Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said that additional measures are needed to guarantee the protection of the national interests of the Russian Federation in Crimea and the inhabitants of the peninsula against the background of growing tensions around this region due to the actions of the United States, NATO and Ukraine.

The German military training ground Altengrabov held exercises of soldiers of the Bundeswehr, said Das Erste. The TV channel called the maneuvers preparation of NATO for the operation to "intimidate" Russia in Lithuania.

The US military command will transfer to Germany, among other things, intelligence officers, gunners, specialists in cyber operations and electronic warfare (EW), said on Tuesday the representative of the US contingents in Europe and Africa, Colonel Joe Scrocca.

The operation of the Istanbul shipping channel after its completion should not be regulated by the Montreux Convention, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said again on Wednesday.

A universal complex of guided and unguided weapons is being developed in the Russian Federation for several types of attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including the "Outpost" drones, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

The launch of the MS-21 aircraft on the market is "slowing down" due to sanctions, the work on import substitution has not yet been completed, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said.

Syrian attack helicopters are used not only during the day, but also during combat missions at night. So, in the Network there were shots of the Mi-24P attack on a ground target, made in the dark.

The enemy was fired from a twin 30-mm automatic gun GSH-30K. This gun is considered one of the most powerful among those used on rotorcraft.

The administration of President Joe Biden told the US Congress that it will continue to sell weapons to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) worth more than $ 23 billion, including fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets, the deal for which was temporarily suspended after the arrival of a new team in the White House.

Polish Minister of National Defense Marisz Blaszczak said that on April 12, 2021, Poland signed an intergovernmental agreement with the United States on the acquisition of five Lockheed C-130H Hercules military transport aircraft from the US Air Force through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales (FMS).

Israel intends to actively develop laser weapons. Yesterday, April 13, the press service of the company Elbit Systems on its official YouTube channel showed the concept of laser drones to combat missiles.

The Slovenian company Pipistrel, commissioned by the largest Chinese courier company SF Express, will finalize its electric cargo drone Nuuva. According to eVTOL, as a result of further development, the device will be able to perform stable flights at an altitude of 6 thousand meters in airplane mode and 2.5 thousand meters in vertical take-off and landing modes.

This is two years earlier than originally planned

TASS, April 14. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will launch its own lunar exploration program in 2022, rather than in 2024, as originally planned. This was reported on Wednesday by the Emirati newspaper The National.

On the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, the Resonance-N hypersonic target detection radar will be put on alert. This will happen no later than June of this year.

Two more radars will go on combat duty in the Arctic until the end of 2021

The Resonant-N hypersonic target detection radar (RLS) will go on combat duty in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago no later than June 2021. This was reported to TASS by the General Director of the research Center (SIC) "Resonance" Alexander Shramchenko.

Turkey has successfully tested air — to-air missiles, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on his Twitter page on April 14.

Armored vehicles "Typhoon-K" entered service with the intelligence unit of the Eastern Military District (VVO), stationed in the Republic of Buryatia.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the first unit equipped with combat robots will be formed in the Russian army in the near future. According to the head of the General Staff of the Ground Forces V. Tonkoshurov, we are talking about five "Uran-9" robocomplexes developed by specialists of 766 UPTK (Nakhabino, Moscow region). In total, the unit will receive two dozen combat vehicles.

The sniper unit of the motorized rifle unit of the Eastern Military District (VVO), stationed in the Trans-Baikal Territory, received modern thermal imaging sights 1PN140-2.

Now Russia is creating the most powerful icebreaker fleet in the world. This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society on April 14.

Navigation along the Northern Sea Route may become year-round in the coming years, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.