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The head of the Ministry of Defense clarified that we are talking about the node of the missile attack warning system in the city of Baranovichi and the Navy radio station in the city of Vileika

The heads of the military departments of Russia and Belarus, Sergei Shoigu and Viktor Khrenin, signed documents on Wednesday extending the validity of agreements on the deployment of two Russian military facilities on the territory of the republic.

According to the head of the Ministry of Defense, in order to develop cooperation in the field of flight safety, the state Aviation Administration will prepare proposals to improve the procedure for exchanging information about dangerous factors and aviation events with aircraft.

The delivery of equipment was carried out by military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces

The units of the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPC) involved in the joint exercises "Slavic Shield - 2021" in Serbia have been returned to Russian territory. This was reported on Wednesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Among the reasons, the head of the Defense Ministry called military threats, political and economic pressure from Western countries

Military threats, political and economic pressure from Western countries have forced Russia and Belarus to take retaliatory measures, one of them is the new Military Doctrine of the Union State, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

According to the head of the Ministry of Defense, "the involvement of pilots of non-nuclear member states of the bloc in exercises to work out the use of tactical nuclear weapons is of particular concern"

The US military has begun active work on the modernization of tactical nuclear weapons and their storage bases in European countries, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday.

The NATO bloc holds annual exercises "Steadfast Noon" (Steadfast Noon), which began on October 18, during which a nuclear war scenario will be worked out. 14 European countries, including Germany, are taking part in them. Dozens of aircraft are involved, including nuclear-armed fighters, combat aircraft, as well as tankers and reconnaissance aircraft, the Swiss Telegraph Agency (SDA) reports.

The likelihood of a war between mainland China and Taiwan within the next year is very small, Chen Mingtong, director of the island's national security bureau, said on Wednesday.

The plan of Russian-Belarusian military cooperation for the next year contains 139 measures aimed at strengthening the security of the Union State, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Field Marshal Haftar's Libyan National Army conducted one of the largest tactical exercises. The 106th Infantry Brigade and the Air Force were involved in them. Among the demonstrated military equipment, quite rare samples were also noticed.

Russia is temporarily closing its diplomatic mission to NATO. According to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, this is Russia's reaction to the recent expulsion of eight Russian diplomats from the Russian mission to NATO.

The US Navy military base in Maryland near Washington is closed due to a bomb threat. This is stated in a message from the US military posted on Twitter on Wednesday, October 20.

These days, two exhibitions of military technologies are held simultaneously. AUSA 2021 has opened in the United States, where defense industry enterprises present their latest developments to the military. In Russia, the Interpoltech exhibition brought together professionals in the field of digital security.

The North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) has no plans to deploy weapons in space. This was announced on Wednesday, October 20, by the Secretary General of the organization Jens Stoltenberg.

The United States surpasses Russia and China in its military power, according to Popular Mechanics magazine, referring to a study by the RAND Corporation.

The United States will commission a second missile defense (ABM) base in Europe, the creation of which is being completed in northern Poland near the village of Redzikovo, 165 km from the Russian border, in the coming months, according to data from the US Defense Defense Agency.

Roskomnadzor recognized the successful exercises that took place within the framework of the law on the sovereign Runet. The head of Roskomnadzor, Andrey Lipov, said that the communication networks are ready for stable operation under any external influences:

B-1B Lancer Bombers of the Air Force (Air Force) The United States, during a recent mission in the Black Sea, practiced striking the positions of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) of Russia located in the Crimea, says the Ukrainian information and consulting agency Defense Express.

The United States is capable of sending up to six thousand high-precision subsonic Tomahawk cruise missiles with conventional and nuclear warheads to the target in just one salvo, writes TASS military columnist Dmitry Litovkin. The author called this circumstance causing an impenetrable headache for Russia.

Turkey's acquisition of Russian Su-35 and Su-57 fighters due to the conflict with the United States is quite likely. So military expert Vadim Kozyulin appreciated the statement of the head of the Defense Industry Department of Turkey Ismail Demir, who allowed the possibility of such a purchase. This is reported by Izvestia.

The US Army and the NATO military alliance conducted the Defender of Europe exercise this year, in which 28,000 soldiers participated. Maneuvers unfolded, including in the Baltic States. But, as reported to Swedish television, Russia was not invited to these exercises as an observer. SVT tried to figure out who made the decision.