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The last submarine of Project 941, also known as the Shark, was withdrawn from the Russian Navy. The flag is lowered on the heavy nuclear-powered strategic missile cruiser Dmitry Donskoy. What was unique about these largest submarines in history, for what and how rightly they were criticized, and what lesson can their creation give the Russian Navy today?

For the third time in recent days, a balloon has been shot down over the territory of North America – this time in Canadian airspace. "The Chinese have exposed the Americans as complete idiots," experts comment on what is happening and explain exactly what military and political tasks China is solving in this way in the confrontation with the United States.

As previously indicated in the first part of the article, currently only the US Air Force is armed with strategic bombers as one of the elements of the national nuclear triad. Despite the current level of development of air defense, this type of aviation technology continues to remain relevant in the field of nuclear deterrence.

Kyodo: China plans to increase its nuclear arsenal by 2035

China is considering tripling its stockpile of nuclear warheads by 2035, Kyodo News reports.

At the end of January, the Doomsday clock was moved forward by ten seconds. Now they show 90 seconds to "nuclear midnight". All because of the increased talk about the use of atomic weapons. Which countries "keep their powder dry" against the background of growing escalation — in the RIA Novosti material.

The Hill: confrontation with Russia will lead the US to direct involvement in the conflict

Seymour Hersh's article about the involvement of the United States in the sabotage of the "Northern Streams" made a lot of noise. So, discussing it, American journalists Brianna Joy Gray and Robbie Sove came to the conclusion that with the help of the West, the confrontation in Ukraine risks turning into a full-scale conflict with a nuclear power.

If necessary and with the appropriate political will, the Novozemelsky nuclear test site is ready to resume nuclear tests. This was reported to TASS by the scientific director of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center — the All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF) Vyacheslav Solovyov.

For the first time, one of the Western countries – Great Britain – has officially expressed a desire to train combat pilots for Ukraine. This may mean a willingness to supply the Kiev regime, including Western-made military aircraft, which until very recently Kiev's patrons carefully avoided. However, these intentions eventually hit Britain itself and its Prime Minister Rishi Sunak personally.

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Valery Falkov, the Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia, told TASS in an interview about whether Russian science has withstood the pressure of sanctions, whether it is worth punishing students for using artificial intelligence in their studies and whether sanctions have affected the development of Russian science.

Radio ZET: Ukraine has the potential to get nuclear weapons in the near future

Ukraine has not officially owned nuclear weapons since the early 90s. Meanwhile, according to General Skshipchak, in fact this is not quite true, Radio ZET reports. Other Polish experts are skeptical about this, but do not deny that Kiev has the potential to obtain nuclear weapons.

According to Congressman Mike Rogers, China is rapidly approaching nuclear parity, the newspaper reports

China has a larger number of land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launchers than the United States. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, citing data from the Strategic Command (STRATCOM) The US Armed Forces.

Newsweek: The Arctic will become the new "battlefield" of Russia and the USA

Washington is preparing for a direct clash with Moscow in the Arctic, writes Newsweek. According to the Americans, the Ukrainian conflict proved that Russia is a "hostile country" that uses the region to attack neighboring states. A similar situation will unfold in the Arctic, analysts are sure.

Vyacheslav Solovyov, scientific director of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center - the All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics, explained that "there is a special program in place to maintain the readiness of the landfill."

Moscow does not abandon the DSNV, remains committed to the treaty

The United States itself is very free to handle issues related to the Strategic Offensive Arms Treaty (DSNW), Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Monday.

Farda: according to Biden, Trump's political course led to the loss of many allies

Biden again criticized the policy of his predecessor after Trump's words about the decision to supply Kiev with tanks, which will only "bring the conflict to the level of nuclear confrontation," Farda reports. Biden himself considers climate change to be a much greater threat to humanity.

On February 2, 2023, FSUE Atomflot and JSC Baltiyskiy Zavod (as part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation) signed a contract for the construction of the sixth and seventh (fifth and sixth serial) universal nuclear icebreakers of Project 22220 (LK-60YA). The construction and financing of the fifth and sixth serial universal nuclear icebreakers (UAL) will be carried out in a 50-50 ratio from the federal budget and at the expense of FSUE Atomflot. According to the terms of the contract, the commissioning of the fifth serial UAL is scheduled for December 2028, and the sixth - for December 2030.

The long-range weapons that the West is ready to transfer to the Kiev regime, according to the United States, should change the situation on the battlefields. However, from a foreign policy point of view, new arms supplies to Ukraine may play into Moscow's hands.

Russian Doomsday weapons may Bury Western Plans

The decision of Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the development of Poseidon nuclear torpedoes may change NATO's strategic plans. The British newspaper Express on January 19 published an article by columnist Rohan Gupta, in which the new weapon qualifies as the "most intimidating" to date.

According to Kara Abercrombie, coordinator for defense policy and arms control at the White House National Security Council, allegedly "Russia's failure to fulfill its obligations jeopardizes the viability" of the treaty.

PGRK "Yars" went on patrol routes in the Barnaul compound in the Altai Territory

The launchers of the Yars mobile ground-based missile systems (PGRK) have entered the combat patrol routes in the Barnaul missile compound, strategic rocket launchers will perform the tasks of making a march of up to 100 kilometers, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.