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Units of the Barnaul Division of the Strategic Missile Forces stationed in the Altai Territory brought mobile ground-based YARS missile systems to combat patrol routes.

Two American strategic bombers B-1B Lancer, which are capable of carrying nuclear weapons, flew near the borders of Russia over Lithuania. This was reported by the command of the US Air Force in Europe and Africa, RIA Novosti reports.

Russia's development of weapons systems is a forced measure due to the actions of the United States. This was stated on October 11 by Acting Deputy Director of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry Konstantin Vorontsov, speaking at the First Committee of the UN General Assembly.

In addition to the strategic nuclear submarine USS Tennessee, the US Navy currently has the submarine USS Alaska, which is also equipped with one or two ballistic missiles with new low-power nuclear warheads W76-2.

In addition to the strategic nuclear submarine USS Tennessee, the US Navy currently has the submarine USS Alaska, which is also equipped with one or two ballistic missiles with new low-power nuclear warheads W76-2, follows from the data of the Federation of American Scientists.

Pentagon employee Jonathan Toeby, who tried to sell information about American nuclear submarines, passed secret data to a fake foreign agent in sandwiches. This became known on Monday, October 11.

Iranian specialists now have at their disposal more than 120 kg of uranium enriched to a level of 20%, said Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

The US nuclear submarine USN-22 Connecticut, which was injured in a collision with an unknown object, returned to its base on the island of Guam.

An assessment of its damage has begun, but it has already been announced that the reactor was not damaged. The incident, as a result of which 11 sailors were injured, occurred during the largest international exercises in the Asia-Pacific region with the participation of four US aircraft carriers and their allies. 

If Iran fails to fulfill its promise to resume the Vienna negotiation process on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in the near future, Washington will be forced to look for other ways to solve the problem, said US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.

The US Air Force is one step away from certifying F-35A Lightning II fighters as nuclear weapons carriers. October 6, portal dvidshub.net He reported that the aircraft had completed a cycle of test drops of B61-12 bombs.

Terrorist organizations around the world are trying to get information about the production of chemical and nuclear weapons, the Russian Security Council reported.

Air Force (Air Force) The US dropped a mock-up of a nuclear bomb as part of the tests. The F-35A fighter-bombers used a test version of the B61-12 bomb at the Tonopah proving ground in Nevada. This is reported by The Drive.

As of September 2020, the United States had 3,750 nuclear warheads, the United States State Department said.

In Udmurtia, at the Chepetsk Mechanical Plant (CHMP), part of the structure of the fuel company TVEL of the ROSATOM State Corporation, mastered the technology of production of zirconium sponge.

The US has made it clear that it is working on a new nuclear doctrine. This was announced by Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO).

These missile systems are difficult to identify, track down and destroy, which makes them superior to mine-based missiles in terms of survivability.

The Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces) have launched large-scale exercises in the center of the country in the Sverdlovsk region.

Judging by the video published by the agency, the rocket launch took place at night

The Russian military conducted the first test launch of a hypersonic missile "Zircon" from a submarine. Prior to that, the launches of the Zircon were carried out from a surface ship.

It is not known how long it will take to test the Poseidon nuclear submarine system or its prototypes on board a submarine, since it has no analogues in the world. It will probably take two or three years. Military expert Dmitry Kornev told Izvestia about this on October 1.

Iran is enriching uranium at an unprecedented pace, but Tehran does not have the ability to create nuclear weapons in the near future, said the head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Department, Major General Tamir Hayman.

The Russian proposal of the United States to freeze nuclear arsenals is no longer relevant, it was of a one-time nature, said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.