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Sevmash CEO Budnichenko: construction of the K-329 Belgorod submarine is being completed

The construction of the K-329 Belgorod special purpose nuclear submarine for the Russian Navy is at the final stage. Mikhail Budnichenko, General Director of the Sevmash plant, told about the submarine construction process in an interview with the Plant magazine.

In 2021, construction work was completed at 16 airfields

The infrastructure support of the grouping of Russian forces and means of nuclear deterrence in 2021 has been fully implemented, in particular, they have prepared everything necessary for the entry into combat duty of the strategic missile complexes Yars and Avangard in the Kaluga and Orenburg regions, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov said on Thursday.

The US administration informally considers the end of January-beginning of February as the deadline for negotiations

The Vienna negotiations on the agreement on the Iranian nuclear program (JCPOA) have reached the stage closest to both the successful completion of consultations and their complete failure, the Axios portal reports.

The construction of the Belgorod special-purpose submarine, the carrier of the Poseidon marine drones, is at the final stage. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced by Mikhail Budnichenko, General Director of JSC PO Sevmash.

The Armed Forces received, in particular, 900 armored combat vehicles, three modern submarines, including the nuclear-powered submarine Prince Oleg, armed with Bulava ballistic missiles.

In 2021, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation received more than five thousand new and modernized samples of weapons, military and special equipment. This was announced by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

The construction of a special-purpose nuclear submarine Belgorod is at the final stage, said the General director of the Sevmash plant (Severodvinsk) Mikhail Budnichenko.

Russia will face a powerful response if it places nuclear missiles near American territory, said US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

Russia is gradually disabling the nuclear submarines of project 971 "Pike-B". On January 17, the Izvestia newspaper reported that the Bratsk submarine was declared unfit for repair and will be written off, and the Samara submarine of the same type will still "fight for life."

Iran should take into account that the time frame for reaching an agreement to return to compliance with the provisions of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program is limited, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on NPR radio.

Military expert Konstantin Sivkov on the air of "Solovyov live" called three components of deterrence of the threat emanating from the West.

They patented a device for modeling mixed radiation fields on high-energy heavy ion beams

Employees of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) have developed and patented a device that will allow simulating on earth all the conditions of a complex radiation field inside a spacecraft created by particles of Galactic cosmic radiation. The press service of the Institute writes about this.

The dynamics of the supply of new models of communication equipment to the troops allowed the Strategic Missile Forces to fully switch to modern digital information transmission technologies.

The next round of talks on strategic stability between Russia and the United States will be held in Geneva on January 9 and 10. As part of the dialogue, the parties intend to discuss the draft agreement on security guarantees submitted by Moscow in December 2021.

Fulfilling Moscow's demands for the withdrawal of US nuclear forces from Europe is "problematic"

The United States hopes that the upcoming meetings next week with Russian representatives on security guarantees, within the framework of the Russia-NATO Council, as well as with the OSCE will be productive, a representative of the US State Department told reporters.

The United States is aiming for a quick return together with Tehran to compliance with the obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear deal, as there is less and less time for this, White House press Secretary Jen Psaki said.

The restoration of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program is better for Israel than the absence of an agreement, the Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday, citing the head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate, Major General Aaron Khaliv.

China will continue to modernize its nuclear weapons in accordance with security needs

Beijing believes that Russia and the United States, as the owners of the largest nuclear arsenals, should reduce them, Western media reported on Tuesday.

The statement of the five nuclear powers - China, Russia, Britain, the United States, France - on their commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will help replace the rivalry of the great powers with their cooperation, Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said on Monday.

France wants to make a positive contribution to the tenth conference on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and confirm the priority of this treaty, the Elysee Palace said on Monday.