On July 15, a solemn ritual of the first raising of the St. Andrew's Flag took place in Primorsk, Kaliningrad Region, on the newest high-speed landing boats of the BK-16 type project 02510, built for the Baltic Fleet at the Rybinsk Shipyard JSC.

The pilots worked out the retention of altitude, intervals and distances between aircraft of various types, reaching specified points at a certain time

The first consolidated training for ships and aircraft of the Main Naval Parade was held in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt. This was reported on Sunday in the press service of the Western Military District.

After completing a long campaign, the strategic nuclear missile submarine "Vladimir Monomakh"returned to Kamchatka.

The crew of the Ka-27PS search and rescue helicopter of the naval aviation and air defense of the Black Sea Fleet was also involved, which accompanied the submarine during the passage of minefields, said Alexey Rulev, head of the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet.

The Russian military has completed tests of weapons of submarines in the deep-water areas of the Barents and Norwegian Seas, they were monitored daily by NATO ships. This was announced on July 16 by the press service of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation.

Up to 10 aircraft and ships of the NATO Navies were constantly present in the area of the exercises

Submariners of the Northern Fleet have completed a two-week exercise on weapons testing in the deep-water areas of the Barents and Norwegian Seas, the press service of the fleet reported.

The US missile destroyer USS Ross left the Black Sea on Friday after a 20-day stay, the US 6th Operational Fleet said.

The Canadian Navy has received another Arctic patrol ship. July 16, portal navaltoday.com he reported that the second ship of the Harry DeWolf type was handed over to the Canadian Navy at the Irving Shipbuilding shipyard in Halifax.

The United States is leaving Afghanistan

The other day, my old friend, a colleague from the Israeli special forces unit "Duvdevan" wrote to me and asked: how do I feel about the fact of the planned withdrawal of Americans from Afghanistan?

During the military operation in Syria, several hundred types of various weapons were tested in combat conditions. This was announced on Wednesday, July 14, by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

"We have checked more than 320 types of various weapons, including, by the way, your helicopters," he said at a meeting with the staff of the Rostvertol company.

Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Yunus-Bek Yevkurov checked the venues of the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021"in Belarus. This was reported in the Russian Defense Ministry.

The servicemen of the 201st Russian military base in Tajikistan, who perform tasks in mountainous and high-altitude areas, were trained at the Ergaki training center in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Thursday.

Morocco and Algeria are among the third world countries and occupy leading positions in the field of arms imports. The first acquires it from the United States, and the second — from Russia. Not so long ago, the Moroccan army took part in NATO naval exercises in the Black Sea together with Ukraine, Georgia and a number of other countries. According to the publication, Russia has found a way to respond to the US provocation.

Orders for the Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighter in the future "will be measured in hundreds", now there is an order for 76 aircraft, the head of the United Aircraft Corporation Yuri Slyusar told President Vladimir Putin.

Yuri Slyusar noted that the development of several versions of this machine is expected to begin this year

The order for the latest fifth-generation Su-57 fighters will probably be measured in hundreds of pieces. This was announced by Yuri Slyusar, General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Starting from 2022, the Russian Defense Ministry will receive 12 fifth-generation fighters per year. The first serial Su-57 was handed over to the Aerospace Forces in the winter.

The Russian military on Thursday raised a MiG-31 fighter jet to escort a US Navy P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Kamchatka, the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation reported.

Two pairs of MiG-31 and Su-35 fighters escorted three US Air Force B-52N strategic bombers that approached the Russian border over the Bering Sea, the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation reports.

Russia promptly responded to the approach of a US reconnaissance aircraft to the Russian borders by sending a fighter jet to meet the uninvited guest. According to British readers, there is no news in this message, but some are joking. "What were the American pilots worried about, whether they turned to the Russians with the same pronoun," writes one of them.

Turkey has delivered the first Bayraktar TB2 unmanned complex to the Ukrainian Navy. This was announced on Thursday, July 16, by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.