In the coming year, the program of re-equipping the Strategic Missile Forces with new equipment should be completed

In the coming years, Russia's strategic nuclear forces will reach a fundamentally new level. Already in 2021, they will be equipped with only the most modern equipment.

The formation will be involved in the Russian-Belarusian strategic maneuvers "West-2021"

Eighteen units of the Coalition-SV artillery complex will first enter service with the Taman Motorized Rifle Division in 2021, the Western Military District (ZVO) said on Tuesday.

Israel has completed the delivery of air defense systems under a contract with the United States. defence-blog.com reported that the company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems handed over to the US Army the second of the two ordered air defense systems Iron Dome.

The United States has permanently deployed a squadron of MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance and strike drones to the Campia Turzii Air Base in Romania, the US Air Force Europe and Africa Command said.

Web resource infodefensa.com published an interview with the director of unmanned programs of the Spanish branch of the Airbus Group, Felix Fernandez Merino, regarding the ongoing joint program of Spain and Colombia, Sirtap, to create an unmanned aviation complex based on a medium-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle of long flight duration (MALE class). In fact, this is the only program currently being implemented in Europe to create UAVs of this class.

According to the Israeli company Elbit Systems, on January 5, 2021, the Ministries of Defense of Israel and Greece signed an intergovernmental agreement on the creation by the Israeli side of the International Flight Training Center for the Greek Air Force on the model of the Israeli Air Force flight School. The creation and operation of the Greek Air Force flight training center will be carried out under the head role of Elbit Systems.

The United States in 2021 continued to build up the military potential of NATO, focused on Russia. So, the US Air Force deployed MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance and strike drones and about a hundred military personnel on the territory of Romania. According to experts, Washington thus confirmed NATO's strategy for the entire Black Sea region. What is the essence of this strategy and what risks does it carry for Russia?

The United States has permanently deployed a squadron of MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance and strike drones to the Campia Turzii Air Base in Romania, the US Air Force Europe and Africa Command said.

The Ministry of Defense annually orders thousands of units of modern military equipment, the development and improvement of weapons continues constantly. Already in the near future, the military will receive a unique weapon based on other physical principles-sometimes as if from science fiction films. About the most interesting and expected new products - in the material of RIA Novosti.

Forces of the anti-government "Coalition of Patriots for Change" captured the city of Bangasu, located 750 kilometers from the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR) Bangui.

Iran on Monday resumed uranium enrichment to 20%, government spokesman Ali Rabiah told Iranian state media.

A senior Russian diplomat called the decision of the Iranian authorities to resume uranium enrichment to 20% a predictable and reversible step.

Pentagon Chief Chris Miller said on Sunday, January 3, that the United States, after threats from Iran, left the Nimitz aircraft carrier in the region, which was planned to be withdrawn from there.

The submarine forces of the Northern Fleet will continue to make underwater voyages in the waters of the Arctic Ocean. This was announced on Monday, January 4, by the commander of the Northern Fleet, Hero of Russia Admiral Alexander Moiseev, the press service of the SF of the Russian Federation reports.

During the year, the development of advanced means of protection against radiation, chemical and biological contamination will be completed, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

Russian developers have tested the universal platform of combat robots "Marker" in a completely autonomous mode. According to the Foundation for Advanced Research, during the tests, the platform overcame 30 kilometers of snow-covered forest-steppe. The tests were conducted in the Chelyabinsk region and were recognized as successful.

Ust-Katavsky Car Building Plant (part of Roscosmos) intends to assemble an unmanned tram in 2022, then its tests will follow. This was announced on Monday, January 4, by the general Director of the company Roman Novikov.

Russia may return its nuclear-powered intercontinental ballistic missile carrier trains to service as a response to the deployment of additional NATO missiles in Europe. The return of the weapons, which can be a "nightmare for the United States," he predicted in an interview with "Moskovsky Komsomolets" military expert Alexei Leonov.

The Russian Defense Ministry has published unique footage of the loading of an intercontinental ballistic missile "Yars" into a silo launcher (SHPU) in the Kozelsky missile compound in the Kaluga Region. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry on Monday, January 4.

The S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system will go on combat duty in the Samara Region at the end of January, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) of the Russian Federation reported.