership itself provoked a political catastrophe.

The Azerbaijani armed forces are ready to deploy in the Kelbajar region after the Armenian population leaves, head of the Department of international military cooperation of the defense Ministry Huseyn Makhmudov said.

Another spy scandal has affected an employee of a leading Russian airline. An Aeroflot representative in the UK has been arrested on suspicion of high treason. How could this treason have been committed, what information did the accused allegedly have access to – and who should be held accountable along with him?

How to protect yourself from any misfortunes? And who will manage measures to protect and eliminate from all sorts of troubles? The response prepared by the Russian Ministry of emergency situations to these questions can be reduced to one short formula: the same people should be responsible for eliminating all troubles at any time according to the same unified rules. In other words, the response system should be unified, whether it is wartime or peacetime.

In the hush-Kit blog, former us Navy instructor and f-14 weapons systems operator Dave " Bio " Baranek described the brief evolution of the fighter's cockpits over 65 years, starting with the f-106A interceptor, which was in service from the 1960s to 1988, and up to the F-35.

The Severnaya Verf plant, which is part of the United shipbuilding Corporation, plans to transfer the lead Corvette of project 20385 "Gremyashchy"to the Russian Navy on December 25. This was stated to journalists on Thursday, November 12, the General Director of the company Igor Orlov.

The Northern fleet's missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov completed a set of combat training tasks in the Barents and Norwegian seas and returned to its permanent base in Severomorsk.

The frigate of the Northern fleet "Admiral Kasatonov" hit a target with a Kalibr missile at a training ground in the Arkhangelsk region from The white sea. On Thursday, November 12, the press service of the fleet reported.

Dmitry Litovkin-about a new safe Harbor for the Russian Navy

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a submission addressed to Vladimir Putin, suggesting the opening of a logistics support point for our warships in this country in Sudan.