Russia and China have extended an intergovernmental agreement for another 10 years, which provides for mutual notification of launches of ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles. Their signatures under the relevant Protocol was signed by the Ministers of defence of Russia Sergey Shoigu and his Chinese counterpart Wei Fanha. The talks between the heads of the military departments of the two countries were held on Tuesday in a video link.

Cooperation between Russia and China in the Asia-Pacific region is an important factor against the background of the US deployment of the global missile defense system (ABM) and the US intentions to deploy medium-and shorter-range missiles, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting in a video link with the head of the Chinese military Wei Fenghe.

[b]The threats to world security posed by India and Pakistan are quite real.]

The issue of extending the validity of the Treaty between the Russian Federation and the United States on Measures for Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, known as START-3, remains in the focus of the world community's attention at the beginning of 2021.

In the Ground Forces, the planned re-equipment of rocket artillery units with modern multiple launch rocket systems of the Tornado family continues.

Renesas Electronics has expanded the RA4 series of microcontrollers with a new group of 32-bit microcontrollers, which has been designated RA4M3. These microcontrollers use the Arm Cortex-M33 core, which operates at a frequency of up to 100 MHz.

the controversy surrounding the mysterious disease, called "havana syndrome", whose victims over the past 4 years have been employees of american embassies and cia officers in a number of countries, including cuba, russia and china, has not subsided. To investigate these incidents at the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, a group was created, which included experts in the field of medicine and radio electronics.

Amazon recently announced plans to add 26 more wind and solar power projects with a total capacity of 3.4 GW to its assets. As a result, the number of such projects funded by Amazon in 2020 will reach 35, and the total capacity will exceed 4 GW.

russian prime minister mikhail mishustin signed a decree on conducting an experiment on the operation of autonomous (unmanned) vessels from december 10, 2020 to the end of 2025, the corresponding document is published on the official website of the government. 

They will increase the effectiveness of detection and destruction of submarines, surface ships, enemy vessels, as well as the protection of naval bases

The Russian Defense Ministry and the Amur Shipyard signed a contract for six corvettes of projects 20380 and 20385. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the military department.

The Pacific Fleet will receive six corvettes with "Zircons" until 2028

Six corvettes of projects 20380 and 20385 will be delivered to the Pacific Fleet until 2028 in accordance with the contract of the Russian Defense Ministry and the Amur Shipbuilding Plant. We are talking about ships that can use hypersonic missiles "Zircon".

the frigate will work out throw tests from missile systems

The modernized frigate "Marshal Shaposhnikov" of the Pacific Fleet went to the Sea of Japan to test missile and artillery weapons systems. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of "Dalzavod".

the modular system of rescue of crews of submarines can solve an old problem of fleet

The absence of a series of rescue vessels (SS) of submarines (PL) based on the project 21300 with a deep-sea diving complex (GVK) indicates not so much the organizational, technical and financial difficulties of creating a domestic GVK even for work at depths up to 300 meters, but the need to clarify the conceptual directions of development of such vessels.

Resting on the laurels of the winner, Ilham Aliyev sharply criticized the OSCE Minsk group for its inability to resolve the Karabakh conflict. The Azerbaijani leader told representatives of Paris and Washington that he did not invite them to visit Baku, although he did hold a meeting with them. Who is behind Aliyev's harsh statements and why is Azerbaijan not afraid to spoil relations with the United States and France?

The government of India has allowed the armed forces to increase the stocks of weapons and ammunition needed to conduct 15-day combat operations in the event of war. This was reported on Monday by the Times of India newspaper, citing official sources.

The second launch of the Angara-A5 heavy rocket in six years, which took place from the Plesetsk cosmodrome (Arkhangelsk region), was shown on video. The corresponding video was published by Zvezda TV channel.

The head of Roscosmos said that he offered NASA to finance the creation of such a docking gateway.]

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, suggested that NASA Finance the creation of a docking gateway compatible with the Russian ship at the American lunar station, so that if necessary, the Russians could save the US crew.

new over-the-horizon radars may appear in the south and east of russia

Radar intelligence is actively developing in Russia: the first node of a unified network of over-the-horizon radars has already been formed, and it is also planned to increase the control capabilities in the southern and Eastern strategic air and space directions. At the beginning of the month, it was reported about the Container radar in service in Mordovia, which detected inconspicuous NATO fighters.

New over-the-horizon radar stations (radars) that detect air targets thousands of kilometers from Russia's borders are planned to be installed in the South and East of the country, the defense Ministry told RIA Novosti.

The Baltic region will receive a missile "shield and sword". The Ministry of defense decided to increase the coastal forces in Kaliningrad. Next year, a division of unique Bastion supersonic systems will be deployed there. They are capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 600 kilometers. Their appearance was a response to the strengthening of the NATO grouping in Europe. If necessary, coastal complexes will be able to hit not only ships, but also work on NATO ground bases.

Japanese media report in chorus about the launches of the Bulava ICBM from the Sea of Okhotsk. The proximity of the launch area to Japan is particularly noted, which is seen as a signal not only to Washington, but also to Tokyo. Japanese readers are outraged. "This is a challenge to Japan! ""Our salvation is a military alliance with the United States! "" It's time for Japan to get its own nuclear weapons and submarines!»