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The Australian Ministry of Defense announced the launching ceremony of the lead patrol ship of the ocean zone OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel) of the Arafura class, which took place on December 16 at the Osborne Naval Shipyard.

The servicemen of the motorized rifle units of the Russian military base in Tajikistan have worked at the Lyaur mountain range to block conditional terrorists trying to enter a military facility and destroy them, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Thursday.

According to the delivery plan for the main samples of the ViVT in 2021, a batch of five MiG-31BM high-altitude interceptor fighters was received by the fighter aviation regiment of the Central Military District stationed in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

In the combined arms army of the VVO, stationed in the Trans-Baikal Territory, the rearmament of machine gunners of units with Pecheneg machine guns of various modifications has been completed.

The share of modern models of VIV in the security and intelligence units of the Strategic Missile Forces increased significantly in 2021, which made it possible to increase the security of military facilities, as well as the possibility of timely detection of DRG on the routes of combat patrol of missile systems.

Russia puts drone production on stream. On December 22, the press service of the Kronstadt company announced the opening in Dubno of the first specialized serial factory of large-sized unmanned aerial vehicles in the Russian Federation.

Roscosmos: fragments of the Progress M-UM module ship fell into the Pacific Ocean

The instrument and aggregate compartment of the Progress M-UM cargo module has been undocked from the Berth module of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) and flooded in the Pacific Ocean, Roscosmos reports.

Engineering units of missile formations being re-equipped at the Yars PGRC are equipped with SKO-10 integrated water purification stations.

A video dedicated to the Day of Long-range Aviation appeared on the Web. You can observe in what difficult conditions pilots work - in any weather and at any time of the day.

In 2021, the formations and associations of the Air Defense Forces received more than 800 units of modern models of VIVT, including T-80BVM tanks, infantry fighting vehicles BMP-3. The composition of the TOPF included the Magadan DPL, Bastion coastal missile systems.

During the exercises in Iran, a Karrar tank based on the Soviet T-72M was noticed

The Iranian armed forces used the new Karrar tank in the exercises. During the maneuvers of the formations of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Payambar-e Azam-17, an upgraded tank was noticed, which is based on the design of the Soviet T-72M. This is reported by the Tasnim agency.

TASS: the construction of part of the corvettes of project 20385 will be transferred from the "Northern Shipyard"

The crew of the multi-purpose corvette "Agile" project 20385, which was damaged due to a fire, will be redistributed to other ships. Also, due to the incident, part of the orders for the construction of ships from the Northern Shipyard is planned to be transferred to other Russian enterprises. The consequences of the fire on the "Agile" were revealed by TASS, citing a source close to the Ministry of Defense.

The commander of the Novorossiysk Naval Base (NVMB) of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet), Rear Admiral Viktor Kochemazov, summing up the results of 2021, reported on the current state of the unification forces.

The network published a photo showing the body of a railway locomotive, which was put on a car chassis or car wheels.

This project in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was conceived in 1999. At the same time, the work concerning such "crossing" was carried out in 2002-2003. The project with drawings was developed by scientists and engineers of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University.

To increase the level of fire training of soldiers and officers now helps not only more advanced small arms, but also special targets that allow you to create a realistic picture of modern combat on the ranges.

China is preparing to set a new national record for the number of launches in 2021

China on Thursday successfully launched two experimental Shiyan-12 satellites into orbit for space exploration. This was announced by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

Combat firing boats of the KCR-60M project of the Indonesian Navy were shown on video. During the exercises, the AU-220M automatic installation, created in the joint stock company "Central Research Institute "Burevestnik" (Nizhny Novgorod), was involved among the weapons samples on board.

Izvestia: BOD "Admiral Levchenko" will join the fleet by the end of 2022

By the end of 2022, the Russian Navy will include a large anti-submarine ship (BOD) "Admiral Levchenko" of project 1155. The Russian Ministry of Defense has approved a plan to complete work on the ship. This is reported by the Izvestia newspaper, citing sources in the defense department.

Kosmos-2519, from which another spacecraft had previously separated, burned up in the atmosphere. The satellite had remote sensing equipment, as well as equipment for shooting objects in space.

The Drive: After the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine owned the world's largest fleet of Tu-160 aircraft

After the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine owned the world's largest fleet of Tu-160 strategic bombers, recalls the American edition of The Drive.