Russia is rapidly and consistently developing combat unmanned aircraft. In 2018, there was a key breakthrough, after which the family of military drones began to expand rapidly. By 2025, the number of drones in the Russian army will double, and their role in combat operations will become more visible.

The Russian defense Ministry plans to start state tests of the upgraded Tu-160 strategic missile carrier in 2021. This was announced on Monday, December 21, by the head of the military Department Sergei Shoigu.

In 2020, the aviation strategic nuclear forces of Russia were replenished with five upgraded Tu-95MS missile carriers. This was announced on Monday at the Board of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation by the head of the Department Sergey Shoigu.

On December 18, 2020, the Qatari capital Doha hosted a parade of the Qatari armed forces in honor of the National day of this state, celebrated on the anniversary of the ascension to the throne in 1878 of Sheikh Jasim bin Muhammad al Thani, considered the founder of modern Qatar.

The Greek government announced on December 17 that it will pay $ 2.32 billion. EUR ($2.8 billion) for the purchase of French Rafale fighter jets and missiles to equip them amid rising tensions with neighboring Turkey.

In the near future, the US army will receive special CCFC face masks to protect against COVID-19, the losses from which this year were quite comparable to combat. According to Air Force Magazine, 117,736 cases of the disease were reported among military and civilian personnel in the United States, 129 of which ended fatally.

In the past year, Poland continued to increase military purchases and became the second among buyers of weapons from the United States. A kind of rating of Washington's partners can be found in the report of the arms export Agency DSCA for fiscal year 2020.

Putin drew attention to the fact that Russian military personnel are operating in Syria, and peacekeepers have begun to carry out a mission in Nagorno-Karabakh

During the year, the Russian troops conducted more than 5,700 exercises and trainings of various levels, during which they showed high combat readiness, the ability to effectively work out complex, non-standard tasks. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday at an expanded meeting of the Board of the Ministry of defense.

the Center will be created in the structure of the Ministry of defense

The main research and testing interspecies center for advanced weapons will be created in the structure of the Russian Defense Ministry. This is stated in the decree of the Government of the Russian Federation, published on Monday on the official portal of legal information.

Four missiles struck the US Air Force base "Bagram" near the Afghan settlement of the same name in Parwan province. This was reported on December 19 by TOLOnews TV channel with reference to local authorities.

A huge speed, a titanium hull and a world record that has not been broken so far — on December 18, 1970, the experimental nuclear submarine of Project 661 "Anchar" accelerated under water to almost 45 knots (83 kilometers per hour). However, despite the successful tests, this nuclear-powered ship did not go into production and remained the only one of its kind. Why high-speed submarines were not useful to the fleet - in the material of RIA Novosti.

The Northern Fleet clarified that the lead ship of the Yasen-M project entered the next stage of state tests at the end of last week with a full-time crew and a acceptance team on board.]

The newest nuclear submarine "Kazan" of the project "Yasen-M" within the framework of the state testing program fired an anti-ship cruise missile at a sea target in the White Sea. This was reported on Saturday by the press service of the Northern Fleet.

The crew of a diesel-electric submarine (DAPL) during the exercise carried out the setting of a mine barrage of torpedo tubes in a submerged position, said on Saturday the Baltic Fleet (BF).

On December 18, 2020, an ice-resistant self - propelled platform (LSP) was launched at Admiralty Shipyards JSC (part of United Shipbuilding Corporation-USC) in St. Petersburg) "North Pole" project 00903 (factory number 02404), under construction for the Federal Service of Russia for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet).

on december 16, 2020, the fifth universal nuclear icebreaker of project 22220 (lk-60ya), named "chukotka" (construction number 05712), was laid in st. petersburg at jsc "baltic plant" (part of jsc "united shipbuilding corporation" - usc).

The corvette "Gremyashchy" will be transferred to the Navy before the end of the year

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko during a working trip to St. Petersburg checked the progress of the state defense order at the Severnaya Verf shipyard.

on december 18, 2020, in rybinsk (yaroslavl region), jsc " vimpel shipbuilding plant "(part of the kalashnikov group of companies) laid the foundation stone of the border patrol ship of the 4th rank of project 03050 (code " guys") with the factory number 1414. this is the sixth boat in the series of this project, which is being built at jsc " gcc "vympel" in the interests of the border service of the fsb of russia.

As reported by the online business of Tatarstan "BUSINESS Online", held on 18 December 2020 in Zelenodolsk celebrations on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Zelenodolsk plant named after A. M. Gorky, the Director-General established on the basis of plant shipbuilding Corporation "AK bars" Renat Mistakhov said that the Russian defense Ministry intends to order at the Zelenodolsk enterprise 12 large support vessels, which is a variant of small sea tanker of the project 03182.

Determine the type of target, its parameters, find out the course and nationality — the Ministry of Defense is testing the latest system of automatic illumination of the surface situation "Strategy"in the Black Sea. This development of the Research Institute of Long-range Radio Communications (NIIDAR) will allow Russia to significantly secure the southern borders and prevent violations of the state border. "Strategy" closes all the means of tracking available to the Black Sea Fleet. About the system and its capabilities - in the material RIA Novosti.

A cyber police will appear in the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. On Friday, Deputy Interior Minister Igor Zubov told about the adoption of the relevant decision by Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev.