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the US air force equips the B-1B bomber with hypersonic weapons

Created decades ago, the American supersonic strategic bomber with a variable sweep wing B-1B Lancer ("Ulan") of the US air force will acquire new combat capabilities - the ability to use hypersonic weapons.

Failure of universal scale

We can no longer compete in space with other leading powers in this field. Alexander Sergeev, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, summed up this sad conclusion at a meeting of the state Duma Committee on education and science on Wednesday.

the Competition of an American Corporation is dirtier than the" black wing " of a Russian plane

Reuters brought some rather unpleasant news. The US authorities have prepared a list of 89 Chinese and 28 Russian companies that are expected to be subject to tough sanctions.

A new Federal project, the National quantum laboratory, was launched in the press center of the Rossiya Segodnya news AGENCY. The consortium, created under the auspices of the Rosatom state Corporation, intends to adopt the experience of world leaders and combine the efforts and resources of key universities, research centers, technology companies, financial organizations, startups and development teams in the field of creating quantum computers.

the Network appeared shooting a bomber with a giant aeroballistic missile

China is equipping strategic bombers of the family, "Han-six" (NATO designation: "Xian H-6", code-Badger, translated from English - "badger") a huge hypersonic missile.

The US has prepared a new sanctions list, which includes the Russian defense Ministry and 28 companies. These are mainly enterprises that are engaged in civil aircraft construction and cosmonautics. For some reason, the forensic center of the police Department in the Nizhny Novgorod region also got in there. What guided the authors of the new anti-Russian sanctions and will they be painful for Russia?

It will be received by the command of the Air and space forces

A new computer model of aerospace defense has been approved by the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation, it will be received by the command of the Aerospace forces (VKS), scientists informed Russian President Vladimir Putin during his trip to Sarov to the Russian Federal nuclear center (RFNC-VNIIEF).

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree "on approving the Rules for granting subsidies from the Federal budget for the development of quantum processor prototypes in accordance with the activities of the Quantum computing roadmap"; the document was published on the official legal information portal on Tuesday.

Russia's oldest geopolitical rival, the United Kingdom, has found a new way to defend its interests with someone else's hands. At least, this is the conclusion that can be drawn from a number of aspects of military-technological cooperation between London and Ankara. This is especially true for the development of one of the most important tools of military superiority – the fifth-generation fighter.

Now the will to extend the agreement must be shown by the American side - Matvienko. Matvienko: it is important that the current team of the us President does not try to block the work of his successors.

the US prepared to impose sanctions against the Russian defense Ministry

The Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation, institutes of the state Corporation Rosatom, two Roscosmos enterprises and a number of other organizations may fall under US sanctions, media reports with reference to the draft version of the corresponding draft "black list". Washington has already imposed sanctions against Russia twice this month.

Cover the East coast of the United States from Intercontinental ballistic missiles, while costing "little blood" - the Pentagon reported on successful tests of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA anti-missile. According to representatives of the Department, it can be based on all destroyers with the aegis system and is capable of shooting down any ICBMs. About whether the interceptor will cope with the Russian "YARS" and "Avangards" — in the material RIA Novosti.

The middle East is rocked by sensational news-the leader of Israel paid a secret visit to the crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. It is possible that the Jewish state and the country-leader of the Islamic world will soon establish diplomatic relations, putting an end to the 75-year feud. The two countries are clearly drawn together by a shared hatred of Iran. However, the main peacemaker was Joe Biden – and, it seems, against his will.

A fifth-generation f-35A fighter jet test-dropped a B61-12 nuclear bomb at supersonic speed. The product did not have a warhead.

what you should pay attention to at the" defense " meetings with the President

On November 10, 2020, Vladimir Putin opened the traditional annual meeting with the heads of the Military-industrial complex and the Armed forces. Such meetings have already become a tradition, but this time the agenda was very acute problems that need to be urgently addressed.

There are many bright names in the history of Soviet military thought. But in the period of the "nuclear age", a special place is occupied by the outstanding personality of Nikolai Ogarkov, who headed the General staff in 1977-1984. It was he who was the first among the military leaders to draw attention to the next round of revolution in military Affairs. And it is gratifying that with the participation of army General Yuri Baluyevsky, the Ogarkov readings were held in Moscow for the third time, writes Olga Moskovchenko in an article for the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

the US tested SM-3 to intercept Intercontinental missiles

The United States has successfully demonstrated the ability to destroy an Intercontinental ballistic missile using the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA anti-missile system. According to American experts, this test provides an opportunity to significantly improve the layered missile DEFENSE of the Americans and their allies. Is this so-in the material "Газеты.Ru".

The team of the Chinese mission "Chang'e-4" published new photos of the surface of the back side of the moon, obtained by the lunar Rover "Yutu-2", including a circular panorama and a three-dimensional image of the surrounding area. To date, the lunar Rover has traveled several hundred meters on the surface of The earth's satellite and worked for almost two years, although initially its service life was estimated at three months, according to the website Space.com.

Washington insists on the right to use nuclear weapons first

Christopher Ford, assistant Secretary of state for international security and nonproliferation, Ph. D. in international relations, spoke on November 12 at an online Conference on nuclear weapons and international law in the modern era organized by the new York bar Association.

Russia's Nuclear triad switched to digital format

The traditional meeting of President Vladimir Putin with the leadership of the defense Ministry and defense industry in Sochi was one of the main sensations of this year. The head of state said that the construction of a new – exclusively protected – control point for strategic nuclear forces is being completed in Russia.