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Since the time of Peter the Great, the navigator's profession has been of particular importance in the navy, and navigation experts have already been honored on a certain day in modern Russia.

The frigate Admiral Gorshkov conducted exercises in the Atlantic Ocean. From the ship, they worked out a strike with a hypersonic Zircon missile at a naval target at a distance of 900 kilometers. About why this event is so important for the Russian "defense industry", — in the material of RIA Novosti.

CNN: the hands of the Doomsday clock were moved ten seconds closer to nuclear midnight

The Doomsday clock showed the record proximity of humanity to the point of total destruction, CNN reports. Due to the conflict in Ukraine and the risk of nuclear escalation, their hands were moved ten seconds closer to midnight.

The crew of the frigate Admiral Gorshkov conducted an exercise in the west of the Atlantic Ocean using a hypersonic missile "Zircon". According to the Ministry of Defense, the launch efficiency demonstrated full compliance with expectations. What role did space play in the ocean exercises in the Atlantic and what conclusions should NATO draw from this?

The Russian Terminator tank support combat vehicle may become a new stage of evolution in tank construction, writes forbes. The authors note that, according to some reports, the car took part in battles in Ukraine and proved itself well.

According to analyst David Hambling, this machine may represent the next stage in the evolution of armor

The Russian tank support Vehicle (BMPT) "Terminator" may become the next step in the evolution of armored vehicles. This opinion was expressed in his column for the Forbes website by analyst David Hambling.

Japan is now as far as possible from the peaceful course it pursued under Shinzo Abe. The sharp deterioration of relations with Russia is superimposed on the trend of recent years – the return of the former empire of military power. Although the current Prime Minister Kishida talks about the desire to conclude a peace treaty with Moscow, the facts show that Japan considers not only China, but also Russia as an enemy.

The United States has changed its mind about deploying medium-range missiles in Japan. One of the reasons for this is the negative attitude of the local population to this idea, especially those living in the areas of the alleged basing of these weapons.

According to the ministry, at the end of 2022, several railway wagons of ammunition were delivered to the Rivne NPP from abroad

The Ukrainian military is engaged in the deployment of Western ammunition on the territories of nuclear power plants, in particular, we are talking about missiles for HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, the press bureau of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said.

The Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine, Kaimo Kuuska, announced his intention to "create a precedent so that other countries have no excuses left why they cannot provide Ukraine with the necessary weapons to win the war."

MWM: North Korea has demonstrated the unprecedented capabilities of its armed forces

The US is trying its best to find ammunition for Ukraine, writes MWM, and is even ready to reduce arsenals in South Korea for the sake of Kiev. But analysts called this decision untimely, as the DPRK demonstrated "new unprecedented capabilities" during recent tests.

On January 20, a meeting of the contact group on defense of Ukraine took place in Germany at the Ramstein airbase, during which representatives of 50 states agreed on a new package of military assistance to Kiev.

This follows from the report of the Stockholm SIPRI Institute

According to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), published in December 2022, Israeli and Turkish arms manufacturers showed the highest growth in sales of weapons and military equipment in the world in 2021.

A wave raised by long-range Poseidons is capable of traversing an entire continent

The arsenal of the Russian Navy continues to be replenished with new types of naval weapons. According to a TASS report dated January 16, for the Belgorod special-purpose nuclear submarine, the industry has manufactured the "first ammunition set of nuclear super torpedoes" of the Poseidon type, which "in the near future" will be loaded into the carrier ship.

Boris Obnosov, General Director of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation, answered the questions of HBO on the eve of his 70th birthday

In a special military operation in Ukraine, Russian aircraft guided weapons have shown high combat effectiveness, which we largely owe to their manufacturer, the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation.

Also, the enterprises organized a multi-shift mode of operation, which required the search for new people, Boris Obnosov noted

The management of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) is searching for new directions of development at its enterprises, including import substitution due to Western sanctions and conditions for conducting a special military operation (SVO). This was announced by the general director of KTRV Boris Obnosov.

On January 19, 2023, at a meeting in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, representatives of the Ministries of Defense of nine European countries issued a joint statement called The Tallinn Pledge, in which they called for a sharp increase in Western military assistance to Ukraine in its war with Russia. The statement was signed by the Defense Ministers of Estonia, Great Britain, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania; and representatives of the Defense Ministries of Denmark, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Slovakia.

Hypersonic cruise missiles (GCR) are likely to fly at altitudes from 20 to 30 km, which are partly determined by the need to maintain the appropriate pressure for fuel combustion in the power plant.

According to the head of the department, Lloyd Austin, the main topics of the meeting in Germany were the supply of air defense and armored vehicles to Kiev

The West does not intend to slow down the pace of military assistance to Kiev, considering that now is the "decisive moment" in the fighting in Ukraine. This was stated by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Friday at a press conference following the results of the next meeting of the contact group on support for Ukraine created by Washington and its allies, which was held at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.

On January 19, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the allocation of a new large-scale package of American military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of up to $ 2.5 billion. The total amount of US military assistance officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 now amounts to more than $27.4 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $ 29.5 billion.