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Syria's air defense systems repelled Israeli attacks on targets in the south of the country, according to the website of the Syrian Ministry of Defense on January 6.

In the coming year, the program of re-equipping the Strategic Missile Forces with new equipment should be completed

In the coming years, Russia's strategic nuclear forces will reach a fundamentally new level. Already in 2021, they will be equipped with only the most modern equipment.

The Ministry of Defense annually orders thousands of units of modern military equipment, the development and improvement of weapons continues constantly. Already in the near future, the military will receive a unique weapon based on other physical principles-sometimes as if from science fiction films. About the most interesting and expected new products - in the material of RIA Novosti.

It will receive new shock capabilities after modernization, the interlocutor of TASS noted

Repair and modernization of the nuclear submarine "Wolf" project 971 (code " Pike-B") The Northern Fleet will be completed in 2023. This was reported to TASS by a source in the shipbuilding industry.

The formation will be involved in the Russian-Belarusian strategic maneuvers "West-2021"

Eighteen units of the Coalition-SV artillery complex will first enter service with the Taman Motorized Rifle Division in 2021, the Western Military District (ZVO) said on Tuesday.

Israel has completed the delivery of air defense systems under a contract with the United States. defence-blog.com reported that the company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems handed over to the US Army the second of the two ordered air defense systems Iron Dome.

The United States decided to leave the aircraft carrier Nimitz in the Middle East - and directly linked this decision to some " threats from Iran." With a high probability, in the same group with the "Nimitz" is the submarine "Georgia", a couple of weeks earlier entered the Strait of Hormuz. The lessons Washington wants to teach Iran also matter to Russia - and here's why.

The United States in 2021 continued to build up the military potential of NATO, focused on Russia. So, the US Air Force deployed MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance and strike drones and about a hundred military personnel on the territory of Romania. According to experts, Washington thus confirmed NATO's strategy for the entire Black Sea region. What is the essence of this strategy and what risks does it carry for Russia?

The Russian Defense Ministry has published unique footage of the loading of an intercontinental ballistic missile "Yars" into a silo launcher (SHPU) in the Kozelsky missile compound in the Kaluga Region. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry on Monday, January 4.

The submarine forces of the Northern Fleet will continue to make underwater voyages in the waters of the Arctic Ocean. This was announced on Monday, January 4, by the commander of the Northern Fleet, Hero of Russia Admiral Alexander Moiseev, the press service of the SF of the Russian Federation reports.

What weapons will the United States adopt in 2021?]

In 2021, the US military budget will amount to $740.5 billion, of which $705.4 billion will be allocated directly to the Ministry of Defense. "Newspaper.Ru " analyzed what types of weapons and military equipment will be purchased by Washington in 2021 and what will be given special attention.

Russia may return its nuclear-powered intercontinental ballistic missile carrier trains to service as a response to the deployment of additional NATO missiles in Europe. The return of the weapons, which can be a "nightmare for the United States," he predicted in an interview with "Moskovsky Komsomolets" military expert Alexei Leonov.

The S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system will go on combat duty in the Samara Region at the end of January, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) of the Russian Federation reported.

The Russian Defense Ministry will increase purchases of fifth-generation Su-57 fighters, the ministry said. The car is unique both in terms of technical and tactical characteristics, and in terms of price. Even the Japanese are interested in it. And American experts are not shy about compliments.

[b]All submarines were transferred to customers within the terms stipulated in the contracts, the Central Design Bureau of marine equipment "Rubin" reported.]

The Russian Navy and foreign customers received 71 diesel-electric submarines of projects 877 and 636 (code "Varshavyanka") for 40 years of production of these submarines. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the central Design Bureau of Marine Equipment "Rubin" (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation).

On the last day of the outgoing year, a new deadline was called for the transfer of the Kazan nuclear submarine to the fleet, which completed its assigned tests and was preparing to raise the Naval flag on December 30, 2020. Now they intend to do this in the first quarter of the coming year.

NATO Secretary General did not see a military threat from Russia

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Russia uses its military power against its neighbors-Georgia and Ukraine, and it does not pose an immediate threat to the Alliance. At the same time, he recalled that Russia has nuclear weapons and missiles that can reach any of the countries of Europe.

More than 10 ships of the black sea fleet (BSF), including the carriers of cruise missiles "Caliber" frigate "Admiral Grigorovich" and small missile ship "Vishny Volochek" met new year in the Russian squadron in the Mediterranean sea, reported the press service of the BSF.

In 2020, the PLA Navy added 24 surface ships of various classes. This year, the military shipbuilding of the People's Republic of China set a kind of record for the corvettes of the project 056 - 15 units transferred to the fleet.

The control point of the space echelon of the missile attack warning system (SPRN) has been upgraded, the Russian Defense Ministry said.