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A new regiment with missiles has been put on combat duty in Bologom

On December 15, the Russian Ministry of Defense showed the loading of the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) silo launcher. The next day, the commander-in-chief of the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Sergei Karakaev, announced the deployment of a new regiment with mobile "Yars" in Bologom.

Shoigu: the Strategic Missile Forces have a high readiness to fulfill the tasks facing the troops

Professionalism, dedication and loyalty to the duty of the personnel ensures the high readiness of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) to fulfill the tasks facing the troops, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said in a congratulatory message to the rocket men on the occasion of the RVSN Day.

The Day of Strategic Missile Forces or the Day of the Strategic Missile Forces is celebrated in Russia on December 17. When the holiday appeared, you will learn from the material of radio Sputnik.

RIA Novosti's choice: the main events of 2022 in the military sphere

The beginning of the special operation in Ukraine became the main military event of the year in Russia. This is the first experience of a protracted large-scale military conflict for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the first partial mobilization, the first massive use of a number of weapons.

The Russian Defense Ministry reports on the loading of the Yars ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) into a mine-type launcher. The loading operation was carried out in the Kozelsky connection of the RVSN.

A branch of JSC "AEM-technologies" Izhora (part of the engineering division of Rosatom — Atomenergomash) completed the shipment of hydraulic capacities of the passive core bay system (SPZAZ) for the second power unit of the Akkuyu NPP (Turkey).

The Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces) received another intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "Yars", it was loaded into the mine for putting on combat duty, the Russian military said on Wednesday.

According to a government official who wished to remain anonymous, scientists at the federal nuclear weapons facility have made potentially significant progress in research on thermonuclear fusion, which in the future could lead to the creation of an abundant source of energy.

In the Kozelsky missile compound, the Yars ICBM was loaded into a mine launcher

The Kozelsky missile compound loaded the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile into a mine launcher, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

In addition, he told what needs to be done to quickly saturate the Russian army involved in its military with innovative military developments, and revealed plans for cooperation with Dmitry Rogozin's "Royal Wolves".

Not all of the DPRK's ballistic missile tests were successful. Despite this, North Korean Hwasong missiles are capable of reaching American territory.

FOCUS: Ukraine has made the weapons concerns of the West rich. They are fattening, as in the days of the Second World War

The arms business is booming primarily in the US, the EU and China, writes the author of the German magazine FOCUS. More recently, defense companies were considered unpromising. And today their shares have soared like the forces of evil: the peaceful post-war period in Europe has ended, their time has come.

The Atlantic: The US was afraid of the loss of military superiority

In America, they are frightened by the prospect of losing military-technological superiority in the world, writes The Atlantic. If Washington, which believes in the unconditional domination of its army, does not take action, it will weaken, and a new war will begin in the world, the authors believe.

The lower house of Congress approved the US defense budget for 2023 in the amount of $858 billion

The committees of both chambers of the US Congress on Armed Forces Affairs have agreed on a draft defense budget for fiscal year 2023 (started on October 1 of this year) in the amount of $858 billion. At a meeting on Thursday, the House of Representatives of the US Congress has already approved this project. Its priorities are the deployment of serial production of the B-21 Raider strategic bomber and nuclear submarines with Columbia ballistic missiles. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the details of this document.

The Times: The US no longer insists that the APU does not attack the territory of Russia

The United States no longer insists that the Ukrainian military does not strike at Russian territory, because they are less afraid of escalation from Moscow, writes The Times. The newspaper claims that now Washington only asks not to attack the Russian civilian population and not to kill specific individuals. Now the United States is more likely to supply Ukraine with longer-range weapons, according to a newspaper source in the Pentagon.

NATO is increasingly talking about the risk of a direct clash with Russia, but they hope to avoid it. Western media, citing sources in the Pentagon, report that the United States has already abandoned calls for Kiev not to strike at Russia. What does the West want to achieve with ultimatum statements addressed to Moscow?

The Americans have decided which strategic weapons systems will be deployed in the coming years

In the USA, a new — record—breaking - defense budget was adopted this week. Congress has agreed on the Pentagon's spending for fiscal year 2023 in the amount of $858 billion. This is $80 billion more than this year. One of the reasons for such a significant increase is the work on new missile programs.

During the press conference of the President of Russia, who is on a visit to the capital of Kyrgyzstan, the issue of the nuclear doctrine of the Russian Federation was raised. Recall that at the moment the nuclear doctrine provides for the presence of nuclear weapons virtually exclusively as a deterrent. The use of the nuclear arsenal prescribed in the doctrine is as a retaliatory action, including as a response to such actions of the enemy that aim to make the use of nuclear weapons itself impossible.

Russian Ambassador to the United States: Moscow restrains nuclear conflict, Washington provokes confrontation

Moscow prevents a nuclear conflict, not accelerates it, writes Newsweek with reference to the Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov. In his opinion, Russia's statements about the threat of escalation of the conflict between the nuclear powers are a classic deterrence in extreme circumstances.

Keeping pace with the rest of Europe, France is trying not to import energy resources from Russia, but since it is necessary to somehow survive, the French decided not to abandon all contacts with the Russian Federation in the field of energy carriers.