The defense Ministry has approved a program for testing advanced military helicopters Mi-28NM and Mi-26T2B at high altitudes in the Elbrus region, sources in the defense Ministry told Izvestia. They will be held until the end of the year. Flights to the highlands are a necessary stage for completing tests and starting mass production of vehicles on orders for the Aerospace forces (VKS). According to experts, this is a difficult challenge for helicopters, but it should improve their export prospects.

As reported, on December 6, 2020, at the Ulyanovsk-Vostochny factory airfield complex, the Il-76MD-90A military transport aircraft built at the Ulyanovsk Aviastar-SP JSC (part of the transport aviation Division of the United aircraft Corporation JSC) with the factory number 0205 (registration number RF-78660) made its first flight. This is the third new-built Il-76MD-90A aircraft to be flown in 2020.

It became the only example of Russian engine building included in the list compiled by the leading profile magazine Aviation Week & Space Technology

The Russian Tu-160M strategic bomber with the latest NK-32-02 engines was included in the list of the most significant world achievements in the field of engine construction for 2020, compiled by the leading profile magazine Aviation Week & Space Technology and published in the latest issue of the publication.

Commanders of naval aviation units of the Baltic fleet demonstrate their skills in the air.

The Russian fifth-generation su-57 fighter and its Chinese competitor J-20 can perform similar tasks, but " specialize in slightly different areas." Comparison of aircraft leads the American magazine Popular Mechanics.

The main goal of the United States and NATO should be to show initiative in the black sea region, and if Georgia gives permission to open a us military base, Washington would use it to send troops to Syria or Iraq, former commander of the us ground forces in Europe, retired Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, said on Georgia's first channel.

Us assistant Secretary of state threatened sanctions for purchasing weapons from Russia or China

The US is again talking about sanctions in response to the acquisition of military equipment by other countries from Russia and China. This time, Iraq came into view, having recently expressed a desire to do so. Until now, the question remains open about the acquisition of Russian s-400 air defense systems by Ankara: Washington still intends to impose sanctions on Turkey for this.

The share of Russian companies in the global arms market is falling catastrophically. And this is not someone who claims it, but a very authoritative source-the Swedish research center SIPRI. How well-founded are such statements, what impact do US sanctions have on the Russian arms trade, and what promising market is opening up for Russia now?

Keep the formation, properly handle weapons, evacuate wounded soldiers-all this and not only managed to master the authors of the channel Gilza. The host tried to repeat the training that is used by special forces soldiers.

"Bereshit-2", according to the developers ' plans, should land in 2024

Israel plans to launch its second lunar station, Bereshit-2, in 2024. SpaceIL writes about This on Twitter.

the Odintsovo MRC is an adequate response to NATO's Maritime activity

Recently, cases of violations of the Russian Federation's Maritime borders by NATO ships have become more frequent. In the far East, the USS John McCain invaded Russian territorial waters in Peter the Great Bay.

the US justified the NATO exercises in the Black sea by the actions of Russia

Former Pentagon expert Chris Osborne, in an article for the national Interest, called the us exercises with NATO allies in the Black sea a "warning for Russia". Military commentator Viktor Litovkin pointed out that Russia does not attack anyone, so this rhetoric of the Pentagon is far from reality.

Sudan has approved the deployment of Russian Navy ships with a nuclear power plant. This is stated in the text of the agreement concluded by the Russian Federation and Sudan.

as emphasized in the United shipbuilding Corporation, the export of PMO ships of project 12701 is carried out by Rosoboronexport JSC

The latest Russian mine defense ships (PMO) of the project 12701 " Alexandrit-e "(export-oriented modification of the minesweepers of the project 12700 "Alexandrit" - approx. TASS) may start building in India. This was reported to TASS by the United shipbuilding Corporation (USC).

Last week, it became known about the Chinese government's plans to dramatically increase the use of weather modification technologies, in particular, seeding clouds with silver microparticles.

China has successfully launched its own "artificial sun" -the HL-2M thermonuclear reactor. This is a great achievement for the state and for the entire nuclear energy sector of the country.

the US is pushing Iran to develop nuclear weapons, stealing its hope to fight back in a different way

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif blamed Israel for the murder of one of the creators of the Iranian nuclear program, the "father of the Iranian atomic bomb" Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi, who served as the head of the research and innovation Organization of the Ministry of defense of Iran, on the afternoon of November 27 in the vicinity of the city of Absard, 50 kilometers from Tehran. What circumstances indicate this?

Armed, protected and versatile — the first joint exercises of tanks and combat vehicles created to support them, the Terminator BMPT, took place at one of the training grounds near Chelyabinsk. They advanced in line with the T-72 of the guards division of the Central military district and demonstrated impressive firepower. About the features of this technique - in the material RIA Novosti.

It makes no sense to extend start-3 at the cost of abandoning the most promising weapons

When in 2018, the Russian President first announced the development of new types of weapons in Russia, Western experts unanimously claimed that this is fiction, "Putin's cartoons".

Modern anti-ship systems will take control of the entire Gulf of Finland

Saint Petersburg and Kronstadt will have missile protection. The defense Ministry will strengthen the defense of the Leningrad naval base: modern coastal complexes "Bal"will be sent there.