Tests of prototypes of the new RPL-20 light machine gun have begun in Russia. The weapon will have to confirm the characteristics determined by the technical task. This was stated by the chief designer of JSC "Concern "Kalashnikov" Sergey Urzhumtsev in an interview with RIA Novosti.

In Russia, the creation of a new shooting complex using neural networks has begun, which will be able to identify targets, aim and shoot, the soldier will only need to make a decision about defeat, Sergey Urzhumtsev, chief designer of Kalashnikov Concern JSC, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Representatives of the enterprises of the Technodinamika holding of the Rostec State Corporation attended the All-Russian meeting dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Aviation Security, which was held in the Moscow region.

The Lithuanian Defense Ministry recommended that citizens of the country refuse to buy smartphones from the Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi, and those who have already bought them, throw away the gadgets as soon as possible.

The small rocket ship "Askold" of the project 22800, the construction of which was carried out at the Kerch Shipbuilding Plant named after B. E. Butoma by order of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, was launched.

The crew of the "Agile" corvette of project 20385, which is being built at the Severnaya Verf enterprise to connect ships protecting the water area of Troops and forces in the North-East of Russia, will soon begin studying the ship.

The Russian frigate Admiral Essen made a call at the port of Cyprus, within which it will replenish supplies, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) reported on Wednesday.

The first Soviet nuclear submarine K-3 "Leninsky Komsomol" has arrived in St. Petersburg. After the restoration, it will be placed in the Museum of Naval Glory of Kronstadt.

In St. Petersburg, as part of the 16th International Exhibition "NEVA-2021", the first presentation of wave and underwater gliders developed by the corporation's partner, the St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University, took place at the USC stand on September 21.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Mukhriddin, speaking in New York as part of the High-level Dialogue on Ensuring the Security of the People of Afghanistan, drew the attention of the international community to the crimes of militants of the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) in Panjshir province.

In 2023 and 2024, this figure will reach 3.55 and 3.81 trillion rubles, according to the explanatory note to the draft federal budget

Russia's national defense spending will amount to 3.51 trillion rubles in 2022, in 2023 and 2024 this figure will reach 3.55 and 3.81 trillion rubles, respectively. This is stated in the explanatory note to the draft federal budget for 2022-2024, which is available to TASS.

Russia's spending on national defense in 2022-2024 will amount to more than 10.8 trillion rubles, according to the explanatory note to the draft federal budget for three years.

The reserved budget allocations for the creation of the personnel reserve of the Armed Forces will amount to: in 2022 - 15 431.9 million rubles, in 2023 - 15 962.9 million rubles, in 2024 - 16 530.4 million rubles

The Government of the Russian Federation plans to increase the budget for the creation of the human reserve of the armed forces by 15.4 billion rubles in 2022. This is stated in the explanatory note to the draft federal budget for 2022-2024, which is available to TASS.

Russia has pledged 73 billion rubles for the next three years to increase the number of contract personnel in the Armed Forces, according to an explanatory note to the draft federal budget for 2022-2024, which is available to RIA Novosti.

As part of the air detachments, Mi-8 helicopters with VSM-1 mining systems will be involved, tracked minelayers of modern modification GMZ-3 will also be used

The Syrian combat experience will be the basis for the actions of the Russian engineering troops at the international exercises of the military contingents of the SCO member states "Peace Mission-2021", which are taking place in the Orenburg region. This was announced to journalists on Tuesday by the head of the engineering troops of the Central Military District (CVO), Major General Dmitry Koruts.

About 5.5 thousand military personnel and more than 1.2 thousand units of weapons and special equipment are involved in the practical exercises

The military personnel will use more than 70 artillery and missile systems to work out tasks to combat illegal armed groups at the anti-terrorist exercises of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member countries "Peace Mission-2021", which are being held in the Orenburg Region. This is stated in a message distributed on Tuesday by the press service of the Central Military District.

The Pskov connection of the airborne troops was reinforced with another airborne assault regiment, which became the third in the division. This is reported by INTERFAX-AVN with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

During the exercise" West-2021", the Russian army worked out the possibility of a nuclear strike on NATO troops in Poland, writes Defense Blog, citing an unnamed source.

The United States is not interested in independent European states, so today they are already trying to create local formats that are beneficial to them even within the framework of the European Union. About this in an interview aif.ru said the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev.

The United States and its allies must bear responsibility for the destruction of the economies of sovereign states, the aggravation of inter-ethnic and political problems, and the intensification of terrorist, extremist and other threats. This includes providing compensation that significantly exceeds the multi-trillion dollars they spent on undermining stability around the world. About this in an interview aif.ru The secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, said.