NATO has taken the path of increasing its presence in the Arctic, as the region is experiencing an aggravation of geopolitical rivalry with Russia and China, said on Thursday the representative of the alliance Oana Lungescu.

The unfinished missile cruiser "Ukraine" of the Atlant project became a "suitcase without a handle"for Ukraine itself.

Throughout independence, all governments alternately passed this "passing pennant" to each other, promising to sell it abroad, since this burden is too heavy for the budget and the cruiser does not fit into the structure of the fleet.

The merger of French and Italian shipbuilding companies, scheduled for January this year, will not take place. On January 27, the governments of France and Italy released a joint statement on the cancellation of the acquisition by the Italian shipbuilding holding Fincantieri of the French shipyards Chantiers de l'Atlantique (formerly STX France), located in the city of Saint-Nazaire.

As the Russian Spring newspaper reports with reference to its sources in Syria, the military transport aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces has begun to transfer forces to strengthen the Russian military police in the provinces of Raqqa and Hasakah.

By September 1, 13 schools and 46 preschool institutions are planned to be built in Makhachkala, Kaspiysk, Kizlyar, Derbent, Izberbash, Buinaksk, as well as in 23 districts of the republic

The Russian military department in Dagestan plans to build 59 social facilities by the first of September this year. This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov at a working meeting with the participation of the acting head of Dagestan Sergey Melikov in the Republican Government House.

Last Saturday, January 23, China held a "dress rehearsal" of the war with the United States over Taiwan, writes Forbes. Thus, the American magazine commented on the sending of H-6K bombers equipped with YJ-12 anti-ship missiles by Beijing towards the island.

The MiG-31 is already considered the world's fastest combat aircraft, but this is not enough for Russia, writes the user "Sina". Recently, the country announced the development of a new-generation fighter-interceptor. It is expected to replace the MiG-31 and MiG-31BM. Russia, because of its "unique geographical conditions", such fighters will definitely come in handy, the author is sure.

On the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy, a joint exercise of Naval aviation forces with a coastal missile system with an anti-ship missile (BPKRK) "Bal" was conducted to destroy a simulated enemy ship.

The Grom-E guided missile and bomb armament system is based on the X-38ME modular multi-purpose guided missile, equipped with various homing head (homing head) variants. Boris Obnosov, General Director of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV), revealed details about the advanced weapons that the Hunter heavy strike drone, which is the wingman of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter, was testing.

On the ground, under water, and in the air. In recent years, Russia has taken a prominent place in the international arms market. Now another export item will be added – combat drones. But will it succeed here?

A modified version of the Boeing 737 MAX passenger liner was allowed to operate in Europe. This was reported on the website of the EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on Wednesday, January 27.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) on January 25 announced the signing of two contracts for the supply of unmanned aircraft systems "Heron" Mk.2 (Heron MK II) to an unnamed customer in Central Asia.

It is conducted by the NGO "Android Technology" - the developer of the robot "Fedora" that flew into space

The NGO " Android Technology "(the developer of the robot "Fedor" that flew into space) has started manufacturing a robot of the project "Teledroid" to perform work in outer space. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the organization.

During a spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS), American astronauts Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover encountered problems when launching the Bartolomeo science platform on the Columbus module of the European Space Agency (ESA). The broadcast on Wednesday, January 27, is conducted by NASA on its website.

The company will launch about 60 microsatellites

SpaceX plans to launch the 18th constellation of Starlink microsatellites, designed to provide Internet access, into orbit on January 30. This was reported on Wednesday by the profile Internet portal Space.com.

The Weapons Department of the Thai Navy announced the order of five complexes of support launchers "Dzhigit" produced by JSC "Scientific and Production Corporation" Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering "(JSC "NPK "KBM").

Short-range anti-aircraft missile system (SAM MD) "Tor-M2" in the near future will become interspecific, it will have a ship analog, said the general director of the Izhevsk Electromechanical plant "Kupol "(part of the concern of East Kazakhstan region "Almaz-Antey") Fanil Ziyatdinov.

A brigade armed with the latest Buk-M3 and Buk-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems will appear in the Southern Military District. It is expected that the unit will become part of one of the combined arms armies. The Buk-M3 air defense system has already received the name "anti-aircraft submachine guns"in the troops. They are able to detect and shoot down targets at a range of up to 70 km and repel massive attacks by cruise missiles. According to experts, the brigade will become a mobile reserve. The connection will protect not only the sky of the south of Russia — if necessary, it can be quickly transferred to the Crimea or to the western direction.

The combat machine gunners-gunners MANPADS "Typhoon defense" is at the final stage, in the third quarter of this year will end development work, said the General Director of the Izhevsk Electromechanical plant "Kupol" (part of the concern VKO "Almaz-Antey") Fanil Ziyatdinov.

The extended start-up agreement will apply to Russian Avangard systems. This, as reported by "RIA Novosti", said the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov.