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the Fall of Armenia was predetermined by technical failure

By the time the Azerbaijani forces entered the area of the strategically important city of Fizuli, the Armenian defense deployed near the border had ceased to exist. The remaining machine-gun and artillery units in the fortified areas began to leave their positions and retreat.

Russia is joining a new global trend. A domestic electric car is entering the market, which resembles the Oka in its dimensions. It is planned to captivate the buyer with the price – the Russian electric car "Kama-1" will cost almost three times cheaper than the most budget model of Tesla. Will this help its sales?

Closed in 2011, the company Aptera suddenly announced itself, introducing a new product-a three-wheeled "solar" electric car that does not need to be recharged. According to representatives of the company, the new model, equipped with a battery of 100 kWh, is able to overcome the mileage of 1600 km.

More than 2.5 thousand new types of weapons and military equipment delivered to the Ground forces in 2020, said commander-in-chief Oleg Salyukov

State tests of a new line of samples of artillery and mortar weapons on various types of chassis, which is being developed as part of the development work "Outline", are scheduled to be completed next year. This was announced by the commander-in-chief of the Land forces, General of the army Oleg Salyukov.

The number of delivered units did not elaborate

"Military industrial company" has fulfilled the contract to supply the Ministry of defense of Russian armored cars "Tiger-M", BTR-82A and command-staff vehicles based on them in the framework of the state defense order in 2020. This was announced to TASS on Thursday by its General Director Alexander Krasovitsky.

A large batch of new ADCPT-10-53501 tankers has been delivered to the logistics support unit (MTO) of the Western military district stationed in the Voronezh region.

A year later, a new motorized rifle division will be formed in the Kaliningrad region, sources in the defense Ministry said. According to military analysts, the created group will be enough to reduce to zero the threat of a NATO attack on our enclave. What methods will the West have left for armed provocations around Kaliningrad and what are the chances of forming the notorious fifth column in the city?

The 9k57 Uragan multiple launch rocket system was adopted 45 years ago. Despite its age, it is still considered one of the best MLRS in the world, capable of performing combat tasks effectively for a long time.

Ultralight tactical vehicles are finding more and more buyers in the world. Yesterday, November 30, portal armyrecognition.com reported that the German defense Ministry announced the signing of a contract for the supply of vehicles based on Polaris MRZR for special operations forces.

Radio training was conducted with the communications units of the 41st combined arms army stationed in the Novosibirsk and Kemerovo regions, as well as in the Altai territory, using a new generation of communications equipment.

The modernized pontoon-bridge fleet based on KAMAZ vehicles entered service with the engineer-sapper regiment of the 41st combined arms army of the Central military district.

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.

A British startup founded by former Yota CEO Denis Sverdlov is preparing to enter the Nasdaq exchange. At the same time, Arrival will avoid the IPO process and become public by merging with CIIG Merger.

California transportation authorities have allowed companies to transport passengers in fully driverless cars without a driver in the cabin and charge money for it. At the same time, even companies that have already been allowed to test drones on California roads will have to get separate permits to create an unmanned taxi service.

Military programs are slowed down by political decisions

In recent years, the Turkish defense industry has made impressive progress in development, as evidenced by the spectacular actions of Turkish-made unmanned aerial vehicles in Libya, Syria and Nagorno-Karabakh.

Today on the market there are 4 and a half representatives of the iron hands, which are very common. These are Fanuc, Yaskawa, ABB, Kuka (I won't mention rare earth samples). Next to them are Universal Robots-cool guys whose robots look like a nice pile of aluminum pipes and plugs, which are very actively promoted on the market.

Toyota has patented an Autonomous drone for refueling and recharging a car that suddenly has an empty fuel tank or battery.

The latest automobile HF and VHF radio station of medium power "Artek"has been put into service in the Department of the Eastern military district stationed in the Republic of Buryatia.

the Outcome of combat operations in modern warfare is determined by missiles and drones

The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh seems to have subsided, but the experience of this conflict will be studied by military experts from all countries.

On November 13, the day of radiation, chemical and biological protection troops is celebrated annually in the Armed forces of the Russian Federation. By the end of 2025, the share of modern weapons in these troops should be 85%.