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The development of the infrastructure of remote landfills is one of the most important tasks set by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu.

The American company Metal Shark was commissioned by the US Marine Corps to develop a long-range robot boat LRUSV. According to Jane's, the agreement with the military also provides for the supply of robocat maintenance vessels, which will be created on the meringue of the Project 40 Defiant patrol ships.

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.

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?

State tests of "Zircons" will be completed in 2021

On Friday, the Ministry of Defense held a Single day of acceptance of military equipment. About what weapons, military and special equipment entered the troops in 2020 and what weapons the army and navy expect in the near future, says "Газета.Ru".

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 now revived motorized rifle regiment will be part of the new motorized rifle division of the 11th Army Corps, formed on December 1, 2020.

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.

In Tyumen, in 2021, the first graduation of lieutenants in a rare specialty in the army - engineering special forces will take place. Such unique specialists are trained in the Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School.

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.

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.

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.

Sergei Sobyanin launched the construction of the Moscow State University's Vorobyovy Gory innovation cluster, the Moscow Mayor's Office reported. Previously, investments in this project were estimated at 20 billion rubles.

Specialists of the US Army have completed tests of promising unified assault bridge-laying JAB, the development of which was carried out since the beginning of the 2010s. According to Defense News, the tests of the bridge-laying machines were completed at the end of 2020. Based on the results of the inspections, it is planned to make improvements to the design of cars and bridge structures. In 2022, the US Army expects to receive the first JAB bridge pavers.

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.

By September 1, 13 schools and 46 preschool institutions are planned to be built in Makhachkala, Kaspiysk, Kizlyar, Derbent, Izberbash, Buinaksk, as well as in 23 districts of the republic

The Russian military department in Dagestan plans to build 59 social facilities by the first of September this year. This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov at a working meeting with the participation of the acting head of Dagestan Sergey Melikov in the Republican Government House.

At Petrozavodsk State University (PetrSU), with the support of the Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs (FIOP), the RUSNANO Group has completed the development of a professional development program for specialists engaged in the design and production of the element base of radiophotonics with nanoscale components. In February 2021, the training of a pilot group of employees of JSC OKB-Planeta (Veliky Novgorod), which acted as the customer and industrial partner of the educational project, will begin. The new program became the seventh joint project RUN and the University.

In the Russian Arctic and the Far East, thermal power plants will be built that run on waste from the woodworking industry.