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The Russian defense industry is traditionally a leader in many areas. For example, we have no equal in air defense technology. Our fighters, tanks, helicopters, small arms are good.

The construction of four yet-to-be-launched multi-purpose nuclear submarines of the Yasen-M (885M) project is not behind schedule, and the submarines are currently on the slipways, Mikhail Budnichenko, General Director of the Severodvinsk Sevmash plant, told RIA Novosti.

A Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet has completed test flights with functional mock-ups of a new hypersonic missile, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

The State Rocket Center named after him. Makeeva, the developer of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile and the Sineva submarine - launched ballistic missile, has registered with Rospatent the appearance of a line of super-heavy carriers for launches to the Moon and Mars.

The crews of the Leningrad Army of the Air Force and the Air Defense of the Western Military District used air weapons during tactical exercises. The launch of unguided aircraft missiles S-13 and S-8 can be watched on video.

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec Group) will show the main novelties of the Russian defense industry and the most popular Russian weapons in the world at the International Defense Exhibition IDEX 2021, which will be held in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from February 21 to 25.

The United States has successfully tested a prototype of a deeply modernized F-15EX fighter. The event for the American defense industry is significant — the last "fifteenth" entered the army almost 20 years ago. The Pentagon is very much counting on the updated machine and assure that this program will not affect the purchase of fifth-generation aircraft. What is known about the F-15EX-in the material of RIA Novosti.

The US Navy has released rare footage of an F/A-18E Super Hornet carrier-based fighter chasing a Tomahawk cruise missile launched from a Ticonderoga-class cruiser. The time and location of the shooting, as well as the name of the shooting ship, are not reported.

After the US Marine Corps command completely abandoned the tanks last year, the search for an adequate replacement began. The main task is to make the Marines more dangerous to the enemy than before. As we wrote earlier, the United States is preparing for the possible seizure of Chinese military bases on artificial islands in the South China Sea, where the use of tanks is ineffective.

As it was reported at the briefing of the Center of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties and Control over the Movement of Refugees in the Syrian Arab Republic, at 19:45 Moscow time on February 9, 2021, Russian air defense systems repelled an attack on the Russian air base "Khmeimim" with the use of long-range multiple rocket launchers.

Russian designers have developed a marine version of one of the most effective anti-aircraft missile systems "Tor". This will significantly expand the capabilities of the Navy's warships and protect them from air attacks. Almost all ship-based air defense systems are land-based modifications. About some of them-in the material of RIA Novosti.

Thanks to the active development of technology and the launching of modern vessels, the Russian submarine fleet is regaining its positions lost after the collapse of the USSR, and poses a real threat to the NATO military.

Russia has resumed air patrols in the Arctic and deployed MiG-31 long-range interceptors in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago above the Arctic Circle. This caused concern in the foreign media.

Prototypes of the self-propelled gun are now undergoing preliminary tests

State tests of the latest self-propelled artillery gun "Magnolia", which can be operated in extreme conditions, including in the Arctic, will be completed in 2022. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the Uralvagonzavod concern (UVZ, part of the Rostec State Corporation).

The Israeli media spread the curious news that on February 11, 2021, in Israel, the Shin Bet Security Service (SHABAK) and the police arrested a group of more than 20 Israeli citizens who organized independent illegal development, testing and production for export "to one of the Asian countries" of a high-precision tactical missile system, approximately similar to the Rafael Spike-NLOS missile system.

In the airspace of the Crimea, the Russian air defense forces can shoot down any military aircraft without warning. This is reported by Аvia.pro. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the changing mood in foreign countries on the issue of new types of weapons in Russia.

Tests of the missile attack warning system in the Russian Federation have been completed

The Russian military and designers have finished testing the missile attack warning system. This system is designed to obtain data on enemy missile launches. In addition, the SRPN allows you to determine where the missiles were launched from and collects information about objects in space.

The Syrian government forces have again begun to use long-range versions of the Kornet anti-tank missile systems against the enemy.

Take aim at the Russian Northern Fleet, strengthen the Scandinavian flank of NATO and designate a military presence in the Arctic-the Pentagon will transfer B-1B Lancer strategic bombers to Norway for the first time. Four aircraft will take up permanent combat duty in February.