There are many bright names in the history of Soviet military thought. But in the period of the "nuclear age", a special place is occupied by the outstanding personality of Nikolai Ogarkov, who headed the General staff in 1977-1984. It was he who was the first among the military leaders to draw attention to the next round of revolution in military Affairs. And it is gratifying that with the participation of army General Yuri Baluyevsky, the Ogarkov readings were held in Moscow for the third time, writes Olga Moskovchenko in an article for the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

The ndcc chief, Colonel-General Michael Mezentsev 20 November gave a presentation at the conference "the Development of interagency cooperation in the field of defense in 2020".

Battleships are obsolete-that's a fact. However, the fact remains that there are no weapons in the world that look more impressive than them. One of the largest battleships that have survived to this day is the American "new Jersey", nicknamed Big Jay and the Black dragon. "Firepower of freedom" is the motto of this ship.

Russian sailors will be able to sink enemy ships and submarines using jamming

The defense Ministry plans to re-equip the Navy's electronic warfare centers by the end of next year, sources told Izvestia in the military Department. Every year such means become more and more important in wars and various conflicts.

trump wants to withdraw most of the US troops from Afghanistan

The us Congress is trying to thwart President Donald trump's decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. Members of the house of representatives are hoping for the support of the state Department and retired Pentagon chief Mark Esper. The us presence in Afghanistan has been going on for almost 20 years, but, as the expert notes, it has not brought any significant result.

According to the American web resource Seapower , the Executive Director of submarine programs of the us Navy, rear Admiral Dave Goggins, speaking on November 18, 2020 at the webinar of the annual Symposium of the Naval submarine League, said that the US Navy has developed and tested the submarine-Launched unmanned aerial system (SLUAS), to solve the tasks of reconnaissance and targeting out of line of sight, and deployed it on ships since September 2020.

Russian nuclear-powered missile submarines – 60 years old

The first Russian nuclear-powered ship-a carrier of ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads-entered service on November 12, 1960, when the state Commission signed the acceptance certificate on the completion of the K-19 tests. the Lead ship of project 658 did not receive its own name. And due to severe accidents in July 1961 and February 1972, accompanied by the release of radiation and the death of crew members (9 and 30 people, respectively), it remained in the memory of the people under the nickname "Hiroshima".

On November 11, the German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) announced the naming and launching ceremony of the fourth and last of the four Type-209/1400mod-class submarines ordered by the Egyptian Navy on September 29 at the Kiel plant.

On November 19, the launch ceremony of the second frigate (destroyer) of the project 30DX was held at the enterprise of the Japanese shipbuilding company Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding in Tamano.

According to us military publications from December 2019, the Iranian Navy is ready to deploy to the Atlantic ocean. Such a bold statement refers to the report presented in the same year by the us Department of defense Intelligence Agency "Iran's Military power". As noted by the authors of the document, missions assigned to Iranian ships are increasingly taking place outside their usual areas of responsibility.

Dmitry Litovkin-what is currently known about a powerful underwater drone

Recently, assistant Secretary of state for international security and nonproliferation Christopher Ford suddenly recalled the Russian Poseidon torpedo equipped with a"multi-megaton nuclear warhead".

What tasks will the Russian military base in Africa solve

By analogy with the definitions of "North sea" and "black sea" in the Navy, the term "red sea" may appear. Obviously, this will be the name of military seamen serving in the logistics center (pmto), which the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation intends to create in the Red sea.

On November 21, 2020, a solemn ceremony of raising the Naval flag was held in Baltiysk on the small rocket ship Odintsovo (factory number 253) - the third ship in the series of the project 22800 (code "Karakurt"). The ceremony was attended by the commander of the Baltic fleet, Admiral Alexander Nosatov. By order of the commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Odintsovo is included in the combat structure of the Baltic fleet and will serve in the 36th brigade of missile ships and boats of the Baltic naval base.

As reported by the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation, on November 20, 2020, PJSC "Almaz Shipbuilding company" in St. Petersburg, the hull of the icebreaker "evpatiy Kolovrat" (factory number 800) of the project 21180M was removed from the boathouse. It is planned that the icebreaker will be commissioned by the Navy in 2022.

In the latest edition of the program "Military acceptance" on the TV channel "Zvezda", the capabilities of combat boats manufactured by the Kalashnikov concern-BK-10 and BK-16 were demonstrated. the Numbers in this case indicate the length of the vessel in meters.

The fact that the Arctic is a potential region of confrontation has long been clear. But Russia's position there is well-established, and this is what NATO countries are most concerned about. However, they can't do anything about the" frost resistance " of the Russians yet.

The reconnaissance units of the Eastern military district (VVO) tank formation stationed in the Republic of Buryatia received a large batch of new intelligence, control and communications complexes (KRUS) "strelet".

Shvabe - Technological laboratory specialists are developing new methods for rapid assessment of fuel quality, the press service of the shvabe holding, which includes the company, reports

in 2020, parachuting and paratroopers did a lot for the first time

Our airborne forces were the first in world history to perform a group high-altitude jump from 10 thousand meters from the Il-76 military transport aircraft at a flight speed of up to 350 km/h. The jump was made in the area of the Franz Josef Land archipelago on drifting ice. Another evidence of our country's active consolidation in the Arctic.

Over the years (since 1908), the US FBI has accumulated a huge archive of documents. Since the beginning of this year, the secret service archive has been located in the small town of Winchester, Virginia and covers an area of 22,500 square meters. meters, where 360,000 boxes store almost 2 billion rubles. office management pages.