Former Pentagon Chief William Perry, amid the political situation in the United States, called on President-elect Joe Biden to change the system of control over the American nuclear arsenal in order to reduce international security risks.

Naval aviation is preparing to adopt hypersonic missiles

The Russian Navy is preparing to adopt the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system. In particular, it will be received by the naval aviation of the Northern Fleet. The new weapon is able to hit the target with high accuracy in a matter of minutes, and no country in the world has reliable protection against it. What advantages will the "Dagger" give to the Navy, the military historian Dmitry Boltenkov understood.

The course taken by the Turkish leadership to develop the armed forces based on national resources is being successfully implemented in many areas. In the field of naval weapons, in accordance with the objectives of the project, the development of the Atmaka subsonic cruise missile system, a joint production of the Turkish companies Roketsan and Aselsan, is being consistently promoted.

The UK Ministry of defence on 6 January 2021 announced the signing of a contract worth 550 million pounds from the British branch of the European missile Association MBDA to complete the development and batch production of new small-sized cruise missiles SPEAR3 for weapons of the fifth generation fighter Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II UK armed forces. The number of missiles ordered was not disclosed.

Why "Triumph" does not open fire on Israeli Air Force aircraft in Syria

The Russian anti-aircraft missile system S-400 "Triumph" only "watches" as the Israeli Air Force invades Syrian airspace with impunity and attacks Iranian positions, writes the Greek agency Pentapostagma. However, in reality, Moscow should not interfere in the Iranian-Israeli confrontation, no matter where it takes place. The situation in the region was dealt with by the military observer of "Gazeta.En " Mikhail Khodarenok.

In 2021, the Russian Aerospace Forces will re-equip the first regiment with S-350 Vityaz anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as receive two new regimental sets of S-400 air defense systems and complexes. This was reported on January 9 in the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Today [January 10, 2021] the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation gave birth to this message: 09.01.2021 (06: 00)...In 2020, the VKS entered service with four regimental sets of the S-400 "Triumph" anti-aircraft missile system and 24 anti-aircraft missile gun systems ZRPK "Pantsir-S", which were delivered to the air defense units stationed in the Sverdlovsk, Samara and South Sakhalin regions. Also in 2020, the first S-350 complex was delivered to the ZRV training center in the Leningrad Region to train specialists of the anti-aircraft missile forces.

Thales Alenia Space and the European Space Agency have signed an agreement to create an ESPRIT module for the future Gateway space station. The contract amount is almost 300 million euros.

As reported by the ATO web resource.EN, the Chinese regional jet passenger aircraft ARJ21 set a record for annual deliveries - in 2020, 24 aircraft of this type produced by COMAC Corporation (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China) were transferred to airlines. This was reported by the Chinese news agency Xinhua.

It is reported that on December 2, 2020, the governments of France and the United States concluded an intergovernmental agreement in the form of an exchange of Letters of Offer and Acceptance - LOA on the supply by the United States to France through the American program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of three carrier-based long-range radar detection and control aircraft Northtrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye.

The United Kingdom, Sweden and Italy have signed an agreement to develop a sixth-generation fighter under the Tempest program. The car may appear in the 2030s.

The Eastern Military District received a batch of Mi-8mtpr-1 helicopters, which are designed to produce radio-electronic interference, the press service of the district reported.

In the next four years, the army will receive more than 400 new and upgraded aircraft and helicopters

In 2020, several multibillion-dollar contracts for the serial production of combat aircraft and helicopters were completed. But the state's financial difficulties related to the pandemic have made adjustments to the defense department's plans and forced it to postpone some contracts.

The year 2020 will be remembered by Russians not only for the coronavirus pandemic, but also for the beginning of a new wave of destabilization in the post-Soviet space. It is the beginning, because the processes that began in 2020 will continue in 2021. How exactly will this happen?

The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense has signed public-Private partnership (PPP) agreements with UAB Salvinta and UAB Partneryystės projektai keturi, which will build three new military camps. This is reported by the press service of the military department.

Almost the entire arsenal of the Russian military-weapons and equipment-is designed for temperatures from minus 50 to plus 50 degrees. If the heat is still more or less clear, then fighting in the extreme cold entails serious changes in tactics and strategy. About how this is taken into account by the statutes and the command, — in the material of RIA Novosti.

In 2021, the intensity of combat training in the Russian Armed Forces will increase

In 2020, the geography of challenges for Russia has expanded, the role of military force in solving international problems has increased, the Ministry of Defense notes. In this regard, it is of particular importance to maintain the combat capability and combat readiness of the army and navy at the required level. "Newspaper.Ru " analyzed what activities of combat and operational training will be carried out in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2021.

Syria's air defense systems repelled Israeli attacks on targets in the south of the country, according to the website of the Syrian Ministry of Defense on January 6.

According to the head of the Ministry of Defense, one of the important tasks is to show that a different life has begun there, the country is being restored, and this should be helped

International organizations, including UNESCO, are in no hurry to take part in the reconstruction of Syria. This was announced by Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu in an interview for the documentary film by Yevgeny Poddubny " Without the right to make a mistake. Christmas visit to Damascus "on the TV channel "Russia-1".

Tel Aviv responded to the call of its American ally by sending its cruise missile submarine to the shores of Iran to demonstrate strength and support for the US Navy's AUG. The Iranian military reacted sharply to this information, saying that the submarine would be sunk.