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Washington insists on the right to use nuclear weapons first

Christopher Ford, assistant Secretary of state for international security and nonproliferation, Ph. D. in international relations, spoke on November 12 at an online Conference on nuclear weapons and international law in the modern era organized by the new York bar Association.

In the course of hostilities in Nagorno Karabakh, Armenian armed forces have used various means of defense. Mostly, these were outdated systems created in the sixties and seventies. For example, the ZSU-23-4 Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.

The crews of fighters and bombers of the naval aviation and air defense of the black sea fleet (BSF) checked the air defense system of the Crimean Peninsula.

Russian sailors will be able to sink enemy ships and submarines using jamming

The defense Ministry plans to re-equip the Navy's electronic warfare centers by the end of next year, sources told Izvestia in the military Department. Every year such means become more and more important in wars and various conflicts.

On November 21, 2020, a solemn ceremony of raising the Naval flag was held in Baltiysk on the small rocket ship Odintsovo (factory number 253) - the third ship in the series of the project 22800 (code "Karakurt"). The ceremony was attended by the commander of the Baltic fleet, Admiral Alexander Nosatov. By order of the commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Odintsovo is included in the combat structure of the Baltic fleet and will serve in the 36th brigade of missile ships and boats of the Baltic naval base.

The missile Defense Agency (MDA) of the us Department of defense on November 17, 2020, for the first time carried out a successful test to intercept an Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) simulator with a standard SM - 3 Block IIA ship-based anti-missile.

The United States successfully tested the SM-3 Block IIA anti-missile system: it destroyed a target that mimicked an Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). This opens up new opportunities for the United States to confront Russia and China.

The recently ended war in Nagorno-Karabakh has sparked new speculation about the end of the age of tanks. This was written about in both Russian and foreign publications.

The North of Russia and the Arctic will be covered with an impenetrable radar belt. The latest Nebo-M long-range radars will be placed under Naryan-Mar, sources in the defense Ministry told Izvestia. This will bring to completion the formation of a single air defense contour over the Northern sea route and the Arctic. Experts note that due to the increased competition of world powers in the Arctic, the restoration of a continuous zone of control over the airspace there is necessary to protect the country's economic interests.

The chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Nikolai Evmenov approved the acceptance report certifying the successful completion of state tests of the first Navy surface ship equipped with anti-aircraft missile and artillery complex "Armor-M", small missile ship project 22800 "Odintsovo".

The antagonism of the goals of the belligerents gave rise to an exceptional fierceness of the fighting

On September 27, 2020, fighting began between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh, and in fact Armenia, and on the night of November 10, the parties signed a cease-fire Agreement and the entry of Russian peacekeepers into the conflict zone.

the Outcome of combat operations in modern warfare is determined by missiles and drones

The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh seems to have subsided, but the experience of this conflict will be studied by military experts from all countries.

there is a worthy response to NATO's "containment of Crimea" in Syria

Last year's well-known report by the American Rand Corporation "Stretching Russia's forces and putting it out of balance" States, in particular, that deterring the build-up of Russian forces in the Black sea would include the deployment of significant NATO forces equipped with systems to prevent access and deny access to the airspace over the Black sea.

Almaz-Antey concern of East Kazakhstan region will take part in the international exhibition" Transport of Russia", which will be held in Moscow from November 18 to 20.

the Baltic fleet electronic warfare Center near Kaliningrad was one of the first in the country to receive the latest mobile jamming system.

It is designed to counter enemy air reconnaissance, sources of the defense Ministry told Izvestia.

The National Interest named the reason for Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400

Turkey could buy s-400 anti-aircraft missile systems from Russia, including due to the events of 2016, when many Turkish F-16 fighter pilots were arrested after the coup attempt, the media write.

The volleys of the last Karabakh war, which ended so abysmally for Armenia and so successfully for Azerbaijan, have died down. What military-technical lessons should Russia learn from what was demonstrated on the battlefield? Does our country have an opportunity to oppose something to the weapons that brought victory to Azerbaijan?

The Russian President held a number of meetings with the heads of the Russian military-industrial complex. They, in particular, announced the creation of a super-protected command post in Russia. This bunker, as reported by the media, will allow you to give the command to strike retribution even after a nuclear attack on our control centers.

The Ministry of defense is strengthening the grouping of the southern military district by means of electronic warfare (EW). In the region, it is planned to significantly increase the number of new Mi-8MTPR-1 helicopters with the Rychag-AV radio suppression system. These complexes, according to the developers, are able to interfere with locators and neutralize the operation of almost any air defense systems. The emergence of new "Levers" is an effective response to the possible deployment of NATO short — and medium-range missiles in the region, experts say.

Dmitry Litovkin-whether the fear of a large-scale conflict is justified

First, the chief of the British defense Staff, Nick Carter, and then the Czech intelligence service, in their annual report, said that the world is on the verge of a global cataclysm.