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The growing activity of NATO near the Russian borders dictates the need to maintain the combat readiness of nuclear forces, increase the potential of non-nuclear deterrence forces, including equipping with high-precision weapons and effective means of destruction, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The growing activity of NATO near the Russian borders dictates the need to maintain the combat readiness of nuclear forces, increase the potential of non-nuclear deterrence forces, including equipping with high-precision weapons and effective means of destruction, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The main efforts of the military construction complex this year were focused on the creation of nuclear deterrence system facilities, locations of incoming weapons, improvement of airfields, infrastructure of the Arctic grouping, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Former senator and MEP from Poland Bogdan Penk, in an interview with Polskie Radio, speculated about ways to "intimidate Russia."

This is how the salvo rocket launch with four Bulava missiles was marked in December 2020

Submariners serving on the strategic nuclear cruiser Vladimir Monomakh from the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) have been awarded a new badge of military valor - the ship's cup, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Sunday.

The United States plans to produce at least 480 new B61-12 nuclear bombs to equip its B-2 Spirit strategic stealth bombers and the B-21 Raider being developed, as well as American and other NATO fighter-bombers in Europe, according to the Federation of American Scientists.

The US Special Envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, said that on Friday he had a very productive telephone conversation with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu.

NASA and the Idaho National Laboratory on Friday, November 19, announced a collection of ideas for the construction of a nuclear power plant on the Moon, which could become an energy source independent of the Sun for a permanent habitable station, the Associated Press reports.

The circular probable deviation of the B61 family bombs of previous generations, which had a parachute system, was 400 meters, Konstantin Sivkov, Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences (RARAN) for information Policy, Doctor of Military Sciences, told Zvezda.

The United States is ready to consider alternative ways to solve the Iranian nuclear problem if the diplomatic path does not work. This was announced on November 20 by Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin during the Manama Dialogue international conference on regional security in Bahrain.

Washington still wants to resolve Iran's nuclear issue through dialogue, but if Tehran does not demonstrate seriousness of intentions, the United States will study all ways to ensure its security, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said at the Manama Security Dialogue.

The implementation of the measures planned for 2021 to rearm the Strategic Missile Forces group (RVSN) has allowed to increase the share of modern strategic missile systems and increase the group's capabilities to perform nuclear deterrence tasks, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

The initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin on reciprocal moratoriums on the deployment of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles (INF) has become even more relevant in the current conditions. This was announced on Friday, November 19, by Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko.

In Russia, a mobile multipurpose robotic complex of the MRK-RKHBZ defense forces is being developed as part of two ground-based robotic vehicles and two UAVs based on Orlan-10 with sets of replaceable attachments.

The Russian S-550 missile defense system probably works on the principle of kinetic interception of targets, which will eliminate the formation of "nuclear ash" over the heads of Russian residents when intercepting enemy missiles, for example, the United States. This is what TASS military columnist Dmitry Litovkin writes about.

Researchers from Lancaster University have developed a new version of Wi-Fi data transmission technology, where the radioactive isotope californium-252 is used as a signal source. It generates radiation in the form of fast neutrons, which can be sent from the transmitter to the receiver instead of radio waves. Scientists managed to influence this radiation by encoding and transmitting useful information with its help.

The Deputy chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General John Hyten, spoke about the tests of a hypersonic missile in China. In an interview with CBS, he noted the accuracy of the Chinese missile, Interfax reports.

The indignation on the part of the United States about the tests of the anti-satellite system by Russia is quite cynical, since they themselves shot down their satellite back in 2008, and then the Pentagon itself did not respond to objections from the Russian Federation and China. This was told by military historian Boris Yulin on Wednesday, November 17.

On November 16, the first serial nuclear icebreaker of the project 22220 "Siberia" left the completed embankment of the Baltic Plant (part of the USC) and headed for the Gulf of Finland, where the program of factory sea trials will begin.

In the coming years, the units of the RCB protection troops will receive the latest model of special equipment – the RCB reconnaissance vehicle RHM-9 based on the Typhoon-K car.