The crew of the large landing ship (BDK) "Minsk" performed artillery firing exercises in the Baltic Sea, the press service of the Baltic Fleet (BF) reported on Saturday.

The small anti-submarine ship (MPK) of the Kola flotilla of the heterogeneous forces of the Northern Fleet "Snezhnogorsk" left on January 15 in the Barents Sea to perform artillery firing, reports the portal EADaily.

The tanker of the Baltic Fleet "Cola "replenished fuel reserves on the frigate" Admiral Kasatonov "and the rescue tug" Nikolai Chiker", performing the tasks of a long-distance campaign in the Mediterranean.

New missiles, modern onboard equipment, unique combat capabilities — the heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov of Project 1144 Orlan will replace Peter the Great as the flagship of the Russian Navy. This is expected to happen in 2022. About how the modernized ship will strengthen the fleet, — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The Ulyanovsk nuclear submarine, the third carrier of the Poseidon nuclear submarine system, is preparing for hydraulic tests at Sevmash.

According to the data provided, the third carrier of the Poseidon nuclear torpedo will be part of the Russian fleet until 2027. It will be the first submarine initially equipped with this complex.

The large robotic ship, which is currently being designed in the interests of the US Navy, will receive a small living compartment for the technical team. This, as reported by Breaking Defense, said the head of the Department of autonomous systems of the US Navy, Captain Peter Small. According to him, the average robotic ship, which is also being created by order of the military, will not have such a compartment.

The US Navy is actively moving to arming ships with drones. January 15, portal navaltoday.com he reported that the prototype of a large surface drone successfully passed a number of tests and even participated in military exercises.

Iran has conducted an exercise of the Aerospace Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps "Great Prophet-15".

During the military maneuvers, massive strikes with cruise and ballistic missiles were practiced, as well as the defeat of targets by kamikaze drones. A mass launch of the latest modifications of missiles of its own production was carried out: "Zalzal", "Zulfikar" and "Dezful".

In order to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, it is extremely important that Tehran and Washington return to the 2015 nuclear agreement, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said.

The Swedish Armed Forces posted a series of videos on YouTube, called "When the war begins", in which Russia is implicitly a potential enemy.

Belarus has signed contracts for the supply of Mi-35 attack helicopters and the second batch of Su-30SM fighters from Russia, Commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic Igor Golub told reporters on Thursday.

Forbes: Russia is working on the Hunter-B UAV ahead of schedule]

The Russian unmanned aerial vehicle "Hunter-B" dropped a bomb at the Ashuluk test site in the first such test in history. Such bombings emphasize the rapid development of the Hunter-B UAV, according to Western media.

At the base of the Oklahoma City Aviation Logistics Complex, scheduled maintenance of two B-52H Stratofortress bombers, which were previously mothballed in the Arizona Desert for seven and ten years, began. This is reported on the website of the Tinker Air Base of the US Air Force.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Victoria Abramchenko approved a "road map" to improve the system of forest protection from fires, which provides for the use of space and unmanned vehicles, the press service of Abramchenko reports.

NASA will install additional solar panels on top of the existing ones on the ISS. They will partially replace the old ones, which have degraded over time, but due to high efficiency, they will increase the available electric power from 160 to 215 kilowatts. The new batteries are made of a flexible film that is rolled into a scroll for easy transport.

The Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus are preparing to re-equip their anti-aircraft missile forces with the Russian S-400 Triumph and Pantsir-S air defense systems.

Ankara continues negotiations with Moscow on the supply of the second regiment of S-400 air defense systems, the refusal of them is problematic for Turkey. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of the Republic Hulusi Akar, as reported by RIA Novosti.

In 2020, the Russian Armed Forces received 300 new and upgraded tanks. The "model range" has not changed much – it is already well-known T-72B3 and T-90M "Breakthrough", produced in one line, T-80BVM tanks with a gas turbine engine, the last batch of which came to the troops this year. Deliveries of the T-14 Armata are expected in 2021.

The UK is considering participating in a program to develop a new generation tank that will replace such vehicles as the Leclerc and Leopard 2.