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Turkey is negotiating with South Korea on the Altai tank program

Ankara plans to solve the problem with engines, transmission and armor for its national tank program "Altai" through cooperation with South Korean companies. Earlier, Turkey wanted to cooperate with Germany and France, but the damaged relations between the allies put the purchase of necessary parts in question.

Battleships are obsolete-that's a fact. However, the fact remains that there are no weapons in the world that look more impressive than them. One of the largest battleships that have survived to this day is the American "new Jersey", nicknamed Big Jay and the Black dragon. "Firepower of freedom" is the motto of this ship.

As reported by the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation, on November 20, 2020, PJSC "Almaz Shipbuilding company" in St. Petersburg, the hull of the icebreaker "evpatiy Kolovrat" (factory number 800) of the project 21180M was removed from the boathouse. It is planned that the icebreaker will be commissioned by the Navy in 2022.

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.

Over the years (since 1908), the US FBI has accumulated a huge archive of documents. Since the beginning of this year, the secret service archive has been located in the small town of Winchester, Virginia and covers an area of 22,500 square meters. meters, where 360,000 boxes store almost 2 billion rubles. office management pages.

The history of American fighter aviation has more than a hundred years. Today, us air force fighters are head and shoulders above their competitors in terms of technology, but at the dawn of their existence, American aviation purchased aircraft from the allies.

In the latest edition of the program "Military acceptance" on the TV channel "Zvezda", the capabilities of combat boats manufactured by the Kalashnikov concern-BK-10 and BK-16 were demonstrated. the Numbers in this case indicate the length of the vessel in meters.

The team of the Chinese mission "Chang'e-4" published new photos of the surface of the back side of the moon, obtained by the lunar Rover "Yutu-2", including a circular panorama and a three-dimensional image of the surrounding area. To date, the lunar Rover has traveled several hundred meters on the surface of The earth's satellite and worked for almost two years, although initially its service life was estimated at three months, according to the website Space.com.

California transportation authorities have allowed companies to transport passengers in fully driverless cars without a driver in the cabin and charge money for it. At the same time, even companies that have already been allowed to test drones on California roads will have to get separate permits to create an unmanned taxi service.

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.

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 latest automobile HF and VHF radio station of medium power "Artek"has been put into service in the Department of the Eastern military district stationed in the Republic of Buryatia.

250 units of modern armored weapons and equipment were received by the Airborne troops during the school year.

According to the information support group of the Airborne troops, a meeting of the military Council was held in Moscow under the leadership of the commander of the airborne forces, Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov.the main topic of discussion was summing up the results of the academic year in the troops in 2020.

The Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation this year ahead of schedule received all parties of equipment "Ratnik", delivered about 18 thousand sets, reported on Thursday in the state Corporation"rostec".

Today on the market there are 4 and a half representatives of the iron hands, which are very common. These are Fanuc, Yaskawa, ABB, Kuka (I won't mention rare earth samples). Next to them are Universal Robots-cool guys whose robots look like a nice pile of aluminum pipes and plugs, which are very actively promoted on the market.

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.

Disclaimer. Robots are very reliable guys. The average Robert of a normal brand can work like hell for years without interruption, requiring only short breaks for maintenance and calibration checks.

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.

MiG-29M2 Fighters of the Egyptian air force at the exercise "Eagles of the Nile-1" for the first time operated together with Chinese-made FTC-2000 aircraft.

These training and combat vehicles belong to the Sudan, over the ranges of which, in fact, various scenarios for the use of this winged equipment are being worked out.

The first detailed photos of the interior of the VN1 armored personnel carrier produced by the Chinese Corporation Norinco, which is in service with the Royal Thai army. Earlier, Thailand signed two contracts with the Chinese state Corporation Norinco for the supply of 75 wheeled armored combat vehicles of the ZBL-08 family (export designation VN1), some of which have already been delivered to the Thai army.