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In Syria, a new technology for aiming tactical strike drones "Pacer" at terrorist targets was tested with the help of an upgraded wearable intelligence, control and communications complex (KRUS) "Strelet-M". As a source in the Russian military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti, the coordinates of the targets were transmitted from the ground using a tablet.

Russia's strengthening of the land defense of the Kaliningrad region puts NATO in a "deadly dilemma", says columnist Sebastien Roblin in the pages of the American magazine The National Interest, justifying, in particular, the potential need for a" physical occupation " of the Russian region.

Russia has the right to move troops within the territory of the country at its discretion, this does not pose a threat to other states, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

Pilots of Russian strategic bombers, who are taken on escort by fighters of the British Air Force, conduct aerial reconnaissance, and this task is not from the field of April Fools ' jokes, former head of Long-range Aviation (1997-2002) Lieutenant General Mikhail Oparin told RIA Novosti.

The agreements with Turkey on Idlib are being implemented more slowly than expected, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

An F-15 Eagle fighter of the Royal Saudi Air Force detected and destroyed a kamikaze drone launched by supporters of the Ansar Allah movement (Houthis).

In the video that appeared on social networks, a flying unmanned aerial vehicle of relatively small size is seen, outwardly similar to the Qasef-2K barrage munition.

On Monday, March 29, 2021, a strange message appeared on the official page of the US Strategic Command on Twitter. The set of mysterious symbols"; l;; gmlxzssaw " looked extremely suspicious and immediately gave rise to a lot of conspiracy theories. Someone "recognized" in this the launch codes of missiles with nuclear warheads, others considered it a message for spies, and others made a connection with the invasion of an alien armada. But the reality, as often happens, was much more strange and ridiculous.

The author of the article tries to make all the sensational juice out of the fact that British fighter jets flew to intercept Russian bombers in the Shetland Islands. For reference: these islands are located more than 150 kilometers from the unsociable northern coast of Britain, located to the southwest of the Shetland Islands.

The US media reports that the US will hold secret exercises to respond to Russia and China. The Pentagon has planned a virtual war game, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The scenario of maneuvers assumes the onset of a global crisis. The Americans plan to repel Russia's offensive in the Baltic States, China's invasion of Taiwan, as well as global cyber attacks. In previous exercises, the United States admitted defeat.

Tu-142 aircraft flew over the Northern and Barents Seas, as well as over the North-Eastern Atlantic. As reported in the press service of the Northern Fleet, the crews of two long-range anti-submarine aircraft Tu-142 performed a scheduled flight. "After working out the flight task, the pilots landed at the Kipelovo airfield in the Vologda region," the press service noted.

British Typhoon fighter jets of the rapid reaction force on Monday urgently flew to "intercept" two Russian long-range anti-submarine patrol Tu-142 aircraft over the North Sea, the Royal Air Force said.

Two long-range anti-submarine aircraft of the Russian Navy Tu-142 on Monday flew near Alaska, said the Joint Aerospace Defense Command of North America (NORAD).

A Japanese fighter jet was alerted to escort two medium-range Il-38 anti-submarine aircraft of the Russian Navy flying over the Sea of Japan near the country's maritime border, the Joint Headquarters of the Japan Self-Defense Forces said.

The creation of high-tech weapons is possible only on the basis of solid-state technologies

Laser weapons are firmly established in real life and their first use in the war of Argentina and England for the Falkland Islands, when the simplest LO was used to blind the enemy, was just the beginning.

The Pentagon has finally decided on the strike armament of the newest Zamvolt-type destroyers. The US Navy requested a version of the upgraded ships with launchers for hypersonic missiles — the current mines did not fit in size. With the help of three improved "Zamvolts" (two are already in service, one is being tested), Washington expects to put pressure on possible opponents in the world's oceans.

The first heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A entered service with the Iraqi army in July 2014.

They were taken to the airport in Baghdad by the heavy transport aircraft AN-124-100 "Ruslan". The next shipments began to arrive by sea, at the port of Umm Qasr.

The main trump card of the Russian strategic forces is the Burevestnik nuclear installation. This opinion of Chinese experts is cited by the military news portal "Zhongguo Junwang".

By the beginning of the operation in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azerbaijani ground forces were armed with about a hundred T-90S main battle tanks. This technique in its tactical and technical characteristics significantly surpassed not only the old modifications of the T-72 available to the Armenian side, but also the Azerbaijani T-72 "Aslan"modernized with the help of the Israelis.

The DPRK authorities have accused the UN Security Council of using double standards in assessing the actions of different countries in connection with its reaction to the recent launch of ballistic missiles by Pyongyang.

More than 12 thousand military personnel are involved in the exercises, which will work out the use of groups of troops to ensure military security in the east of Russia, the Eastern Military District (VVO) said on Monday.