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Sakhalin has completed the formation of a new air defense system. It was based on the S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as the Pantsir-S missile and cannon systems. The group covers not only the island itself, but also the cities of Komsomolsk-on-Amur and Khabarovsk. In fact, the entire territory in the east of the country has turned into a missile bastion.

The icebreaker Ilya Muromets, which sailed into the Barents Sea a few days ago to solve a number of tasks of icebreaking and hydrographic support for the Northern Fleet (SF) forces, has begun to carry out research according to the plan of a complex expedition of the SF and RGS, held as part of the patriotic campaign "Remember the War".

Belarusian defense engineers are developing a mobile anti-aircraft missile system "TRIO" based on the ASILAK armored car.

According to the State Military-Industrial Committee of the Republic of Belarus, the novelty is designed to counter various types of high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Two Russian Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers performed a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan and the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

"Fighter escort was provided by the crews of Su-35C aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces. The flight duration was more than nine hours. At certain stages of the route, Russian strategic missile carriers were accompanied by F-15 fighters of the Japanese Air Force, " the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The Russian army is developing a new type of military equipment. On March 10, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on its official YouTube channel published a video of the first regular firing of combat vehicles supporting the Terminator tanks.

On March 10, 2021, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (part of the Rostec State Corporation) announced that it had handed over the first upgraded Tu-160M missile carrier with new NK-32 02 series engines for preliminary tests. The aircraft will continue to perform the test program at the flight testing and finishing base of PJSC Tupolev in Zhukovsky, near Moscow.

The probability of a global catastrophe caused by man, accompanied by the death of millions of people, animals and plants, is very high and is constantly increasing. According to scientists, we are talking about the impending sixth mass extinction.

American carrier-based fighters of the fourth generation F/A-18C Hornet officially decommissioned, according to Popular Mechanics. According to the magazine, the last such aircraft completed their mission on the aircraft carrier Nimitz. In the near future, the F/A-18C Hornet should be replaced by the fifth-generation F-35B Lightning II fighters.

In recent days, a lot of video and photo materials of railway trains with various military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have appeared on the Network. However, according to military experts, most of it belongs to the same unit - the 25th separate airborne brigade, stationed in the urban-type settlement of Gvardeyskoye, Dnipropetrovsk region.

The crews of the MiG-31BM fighters of the naval aviation of the Pacific Fleet worked out the interception of a conditional border intruder, in the role of which the MiG-31 also acted. The video of the interception was published by the Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday, March 10.

Military sailors in the Syrian Tartus conducted a training session, during which they repelled a simulated attack by saboteur divers on ships at a Russian logistics point.

The Indian company GRSE announced the ceremony of laying the keel of the third low-profile frigate (serial number Yard 3024) of the Nilgiri class, which took place on March 5 at its enterprise in Kolkata" ("Project-17A" / P-17A).

MiG-31 planes will intercept ballistic missiles, Izvestia reports, citing sources in the Russian Defense Ministry.

The idea of using animals as weapons does not leave humanity throughout its history. The United States was no exception: MilitaryWatch told about the most insane (and failed) projects of the local military.

Rare footage of a Soviet railway-based nuclear missile has appeared online.

The Drive portal drew attention to a fragment of a video about the Soviet RT-23 UTTH ICBM "Well Done" (in the NATO classification SS-24 Scalpel), published on March 9 on Twitter. The author recalls that the Soviet Union was the only country that created a railway mobile intercontinental ballistic missile.

Missile boats of the Baltic Fleet conducted a complex of artillery firing off the coast of the Kaliningrad region.

During the planned sea launch, the strike group consisting of the missile boats "Morshansk" and "Zarechny" successfully hit all large and small shields that mimic the ship's detachment of a simulated enemy

Diesel submarines Kolpino and Veliky Novgorod have put to sea for maneuvers, the Russian Black Sea Fleet said on Wednesday.

Russian anti-personnel grenade launchers are increasing their caliber. On March 9, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported that the 40-mm automatic grenade launcher "Balkan" successfully passed state tests.

The American nuclear submarine USS Connecticut (SSN-22, the second ship of the Seawolf II project) was attacked by bedbugs. The bloodsuckers did not allow the crew to live in peace for about a year, and the command of the boat, according to the assurances of the sailors, was in no hurry to solve the problem.

Rosgvardiya can arm itself with new pistols. On March 9, the press service of the Kalashnikov concern reported that the Lebedev modular pistol (MPL) successfully passed state tests.