Soviet 14.5 mm KPV machine guns continue to be in service in many countries around the world. There are options for infantry units, anti-aircraft and for equipping armored vehicles. The latter, such as in North Korea, are installed on tanks of various modifications, including local clones of the T-62.

While other countries are reeling with the introduction of fifth-generation cellular networks (5G), China is making unimaginable money on the new standard.

The Israeli company Israel Shipyards on its Linkedin page announced the start of construction of the first of two OPV-45 patrol ships ordered by an unnamed African state, which should be delivered to the customer within the next two years.

The Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, despite opposition from Israel, was able to double its arsenal of guided missiles in a year, said the leader of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah.

Vladimir Putin proposed declaring 2021 the Year of science and technology. This initiative is not accidental-despite Western sanctions and the pandemic, the innovative economy is increasingly coming to the forefront in Russia. What are the main scientific and technological successes achieved by domestic scientists and industry in the past year?

The chief of the General staff of the RF armed forces – first Deputy defense Minister army General Valery Gerasimov 24 Dec met with representatives military-diplomatic corps accredited in Russia.

The first serial fighter of the fifth generation su-57, received by the Aerospace forces (VKS) of Russia, was shown on video. The corresponding video on YouTube was published by the user wizarden1.

Development is conducted by the Corporation "Tactical missile weapons", said a source in the military-industrial complex

The first production su-57 fighter will be used at the state flight test center (glic) in Akhtubinsk for testing hypersonic aircraft weapons. This was reported on Friday by a source in the military-industrial complex.

As the Ministry of defense of Kazakhstan reported on December 23, 2020, a flight of new su-30SM multi-purpose aircraft arrived at the Karaganda aviation base named After hero of the Soviet Union Nurken Abdirov. From the Russian Federation, the aircraft were driven by experienced test pilots of the Irkut aviation plant.

Crews of su-27 fighters of the Baltic fleet destroyed a simulated enemy in the sky over Kaliningrad, the press service of the Western military district (ZVO) reports.

The Russian heavy strike unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) "Hunter" in 2021 as part of flight tests for the first time will use weapons on air targets, a source in the aircraft industry told RIA Novosti.

In the Arctic, in the interests of the Russian military, it is planned for the first time to conduct flights of a new UAV (atmospheric satellite) "Owl", capable of staying in the air for days, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source familiar with the test program.

An aviation integrated electric power system based on a single high-temperature superconducting (HTS) platform will appear in Russia. It is being developed as part of a joint project Of the Foundation for advanced research and CJSC "Superox". The system consists of a battery, a htsp cable, a htsp current limiting device, and a htsp electric motor.

On December 23, 2020, the first two serial new jet training aircraft M-345 NO (military designation T-345A) built by the Italian company Leonardo arrived at the Lecce-Galatina air base as part of the 61st regiment (61° Stormo) of the Italian air force. The aircraft have tail numbers 61-202 (Italian military number MM55234) and 61-203 (Italian military number MM55235).

The prototype of the new sodramjet ramjet engine was tested in a wind tunnel. He successfully worked at an air flow speed of Mach 9, and according to the results of the experiment, it turned out that the theoretical limit of his speed reaches Mach 16. This will allow an aircraft with such an engine to circumnavigate the Earth in two hours, but a wind tunnel to test such speeds in China has not yet been built.

we are Talking about an experiment on the spectroscopic study of gas nebulae

The Russian-Indian experiment on spectroscopic study of gas nebulae, which will take place at the Chinese orbital station, will begin in 2023, and not in 2022, as previously announced. This was reported to TASS by the Deputy Director for scientific work of the Institute of astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (the main scientific organization in the project) Mikhail Sachkov.

There were no violations of Russian airspace

Russian radar stations (RLS) over the past week took on the support of 32 aircraft of foreign countries at the borders of the Russian Federation. Such data of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation leads on Friday the newspaper "Red star".

In the Rostov region, combat crews of anti-aircraft missile systems "tor-M2" of the 150th motorized rifle division conducted tactical and special exercises. The targets were simulators of cruise missiles.

The US army during the tests held on December 19 at the Yuma test site in Arizona, on the third attempt, destroyed the target-the Soviet-made KUB anti-aircraft missile system (SAM). The corresponding video is published by DVIDS.

Tests of the hypersonic missile "Zircon", which this year was conducted by the Northern fleet, confirmed the characteristics of this new weapon, the press service of the fleet said on Friday.