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The S-550 mobile missile defense system being developed in Russia will be able to shoot down American X-37 orbital UAVs capable of carrying nuclear charges, RIA Novosti reports, citing sources in the defense industry.

The United States expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the uncontrolled movement of Russian warships in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea.

If earlier Washington expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that the Russian navy almost completely controls the situation in the eastern Mediterranean, then after the joint maneuvers of the Algerian Navy and the Russian Navy, the United States literally flew into a rage.

The Russian Federation has handed over to Lebanon satellite images taken on the day of the explosion in the port of Beirut. This was stated on November 22 by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a press conference with his Lebanese counterpart Abdullah Bu Habib.

Reports about the allegedly impending military invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine can serve as a screen for Kiev's aggressive aspirations to solve the Donbass problem by force, according to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

The Kremlin said it did not comment on the version of the Kursk submarine's death related to the alleged collision with a NATO submarine.

The general of the US space forces admitted that the US lagging behind Moscow and Beijing is potentially dangerous for national security, the author of the Washington newspaper The Hill reports. The Congressional Research Service claims that a significant part of American hypersonic weapons cannot be used with a nuclear warhead.

Business Insider columnist Konstantin Atlamazoglu in his article assessed the balance of power between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance in the Black Sea.

The command of the Special Forces (Özel Kuvvetler Komutanlığı, ÖKK) of Turkey, designed to conduct unconventional combat operations, secret cross-border operations, sabotage and intelligence activities, appointed special advisers to work with the army of Ukraine and began training the Ukrainian military under a multi-year plan. This is reported by the Nordic Monitor organization with reference to a 2016 document allegedly representing a secret note addressed to the Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces.

A representative of the Pentagon press service noted that "there is nothing to provide on this issue"

The US Department of Defense on Monday did not comment on information according to which the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk allegedly could have sunk in 2000 as a result of a collision with a NATO submarine.

The situation in Ukraine at the moment is similar to that observed in Georgia before the events of 2008, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service said.

There are reports of the concentration of forces and means of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the border with the Russian Federation and Belarus

Information about the concentration of forces on the territory of Russia for a military invasion of Ukraine is "absolutely false," the SVR of the Russian Federation said.

The Soviet-designed AN-124-100 Ruslan aircraft was used to transport helicopters to the United States. Maximus Air Cargo aircraft transported Mi-17 helicopters of the former Afghan Air Force to the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. This is reported by The Drive.

In July, the Chinese military launched a rocket from a hypersonic glider over the South China Sea. According to the Financial Times, citing sources, no country in the world has demonstrated such technology yet.

The United States, when expressing alarm about the presence of Russian troops near Ukraine, is based not only on classified data, but also on information posted in the public domain, State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Monday.

The recent disaster in the Mediterranean of the 5th generation F-35 fighter jet, which took off from the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, caused serious concern in London.

There are five new ways to destroy an aircraft carrier, writes 19FortyFive. The publication from the USA notes that the aircraft carrier can be tried to sink by traditional means, for example, with the help of torpedoes and ballistic missiles. However, in the future, according to the publication, these ships will face new threats. 19FortyFive calls them.

Russian inspectors will visit training areas and training grounds, receive briefings on formations and military units located in the specified area, and ongoing military activities

Russian inspectors will visit training areas and training grounds on the territory of Latvia to assess the scale of military activity. This was reported to journalists by the head of the National Center for Reducing Nuclear Danger Sergey Ryzhkov.

Fighters were raised twice from the air defense forces on duty to prevent violations of the air state border

In a week, Russian radar stations detected more than 55 aircraft of foreign countries that conducted aerial reconnaissance along the borders of the Russian Federation. Such data of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is cited on Monday by the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

Russian peacekeepers monitor the situation around the clock and monitor compliance with the ceasefire regime at 27 observation posts in the Lachin corridor and along the entire demarcation line in Nagorno-Karabakh. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia on Monday, November 22.

The United States plans to produce at least 480 new B61-12 nuclear bombs to equip its B-2 Spirit strategic stealth bombers and the B-21 Raider being developed, as well as American and other NATO fighter-bombers in Europe, according to the Federation of American Scientists.