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Bastion missile systems destroyed the ships of a conditional enemy during exercises in Kamchatka
Calculations of coastal anti-ship missile systems "Bastion" of the Coastal Troops of the Pacific Fleet (TOPF) in Kamchatka during the exercises destroyed a conditional group of ships in one of the naval ranges of the fleet, the press service of the Eastern Military District for the Fleet reported on Monday.
The crews of the MiG-31BM TsVO worked out in the stratosphere to intercept an intruder of the airspace boundaries
On August 6, the crews of high-altitude MiG-31BM interceptor fighters of the Central Military District Aviation Division intercepted a conditional intruder of the airspace boundaries in the stratosphere during a tactical flight exercise in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
The British missed the Russian"Varshavyanka"
The Varshavyanka submarines remained unnoticed by the British carrier strike group for 96 hours.
The Russian inconspicuous submarines of the Varshavyanka project have fully justified their combat capabilities.
Military from Laos arrived for exercises in Russia
Units of the Armed Forces of Laos have arrived in the Primorsky Territory to participate in the joint Russian-Lao exercise "Laros-2021", the Eastern Military District (VVO) announced on Monday.
The Taliban offensive in Afghanistan will be the subject of discussion at the meeting of the" expanded troika " in Doha-Kabul
The fighting will continue until the Taliban and the Afghan government start negotiations
The special representatives of the" extended troika " for Afghanistan (Russia, the United States, Pakistan, China) will discuss the ongoing offensive of the Taliban (members of the Taliban group banned in the Russian Federation - IF) at the upcoming meeting in Doha on August 11, Zamir Kabulov, special representative of the President of the Russian Federation, director of the second Asia department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told Interfax on Monday.
The entire American fleet in one picture
In 2019, China overtook the United States in the number of warships. Despite this, there are no competitors to the American fleet in terms of total tonnage and combat capabilities yet.
President Lukashenko: it's too early to create a union Defense Ministry, neither Minsk nor Moscow are ready for this
It is too early for Belarus and Russia to create a union ministry of defense, since the parties are not ready for this, first they need to adopt the constitution of the Union State, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday.
Captain of the 1st rank about new nuclear submarines: this is a great achievement
The Russian Navy will receive three nuclear submarines at once this year, a source in the shipbuilding industry said. On the air of Sputnik radio, captain of the 1st rank Igor Kurdin stressed that the Russian navy is restoring the necessary and sufficient number of nuclear submarines.
Russian equipment repelled a conditional attack by militants from Afghanistan
"Typhoon-K", BTR-82 and Mi-35M were involved in the joint exercises "South-2021" of the military of Uzbekistan and Russia in the area of the border with Afghanistan.
According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the joint group has worked out a special operation to prevent the possible crossing of the state border by illegal armed groups.
The ships of the Northern Fleet with the help of artillery defended Novaya Zemlya
The ship grouping of the Northern Fleet carried out a complex of artillery firing at sea target positions in the area of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. She played an episode on the organization of the defense of the island territories of Russia. The command and staff training was led by the commander of the SF, Admiral Hero of Russia Alexander Moiseev.
Putin initiates the creation of a special structure in the UN system to combat maritime piracy
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposes to create a special structure within the UN on the problems of combating maritime crime in different regions.
The CSTO Secretary General notes the growth of tension along the entire perimeter of the Organization's responsibility
CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas notes the growing tension along the entire perimeter of the Organization's responsibility, in particular, around Belarus and on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
The UN mission called for an immediate stop to violence in Afghanistan
Deborah Lyons, Special Representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, appealed to the President of the Republic Ashraf Ghani to immediately stop the violence in the country.
The Ukrainian designer claimed espionage during the creation of the Russian Su-75
The Russian Sukhoi design Bureau, under the guise of a project to create a short-haul narrow-body passenger aircraft Sukhoi SuperJet 100, was engaged in a "large-scale industrial espionage program" that allowed the development of a light tactical aircraft (LTS) known as Checkmate and Su-75, former president and former chief designer of the Antonov state enterprise Alexander Los told Defense Express.
Guterres called the extension of the DSNV a step towards reducing the risk of a nuclear catastrophe
The decision of Russia and the United States to extend the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (STCW) is a welcome step, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres believes.
The Russian military conducted exercises with flamethrowers in the SAR army
Russian servicemen in Syria conducted joint exercises with flamethrowers from the Syrian-Arab Armed Forces (SAR).
Shoigu said that import substitution will increase the share of the Russian Federation in the domestic market by 2.5 times
The Defense Minister stressed that the main task assigned to the military-industrial complex is to increase the production of military and dual-use products
The import substitution program will allow to increase the share of Russian products in the domestic market of the defense industry by two and a half times by 2025, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with the staff of Krasmash on Friday.
Shoigu: centers of subversive propaganda against Russia are working in Riga, Tallinn and Warsaw
Russians are also trained in such organizations, the minister stressed
Propaganda centers, which train Russians, among others, to conduct subversive information work in Russia, have been established in Riga, Tallinn and Warsaw. This was announced on Friday by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting with the staff of the Krasmash enterprise.
MW: Russia may strengthen Syria's air defense system
Russia can put an end to the piracy of Israeli aircraft in the Syrian airspace by transferring more powerful air defense systems and operational information from its anti-aircraft systems deployed in the region to Damascus. The recent missile attack, successfully repelled by the Syrian army (as it is believed, not without the help of Russia), as well as the change in the rhetoric of the Russian Defense Ministry, are a signal to both Tel Aviv and Washington to negotiate clearer parameters for ending the conflict in Syria, MilitaryWatch writes.
Shoigu: Drones and combat robots have become a serious force
On Friday, at a meeting with employees of the Krasmash enterprise in Krasnoyarsk, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told how technological progress has affected the quality of the Russian Armed Forces.