The President noted that the navy plays an important role in ensuring the security of the state

A strong and sovereign Russia needs a powerful, balanced navy. This was stated on Monday by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the ceremony of laying new warships and submarines for the navy, which takes place in the video conference mode.

On August 23, during the Army-2021 forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the construction of warships for the country's Navy, including in Severodvinsk at Sevmash, in St. Petersburg at Admiralty Shipyards and in Komsomolsk-on-Amur at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant.

Rybinsk Shipyard (part of the Kalashnikov Group of companies of the Rostec State Corporation) has presented the first DS-RIB assault boat for special forces in Russia. It was presented at the Army-2021 forum, TASS reports.

The unmanned boat with the CyberBoat-330 hybrid engine presented at the Army-2021 military forum received a rocket-machine gun module. The vessel was developed on an initiative basis in the design bureau of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

As part of the work on further modernization of the complex, it is planned to increase the capabilities of the mobile sonar mine detection station in terms of increasing the detection range

The newest mine defense ships of the project 12700 ("Alexandrite") continue to be equipped with integrated systems for searching and destroying mines "Alexandrite-ISPUM-E".

It is planned to start testing the new ship in the near future The

small rocket ship "Cyclone" will become part of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) at the end of the year. This was reported on Monday by the press service of the fleet.

The newest logistics support vessel of the Navy "Vsevolod Bobrov", on which the St. Andrew's flag was raised on August 21, will begin an inter-fleet transition from Kronstadt to the Black Sea Fleet by the end of August. Currently, the vessel is being prepared for the transition.

A detachment of ships of the Northern Fleet, performing the tasks of a long-distance campaign in the Mediterranean Sea, entered the port of Algiers (the capital of the state of the same name in North Africa), the press service of the Northern Fleet (SF) reports.

The American Navy will receive the twelfth ship of the San Antonio type. On August 22, the press service of the US Department of Defense reported that a solemn ceremony of christening the landing transport dock USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) was held at the Ingalls Division shipyard of Huntington Ingalls Industries.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization is ready to attract additional forces to protect the Tajik-Afghan border, but there is no need for this yet, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said.

The situation in Afghanistan was discussed during a telephone conversation between the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev and the assistant to the US President for national Security Jacob Sullivan, the press service of the Security Council of the Russian Federation reported.

The CSTO countries have agreed to accelerate work on strengthening the Tajik-Afghan border, the press service of the President of Tajikistan reported on Monday.

Russia does not intend to interfere in the events that are taking place in Afghanistan, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

A unit of British special forces in Afghanistan faced an unforeseen situation — they were surrounded by the Taliban. The Daily Mail tells how the brave British soldiers were rescued, and the readers of the publication actively express their opinion about this operation.

Rosoboronexport plans to conclude a number of contracts during the upcoming Army-2021 forum, thereby increasing the order portfolio, which now amounts to more than $52 billion, the head of the company Alexander Mikheev said.

Technodinamika Holding will provide forum visitors with the opportunity to be in the Arctic and repeat the record jump of Russian paratroopers from the stratosphere with a Stayer parachute

Thanks to VR glasses from the Technodinamika holding of Rostec State Corporation, visitors to the Army-2021 forum will be able to repeat the record jump of Russian paratroopers from the stratosphere with a Stayer parachute in virtual reality. This was told to journalists on Friday in the press service of Technodinamika.

According to the ministry, one of the most significant events will be the congress " Diversification of the Defense Industry. Transformation of the production base"

The scientific and business program of the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", which started on Sunday, will allow determining priority areas for the development of the military-industrial complex, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

The holding company "Roselectronics" of the Rostec State Corporation will present more than 100 developments in the field of military equipment and civilian products at the MVTF "Army-2021".

The Zapad-2021 strategic exercises, which will be held from September 10 to 16, will point out to Western partners the futility of building up military capacities near the Kaliningrad Region. This was stated on the air of the radio station "Moscow Speaks" by Deputy Defense Minister - head of the Main Military-Political Department of the Armed Forces Andrey Kartapolov.

The Belarusian-Russian exercises "West-2021", which will be held in September, should show the NATO countries that it is not necessary to disturb the "Russian bear", said Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Andrey Kartapolov.