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Submarine warfare: Taiwan aims to thwart China's invasion
Taipei creates a submarine fleet to prevent a possible Chinese operation
Taiwan is starting to build a fleet of modern submarines, hoping to further strengthen its national defense capabilities. According to analysts, this could complicate any potential plans by China to invade the island or establish a naval blockade.
The all-seeing eye of the South of Russia
the Nebo-UM radar is capable of detecting hypersonic aircraft manufactured using Stealth technology
on December 14, 2020, a new Nebo-UM radar station took over combat duty in the Rostov region.
The complex "Ball" took in the sights of a new American radar
After the Globus III radar system was deployed in Norway near the Russian borders, the command of the Northern fleet was forced to take retaliatory measures - a battery of the coastal anti-ship complex "Bal"was transferred to the Sredny Peninsula.
Deliveries of the patriot air defense system to the Swedish Armed forces have begun
The Swedish armed forces material support Agency (FMV) has announced the receipt of the first elements of the new patriot anti-aircraft missile system ordered for the country's Armed forces.
Strike on the column: the use of Mi-35M against terrorists was filmed on video
Mi-35M combat helicopters of the Nigerian air force conducted another successful night RAID against the militants of Boko Haram (a terrorist organization banned in Russia).
According to the defense Ministry of the state, the rotorcraft attacked a convoy of seven pickups, which were used by members of illegal armed groups. Two vehicles were put out of action by accurate fire, and several militants moving on them were neutralized.
Updated data on the speed of the Avangard hypersonic missile"
The Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation has published new data on the flight speed of the hypersonic unit of the Avangard missile system. According to the military, it accelerates to Mach 28 (the speed of sound is approximately equal to 7.5 kilometers per second).
Japan invests in defense
Japan sees a threat in China, and therefore increases the amount of funding for its armed forces. on December 21, the Kyodo News Agency reported that the Japanese government approved a record military budget for the self-defense Forces.
The new version of the BMP-2M will provide protection and will be able to destroy modern tanks
Local conflicts of recent years have repeatedly demonstrated that the Soviet infantry fighting vehicles of the first and second generation, which did not undergo modernization, no longer meet modern requirements in terms of security.
"Buk-M3" for the first time took up combat duty in the Central military district
The Buk-M3 medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems have entered combat duty for the first time to protect the airspace on the territory of the Central military district, the press service of the district reports.
Greece increases defense spending and buys Rafale fighter jets"
The Greek government announced on December 17 that it will pay $ 2.32 billion. EUR ($2.8 billion) for the purchase of French Rafale fighter jets and missiles to equip them amid rising tensions with neighboring Turkey.
"Peregrine Falcon" experienced shooting
The Russian military tested the "flying BMD" with high-precision missiles the
" Flying " combat vehicle of the landing force - the latest mi-8AMTSH-VN "Sapsan" helicopter-fired anti-tank guided missiles "Ataka-VM". As told in the Russian military-industrial complex, the crew of a prototype helicopter successfully attacked targets that mimic the armored vehicles of a potential enemy.
Air defense group in the Kuril Islands reinforced with S-300V4 systems - Russian defense Ministry
The air defense system of the Kuril Islands in 2020 will be strengthened with s-300V4 anti-aircraft missile systems, said the commander of the Eastern military district (VVO) Gennady Zhidko.
What distinguishes the submarine "Prince Vladimir" from other submarines
In 2020, the Russian Navy adopted the main nuclear-powered submarine of the Borey - A project, the Knyaz Vladimir, armed with Bulava ballistic missiles with a modern complex of means to overcome missile defense. On Monday at the Board meeting, the defense Ministry said the head of Department Sergey Shoigu.
Two more regiments of the strategic missile forces will be re-equipped with " YARS"
Two regiments of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) will be re-equipped with mobile and mine-based Yars missile systems in 2021, the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, Colonel-General Sergei Karakayev, told reporters on the sidelines of an expanded meeting of the board of the Russian Defense Ministry.
The Russian fleet will be replenished with two Borey-A-class submarines"
The Russian Navy in 2021 will be replenished with two strategic submarines of the Borey-A class, the fleet will receive a total of 32 ships, said Russian defense Minister General of the army Sergei Shoigu.
A research and testing center for advanced weapons will appear in Russia
the Center will be created in the structure of the Ministry of defense
The main research and testing interspecies center for advanced weapons will be created in the structure of the Russian Defense Ministry. This is stated in the decree of the Government of the Russian Federation, published on Monday on the official portal of legal information.
In Siberia, in 2021, a test site for the Sarmat missile will be built"
Flight tests of the latest intercontinental ballistic missile "Sarmat" will be conducted in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. A special training ground will be built there for this purpose next year. This was announced on Monday, December 21 at a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation by the head of the Department Sergey Shoigu.
European security: Poland among the first buyers of American weapons
In the past year, Poland continued to increase military purchases and became the second among buyers of weapons from the United States. A kind of rating of Washington's partners can be found in the report of the arms export Agency DSCA for fiscal year 2020.
What will be the laser weapon in Russia and in the world
the truth and myths about the light scalpel
In February 2020, near the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, an American anti-submarine aircraft P-8A Poseidon was illuminated and blinded by a laser from a Chinese destroyer. This incident, some believe, marked the beginning of the open use of laser weapons as an independent system. From that moment on, they started talking about the rapid spread of laser weapon combat systems (LO).
The Russian military has deployed long-range interceptors in Chukotka near the border with the United States to control the Arctic
mig-31 long-range interceptors are deployed in anadyr (chukotka) for combat duty in the arctic, said the commander of the pacific fleet of the russian federation, admiral sergei avakyants.