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Dmitry Litovkin-about new artillery reconnaissance complexes and modern trends in the development of the armed forces

The new 1B75 "Penicillin" intelligence complex has entered service. The system is able to record acoustic and thermal signals from shots and bursts of artillery shells, giving out the exact coordinates of the location of enemy guns. Data about them is plotted on an electronic map, after which our guns deliver an accurate blow to the enemy.

[b]The expansion of cooperation between the US Department of Defense and NASA is connected with the need to counteract "the challenges that Russia and China are throwing at the United States," the newspaper notes.]

In the future, the US Department of Defense may protect NASA bases on the Moon, as well as the operations of private mining companies on its surface. This was reported on Monday by The Wall Street Journal, citing knowledgeable sources in the government and in the space industry.

The world did not flinch from the speech of the President of Russia at the economic forum

Although the organizers of the World Economic Forum in Davos regularly send out invitations to all the heads of important states, Vladimir Putin has not spoken there since 2009, apparently believing that a similar forum in St. Petersburg is more suitable for broadcasting his ideas and goals. But now the 12-year silence has been broken – on January 27, our president spoke online at the big Davos meeting.

Two-thirds of the American fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters are unable to perform their tasks - for example, to take to the air-due to constant problems with both the power plant and the airframe. In addition, the operation of the aircraft was four times more expensive than the combat F-16.

Ankara's statement that, if necessary, it can buy other weapons from Russia, raised the question: is Turkey withdrawing or should it withdraw from NATO? In addition, the rhetoric of the new head of the US State Department does not inspire hopes that the new administration will forgive Erdogan for buying the S-400 from Russia. Is the only way out — is to leave the alliance?

Saudi Arabia can buy weapons from Russia due to the failure of the United States

Saudi Arabia plans to buy the S-400 Triumph air defense system, Su-35 fighter jets and other weapons from Russia after the US temporarily banned the sale of weapons to the kingdom, writes the American edition of The National Interest. At the same time, the publication admits that the plans of Riyadh are already facing stiff resistance from Washington.

The NASIC report reflects either chaos in the US intelligence community, or ignorance of the situation

The US Air Force's National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) earlier this year published a report on threats to the United States from ballistic and cruise missiles from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia. Military observer " of the Newspaper.En " Mikhail Khodarenok dealt with the details of the document, which allows us to assess the potential of the world's largest nuclear powers.

A group of four US B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers has arrived at Andersen Air Base on the US island of Guam in the western Pacific, the US Pacific Air Force Command said.

Not so long ago, on January 14 of this year, the commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Belarus, Major General Igor Golub, said that the republic is preparing to purchase Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems to re-equip its anti-aircraft missile forces: "We continue pre-contract work on re-equipping our divisions of anti-aircraft missile forces armed with S-300 with new S-400 and Pantsir-S systems.

Pushkov responded to Stoltenberg's call to resist Russian aggression

NATO should understand that the world will no longer live by the rules developed in "three or four Western capitals," said Senator Alexei Pushkov. So he commented on the words of the Secretary General of the alliance Jens Stoltenberg about the need to prepare for "Russian aggression" and increase military budgets.

The next stage of the joint maneuvers will involve one of the Russian frigates

The mobile coastal anti-ship missile system (BPKRK) "Bastion" as part of the exercise made a march to the positional area on the territory of Crimea, the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) said on Thursday.

As the Russian Spring newspaper reports with reference to its sources in Syria, the military transport aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces has begun to transfer forces to strengthen the Russian military police in the provinces of Raqqa and Hasakah.

T-55 and ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" of the Peruvian army were deployed to cover the border with Ecuador. The relocation of equipment is explained by the increase in the number of migrants from Venezuela.

Judging by the published photos, medium tanks are transported on trawls, while lighter self-propelled units move independently.

The US has stolen a Russian "Shell" in Libya

Russian air defense system "Pantsir-S1" was at the American base Ramstein in Germany, write the British media. The US military removed the complex last summer from Libya. It is assumed that in this way they wanted to protect civilian aircraft from an attack by terrorists who could take possession of the installation. On the other hand, American journalists believe that the United States could have stolen it for a more detailed study. Is there any sense in such an operation-I understood it "Газета.Ru".

NATO has taken the path of increasing its presence in the Arctic, as the region is experiencing an aggravation of geopolitical rivalry with Russia and China, said on Thursday the representative of the alliance Oana Lungescu.

In December 2020, new US sanctions came into force. The United States has tightened export controls. The sanctions list includes 45 Russian companies. Among them was the manufacturer of titanium and JSC VSMPO-AVISMA.

Last Saturday, January 23, China held a "dress rehearsal" of the war with the United States over Taiwan, writes Forbes. Thus, the American magazine commented on the sending of H-6K bombers equipped with YJ-12 anti-ship missiles by Beijing towards the island.

The extended start-up agreement will apply to Russian Avangard systems. This, as reported by "RIA Novosti", said the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov.

As part of the 24th "animal" division of the submarine forces of the Northern Fleet of Russia, there are nuclear submarines (submarines) "Panther", "Boar" and "Cheetah" of the project 971, capable of discreetly monitoring the actions of the US Navy (Navy), says TASS columnist Dmitry Litovkin.

MiG-31BM interceptor fighters took the Northern Sea Route (NSR) under protection. The aircraft of the Northern Fleet aviation squadron will be on duty at the island and mainland airfields in the Arctic. The part was deployed back in 2019 in Monchegorsk. But since the end of 2020, the aircraft have a new task. Now, if necessary, they can be quickly relocated to any of the more than a dozen repaired airfields along the NSR.