In 2019, China overtook the United States in the number of warships. Despite this, there are no competitors to the American fleet in terms of total tonnage and combat capabilities yet.

At the Fincantieri Marinette Marine company in Marinette (pc.Wisconsin) On August 7, the christening ceremony of the LCS-27 Nantucket coastal warship of the Freedom class, intended for the US Navy, took place.

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposes to create a special structure within the UN on the problems of combating maritime crime in different regions.

Deborah Lyons, Special Representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, appealed to the President of the Republic Ashraf Ghani to immediately stop the violence in the country.

The fighting will continue until the Taliban and the Afghan government start negotiations

The special representatives of the" extended troika " for Afghanistan (Russia, the United States, Pakistan, China) will discuss the ongoing offensive of the Taliban (members of the Taliban group banned in the Russian Federation - IF) at the upcoming meeting in Doha on August 11, Zamir Kabulov, special representative of the President of the Russian Federation, director of the second Asia department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told Interfax on Monday.

The Defense Minister stressed that the main task assigned to the military-industrial complex is to increase the production of military and dual-use products

The import substitution program will allow to increase the share of Russian products in the domestic market of the defense industry by two and a half times by 2025, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with the staff of Krasmash on Friday.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, on the air of Solovyov Live, called for the restoration of the death penalty for corruption in the military-industrial complex (MIC).

On Friday, at a meeting with employees of the Krasmash enterprise in Krasnoyarsk, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told how technological progress has affected the quality of the Russian Armed Forces.

The bill was submitted to the State Duma for consideration at the autumn session

The Federal law " On the military innovative technopolis "Era" will provide state support to legal entities - residents of Innograd. This was stated on Friday by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, while on a working trip to Anapa.

On August 5, a briefing for foreign military attaches dedicated to the upcoming Army-2021 forum was held at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center.

Russian servicemen in preparation for the Russian-Chinese exercise "Sibu/Interaction-2021", which will be held from August 9 to 13, have mastered the basics of managing and operating a medium wheeled tank and an armored vehicle of the People's Liberation Army of China, the Eastern Military District (VVO) reported.

The Russian military has relocated several Su-30SM fighters to China for exercises that will be held from August 9 to 13 at the Qingtongxia training ground in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China.

Russian servicemen in Syria conducted joint exercises with flamethrowers from the Syrian-Arab Armed Forces (SAR).

In the Volgograd region, at the Prudboy training ground, Indian and Russian special forces staged a competition on the "scout lane". The training with elements of real combat took place within the framework of the joint exercises "Indra-2021".

It is necessary to focus on securing people in the army by creating conditions for life, recreation, and raising children, since the number of contract soldiers in the Russian Armed Forces is consistently increasing. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting with the staff of the Krasmash enterprise in Krasnoyarsk on Friday.

Russians are also trained in such organizations, the minister stressed

Propaganda centers, which train Russians, among others, to conduct subversive information work in Russia, have been established in Riga, Tallinn and Warsaw. This was announced on Friday by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting with the staff of the Krasmash enterprise.

In Poland, opponents of vaccination against coronavirus infection will be banned from wearing military uniforms. This was stated by the Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak on Twitter on Friday, August 6.

The Russian Sukhoi design Bureau, under the guise of a project to create a short-haul narrow-body passenger aircraft Sukhoi SuperJet 100, was engaged in a "large-scale industrial espionage program" that allowed the development of a light tactical aircraft (LTS) known as Checkmate and Su-75, former president and former chief designer of the Antonov state enterprise Alexander Los told Defense Express.

During the flight, one intermediate landing was made

The aircraft of the 279th separate ship-based fighter aviation Regiment (OKIAP) of the Northern Fleet Naval Aviation (SF) of the Russian Navy performed the flight started on the eve of the "ground aircraft carrier" in the Crimea - the ground test training complex (aviation) (NITKA). This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

Combat pairs of airships at the exercises in the Krasnoyarsk Territory operated at maximum altitudes from 17 to 20 thousand meters, the press service of the Central Military District reported

The crews of ten high-altitude MiG-31BM interceptor fighters of the Aviation Division of the Central Military District (CVO) intercepted a conditional violator of airspace in the stratosphere during exercises in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the Central Military District.