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This week, inspectors from France on a plane with special video recording devices on Board will perform an observation RAID over some areas of our country in the framework of the international Treaty on open skies.

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.

The Russian defense Ministry has received all Ka-52 alligator combat reconnaissance and attack helicopters scheduled for delivery this year. The contract was completed on time.

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.

The coronavirus pandemic has had a very negative impact on the economy of most countries in the world. The GDP of many European countries experienced a significant decline during the first wave of COVID-19, and this trend is also likely to continue during the second wave, which was significantly larger than the spring outbreak.

The Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation this year ahead of schedule received all parties of equipment "Ratnik", delivered about 18 thousand sets, reported on Thursday in the state Corporation"rostec".

the Helicopters have passed all necessary ground and flight tests

Russian Helicopters holding (part of rostec) has completed the transfer of Ka-52 helicopters as part of the state defense order for 2020. This was reported on Thursday in the press service of the holding.

in Britain, announced a record since the "cold war" investment in defense

The UK will significantly increase its defense spending - the corresponding plan was made by the country's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. According to the expert, the growth of spending on defense is a global trend, but London's plans differ from the practices of other European countries in the intention to develop high technologies, and not increase the cost of maintaining troops and monetary satisfaction.

Unmanned marine vehicles are becoming more and more popular for civil and military purposes. Departments are increasingly ordering the development of drones and are keenly interested in existing samples.

Serial production of the advanced marine robot is scheduled for 2024-2025

Russia plans to develop a promising uninhabited underwater vehicle with increased autonomy by 2024, according to public procurement materials.

UK blamed four terrorists for the death of pilot Filipov in Syria

The investigative Committee of the Russian Federation intends to apply for the arrest of four militants on charges of the death of Russian pilot Roman Filipov in Syria in 2018. Then his plane was shot down, but he ejected. On the ground, he blew himself up because he was surrounded by militants. Filipov was posthumously awarded the Hero's Gold star.

Russia will create a logistics center For the Navy in Sudan on the Red sea, according to the decree of the President of the Russian Federation.

Britain will take measures to protect the defense industry from foreign influence

The British government is determined to protect the country's defense industry from Chinese investors. The draft law prepared for this purpose largely repeats the measures already taken in other Western States. European countries and their allies fear that China will use the economic crisis caused by the pandemic to influence the geopolitical situation.

Another spy scandal has affected an employee of a leading Russian airline. An Aeroflot representative in the UK has been arrested on suspicion of high treason. How could this treason have been committed, what information did the accused allegedly have access to – and who should be held accountable along with him?

The US Senate appropriations Committee published a bill on the NASA budget for 2021. The Agency will be able to receive only a part of the requested amount for the implementation of the Artemis program to return people to the moon, but scientific programs and the development of new automatic devices and telescopes will be fully funded, according to the website SpaceNews.com.

How to protect yourself from any misfortunes? And who will manage measures to protect and eliminate from all sorts of troubles? The response prepared by the Russian Ministry of emergency situations to these questions can be reduced to one short formula: the same people should be responsible for eliminating all troubles at any time according to the same unified rules. In other words, the response system should be unified, whether it is wartime or peacetime.

On November 5, 2020, the US Navy signed a $ 9.474 billion contract with the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard (GDEB, part of the General Dynamics Corporation) in Groton, Connecticut, for the construction and testing of the first two us nuclear - powered missile submarines of the new generation-SSBN 826 Columbia and SSBN 827 Wisconsin.

Almaz-Antey concern prematurely delivered the last regimental set of s-400 "Triumph" s-400 "Triumph"to the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation. The weapons are very competitive, which the US does not like at all.

The floating spaceport "Sea launch", owned by the S7 group, may in the future be of interest to the Ministry of defense for launching military satellites, believes Alexander Ivanov, a member of the Board of the Military-industrial Commission of Russia, who oversees the rocket and space industry.

Russia does not have the necessary legal framework for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, said Roman Meshcheryakov, Director of the center for intelligent robotic systems at the Trapeznikov Institute of management problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences.