The German military training ground Altengrabov held exercises of soldiers of the Bundeswehr, said Das Erste. The TV channel called the maneuvers preparation of NATO for the operation to "intimidate" Russia in Lithuania.

Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said that additional measures are needed to guarantee the protection of the national interests of the Russian Federation in Crimea and the inhabitants of the peninsula against the background of growing tensions around this region due to the actions of the United States, NATO and Ukraine.

To date, the water intake, built in the Republic of Crimea by the forces of the Military Construction Complex of the Russian Defense Ministry, has transferred more than 1 million tons of fresh water to the city waterworks of Sevastopol.

A meeting of the CSTO Military Committee was held in Moscow under the leadership of the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov. Despite the difficult epidemiological situation, all the chiefs of the General Staffs of the countries participating in the Treaty took part in this event. By the way, last year, the coronavirus pandemic did not allow the members of the Military Committee to meet, so two meetings were held via videoconference.

The exercise with the participation of servicemen of the Ural tank division started at the training grounds of the Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Wednesday.

At the Nalal Group shipyard in Cherbourg, the operation of docking the bow of the decommissioned nuclear submarine Saphir with the aft compartments of the same type of submarine Perle, which was severely damaged during a fire at the shipyard, began.

On April 13, 2021, at the shipyard of the Taiwan Shipbuilding Corporation CSBC in Kaohsiung, in the presence of the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Tsai Ing-wen held a solemn ceremony of launching the main landing helicopter ship-dock "Yushan" (tail number 1401), which is being built for the Taiwanese Navy under the Hong Yun program.

Coastal warships of the Freedom ("Freedom") and Independence ("Independence") types») The US Navy is proving too expensive, writes Defense News.

The completion of the work will allow the ships at the berths to be fully supplied with communications, water, high-pressure air and high-purity water

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday inspected the construction of infrastructure facilities of the mooring front for the deployment of the submarine forces of the Northern Fleet in the city of Gadzhievo, Murmansk region.

The large landing ship (BDK) of the Russian Black Sea Fleet "Novocherkassk" on Monday, after passing the Bosphorus, entered the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, local information portals reported, publishing photos of its passage through the Strait.

Artillery boats of the Bumblebee project and landing craft of the Dugong and Serna types of the Caspian Flotilla passed through Rostov-on-Don in the direction of the Taganrog Bay. 15 ships and support vessels of the Caspian Flotilla are involved in the transition from Makhachkala to the Black Sea.

The Rubin Design Bureau has developed the first Russian export-oriented submerged patrol ship, the Sentinel. It can be used as a guard ship, as well as as a rescue or research vessel. The ship will be exported under the BOSS brand.

The trip of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to the Northern Fleet has begun. Military expert Vasily Dandykin told Sputnik radio about the tasks facing this fleet at the moment.

The Minister of Defense indicated that it is necessary to increase the number of people and equipment to work at the facility

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu demanded to increase the pace and quality of work during the reconstruction and technical re-equipment of the dry dock of the 35th ship repair plant, located in Murmansk, the project is implemented by the Ship Repair Center "Zvezdochka" (part of the USC group of companies).

The Northern Fleet is capable of effectively countering the existing challenges and threats to Russia in the Arctic, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said.

The United States and its NATO allies are actively building up naval and land forces in the Arctic. This was announced at a meeting in Severomorsk on April 13 by Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu. According to him, NATO countries are increasing the intensity of combat training, as well as expanding and modernizing military infrastructure in the Arctic region.

The prototype of the navigation system, an alternative to GPS, is going to be found in the US Navy. In the future, the development is planned to be integrated into the arsenal of hypersonic weapons and used in the fleet.

As the developers reported, during the tests, the pistols exceeded the reliability requirements four times

One of the first domestic pistols, specially developed in accordance with the requests of athletes engaged in practical shooting, has passed the final test stage. This was reported on Tuesday in the state corporation "Rostec".

MIPT professor Golubkin was arrested in Moscow on suspicion of treason

In Moscow, a professor of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) was arrested on suspicion of treason.) Valeria Golubkina. The professor himself, who deals with the problems of hypersonic technologies, did not admit guilt. The university where he teaches said that he did not have access to information that represents state secrets.

From time to time, ad sites, car sites, and specialized resources post messages about the sale of armored cars and other decommissioned military equipment - up to tanks. "Popular Mechanics" has prepared an overview of what can be freely purchased and used without fear of prosecution by the law.