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The Admiral Nakhimov heavy nuclear cruiser will become the most dangerous ship of the Russian Navy thanks to new weapons, radars and electronic warfare equipment. After modernization, the project 1144 ship will be able to sink vessels of any displacement.

The US plans to deploy missiles to islands in the East China and South China Seas to counter Chinese activity in the region.

This was reported by the Japanese newspaper Nikkei with reference to a document on funding sent by the command of the US armed forces group in the Indo-Pacific region.

MBDA on March 3 announced the signing of the first contract with an unnamed foreign customer for the supply of a new air defense system "Albatros NG" (Albatros NG) based on the anti-aircraft guided missile CAMM-ER.

Defense Ministers of Russia and Belarus Sergei Shoigu and Viktor Khrenin at talks in Moscow on Friday agreed to create three training centers for joint training of military personnel, one of the centers will be based in Belarus, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

The Boeing Corporation presented a video from the tests of one of its main innovations — the F-15EX fighter. Soon, this machine will enter the service of the United States Air Force.

The US Army is studying the possibility of using Israeli missiles on its air defense systems. March 5, portal breakingdefense.com He announced that the SkyCeptor missiles of the David's Sling complex are now available for Patriot missile systems.

The creation of the Liana naval reconnaissance and target designation system in orbit is nearing completion.

Unique satellites will be able to detect enemy ships from thousands of kilometers away in any corner of the World Ocean and accurately aim at them with winged "Calibers", as well as hypersonic "Daggers" and "Zircons". 

The disadvantages of the Russian Armed Forces are the lack of attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and limited capabilities at sea. This position was stated by the German Ministry of Defense in a report for internal use, which was made available to the Welt am Sonntag newspaper on March 7.

The first shots of the test of a missile of the Russian coastal defense complex "Bal"conducted in an anechoic chamber have appeared. They are published by the TV channel "Zvezda".

The US Army will receive the most powerful laser weapons in the world

The United States is developing a new pulsed laser weapon. According to the expectations of the US military, it should become more powerful than all currently existing models, and at once by three orders of magnitude.

Naval aviation will be connected to the "killer" networks. The Navy will receive a unique automated control system (ACS). Thanks to the new aircraft, helicopters and drones in real time will be able not only to transmit, but also to receive the coordinates and parameters of targets from ships, submarines and ground surveillance systems.

Another control exit of the submarine into the sea is planned, the source told TASS

The lead nuclear submarine of the project 885M ("Ash-M") "Kazan" will be transferred to the Russian Navy (Navy) approximately in May-June 2021. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

Romania received the American M142 HIMARS complexes. March 2, portal defence-blog.com He reported that the first batch of rocket launchers had already arrived in the country and was being sent to the 81st Tactical Operational Missile Battalion stationed in Fokshany.

The Chinese military industry has created several types of portable anti-tank missile systems of the third generation, which are analogs of the American FGM-148 Javelin.

The most famous of them is the Red Arrow-12 ("Red Arrow-12"), which has been in mass production for 6 years. Last year, it was reported about the beginning of export deliveries - Algeria purchased the first batch.

The US submarine USS John Warner in 2018 prepared to attack Russian ships off the coast of Syria. This was reported by the Fox News channel.

The Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh exposed mock-ups of the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems to the Azerbaijani high-precision weapons.

The new contract provides for maintenance, operational repair and completion of target missiles

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies (GC) (part of the Rostec State Corporation) will supply the Russian Defense Ministry with 20 Armavir high-altitude target missiles by the end of 2022. This was reported to journalists on Monday in the press service of "Kalashnikov".

The Israeli missile attack on the suburbs of Damascus on February 28 was repelled by the Pantsir-S and Buk-M2 systems, confirming their high effectiveness, a military source told RIA Novosti on Monday.

Foreign "rivals" of the Russian operational-tactical missile system (OTRK) "Iskander-E" are the American MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATacMS), the Israeli complex with a long-Range Artillery Missile (LORA) and the Chinese SY-400 with BP-12A missiles, Izvestia writes.

According to a source in the military-industrial complex, Russian engineers have begun to create a new-generation strategic missile system, which received the symbol "Cedar". Now its development is at the very early stage.