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The defense Ministry has approved a program for testing advanced military helicopters Mi-28NM and Mi-26T2B at high altitudes in the Elbrus region.

The crew of the newest Corvette project 20385 "Gremyashchy", undergoing state tests in the Baltic sea, successfully completed rocket and artillery firing at a target rocket.

The USS Chafee (DDG 90), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, was the first Navy ship to launch a new version of the famous Tomahawk block V cruise missile.

The Northern sea route is taken under reliable protection

Russia will strengthen its air defense in the Arctic zone, commander of the Northern fleet Alexander Moiseev said.

Vice Admiral Alexander Moiseev said that the Northern fleet is now actively replenished with ships and submarines of the 4th generation

The Kazan 885m nuclear submarine will complete all state tests by the end of the year. This was stated in an interview with the newspaper "Red star" commander of the Northern fleet, Vice Admiral Alexander Moiseev.

The defense Ministry has approved a program for testing advanced military helicopters Mi-28NM and Mi-26T2B at high altitudes in the Elbrus region, sources in the defense Ministry told Izvestia. They will be held until the end of the year. Flights to the highlands are a necessary stage for completing tests and starting mass production of vehicles on orders for the Aerospace forces (VKS). According to experts, this is a difficult challenge for helicopters, but it should improve their export prospects.

The Russian military conducted a military-technical experiment involving the Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system of the ground forces at the Central sea training ground in the Arkhangelsk region, said Alexander Zhuravlev, commander of the Western military district.

As reported, on December 6, 2020, at the Ulyanovsk-Vostochny factory airfield complex, the Il-76MD-90A military transport aircraft built at the Ulyanovsk Aviastar-SP JSC (part of the transport aviation Division of the United aircraft Corporation JSC) with the factory number 0205 (registration number RF-78660) made its first flight. This is the third new-built Il-76MD-90A aircraft to be flown in 2020.

Chris Osborne, editor of The national Interest magazine, called the method of fighting drones being tested in Russia an unprecedented innovation. We are talking about an interceptor drone that shoots a network of so-called net guns.

Keep the formation, properly handle weapons, evacuate wounded soldiers-all this and not only managed to master the authors of the channel Gilza. The host tried to repeat the training that is used by special forces soldiers.

The Russian fifth-generation su-57 fighter and its Chinese competitor J-20 can perform similar tasks, but " specialize in slightly different areas." Comparison of aircraft leads the American magazine Popular Mechanics.

Commanders of naval aviation units of the Baltic fleet demonstrate their skills in the air.

"Bereshit-2", according to the developers ' plans, should land in 2024

Israel plans to launch its second lunar station, Bereshit-2, in 2024. SpaceIL writes about This on Twitter.

Spektra-RG Data allow scientists to conclude that black holes can directly affect the rate of star birth in galaxies

TASS, December 9. The Spektr-RG orbiting Observatory has found giant globular clusters of gas above and below the milky Way's core that emit x-rays.

the Aircraft used the latest air-launched cruise missiles X-101 and X-555, which were carried in the fuselage compartments

The Russian defense Ministry released a video of ballistic and cruise missile launches during a strategic nuclear forces training session led by the Supreme commander, Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday.

the US is preparing, Russia is fantasizing, China is flying

On the first day of December, the Chinese Chang'e-5 spacecraft made a soft landing on the surface of the moon. After the lunar landing, he began collecting samples of lunar soil. At the moment, the samples have already been collected and the take-off module has successfully put them into lunar orbit.

by the beginning of 2022, the provision of permanent combat readiness units with the latest models of military equipment will be 71 percent

On November 27, the Board of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation was held, where a number of diverse issues were considered. General of the army Sergei Shoigu, Minister of defense of the Russian Federation, made an opening speech.

the Odintsovo MRC is an adequate response to NATO's Maritime activity

Recently, cases of violations of the Russian Federation's Maritime borders by NATO ships have become more frequent. In the far East, the USS John McCain invaded Russian territorial waters in Peter the Great Bay.

Modern anti-ship systems will take control of the entire Gulf of Finland

Saint Petersburg and Kronstadt will have missile protection. The defense Ministry will strengthen the defense of the Leningrad naval base: modern coastal complexes "Bal"will be sent there.

The country is armed with 4,143 vehicles

The Russian army has the second largest fleet of military aircraft. This is stated in the Handbook World Air Forces 2021, released by the British profile magazine Flight International.