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While the fight against the pandemic is going on all over the world, in a small patch of the Caucasus there was another struggle, or rather, a real war. We are talking about the Karabakh problem and the military actions between the Azerbaijani army and the Karabakh self-defense units.

Russian sailors will be able to sink enemy ships and submarines using jamming

The defense Ministry plans to re-equip the Navy's electronic warfare centers by the end of next year, sources told Izvestia in the military Department. Every year such means become more and more important in wars and various conflicts.

On November 21, 2020, a solemn ceremony of raising the Naval flag was held in Baltiysk on the small rocket ship Odintsovo (factory number 253) - the third ship in the series of the project 22800 (code "Karakurt"). The ceremony was attended by the commander of the Baltic fleet, Admiral Alexander Nosatov. By order of the commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Odintsovo is included in the combat structure of the Baltic fleet and will serve in the 36th brigade of missile ships and boats of the Baltic naval base.

Rocket troops and artillery celebrate their professional holiday on November 19. Lieutenant-General Mikhail Matveevsky, chief of the missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces, told Rossiyskaya Gazeta about how this branch of the armed forces is being modernized.

Mikhail Matveevsky, chief of the Russian armed forces 'Missile forces and artillery, said the Iskander-M complex is unique and its modernization potential is"less than half realized".

More than 4,000 military exercises using anti-aircraft missile and artillery firing has fulfilled the Navy's missile troops and artillery in 2020, also held over 30 practical shooting high-precision missiles during planned military training, said the Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.

the Russian "Magnolia", according to military experts, is currently considered the most all-terrain self-propelled artillery in the world.

It is not afraid of difficult terrain, including swampy areas. She will feel confident in the snow of the Arctic.

On the day of rocket troops and artillery, units of the 150th motorized rifle division of the southern military district (SE) in the Rostov region mastered the upgraded 2s19m2 "Msta-S" self-propelled howitzers.

The missile Defense Agency (MDA) of the us Department of defense on November 17, 2020, for the first time carried out a successful test to intercept an Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) simulator with a standard SM - 3 Block IIA ship-based anti-missile.

in Britain, announced a record since the "cold war" investment in defense

The UK will significantly increase its defense spending - the corresponding plan was made by the country's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. According to the expert, the growth of spending on defense is a global trend, but London's plans differ from the practices of other European countries in the intention to develop high technologies, and not increase the cost of maintaining troops and monetary satisfaction.

The South of Russia will be protected by wheeled thermobaric flamethrowers. The southern military district (SE) will be the first to be re-equipped with the latest heavy flamethrower systems TOS-2 or Tosochka, sources in the Ministry of defense told Izvestia. Now the new cars are completing state tests.

outdated "Hurricane" systems will also be replaced, the defense Ministry said

Tornado-S large-caliber multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) will completely replace the existing Smerch MLRS and outdated Uragan systems by the end of 2027. This was announced in an interview with the newspaper "Red Star" chief of the missile forces and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Mikhail Matveevsky.

After the lifting of wartime restrictions on the dissemination of information in Azerbaijan, videos and photographs taken during the fighting began to appear.

The Israeli army struck eight targets belonging to both Iranian and Syrian forces in the SAR after explosive devices were defused on the border with Syria a day earlier, Israel defense forces spokesman Yonatan Conricus said.

one of the longest - range guns in the world-the South African 155 mm G-5 - is seen in Libya. It was used during a recent exercise by field Marshal Khalifa Haftar's unit.

This gun-howitzer developed in the first half of the 80's has a number of interesting features. It is equipped with a two-axle chassis and is equipped with a 77 HP engine.

The United States successfully tested the SM-3 Block IIA anti-missile system: it destroyed a target that mimicked an Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). This opens up new opportunities for the United States to confront Russia and China.

At least, so says a prominent expert of the Communist party of China — Jin canrong (Jin Canrong). A video of the speech in which he makes such a statement quickly went viral. The news was picked up by prominent news agencies, and on specialized resources it may well claim the status of the topic of the day. But how much truth is there in it?

The recently ended war in Nagorno-Karabakh has sparked new speculation about the end of the age of tanks. This was written about in both Russian and foreign publications.

The chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Nikolai Evmenov approved the acceptance report certifying the successful completion of state tests of the first Navy surface ship equipped with anti-aircraft missile and artillery complex "Armor-M", small missile ship project 22800 "Odintsovo".

The antagonism of the goals of the belligerents gave rise to an exceptional fierceness of the fighting

On September 27, 2020, fighting began between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh, and in fact Armenia, and on the night of November 10, the parties signed a cease-fire Agreement and the entry of Russian peacekeepers into the conflict zone.