The naval search and strike group of the Northern Fleet (SF) has worked out a series of anti-submarine tasks in the near zone of the Barents Sea. The actions were carried out as part of an interspecific command and staff exercise to resolve crisis situations in the Arctic, which is being conducted under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.

BAE Systems has announced the launch of the Anson Estiute class submarine, which is under construction under a contract with the British Navy, at the Barrow-in-Furness facility.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the deal on the sale of combat drones to Ukraine is not directed against Russia.

At the same time, the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia did not specify what Moscow's reaction might be

Russia, in the case of Turkey's supply of drones to Ukraine, will consider the prospect of military-technical cooperation with Ankara, taking this into account. This was reported to journalists by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov after the address of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly.

Russia has no plans to purchase Bayraktar attack drones from Turkey, the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) told Interfax on Wednesday.

In the Russian Armed Forces, military inspections continue, in particular, in such regions as Siberia, Tambov, Novosibirsk, Murmansk and Orenburg regions. On Wednesday, April 21, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

Vladimir Putin, in a message to the Federal Assembly, said that any actions that pose a danger to Russia will be followed by an asymmetric, quick and tough response.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law that allows reservists to be called up for service in a day without declaring mobilization. This was reported on April 21 by the press service of the Ukrainian President.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on April 20, 2021, a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was held in Moscow at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

According to an informed source, the latest Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-57 will be able to carry more than a dozen different unmanned aerial vehicles in the fuselage compartments. To do this, the aircraft will be upgraded.

The Ethiopian Air Force has lost a fire support helicopter. In the Network there were video frames taken at the site of the fall of the rotorcraft, which almost completely collapsed. The crew of three on board was killed.

The F-15EX Eagle II fighter of the US Air Force, considered an analogue of the Russian Su-57, received probably the most powerful radar in the world for this type of aircraft, reports The Drive, referring to the developer of the radar station Michelle Stychinsky from Raytheon.

UBS L-39NG of the Czech company Aero Vodochody with serial number 0476 arrived on April 18 at the air base "Sliac "(Slovakia) for an official presentation to the Air Force of this country.

American F-15E Strike Eagle fighter-bombers will arrive on Wednesday for one day in Estonia for training flights.

In China, for the first time, an image of the new Feilong-2 heavy-duty strike drone was publicly shown. The machine is made according to the "flying wing" scheme, equipped with jet engines and has low radar visibility, writes dambiev.

As reported in Roscosmos, the court imposed a fine of 100 thousand rubles

The Court of Appeal overturned the decision to suspend construction work on the launch complex "Angara" of the Vostochny cosmodrome. This was reported to TASS in the press service of Roscosmos on Wednesday.

The NASA technical team discussed the possibility of undocking the Russian segment of the ISS after Russia's withdrawal from the project. This was announced on Wednesday, April 21, by a source of "RIA Novosti".

Russia is considering the possibility of transferring its segment to the International Space Station (ISS) The United States after 2025. This was announced on April 21 by the head of the state corporation "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin.

Earlier, the head of Roscosmos said that RSC Energia has set a task to ensure the readiness of the first base module for the station in 2025

The Science and Energy Module (NEM), which was created for the ISS, will be redesigned for the Russian space station. This was reported to journalists by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The new Russian space station will not be permanently inhabited, like the ISS, due to radiation exposure in a high-latitude orbit, said the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.