At the same time, John Raymond found it difficult to clarify whether military space will become one of the areas of regular negotiations between the countries in the field of strategic stability

The commander of the US Space Forces, Air Force General John Raymond, supports a professional dialogue with Russia and China on military activities in near-Earth space. He said this while answering questions from a TASS correspondent at an online briefing for journalists on Wednesday.

Short-range air defense to be upgraded

The Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system will become interspecific, learn to swim and see targets twice as well. According to Fanil Ziyatdinov, General Director of the Kupol IEMZ (part of the Almaz-Antey Concern of the East Kazakhstan Region), work on the marine – ship – version of the short-range system is already underway.

The maximum range of its launch for some types of targets reaches 200 km

State joint tests of a promising export long - range air-to-air missile RVV-BD were conducted in Russia, according to the corporate newspaper Vimpel of the State Design Bureau Vimpel (specializing in the development of air - to-air missiles, part of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation, KTRV).

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will remain ready to respond to Russia's aggressive actions, despite the agreement between the United States and Russia to extend the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START) for 5 years.

For the Russian army, a multi-purpose unarmored SUV based on the Strela car will be developed. This was reported to TASS by the general director of the "Military-Industrial Company" (MIC) Alexander Krasovitsky.

Russia will start selling T-14 Armata tanks, RIA Novosti reports, referring to Rosoboronexport. According to the company, the tank"has an advertising passport". "In the near future, you will see its foreign debut," the ministry said.

The Pentagon is sounding the alarm: the famous Abrams tanks, the main striking force of the US army, are not ready for an armed conflict with Russia. It turned out that the last modification is not adapted for combat operations in Eastern Europe. What is the problem with this car-in the material of RIA Novosti.

Engineers of the Shvabe holding company of the Rostec State Corporation have updated the software of the thermal imagers produced, as a result of which the temperature measurement algorithm has become significantly more efficient.

Physicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and colleagues from the Moscow State Pedagogical University and the University of Manchester have created a highly sensitive terahertz radiation detector based on the tunnel effect in graphene.

The ship of the Baltic Fleet performed mine laying and repelled an air strike in the sea ranges. And at the coastal training ground "Khmelevka" the Marines staged a cannonade.

The heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and the heavy nuclear missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov are planned to be handed over to the Russian Navy after repairs and modernization in 2022, Alexey Rakhmanov, General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), said in an interview with Interfax on Thursday.

The tender has not yet been announced

Rosoboronexport (part of the state corporation Rostec) is ready to participate in the Indian tender for the supply of submarines under the P75i program. This was reported to TASS by Rosoboronexport during the international aviation salon Aero India 2021.

The British multi-purpose nuclear submarine HMS Talent of the Trafalgar type was equipped with new sensors. Presumably, we are talking about an analog of the Russian wake trace detection system, or SOKS.

Modernization of JSC "Sevmash" should be accelerated to prepare for the construction of submarines of the fifth generation, said the General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) Alexey Rakhmanov.

Almost all of the oil produced in eastern Syria is being stolen by US troops in the region and their allies in the face of Kurdish paramilitary groups. This was stated by the Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources of Syria Bassam Tuome, speaking at a meeting of the People's Council (Parliament) of the Arab Republic.

Washington is developing a common position with the "Eurotroika" (Germany, Great Britain, France) on the nuclear deal with Iran, and appropriate consultations are being held, said Assistant to the US President for National Security Jake Sullivan.

The Ministry of Defense will strengthen the land component of the defense of the Kaliningrad Region. In particular, the reformation of the 79th separate motorized rifle brigade began. This is the most powerful combined-arms unit in the region at the moment.

The Ministry of Defense of Lithuania refused to build a military training ground in the western part of the republic due to the natural features of the territory. This is reported by the press service of the department.

On the eve of the opening of the International Aerospace Exhibition Aero India 2021, which will be held from 3 to 5 February in Bangalore, the main planned indicators of the defense budget of India for 2021-2022 became known.

The Government of India has decided to purchase 21 MiG-29 fighter jets from Russia, Vladimir Drozhzhov, Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of the Russian Federation, told reporters during the Aero India-2021 exhibition.