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In the near future, the US army will receive special CCFC face masks to protect against COVID-19, the losses from which this year were quite comparable to combat. According to Air Force Magazine, 117,736 cases of the disease were reported among military and civilian personnel in the United States, 129 of which ended fatally.

In the past year, Poland continued to increase military purchases and became the second among buyers of weapons from the United States. A kind of rating of Washington's partners can be found in the report of the arms export Agency DSCA for fiscal year 2020.

mig-31 long-range interceptors are deployed in anadyr (chukotka) for combat duty in the arctic, said the commander of the pacific fleet of the russian federation, admiral sergei avakyants.

This is partly due to the complex process of approving draft treaties within the US administration, said Acting Deputy Director of NASA for International Relations Michael Gold

The initial skepticism of the Russian side regarding the proposed agreements on the development of the Moon by the United States was caused by incorrect interpretation of the content of this document in a number of media, but later Russia revised its attitude to the treaty.

Determine the type of target, its parameters, find out the course and nationality — the Ministry of Defense is testing the latest system of automatic illumination of the surface situation "Strategy"in the Black Sea. This development of the Research Institute of Long-range Radio Communications (NIIDAR) will allow Russia to significantly secure the southern borders and prevent violations of the state border. "Strategy" closes all the means of tracking available to the Black Sea Fleet. About the system and its capabilities - in the material RIA Novosti.

On November 25, the fifth Russian-Pakistani exercise "Druzhba-2020" was completed, in which a special forces company took part from each of the parties. In itself, the development of relations with Pakistan seems positive, writes Konstantin Makienko, Deputy Director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, in an article for the Vedomosti newspaper.

Military Watch was impressed by the idea of creating a hypersonic strike squadron from MiG-31K.]

The publication Military Watch reacted to media reports about the decision to arm a squadron of MiG-31 fighters with hypersonic "Daggers", which is based in the north of the Kola Peninsula near the border with Finland.

Four missiles struck the US Air Force base "Bagram" near the Afghan settlement of the same name in Parwan province. This was reported on December 19 by TOLOnews TV channel with reference to local authorities.

The number of the latest fifth-generation F-35A Lightning II multirole fighters stationed at Ailson Air Force Base in Alaska has reached 20 units, the US Air Force said.

The President spoke about the "antidote" at the annual press conference

At the final press conference on December 17, Vladimir Putin said that Russia is "actively working" on an "antidote" to the future hypersonic weapons (GZO) of other countries. The President did not specify which systems are in question, but information about some of them has previously appeared in open sources. Experts note that protection against such weapons is an extremely difficult, but feasible task. how it is going to be solved in our country-izvestia understood.

One of the most famous and closed special services of Russia – the Foreign Intelligence Service-is celebrating its centenary. What is unique about this structure compared to its counterparts abroad, how did the crisis of the collapse of the USSR and the 1990s affect it – and why is the idea of an ideal intelligence officer changing today compared to Soviet times?

How to build a medical center in a month, build a seismic-resistant kindergarten on the Kuril Islands and break the " water blockade in the Crimea? Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov answers the questions of "RG".

Air Force (Air Force) The United States on the basis of Anglin (Florida) conducted exercises Emerald Flag ("Emerald flag"), which as a simulator of the target of a potential enemy was used anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) military air defense (air defense) "Cube ""Russian production", writes Defense Blog.

The US claims that Russia has tested an anti-satellite missile]

Washington expressed concern that Moscow allegedly continues to work on testing anti-satellite weapons. Its use, we are sure in the United States, will lead to numerous debris, which, in turn, will pose a threat to commercial satellites. The Russian Foreign Ministry called such statements propaganda stuffing.

the avangard combat unit is capable of flying in the dense layers of the atmosphere at hypersonic speed, maneuvering along the course and altitude and overcoming any missile defense

The next two intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) UR-100N UTTH with hypersonic combat equipment "Avangard" can take up combat duty in one of the regiments of the Yasnensky compound of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) in the third decade of December.

Tests of the latest system of automatic illumination of the surface situation developed by the Research Institute of Long-range Radio Communications (NIIDAR), began on the Black Sea. about it on thursday, december 17, reported in a press-service of the company.

ni believes that the "old" russian weapons are capable of "destroying the world" [/b]

The four-engine Tu-95MS propeller bomber was created in the USSR in the middle of the last century, but it is still capable of" destroying the world", according to the material of The National Interest magazine. This aircraft was compared to the American B-52, while noting that most of the Tu-95 was developed in the 1980s, so the Soviet aircraft are relatively young.

he expressed the hope that there will be no more cases of violation of the ceasefire

Russia can increase the number of peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh if all parties to the conflict consider it necessary, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

the president also said that work on the hypersonic missile "zircon" is mostly completed

russia is currently working on ways to counter hypersonic weapons, which other countries do not yet have. This was announced on Thursday at the final press conference by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

[b]the president answered questions from journalists about arms control, relations with foreign leaders, and shared his views on other international processes.]

Russian President Vladimir Putin held another big press conference. we have selected the most significant statements from the speech of the russian leader concerning international relations.