Local conflicts of recent years have repeatedly demonstrated that the Soviet infantry fighting vehicles of the first and second generation, which did not undergo modernization, no longer meet modern requirements in terms of security.

Flight tests of the latest intercontinental ballistic missile "Sarmat" will be conducted in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. A special training ground will be built there for this purpose next year. This was announced on Monday, December 21 at a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation by the head of the Department Sergey Shoigu.

Two regiments of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) will be re-equipped with mobile and mine-based Yars missile systems in 2021, the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, Colonel-General Sergei Karakayev, told reporters on the sidelines of an expanded meeting of the board of the Russian Defense Ministry.

The air defense system of the Kuril Islands in 2020 will be strengthened with s-300V4 anti-aircraft missile systems, said the commander of the Eastern military district (VVO) Gennady Zhidko.

The Buk-M3 medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems have entered combat duty for the first time to protect the airspace on the territory of the Central military district, the press service of the district reports.

Construction of the newest radar station "Yakhroma" will begin in Sevastopol in 2021. This was announced by Russian defense Minister General of the army Sergei Shoigu during the final Board of the Department on December 21.

The US space Agency has conducted the final tests of the heat shield of the new James Webb space telescope for deployment. The launch of the device is planned for 2021.

In the article published in the French newspaper "La Tribune" by Michel Cabirol "Moteurs de l'eurodrone: dernière chance pour Safran de supplanter General Electric" ("engines for Eurodrone: will Safran Take the last chance to oust General Electric?"), it is reported that the European company Airbus Defense has requested the engine companies General Electric and Safran Helicopter Engines to provide it with a final commercial offer for the production of a turboprop engine for a promising European unmanned aerial vehicle of long flight duration eurodrone male (Medium altitude long endurance).

The Loyal Wingman unmanned aerial vehicle has started high-speed runs on the runway. The first flight is scheduled for 2021.

The Russian military tested the "flying BMD" with high-precision missiles the

" Flying " combat vehicle of the landing force - the latest mi-8AMTSH-VN "Sapsan" helicopter-fired anti-tank guided missiles "Ataka-VM". As told in the Russian military-industrial complex, the crew of a prototype helicopter successfully attacked targets that mimic the armored vehicles of a potential enemy.

Russian attack UAV s-70 "Hunter" in the future will be able to act as an interceptor. As part of the flight tests, the "Hunter "for the first time made a series of flights with air-to-air missiles as weapons.

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.