Russia to salute the new year with enhanced military, new weapons
Upgrades include ships, nuclear submarines, intercontinental missiles, and a new type of rocket-launched flamethrower. Image A ship of the Northern Fleet Russia in the new year will launch a number of moves designed to enhance its military, with weapons and a key reorganization in the works for 2021 and beyond. The moves come amid accounts of high-profile military maneuvers that saw Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean aircraft escorting or responding to one another during flights over the Asia-Pacific. Additionally, the enhancements follow a report that Moscow in recent years built up and repositioned military forces along its borders with Eastern Europe. The next Russian military development commences Jan. 1, when the Northern Fleet — traditionally run by the navy — officially becomes the defense ministry's fifth military district. Other upgrades include ships, nuclear submarines, intercontinental missiles and launchers, and a new type of rocket-launched flamethrower. West