For Kamchatka submariners, 2021 is a double anniversary year: it marks the 115th anniversary of the formation of the Russian Submarine Fleet and the 290th anniversary of the Pacific Fleet.

The Zvezda TV channel for the first time aired footage of a once-secret military facility – a special deep-water tunnel for Black Sea submariners.

Two new nuclear-powered submarine missile cruisers of the Borey-A project, Prince Potemkin and Dmitry Donskoy, will be laid on the slipways of Sevmash this year. This was stated in an interview with the newspaper "Red Star" by the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.

The creation of a modern base for submarines of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation in Vilyuchinsk will be completed this year, said the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Evmenov.

In the coming years, the naval strategic forces will be equipped with the latest submarines of the project 955 "Borey", the commander of the 31st Division of submarines of the Northern Fleet, Rear Admiral Stepan Kelbas, told Izvestia.

The service life of nuclear submarines of projects 949A and 971 will be doubled, they will be equipped with new weapons, said the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Evmenov.

The Russian Navy will receive three nuclear submarines by the end of the year, including the strategic project "Borey-A". On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert, captain of the 1st rank of the reserve Vasily Dandykin stressed that this is the only nuclear submarine of the fourth generation.

For the Russian military, two more diesel submarines of the Lada project will be built, the decision on whether to continue the series has not yet been made, said the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, Nikolai Evmenov.

The service life of nuclear submarines of projects 949A and 971 will be doubled, they will be equipped with new weapons, said the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Evmenov.

Kazakh journalist Akmaral Batalova specially for the Kazakhstan resource Tengrinews.kz conducted an exclusive interview with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. Answering questions, Shoigu shared his opinion on the relations between Russia and Kazakhstan, the idea of creating a "Turan army" and the actions of the United States.

These days, Russian-Belarusian tank exercises are continuing in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. About 300 servicemen and more than 80 pieces of military equipment take part in them at the Mulino training ground. According to the press service of the Western Military District, joint actions in the offensive and defense will be worked out during the exercises, and the settlement will be stormed.

The water intake on the Belbek River and the automated water pipeline from the Kadykovsky quarry, which was built by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, will be able to deliver about 65 thousand cubic meters of water to Sevastopol per day, Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov said.

The United States puts Russia on the list of countries with which the export and import of weapons and defense services is completely prohibited. This is stated in the statement of the US State Department, published on its website on Wednesday, March 17.

There were no agreements on holding meetings of the NATO - Russia Council, and the main problem is that military contacts have been completely cut off.

Rostec announced the structural reform of the UAC

The Russian aircraft industry is on the verge of a large-scale reform: Rostec unites Sukhoi and MiG companies and UAC, which includes Ilyushin, Tupolev and Irkut. The total effect of the creation of a single aviation engineering and design center should be up to 130 billion rubles. The details of the reform were dealt with by the military observer of the newspaper.En " Mikhail Khodarenok.

An American pilot confessed his love for the MiG-23 fighter.

American civilian pilot, one of the best experts on Soviet fighters in the West, Will Ward, dispelled the myths about the MiG-23.

The Turkish 11-ton T929 attack helicopter (Atak II) will receive a two-chamber turboshaft engine with a capacity of 2.5 thousand horsepower of Ukrainian production, Defense News reports, referring to the statement of the head of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Temel Kotil.

The Pentagon, as part of the Low-Cost Cruise Missile (LCCM) project, has completed the development of weapons that will create a swarm of low-cost Coyote unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of Raytheon's Block 3 version, allowing for "saturating" enemy air defense attacks, The Drive reports.

The Americans tested an AH-64E Apache attack helicopter armed with an Israeli Spike NLOS missile. During the tests, it was possible to hit the ship, located 32 kilometers from the launch site.

The cycle of pneumovacuum tests of large-sized space equipment using a helium-air environment is carried out for objective control of strict requirements for the tightness of compartments and onboard systems of the ship in ground conditions.