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the US justified the NATO exercises in the Black sea by the actions of Russia

Former Pentagon expert Chris Osborne, in an article for the national Interest, called the us exercises with NATO allies in the Black sea a "warning for Russia". Military commentator Viktor Litovkin pointed out that Russia does not attack anyone, so this rhetoric of the Pentagon is far from reality.

The country is armed with 4,143 vehicles

The Russian army has the second largest fleet of military aircraft. This is stated in the Handbook World Air Forces 2021, released by the British profile magazine Flight International.

Armed, protected and versatile — the first joint exercises of tanks and combat vehicles created to support them, the Terminator BMPT, took place at one of the training grounds near Chelyabinsk. They advanced in line with the T-72 of the guards division of the Central military district and demonstrated impressive firepower. About the features of this technique - in the material RIA Novosti.

the US air force "destroyed" Russian S-400 systems and T-72 tanks

The us military reported working out the destruction of Russian military equipment, which was not actually used in the exercises, according to us media.

Last week, it became known about the Chinese government's plans to dramatically increase the use of weather modification technologies, in particular, seeding clouds with silver microparticles.

Sudan has approved the deployment of Russian Navy ships with a nuclear power plant. This is stated in the text of the agreement concluded by the Russian Federation and Sudan.

the Baltic fleet forms a new division in response to the build-up of NATO troops

Moscow will respond to NATO actions on the border with the Kaliningrad region, the Russian military warns. The Russian Federation pays attention to the strengthening of the military-political bloc's presence in this region. Experts and the media have repeatedly predicted a possible conflict in this region.

More than half of Russians feel the threat of nuclear war

The majority of Russians believe that the probability of a nuclear war is real, according to the survey. To a greater extent, this opinion is held by the adult generation-older than 46 years. The possibility of starting such a war became particularly acute last summer, when the Treaty on intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles was torn up.

According to information received from radio interception data and other sources, Turkey is preparing to carry out a ground military operation near the city of Sirte in Libya. In particular, Turkish F-16s arrived at the al-Vatiya air base captured by the NTC.

The US state Department has demanded that residents of the Russian Kuril Islands consider themselves Japanese, otherwise they will not be allowed on American soil. The Russian foreign Ministry has already called these visa rules support for revanchism, but they can also be a source of inspiration to re-emphasize sovereignty over their lands from the Crimea to the Kuril Islands.

Who are they competing with?

On November 10, the South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) launched the non – nuclear submarine Ahn Moo-the second boat of the first sub-series of the KSS III program. It marks the transition to serial construction of a new generation of submarines.

The German military Department shows amazing recklessness

German defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, speaking in the German Bundestag, said that the military threat from Russia has become more pronounced after the modernization of Russian weapons.

Why EW funds did not affect the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh

Fighting has stopped in Nagorno-Karabakh, and Russian peacekeeping forces have been deployed to the Republic. Currently, Azerbaijan and Armenia are engaged in the separation of forces and means, the transfer of territory, as well as mine clearance and search for bodies of the dead. Over the past three weeks, there has not been a single armed clash between the Armenian and Azerbaijani military.

Prospects for the development of situations in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India

Acting us Secretary of defense Christopher Miller at his first briefing at the Pentagon announced to the media that by January 15 next year, the United States will reduce its military contingents in Afghanistan and Iraq – the number of troops in each of the countries will be 2.5 thousand people. Currently, there are about 4.5 thousand American troops in Afghanistan, and 3 thousand in Iraq.

The United States will not allow the possible deployment of Iranian missiles on the territory of Venezuela. This statement was made by the US special representative for Iran and Venezuela Elliot Abrams on Thursday, December 3.

The draft us defense budget proposes sanctions over Turkey's purchase of Russian s-400 air defense systems, the document says.

The Turkish drones received by Ukraine were able to break through Russian air defenses guarding Crimea. At least one of the drones was able to freely enter the airspace of the Crimean Peninsula and come within a few kilometers of the Russian air defense position area.

Britain declared a significant presence of Russian vessels near its waters

Britain noted the frequent passage of Russian warships near the territorial waters of the United Kingdom in recent weeks. In total, the Royal Navy tracked nine Russian Navy pennants, including the anti-submarine ship Vice Admiral Kulakov, which passed near the Western coast of Scotland.

On December 4, 2020, the defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the United States Department of defense released consolidated official data on American defense exports in fiscal year 2020 (ended September 30, 2020).

NATO foreign Ministers discussed partnership relations and the Alliance's response to the expansion of Russia's military presence in the black sea region with the participation of the foreign Ministers of Georgia and Ukraine on Wednesday, Secretary General of the organization Jens Stoltenberg said.