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Turkish Parliament calls on US to drop sanctions over C-400

the turkish defense ministry on tuesday said that ankara's initiative to form a working group with the participation of nato on the incompatibility of the s-400 and f-35 is relevant even after the introduction of us sanctions, the anadolu agency reports.

the controversy surrounding the mysterious disease, called "havana syndrome", whose victims over the past 4 years have been employees of american embassies and cia officers in a number of countries, including cuba, russia and china, has not subsided. To investigate these incidents at the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, a group was created, which included experts in the field of medicine and radio electronics.

russian prime minister mikhail mishustin signed a decree on conducting an experiment on the operation of autonomous (unmanned) vessels from december 10, 2020 to the end of 2025, the corresponding document is published on the official website of the government. 

The Russian Space Systems Holding Company (RKS, part of the State Corporation ROSCOSMOS) is developing a data transmission technology using radiophotonics for use in the equipment of promising relay satellites. the innovations solve the problems of flexible and broadband frequency conversion within the satellite repeater, as well as reduce the weight and size of the equipment of new satellites.

Renesas Electronics has expanded the RA4 series of microcontrollers with a new group of 32-bit microcontrollers, which has been designated RA4M3. These microcontrollers use the Arm Cortex-M33 core, which operates at a frequency of up to 100 MHz.

New over-the-horizon radar stations (radars) that detect air targets thousands of kilometers from Russia's borders are planned to be installed in the South and East of the country, the defense Ministry told RIA Novosti.

new over-the-horizon radars may appear in the south and east of russia

Radar intelligence is actively developing in Russia: the first node of a unified network of over-the-horizon radars has already been formed, and it is also planned to increase the control capabilities in the southern and Eastern strategic air and space directions. At the beginning of the month, it was reported about the Container radar in service in Mordovia, which detected inconspicuous NATO fighters.

in 2020, the prospects for 5g networks will continue to be hotly contested in the wireless industry. As the number of 5G deployments increases, so will the number of additional technologies that offer low-power flexibility, cost-effective power, and low-bandwidth options for mass Internet of Things (IoT) deployments. These solutions complement the strengths of 5G and provide a broader set of tools to support different use cases.

Russia will be covered by a large anti-aircraft shield. Air defense systems and combat aircraft in the Western military district will soon be combined under the control of a new unified automated control system (ACS). Integration will allow you to create protection from missiles and fighters in the space from St. Petersburg to Voronezh.

The Delta IV heavy launch vehicle launched into orbit on Friday Moscow time with the secret nrol-44 satellite of the National office of military space intelligence (NRO), the operator of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) said.

Without words, understand each other in battle, easily cope with stress, become stronger physically — the us army research service (US ArmyResearch Office) claims that in the near future, American soldiers will acquire superpowers. Scientists have come close to decoding brain signals and are about to revolutionize the military. This is not the only Pentagon program to "improve" personnel through new technologies. About what "upgrades" are prepared for the fighters — in the material of RIA Novosti.

A large-scale training within the framework of a single day of fire United more than a hundred missile carriers of land, air and sea formations and military units of the southern military district (SE).

Systems of air defense (PVO) in Russia is impossible to crack, explained the military expert Alexei Leonov.

The distributor of Microsoft products, Softline, will no longer be able to supply software to Bauman Moscow state technical University due to new US sanctions. Microsoft refuses to sell its SOFTWARE to a University that trains weapons specialists.

A group of Chinese scientists has developed the world's most powerful quantum computer, achieving quantum supremacy. It can perform a single task 100 trillion times faster than the best supercomputers. This is reported by the publication Science Alert.

The new robotic system from the German concern Rheinmetall received the designation "mission Master" (Mission Master ). The idea behind its creation is to create a family of robotic machines suitable for performing a whole set of tasks.

The merger of the Rostec radio-electronic cluster enterprises under the management of JSC United instrument-making Corporation (UIC) will be completed in the first quarter of 2021. The new holding will exist under the brand name "Roselektronika" and in 2023 will have to start mass production of equipment for 5G networks. It will not be easy to create an effective holding out of Rostec's disparate assets, experts say.

Spektra-RG Data allow scientists to conclude that black holes can directly affect the rate of star birth in galaxies

TASS, December 9. The Spektr-RG orbiting Observatory has found giant globular clusters of gas above and below the milky Way's core that emit x-rays.

Promising high-precision air-to-surface ammunition is the first to be received by the foreign air force

At the end of November, the American military-political publication The National Interest conducted an audit of air-to-surface ammunition in order to determine those that have an optimal efficiency-to-cost ratio. Suddenly, the Russian ammunition became the leader. However, it has not yet been adopted by the Russian aerospace forces.

The state Duma has introduced a bill to strengthen the protection of personal data of judges, prosecutors, investigators and individual military personnel. According to the bill, law enforcement agencies will be able to prohibit the dissemination of information about their employees and their property, regardless of whether there is a threat to their lives.