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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.

Pilots of attack helicopters of the Southern Military District used the method developed in Syria when destroying a column of "enemy" in the Stavropol Territory, the head of the press service of the district, Colonel Vadim Astafyev, told reporters on Thursday.

[b]Former Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov also noted that with the current budget of the armed forces, these were "almost imperceptible expenses".]

About 10-20 billion rubles a year were spent over 10 years on the development of modern Russian weapons-the Avangard hypersonic complex, the Peresvet laser complex and the Poseidon underwater vehicles. This was announced on Thursday by the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for environmental protection, former Defense Minister (2001-2007) Sergey Ivanov.

The Mi-25 combat helicopters remain the backbone of the Syrian Army's air strike force. A video of the attack by a pair of "flying tanks"appeared on social networks. It is interesting that one of the crew members - the pilot-operator-filmed what was happening.

In the United States, the process of transferring the new hypersonic weapons to the first division of the Ground Forces has started. In combat, however, it can be fully used in at least a few years.

Found a means of total suppression of the enemy in the Far North

The Tornado-G complex-the upgraded Grad multiple launch rocket system-will be able to operate in hard-to-reach areas of the North.

If there is life lurking somewhere on the Red Planet, it is only under the surface at a depth of more than one and a half meters, says Oleg Korablev, scientific director of the Russian part of the project, head of the Department of Physics of Planets and small bodies of the Solar System of the ICI RAS.

The most secret superweapon of Russia turned out to be the Burevestnik cruise missile with a nuclear engine, military expert Dmitry Kornev writes in Izvestia.

According to reports coming from Syria, severe fires broke out at a number of oil refining facilities near the city of Al-Bab, which are under the control of pro-Turkish militants.

From the Russian air base "Khmeimim" in the Syrian Latakia, rocket attacks were carried out on militant targets in the province of Aleppo.