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South Korea monitors the DPRK's nuclear and missile activities in close cooperation with the United States, Yonhap reports, citing the Ministry of Unification of the two Koreas.

Combat readiness of aircraft of the Air Force (Air Force) The US has declined. Their condition is reported by 19FortyFive with reference to a report published in Air Force Magazine.

The mission of the Baltic Air Police is being transferred to the Polish military, which will patrol on four F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters.

The situation in the Black Sea region can be called tense for a year, and the degree of tension is unlikely to decrease. Military expert Vladislav Shurygin told Izvestia on Friday, November 26.

On Friday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke at the VII scientific and practical conference "The system of interdepartmental information interaction in solving tasks in the field of defense of the Russian Federation".

According to Shoigu, no task of national importance, whether it is the defense of the country or the fight against coronavirus, can be solved without consolidated efforts, reliable and uninterrupted functioning of such a system.

More than 2.5 thousand tons of food and basic necessities were delivered to Syria, Armenia, Afghanistan, Nicaragua and Cuba

The Russian Armed Forces have increased the volume of humanitarian aid delivery to Russian regions and foreign countries several times in 2021, said Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation.

In the event of a war with Russia, Ukraine will be defeated because of its artillery. The reason for Kiev's loss in a potential conflict with Moscow was named by the American magazine Forbes.

The combat readiness indicators of the fighter aircraft of the US Air Force in 2021 have significantly decreased - without reaching the set indicators. The A-10 attack aircraft are the most combat-ready in front-line aviation - thanks to the modernization program - but they are of little use in the war, writes Air Force Magazine.

The sides also discussed the development of military-technical cooperation in the CSTO format

CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas and Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov discussed regional security issues during a meeting in Moscow. This was announced to journalists on Friday by the CSTO press secretary Vladimir Zainetdinov.

The Russian Armed Forces in 2021 were three times more often involved in international exercises than a year earlier, said Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Center for Defense Management of the Russian Federation, at a conference on Friday.

The head of the RF IC, Alexander Bastrykin, during a working trip to Syria, held talks with the head of the National Security Bureau of the republic, Ali Mamluk, and the Minister of Justice of the country, Ahmed Al-Seyidomi. During the talks, the results of joint work on bilateral cooperation were discussed. In addition, topical issues of further cooperation were raised during the discussion.

Additional details of the dialog are not provided

The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Army General Valery Gerasimov, held a telephone conversation with the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of France, Army General Thierry Burkar. This was reported to journalists on Friday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

One of the options is to reduce the number of military exercises in Europe to reduce the risk of confrontation with Russia

The administration of US President Joe Biden plans to use the upcoming meeting of NATO foreign ministers to focus on how the alliance should respond to Russia's military pressure on Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal newspaper writes, citing sources.

Currently, the main threat to the security of the United Kingdom comes from Russia, according to the Chief of the Defense Staff of the United Kingdom, Nicholas Carter.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday reiterated his promise to consider "all options" to strengthen the country's defense capabilities in the face of growing threats from China and North Korea, Japanese media reported.

The Russian submarine Kursk, wrecked in August 2000 in the Barents Sea, could not sink due to a collision with American submarines, because it was significantly larger than them. The impossibility of destroying a Russian vessel by US submarines is explained by the Polish edition of Defence24.

The receipt by the 448th Missile Brigade of the Iskander-M operational and tactical missile systems, which is part of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Western Military District, completed the process of rearmament of missile units of the Russian Ground Forces, writes the Military-Industrial Courier.

Behind the reports that Russia is allegedly preparing to invade Ukraine is Washington's desire to push Kiev to attack the Donbass, said the head of the SVR Sergei Naryshkin.

Russian generals ignore the "cold shower" on the Pantsir anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPC) and other air defense systems (air defense) from Israeli Harop barrage ammunition and Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones, says the Polish edition of Defence24.

Former national security adviser to the US President John Bolton, in an article for the publication 19Fortyfive, revealed a plan to strike at Russia's positions in the former USSR.