There were no violations in the operability of the software and technical infrastructure of the department's website. The website of the Russian Defense Ministry was subjected to a DDoS attack from abroad, the ministry said on Friday.

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order on the transformation of the Mytishchi Research Institute of Radio Measuring Devices into the All-Russian Research Institute of Radio Electronics; the functions and powers of the founder of the Research Institute were transferred to the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia.

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko announced the launch of a competition to support research centers on artificial intelligence, within the framework of which grants will be provided to universities and scientific organizations, the government's website said on Thursday.

Facebook on Thursday announced that it had taken measures against a group of Iranian hackers who used the platform of this social network to conduct operations aimed at American military personnel and defense companies.

According to the Media Club web resource, about 5 billion rubles will be allocated from the federal treasury for the digital shipyard of the Onega Shipbuilding Plant in Petrozavodsk [JSC Onega Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant, which has been subordinate to FSUE Rosmorport since 2014]. This was announced by the Head of Karelia Artur Parfenchikov at a meeting of the Government of Karelia on July 16, 2021. According to him, a supervisory board has already been created, which includes competent people.

July 15, 2021 at JSC "Vimpel Shipbuilding Plant "(as part of JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation") in Rybinsk (Yaroslavl region) the ceremony of laying the next anti-sabotage boat of Project 21980 (code "Grachonok")for the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy took place with the factory number 01229.

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.